New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-10-20


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SAN fsIscueo Aug. 30 lsi9.
The lac. day Of May left the MI win 200
poouds Of traps and provisions, winch were T. oe
taken over on the mules belonging TO Tsylor-~b no
has store 90 Fords Bar. Middle Fork-ior s'o
per hundred. We had 10 ascend that formidable
hill which mentioned in my last as presenting
q bold 'front.'" under the burning neat OF toe sur
at O'Clock, 10 order TO keep with the mules which
leave a. tbs. time, that ttey may get oot SIX o.
eieh. aiies, where they car issd doring The night
tho only chance the poor beasts have OF getti'g
food TO keep them alive, grain Of Gil kinds osins
to- dear for common use. will not devote much
time 70 Toe notice Of this bill, which Is abou. one
mile aud bali long, because it SINKS inso nsig-
niAeance when compared 10 others which have
bser compelled to ascend since Alter gaining
the summit Of the mountain, there is slight de-
scent to a valley through which We pass, TIL We
como TO the spot where we camp for the night
About four miles from the Mil we came to Rauche
Occupied by e spsuisrd, with something 10 Eat
painted on 4 board over the door. We might have
known that they bad something to eat there
without the sign, for there was any quantity
fresh and jerked beef banging on lines about the
shsnty, around which were six or eight hungry
looking, half naked Indians, " no shrunk from us
and begged us not 10 shoot them. endeavored
q boy bows and arrows Of them, bat could not In
duce them 10 let me have one on any terms
was surprised To see how exquisitely these ar
row. heads were shaped, and to discover they
were m de Of glass. Hitherto their arrow-hesis
have bota Of Can't, but since liquors have come -
20 great abundance, they now form them OF glass
selecting the colored in preference to the plan -
| could hsve tases them from them By force, as
there were several persons Of the migrating party,
bat did not wish to annoy them. From this rancho
We walked on about three miles further, When
we came TO halt, took the packs from the bacAt
of the sBlmsls, and spreading our blankets down
tarned In, beneath the stars, for the night The
mules were let 20 Craze wherever they chose
was kept awake great part OF the night by the
singing Of various kinds OF birds However de
hghuul their music may have been, could We
have exchanged the delight for little more sleep
Itwss quite late ere we of the next night IN
consequence OF tho mules having strsyed long
distance. We passed some msgoihcent pine sn0
cedar trees the trunks Of which rose 10 or 80 feet
before coming 10 the branches. Within two miles
from our nights encamP menRSe came " a couple
OF tents vnefe liquor TO be had for fifty cents
glass; bey ond tDese and within about two mues
OF the river We came to a eofOn nea ~ 900 feet
deep, the only secnvity OF any consequence since
we left the Mississippi the descent beng aboui
eighty degrees. down which you descend by .
zig.zsg path, holding on by the bushes which
tase root ia the c-evices OF the slate rock the
strata Of which run nearly North and South al
through the country, with tneir edges upward.
Too path W as ex tsemey dusty, and we wei yer,
glad &, " ash our faces and battle our feet IN tht
mouutain stream Of oeliciousy clear and cool wa
ter which we found at the bottom OF the raviue.
After ntlle rest for the beasts, We asce nded a
hill On the other side which was much longer but
not 90 steep. and brought us to the tent know
as the Datchmsns Tent, there all OF our patty ou'
myself stopped TO rest. bat preferred To go on
aoolt halt mile further, where 1 could have
view OF the caa0R, aud where Invested myseh
Of my pacs OF about thirty poands, ana reohnins
nader tree had q glimpse 1.-THE Middle forh leap
IN over the rocks about 600 teet below, aud the
endous mou n aos, with their sumnnits cro~nef
with pines stretching far away. / was too muct
fatigusd and sleepy To enjoy the novelty OF tn
scene-u soon faded from my vision and knew
n, more till | was awakened from my nsp by
was approaching. TWAS no easy TASK to drive
TIE pack animasdosn the z'g-fae path AthouSl
they were Ia the habit OF descending the caa1'
three times week, they always Shove ed the 90 m
reluctance 70 enter upon the task but when one
IN tnegsls no cifhcu ~ 10 get them downward
sliding ss they do some places on their hnonc1 es
1 succeeded Ia setiiag ahead OF then and " a.
Cat At the waters side. partly because lcould 90
help myself being impeiled issier than the DINER
by The pack which carried. Not .oas G'ter, Nj
Alfred Lawton. who Wa enc OF the party " noe
taps were packed over by the mules, made hi
Appearance. He. like myself. made Tor the rive
10 oue.ch his thirst and 70 bathe his hrows In tn
tcy cold waters Alter es;iag ourselves W cross
Cd the river In . toloreb.e sized fiat boat, made
boards which hst bc-r Yecf"~ On mules iron
the Mil The boat was free - Al, sne vas pnl'e
over by a rope stretched scross the rivcr No
ssmsl tsni W eish.. < pounds, "hich 'n'ehde
20 have pitched, hut Mr.. Ramsey aio keeps IN
store az this point, veiy Alndiy offered US the us
OF . spare tent til Ne could seek oat cam
ground. Near Ramsev's we found sullivan Ner
cith. brother OF the Seeretsry Of State. All
one or two nights We found IL impossib c 10 slee
- near the store, owing TO the caroasas OF The u
t0>testsd miners, srd We pitched our tents 400.
sqasrtsr OF q mile above, out OF the way Of the
drunken reNeis, nd close to the stream
we're obliged "a clear away the rocks and Wit
p'cssxes and shovels level place To camp on
From our very tents the bill roso upward SON
thousand fccf, sosteep That n stone would &C arcei
la, upon the slope, aud grsss but here aad the
bstw the pins trees, here cluster Of the MOI
soniso bushes might be seen with their small bel
ries rese mbiing the crab apple in shape and cox
and having though 40 scrid taste, rather Peass,
one.
In fron, Of us was the river, fosming over i
bed OF rocks which he'd with a misers grs.
their soden treasures. ~hie on iae other 81,
the ncaGtatn rose almost perpenciculsr, IN Tool
ms 81 the top Of which We hEd 10 raise cur brQs
bsimr.~d Psnsmss reverentislly. Here the "a
rocks exAioitsd their rdses and wherever ~
could be found tie small scrub oaks grew q
nearly At night angles with the aide Of the h
A fsw vines were visible on the top, bur noi
could i've upon ia side. Up and down toe hsv
We bad q more extended view, and sand-hl
towering aoit stretched away one after ssoth
in the distance. Notwithsganding, more oi q
heavens were 70 be seen 10 those direction
With the recollection cf thst ever 10 be m =
bcred hill, Known a. Ford's Hil Of tie seony
saaered fron bistsred feet. tron araos. sufoc
tor. from duet from the ia.erse heat O: the zoo
6s,', sue. snd the lsmensss az my shoulders ffo
tas weigh, OF my pack, while let snysei Cow
from hush TO hush--l could rot oives' n'ys'
fpw the sensation thst Was IN prison, irV
which ccald not escspe nor was me sP'
n len tn eSDQt six weeks after, when NJ