Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1849-04-25

mcnt's Letters. The frs, of these is
dated
TAOS. New MEXICO. Fen. 6, lsae.
safer long delay, which had wearied
me to the point of resolving to Sc, on,
again myself. tidings have At las, reached
the from my Inflated party.
/ MIR Vincent iIaler came in last night.
having the night before reached the Litle
Colorado settlement. with three or four
others. Including Mr.. King and Mr.
Proulx,' we have lost eleven Of our party
Occurrences: since | Lett them. are
briefly these. SO far as they came within
the knowledge Of Mr. Haler: l say briefly.
because am now unwilling to force INV
mind TO dwell upon the details Of what
has been suffered. lneed reprievc from
terrible con,empla,ons. am absolutely
astonishei a, this persistence Of misior.
tune-this succession Of caiamties which
no care or vigilance Of mine could foresee
or prevent.
"lou will remember that had lett in
the camp (tweniy three men) when l set
Off with Cooley. Prcuss, and my servant in
search of Hing and succor. with directions
about the baggage. and with occupation
SAiiSiUhA NccuA ~ ~ SLuY1oS tuNUj IOt tiiIcc
or four days: after which they were 10
follow me down the river. Within tha,
time expected relief from Kings party.
if it came at all. They remained seven
days. and then started. their scant provis-
sions about exhausted. aud the ead mules
on the western side of the great Sierra
buried under snow.
'MANuEL-(you will remember Manuel
l.l ,T q - -
in the valley Of the San Joaquin) gave
way TO a feeling OF despair after they had
moved about two miles. and begged Vim
cent Heller, whom had len in command.
TO shoot him. Failing To find death in
that form. he turned and made his way
back to the camp. intending to die there;
which he doubtless soon did.
The party moved on. and at ten miles
WISE gave out-threw away his gun and
blanket-and. few hundred yards further.
fell over into the snow. and died. Two
Indian hoys-countrymen Of Manuel
rolled him up in his blanket, and buried
him in the snow, on tho bank Of the RI
YER.
No other died that dsy. None tho
next.
Carver raved during the night-his
Imagination wholly occupied with images
Of many things which he hnced himself
to be eating. In the morning he wandered
off. and probably soon died. lie was not
seen again.
'Sorel on this day (thc fourth from the
camp) laid down to die. They built him
condition, and now-blind, remained with
'Hha,o Itl Ia.
the next morning. That evening q think
it was) Hubbard killed deer.
They travelled on. getting here and
there a grouse, but nothing else, the deep
snow in the valley having driven of tho
game.
The state Of the party became dcsper.
ate, and brought Ilaler to the determine
ton Of breaking il up, in order to prevent
them from living upon each other. lie
told them that he had done all he could
for ,hem-that they had no other hope
naming than the expected rclicf-and that
the best plan was to SC after, and make the
best Of their way. each as he could. down
eaten. he would, at all events. be found
travelling when he did die. This address
h ad its effect. They accordingly separat-
ed.
with Halcr continued five others
Scott, Hubbard, Martin. Bacon, one other,
in the costume Of Indian boys.
'Rohter now became Respondent, and
stopped. Haler reminded him Of his
family, and urged him to try and hold out
for their sake. Reused by this appeal TO
his tenderest affections, the unfortunate
man moved forward, but Eeebly. and soon
r. l.. L
he promised to follow, and to overake
them at evening.
'Ialer. Scott. 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 to save
themselves. Soon this mournful conven-
,icipate events. Sufficient for each day is
the sorrow thereof.
AT night Kernels party encamped few
hundred yards from Haler's with the in
tehtion, according to Taplin. to remain
where they were until the relief should
come, and in the mean time to live upon
those who had died. and upon the weaker
ones as they should die. With this party
were the three brothers Kene, Captain
Cathrat, McKie. Andrews. Siepperfeld, and
Taplin.-I do not know that have got all
the names Of this party.
Ferguson and Beadle had remained
together behind. In the evening Rohtcr
came up and remained in kerne's parry.
Haler learnt afterwards from some Of tho
party that Rohter and Andrews wandered
off the ne It morning and died. They say
they saw their bodies.
'TIaler's party continued on. After
few hours Hubbard gave out According
to the agreement he was left to die. but
with such comfort rs could be given him.
They built him fire and gathered him
wood. and then left him-wiihout turning
their heads. as Heller says, to look 1t him
IS they went of.
About two miles further Scott-you 70
member him; he used to shoot birds To-