The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1849-06-29
7E 90, 1S49.

I'D the most apnroved method ,r IN,
'e'h bon. Eh.hem First, catch y,ur coon
'nuIn him, take out his rr,rails. cut off nj,
incsd and wash the corp,e clean ,ryou hsv,
day Ter to spare: If not. don't wash !, mar.
=, an hour TO take mn, tho rn.k b,La i,
vi. u or roast On n stick beCore fire if you
Itcet wood: make flour gravy with "a.
anti0rat, chen walk eipbt cr Ton milas Ca.,.
of Non prairie TO get annette. lear !, N
les with your finer. and il will rolist
with a little sail if vou ran 90, /, o,d
uoHt cup Of coffee without any milk
and Be made the tributaries of the Bic DIue
fe,tsy, which flows into the Kansas. So
3 antelope made their appea,ance bu,
v that all attemp,s ,o oct a shot was
theyp: vet they afforded ms amusement as
i'm 6played arouud-s,oppinr often 10 gaze
werer train as if ther would enonir. " h :,
..,A-l we were dong on their STAMPING
"o'a.'N
sanctions.ss is excellent. our cattle are i'm.
been more sny dav and fine health of In.
vent than our,Y is good. We crossed the
which r.s.d day but have not seen one
he soil vet About noon we
stances OH the AIT branch Of the Ninebah
we not regard INV n temnorarv b,idge has.
imperative as ass.
nv co,siasra,;Durinr the night il rained
s!ne road hpayy in the fore mart
90, but it was cool and pleasant. and
Choke good progress. Atroonwe came
This main stream Of the Little Nimchah.
Gs twas necessary TO cross bv building
tbridce which occupied so much time tina
we concluded TO remain till morning II
was beautiful encanpment. The bottom
was halfa mile wide. and on each side the
hi II arose without tree or shrub 10 con.
siderable height clothed in green, which
the course Of the stream was marked by the
largest trees that We had seen. On the 9TH
er side as a belt of dead grass which had
not been burned over, and our men set fire
IN II. fran like ,,iIJ fro aud at ,ial,, lno.
ked for miles ike BLAZING wall 10 ornose
our progress.
The effect was CIichtrul and eycjtinr.-
D. X. Thorue had the luck TO XIII several
ducks which offered Us another capital meal
after the most approved method Of prairie
cooking. Peter Hoes and myself were
stimulated to try our fortune ut a shot We
accordingly sailed out armed and eouipped
in hunters costume. and after marth ,hro,
weeds. under brush, and over pullies for
s.
without having seen apyibinr to shco,st
M1ul3lh-ACter breakfast Of ducks i,
the most approved method of nra;rie cooly.
cry. we crossed our bridge vithou, Difficult.
ty doubling teams TO Get nm the steen bark &
on the opposite side. For the last tvoJavs
we have expected 10 come 10 the travelled
road every hour: and orr peclS have been
stretched and twisted SOMETHING hL - ,Lat If
the turkv which twisted his own head Off
in watching man who walked around tho
tree he was perchrd on. Eoouiries ara
made which none can answer If .sbny far
is 1t" guessing that il is on the next RIDGE
"hy the~hole cotnpanyn butthe uext,idce
like A dim finger brand only noin,s 70 tho
next.
Nan I4H,.-Geew how il rained
last night, thunder storm seemed TO bur,,
on our encampment. II was cous,au,
roar Of Heavens artillery. and every flash
Of lightning was answered immediately bv
crashing thunder as if the elements ,ye,e
waping battle against orr pour dovo,,d
heads No hahn done. only nur sleep w,s
curtailed a couple of hours, the dav was
cool and we made a circuiteus narrb IA
avoid streams. By the man we have been
travelling for three DAYS nearly p,raIeu
with the road and only at short distance
We again struck the old trail which had
long been lost, and we have followed il in.
stead Ol going ont into the road. Mr.. Green
and myself rode on beyond our encampnen,
about two and a half miles TO Wye,h,s Run
which is three times larger than the Mimi.
chah when we crossed Tive find we shall
havetobriige it. Our hunters returned nm.
sncce>S rul though anteloue and elk are he.
ginning to be plenty but too shv ia annrnach
man enough for Shot. The country was
higher aud the ridges more level ,ha1 usual
hut the hills are more abrupt and the bol.
lows deeper than the country which weLav.
passed before. We have found for several
days. wild onions growing orexcellrlt pual.
and not as strong as those cultivated. Also
artichuke paSSably GOOD. and wild potatncs
which are extremely good roasted.
Maylj.-A report was brought in las,
might by Dr.. IIall,hat there was n goud ford
n little overa mile from our camp. which
would save the trouble of building hritpe
Before break fast he aud our pioneer gene.
raj, Mr.. Green, sem, rode ont to reconnoitrc.
They found it good. aud we named il Hairs
Ford. and the place was duly consrcrataJbv
a baptism. Mr.. Green. in crossing. ride a
little higherup to ascertain the dep,h ol wo.
ter, when his saddle rirth brok, and no .l;l
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