The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-05-25
Lieutenant Beall,s Account of California.

IOlloWlng account OIL Lieut.. BeatlS adventures III
California. The facts were obtained from the
Lieutenant himself as he passed through Mobile
day or two ago:
Of dpatches from our Government the United States
officers in California and the Pacific He was entrusted
Mason IN Gaona and Ger" Lane in Oregon and was
required ~ the sssys s ri beyond
woh on the Missouri the 10th Of November, with com
@Sa and all ns
they reached Pe1ts Fort and learned that Col Fremont
the Taos or Ratons mountains they encountered ali he
veies Of winter in those difficult and gigantic passes,
Many of their mules persisted from the gors Of the
weather and march and number of the men were frost
Santa Fe which he reached on the 18th of Decembe Lieut.
Beal gave permission to such of his as unwilling
70 &c in The dangers and trials before him By
s Col h@
eight additional mounted men. who were-desirous of en-
With this force Lieut. Bea started from Santa Fe on the
lh Of Janday and was soon destined .o encounter the
range Of lofty mountains were enveIoped in storms
and tbs route was mott hazardous and oppressive So
men S1fsiss S snd I sersesni
who had previously left no subsequent information has been
received They doubt peshed under the violence Of the
weather or were assassnaed by the Indians who nest
Lieutenant Bea pressed with indomtable resolu.
ton through ndiscba bile difficulties to the head waters of
the river of ella Passing TO the southsr side he followed
the trail WHICH winds in sgzag manner along the pecp
This section of country has been falsely said to furnish
seGa Sad OF The FS@
rugged and inaccessible mountains with gorge peaks
ing barriers be passed only By incredible exertions No
track for wagon or any wheel vehicle be made
by the aid of their hands well feet and even The
tenacious mountain mules often precpitated from the
crushed to pieces win every bone broken, and even their
80 % hSt they eS1d S be farther used This
avoid the iers which constantly u upon and erhang
of cs In i # cts G not
rowy Swnes, shooting rocky and Irregular falls with
canons, that produce whrpools and cascades. which
wanfi eagr any waeT;cLait entrusted to its control
RADIO and the latter stream to within fifty miles of the Gulf
of California Lieut.. Beal and his little party struck
This desert very extensive and barren than that Of
the hs MEo f . ssn ho md
ngos OF the mountains but now found themselves
bore with Them travel Of one 6nndred and twenty a me
brous t them however, on the LIST of April in sight of the
those gold regions that in prolific wealth the Hespe
rian a.. GaF PIsn;ss of Rnt sn e..
corners wh.a hearty welcome; received the dispatches
tended for himself and forwarded the communications for
Lieut. Beal remained but a few days al San Francisco,
s Tine to oG5 ao o hun at the condition of the
swallowed all other passions. The inhabitants would not
but were residing tents and anees hastily erected The
extent ct the Cod Region cannot be defined. 1t has
and fifty miles length and from fifty 70 sixty in BREADTH
The precious metal i discovered perfectly pure state in
N IN aa the pa1
& az which n has only to be washed leave
old Jumps some weighing eight ten pounds which
up N the as the ebe
most a6orious Every laborer can certainly each
ONE to tXYO hun
Lieut. Bea showed us specimens of gold he had procured
One specimen well calculated to make the eyes stare
and worth 5000 Of the pne ap pos esn
i Impossible to compute he number Of persons in
cred everywhere through its extensive forests prosecuting
q a the root Of all evil Still the good order
age infusion ofntegent and Inhabitants
which necessity has created They do not compan as has
'een SAID OF want OF government for they have time
Lieut. Beal informs that the umor Of mutnv on the
Dhos without foundation, everything in per-
EFT Gov Smith having entrusted him with dispatches for
Government he took passage from San Francisco the
The steamer touching San Bias and remaining three Gays
q bd qs ad he h ecsysa ion from ps Of Mexican;
the country Of Col Fremont and party. That gallant
fes had proceeded across The desert for San Francisco
anama; Here Lieut. Beal met Ms fremont, with Mr..
om the United States, of his difficulties and Of his Fortunate
cape About two thousand are waiting at Pana-
"a foI transportation to San Francisco About three hun.
red OF these including Mrs Fremont would take passage
the Oregon and the Others would go in the California
nd other vessels daily expected The California was TO
ave San francisco the day after Lieut. Beal, with Mrs
ersfer Smith. and number of other ladies' returning TO
le nlted States. With this party, Col Mason would
$50 return. ~ |
Being DESTROYS of reaching Chagres in time for the Falcon
lieut. Beal proceeded at once, by night but though
ached that port in hours, he found that the
Gamer had sailed the evening before Leaving the mails
" the return of that steamer he took passage l
st on the bark Florida, for New Orleans where be ar
we'd on Monday morning, and Immediately to this
y His journey has thus been remarkably brief but had
obtained the Falcon. he wou have made the
Up 10 New ork from San francisco in the remarkable shot
me OF twenty seven days Lieut. Beal proceeded yes
rday. for Washington, by the mail boat from this city