The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-05-05
NE w OR ANS:
SATURDAY MORNING, MAY S, 1s4o.
Letter From Fort Smith,

The following letter is from a member of the
New Orleans Mining and Trading Company. The
Doctor spoken of as having died, is DIR. Afford Of
ibis city. Fopr supru Ar,1 "a 1870
M Dear Sir-If could hand you my log book would
doe with pleasure, but not being possible from memory
roo ha have short account of proceedings. Deeply
Insst having to communicate the news lido but still
t,,k God our msfortfnes have not been greater
Wshsd scarcely left New Orleans before the cholera was
und on board and of the hands died. since which we
ss lot five Others, the two Pilots and poor old Doctor
md PScdsnt included. Every one of us, believe had
touch mysef mot exempted and for several DAYS expected
have shared the fate of Others around me-
The boat (the Rob Morrs) took board at Vicksburg
,eonpny Of Mississippans, II in number bound cur way
nd Tie cabins full Fortunately fer us who remained
On bsam, they took stampede of their msnbeng sick
nd demned to land and proceed to Fort Smith by land
H this NOT been the case heaven only knows where death
woun have stopped The country all about the Mississippi
sd for considerable distance up the Arkansas river was
ma6cwed the air consequently very impure.
Ia your friends should take the cholera give
You our Of treatment Directly darrhea comes on
look out watch diet eat nothing calculated to prove
ndgeib, take pills made of topum. camper and cayenne
psr) if the pain in the stomach is bad (audanum if it
increases and tendency to cromp apply mustard poutees
pe sos of the feet calves of the legs wrap up warmly to
excite penpaton; and after the attack is over you cannot
sioo cautious We lost from a relapse than from the
nt attack they mprudently finding themselves weak ate
oaepgthen them. This fatal error and will invariably
M Stae yourself for several days and keep warm until
lie stomach has tone. then eat moderately and only light
Wd; avoid drinking water.
The second pilot and poor old Doctor died Just before
reached Little Rock, at which place they were buried
They being Masons the Lodge there undertook the regua
ton Of their funeral 1t really an imposing sight and
f the place turned out to it. The procession met at
10 steamer about IL o'clock. A Military Band first fol-
bvby the Masons in uniform then the Bodies followed
Esbpther Of the Pilot and the Engineers and Clerks of
The boat; our Company followed. headed by Wright and
nyA then came the Captain and Crew. and some civil.
I'M trends Of the deceased Pilot believe in carriage and
nhonsback The ceremony at the burial ground was truly
npuhe The Clergyman of the place afterwards offered
pspnyM Nothing could have been satisfactory to
he nds Of the dead to Company, than the respect
and isntloH we received and the sympathy excited By our
nSonunes
Wight and one of men landed about sixty miles from
fm Smith to proceed by land for the purpose of purcha
ing mules thee being doubt as to the probability of
suprocuing them there
We have been camped three or four days but shall
ato-mortow. The life is to a one but plenty of
ace makes us eat like troopers. Yesterday two or three
rode out to PRAIRIE TO see the proceedings and the
Mas There are not many encamped about here now
w have moved on to Little River, to which spot we are
Sund Immediately. Our teams will be oxen and mules
md ponies to ride
Many Companies have broken up some that had actually
iaied have returned. The Mississippi Company above
9oksn OF, Is broken up The Cholera appeared among
n Immediately after they landed of which disease three
ssn number died. Three four intend to 60 on-the
nen have returned home. disheartened.
Yours. truly, THOMAS ARMITAGE.
GC. WILLIS EsQ., New Orleans.