The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1849-11-10

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4 cessive train.
. From Deer Creek to the summit, thu
greatest amount of property has beer
7 thrown away. Along the banks 'of thu
/ North Platte, to where the Sweetwatel
road turns off, the amount of valuable
property thrown away is astonishing
iron, trunks clothing, &C., lying strewed
about, to the value of at least fifty thous
and dollars in about twenty miles. | have
counted about five hundred dead oxen
along the road, and only three mules.
The reason of so many wagons having
been disposed of, was the apparent ne.
cessity of packing, in order to insure a
quick and certain transit to the mines; and
people did not care for the loss of any
personal goods, so they reached there;
Let people who come out this way next
season beware of crossing the Platte al
Deer Creek. Keep up the South side as
high as possibe-at least up to the "Mor-
mon Ford" and higher if possible-be-
fore they strike over to the Sweetwater.
During this summer, there was ferry
kept at Deer Creek, and the bulk of the
migration crossed at it, but the road is
much worse, and every one regrets having
crossed so low.
The last train of the Pioneer Line, day
before yesterday, took Sublette's Cut Off,
and left us at the junction of the Oregon
and California roads. They were all we'll
and are bound to get through.
Many of the St. Louis boys have left
their names and respects to many of their
friends behind, on the smooth trees and
rocks along the road, and it is sometimes
cheering to see we'll known name PEN
cilled at crossing or watering place.
Death seems to have followed the cmi-
grafton out TINS far, although in a mitiga-
ted degree as to numbers.
The express rider states that we will
pass four and five graves a day all the
way down Bear river and so on further
westward,
will send you the next from some-
where in the Great Basin. JOAQUIN.
From Fort Laramie, we have private
letter from which we take the following
extracts:
Fort LARAMIE, INDIAN Territory
September 18, 1849.
DEAR SIR:-l reached here. from Fort
Kearney, towards the latter end of July,
and had hardly got my tent pitched, when
was ordered over to Fort Pierre, on the
Missouri, with ten rifles, to escort Colonel
Mackay to that point, and to keep the Sioux
and other red gentlemen of the prairies
from molesting their scalps.
All hands are driving away at their new
buildings, and strong hopes are entertain
ed that before the mercury is at zero we
shall be around our new hearths.
We were visited, few days since, by
about two hundred Cheyennes and Sioux,
who danced a, little, stole a little, eat
great deal, and finally went on their way
rejoicing.
News from the Salt Lake has just reach
ed here, and the accounts from the emf.
grants are anything but hattering You
may recolect that early in the season
predicted great suffering among them. 1t
is now about to be fulfilled. Between ff.
teen and twenty thousand emigrauts, ac-
cording to these accounts, will be obliged
to pass the ensuing winter amongst our
Mormon neighbors. Such number of
additional mouths, you will readily see,
must play the deuce with the limited sup
plies of the Mormons. This detention
was caused by the careless or wanton con-
duct of the leading portion of the emigra-
ton, in burning the country beyond the
Salt Lake. All the grass is consumed for
nearly two hundred miles, which, ofcourse,
renders the passage of animals impossible.
A change has been made in the troops
intended for Fort Hall. Major Simonson
has gone on to Oregon, and Colonel Por-
ter been left in his place. This change |
was made by Colonel Loring. The Rifle
Regiment had reached Fort Hall in good
condition, but they had the worst part of
the road ahead of them. Colonel Por-
ter's command will throw up winter quar-
ters some where in the vicinity of Fort
Hall, and in the spring move down near
the Mormon settlement.
Those grand rascals of the plains, the
Pawnees, have again been imbruing their
hands in the blood of the whites. Two
men-Thomas and Picard-carrying the
U. S. mail from Fort Hall to Fort Leaven-
worth, were attacked by them few days
since, about half way between this post
and Fort Kearney, and it is feared that
both were killed. Lieutenant Donaldson,
on his way to this post found the dead body
of Thomas, and the hat of Picard stained
with blood. Before he reached the spot
he met war party of Pawnees, who evinc-
ed by their actions that they were the per-
petrators of the deed Thomas body had
several arrows sticking in it. 1t. D., had
but two or three teamsters with him, and
he could only give the body hasty burial
without searching very thoroughly for the
other man.
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