New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-04-17
'RY THE MIDNIGHT SOUTHERN XAIL
COL. FREMONT AND HIS PARTY.
FARTHER AND FINAL ACCOUNTS.
UrparalIeIed suderings Separations Of the
Party-gesslutfen TO Feed on the Dead
Centinua1 DeaIhs- Final Arrival oil As'
.I-tanee-The Baggage Lost-The hon'e
finally Abandoned.

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for the information OF those who have not recent
maps az hand. =,
II Is known that the great Rocky Mountain
chain with a general direction nortfand SOUTH
sends out branch toward the southeast from De,
tween the heads Of the Arkansas and the MO aeI
Norte; and this branch forms tue dividing mage
between the upper valleys OF these Two I'els
and between the hesdrs,srs Of the Red River ana
the Del Sorte . and having accomplished these Pul,
pose. IL subsdes and cisaPpears In toe Pisins oI
Texas The highest part Of this branch enss sno q
governing object IN IL d travellers, are tne
Pe.ts 6r,t sde Known 10 American geography ~ ne
then Young Lieut.. Pike These Peaks are soOe' 20
north latitude 81. deg and and Wes' longiicoe fVn
London Jos deg and shout on me iohg'89,n.J
with the Pneblos Of the Upper Arfsnsss, distant
from them half degree and In sight lney are
seen a. great distance, and are suioios ooec's %
traveller. The road % Santa re passes oeio"
these Peaks ssc crosses the chan ABOUT Two GO
grees south; Colonel Fremont passed above tceIo
ana entered the valley Of the Del Norte hgn up so'e
the Mexican settlements and shove PIKE s'oeAAoe,
and intended 70 follow the Del Norte 70 US neeo az
cyo,. the great Rocky Mountain chain through some
mas, there 10 be found He therefore, so 70 SPEAK
going into the forks Of the mOuntsip-nto TIE gorge
Two Tnoup,ains-snd at a CREST elevation, SHOWN oy
the fact of the great rivers which issue rom ne o
no.,,. tide, Of the Rocky Mountains at tia; psrtine
Arksnsss snd Del Norte ne east, the GrsDd hIFer
fork Of the Colorado Of the Gulf Of Caforns On tne
west IL At this point-th lead OF tne Dsl NOiS
-vhere no traveller bad ever gone before, toa' tOi-
Fremont intended 10 pass 10 surrey his last line across
the continent complete his knowledge OF the country DE-
tween the Mississippi and the Pacific and crown Toe -
bors Of long explorations BY showing tne c7vnty 10
tween the great river and the grest 10 be nhsoaoe
by civilzed people and practicable for great ROAD
and that several lines and which wasthe best lie nsa
been seven years engaged IN tns sreat iaoTr snu
wished 10 complete H. IL was the beginning OF Decem-
her that ne crossed the chain from the Arkansas valley
into the valley Of the De- Nore and although late with
she full belief Of the old hunters and traders at the rue
bios the guide inclusive whom he htrs engaged, that
he Ia provided
thing to carry the 10 California and win gram 70
carry al the animals across all The mountains INTO tne
valleys of the tributaries Of the Great Colorado OF tne
West where the SHOWS would be light wood and grass
sufficient game abundant and the bardshps OF tue ex-
pediuOn al suTmounted and leh behind lnt"o weeks
he expected TO be In these mild valleys UnnspPiy'
the Guide consumed these weeks In getting 20 the
head of the Del Nortes distance which only required
four or I'VE days Of travel Col Fremont showed IN
coming back This was the Of the frtt calamity
iii, loss Of The horses and Bics The same guide con
,umed twenty-five days when sent with the party Tor
relief 10 making the distance which Col. FREMONT,
with Cooley PTeuss and a servant without GUIDE
on foot in colder weather, deeper shows sud hall IAN
isbed made la six That was the cause OF tue secono
and irreparsbe calamty-tke death q ne NM
The immediate scene Of suffering 10 this great disas
ter where the OF the great mountain was forced
aud its summit scaled must have been about nortn s
imde 3st and west longitude from London lO', the
elevation above twelve thousand feet and the time that
Of dead winter-C Christmas From this point the noted
obi-cis Pixies Peak and the Three Parks would bear
4. L
With this notice Of localities. TO which mournful
interest must long atsch proceed to give extracts
from the Remaining and final letters from Col Fremont
-"' Taos, NEw.MKxIoo, Feb 6. ls49
Alter long delay. which had wesried me to the
popt of resolving 20 out again myself udings have
At last reached me from my Inflated party
Mr. Vincent Hser came In last night having the niRht
before reached the Little Colorado settlement with
with three or four others Including Mr.. King and Mr.
Proulx. we have Lost eleven OF our party.
Occurrences sine left them. are briefly these, %
far as they came within the knowedge OF Mr.. naler
ssy briefly because willing 10 force my mind
10 pom the details Of what has been suffered need
repreiye from terrible contempations. am absolute
ly sstonished ~ this persistence OF msfortune-ths
succession OF cslamtes which no care or vigilance OF
mind could ioresee or prevent
You will remember that had left the camp Ctventy
three mem when set of with Cooley Preuss, and my
aervant In search Of King and succor with directions
about the baggage and with occupation sufficient about
20 employ them for three OF four days after which
they were TO follow me TO the river Within that tlme
expected relief from Kings party, II II came at all
They remained seven days and started their scsnt
provisions about exhausted and the dead mules on tne
western side of the great Sierra buried under snow
Msnuel-(you will remember Manuel Chrsusn
Indian of the Costume tribe In the valley OF the san
Joaquin)-gsve way 10 a feeling Of despair after they
had moved about two miles. and begged Vincent Haler
whom had left in command, TO shoot him Failing to
And death in that form be turned and made his way
back TO the camp, intending TO die there which lie
doubtless soon did -
The party moved on, and at ten miles Wise gave
out-,hrew away his gun and blsnket-and a few hun
dred yards farther fell into the snow, and died
Two Indian boys-countrymen Of Manuel-were be-
hind. They came upon him-roed him up 10 hi,
blanket and buried him In the snow, on the bank Of
the river.
No other died that day. None the next
Carver raved during the night-his Imagination
wholly occupied with images of many things which ne
fsncied himself to be eating 10 me morning ne van
dered of, and probably soon died lie was not seen
sorel on this dsy Qihe fourth from the camp laid
down 70 die. They built him fire, and NORM, who
was In a diving condition, and snow blind renamed
with him. These two did not probably last III the
next morning That evening q think II vas HUBBARD
killed deer.
They travelled on getting here and there grouse
but no hing else. the deep snow IN the NsIey hs'hs
driven of the game.
The state Of The party became desperate and brought
Hsler TO the determination Of breaking II up, IN oraer
10 prevent them from living upon each other. lie toia
them tina, he had done all be could for themths they
had no other hope remaining than the expected ree-
and that the beet plan to scatter and make he 1os
Of their way, each ~ he could down the n'eI INST
for himself il he was 10 be eaten be would al AL
events be found travelling when he did die This sd
dre.s had its effect, They accordingly separated.
With Haer continued hve oihers-Scou huooao
Martin, BaGon, one other and Two Costume i"o'ah
boys. ~,
Rohrer now became Respondent, and stopped. hsler
reminded him OF his family, aud urged hin 10 ny sha
hold out for their sake. Reused by this sPpeA 70 MS
ward but feebly and soon began 70 fall behind On
farther appeal he promised 10 follow and 10 oVerSke
them at evening.
Hsler. Scott Hubbard, and Martin now sgreed that
If ANY one should give out the others were not
10 wait for him 10 die but 10 push ON and Try and save
themselves soon this mOurniul covenant had TO De
kept But let me not anticipate events Sufhcient Tor
each day 10 the SORROW thereof q,
Al pisht ksrpe's party encsmped lew hundred
ward, from Hsers 9Th the intention, according 10
Tsplin. 10 remain where they were until she relief
should come and In the meantime 10 1--we upon tnOse
who hsd died and upon the weaker ones a. tney snoud
die With this party were three brothers herne,
Capt Cs,hcari. MeKle, Andrews, siepPorfeldE and
Tapin do not know that have got all the names Of
this party. .,.a
Ferguson snd Beadie had remained together behind
10 the evening Rohrer caEae up snd renamed IA
Kerpes party Hales learned aiIerward from some Of
the party that Rohrer and Andrews wandered on Inc
ne 4; morning and died They saw their bodies
Haler's party continued on. After few hours hao-
bard gave out According 10 the agreement ne WAS
left ~ die but with such comfort a. could be gwen
him They built him ire and gathered nm soua >
wood and then le him-withOui turning their neaas'
a. Halrr says 10 look II him As they went on
Abol, two miles farther, Scost-yoa remember aim
he used 10 shoot birds you the frOneroe gave
out He was another OF the four who had cove nsni7d
Assiust waiting ior each 0,her The survivors did Tor
him as they bad done for Hubbard and passed on
In the afternoon The two Indian boys went sneAa-
ble,.ed be these boys -snd before nis hs mel Cooley
with the relief lie had gone On with al speed Inc