The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1849-05-16
DUBUQUE, IOWA, MAY is, 1s49.

Reused by this appeal to his tendcrest affec.
tons, the unfortunate men moved forward but
feebIy, and soon began to fall behind. On fur.
Their appeal, he promised to follow, and over
take them at evening.
"Halcr, Scott, and Hubbard, and Martin,
now agreed that if any one Of them should give
out, the others were not, to wait for him to die,
but to push on, and try and save themselves
Soon this mournful covenant had to be kept
But let me not anticipate events. Sufficient
for each day is the sorrow thereof
I, "At night Kerne's party cneamped few
hundred yards from Haler's, with the intention,
according to Taplin, to remain where they we're
until the relief should come, and in the mean
time to live upon those who had died, and up
on the weaker ones as they should die. With
this party, were the three brothers, Kerne,
! Captain Cathcart, McKic, Andrews, STEINER.
fcldt, and Tapln, do not know that have
got all the names of this party
Ferguson and BeSdle had remained togcth.
er behind. In the evening Rohrer came up and
remained in Kernels party. Haler learnt af.
terward from some of the party, that Rohrer
and Andrews wandered off the next morning
and died. They say they saw their bodies
''Haler's party continued on. After d few
hours, Hubburd gave out. According to the
agreement, he was left to die, but with such
comfort as could be given him. They built him
a Are, and gathered him someSxeod, and then
left him-without turning their heads, as Haler
says, to look at him as they went off.
about two miles further, Scott-you re
member him; he used to shoot birds for you on
the lrontier--he gave out He was another OF
the four who had covenaDted against waiting
for each other The survivors did for him as
they had done for Hubbard, and passed on.
I'm the afternoon the two Indian boys went
ahead-blcsscd be these boys!-and before
nightfall metGodcy with the relief He had
gone on with all speed. The boys gavehim
| the news He fired signal guns TO notify his
approach. Halcr heard the guns, and knew
the crack of our rifles, and felt that relief had
come. This nj ght was the first of hope and 10y.
Early in the morning. with the first gray light,
Cooley was in the trail, and soon met Huler and
the wreck Of his party slowly advancing.
hear that they all cried together like children
these men ofiron nerves and lion hea rts when
dangers were TO be faced or hardships to be
conquered They were all children in this mo-
mcnt Of melted hearts. Succor was soon dea 1t
out these few first met; and Cooley with his
relief, and accompanied by uaier, who turned
back, hurriedly followed the back train in
search Of the living and the dead, scattered in
the rear They came TO Scott first lie was
yet alive, and is saved! They came to Hubba I'd
next: he was dead, but still! warm. These were
the only ones of HaIcr's party that were left.
! From kern's party, next met, they learned
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further on, met Ferguson, who told them that
Beadle had died the night before. All the liv-
ing were found-and savcd--Manuel among
| thcnl-which looked like u resurl ection-and
reduces the number of the dead to IEN-one.
third Of the whole party which few days be.
fore were scaling the mountain with me, ano
battling with the clculcnts twelve thousa nc
feet in the air.
''Godcy had accomplished his mission for the
T,,,t 1,,, i...l
| him, that Of going to the camp on the river, AT
the base Of the great mountain, to recover tho
most valuable part Of the baggage, secret ed
there. With some Mexicans and pack mules
he went ON; and this is the last yet heard OF
him.
'Ninccnt Halcr, with Martin and b con
all on foot. and bringing Scott horse back,
! have ust arrived at the outside FucJto on the
| little Colorado Provisions for their support,
and horses for their transport, were left for the
others, who preferred to remain whore they
were. regaining some strength, till Cooley
should get back. At the latest, they would
have reached the little Pueblo last night. Fla
Ter came On to relieve my anxicties: and did
well in so doing; for l was wound up to the
point Of setting out again. When Cooley re-,
| turns, shall know from him all the circum.
stances sufficiently in detail to undcrst and
clearly everything. But it will not be neccs.
! " tcil yOu LIllS lultueI. ou nave
| the results, and sorrow enough in reading them.
"Ercning -How rapid arc the changes of
life! few days ago, and l was struggling
through snow in the savage wilds Of the upper
| Del Norte-Gollowing the course Of the frozen
river in more than Russian cold-no food-no
blanket to cover me IN the long freezing night
| q had sold my two to the Utah for hcl to my
men)-uncertan at what moment OF the night
we might be reused by the Indian rifle-doubt-
| f,1 nj WIN 7
you or friends again. Now | am seated by a
comfortable fire, alonc-pursuing my own
! thong hts-wrIiing to you in the certainty Of
| reaching you--a French volume Of Balzac on
the table-a colored print Of tho landing of
Columbus before mc-listening in So fety TO the
| raging storm without.
"You will wish to know what effect the
scenes have passed through had upon me. In
person, none The destruction of my party,
and the loss of friends are causes of grief; bu,
have not been injured in body or mind. Both
have been strained, and severely taxed, but
neither hurt. l bave seen one or the other
and sometimes both give way in strong frames,
strong minds. and stout hearts; but, as hereto
fore, have come out unhurt., I believe that
the remembrance of friends sometimes gives us
power Of resistanc: which the desire to save
our own lives could never coll up .s
- have made my preparations to proceed.
shall have to follow the old ella road. and
shull move rapidly, and expect to be in Califor-
mia in March, and to find letters from home,
and supply Of newspapers and documents,
more welcome, perhaps, because these things
have u home look about them. The future &C.
cupies me. Our. home in California--your ar.
rival in April-your health in that delightful
climatc--the finishing up my phical and
astronomical labors--my farming labors and
cnjoymcnts have written to Mcssrs. May
hew y Co., agricultural warehouse, N. York.
requesting them to ship nc Immediately a
thrashing machines and TO- Mcssrs. Hoe & Co.,
same city, requesting them to forward to me,
at San Francisco, two runs, sets Of mill
stones. The mill irons and the agricultural
instruments shipped for me last autumn from
New York. will be an San Francisco by the
time arrive here. Your arrival in April will
complete all the plans \
These extracts in citation to Col. Frcmont's
intended pursuits are given to contradict the
unfounded superstition of gold projects attr !
buted to him by some newspapers The word
gold is not mentioned in his letters from one
end to the other, nor did he take gold mining
the least into his calculation when he left Mis-
souri, on the Dist Of October last, although the
authentic reports brought in by Lieut.. Beale,
of the navy, were then in all the newspapers