New-York daily tribune., 1849-06-07
The Overland Trail.
Correspondence Of TIE Tribune.

lows s>D >AVN INDIAN AsEScY. Nsy /. Iss.
Ms. GRsELETs Judging that letter from .
ventaole Californian, dated irom the Plains would
not be amss u Your columns, snatch momen,
Nhe my 'rris Is moving On 20 write iew lres 10 ~
sent 20 usl BY returning friend We have eeez
now 90 long out OF the busy world newspapers that
We know not what j. sal concerning the Overland ES
petition. H. therefore. should give some stale news
you may 20, wonder. TIE snxiou.,y expected and
long waited for .rz,s has come. md W. sr- now ~
sif. % the number OF about JlO wagons from this
ONE p0iut Of oatsct->L llscphs In a. probability
the same number has set Ct from iniependerce sn
a. many more are on The Fort hskrney and Council
Buf ,ral Thus in shout i day. ~ wagon. vii he
on the California road proper. beyond Grand Island
where al the before nl ntuu.a roads converge into
one Three men % each wagon j. fair average
"a tich would make nearly three thousand, allovin
flr the considerable number who 20 With pack mule.
- jar - - Joseph = concerned not nearly halt Ar,
vet st o4 The ferries are crowded ds, and nishi
with teams passing over.
Sow progress i made in the outset, the grss.
not yst t1g enough simt o. reans being hard work
e. Mule teams make ir0m ten 20 twenty miles day
easily and eNcu from siN % twelve. 4he road thu'
tsr l.s however, 5ern more hly and broken than !;
found beyond this point rhr prairie i iaiuuliuoui
.sscnhisgs OF halls Joined places 50 that the road
to seek level, winds through perfect abyrin,h-s
the end Of which W ought according 10 the old IA
bic. 20 ind bsFaio.
expedition may be composed Every state has its rep
resenaves here, from Maine 20 Texas sni back
hy the Lakes And IN such gathering Of the clans u
acknowledged that more respectable ssscmhase never
was made sny occasion. Instances OF ruhsnlsm Ar,
So rare that they excite the most marked attention..
Low conduct or misdemeanor Is exceedingly rare, ~
indeed i bad language which Is often rank where A.
the former evils are wanting. No more chivarou'
generosity. hospitsble. gsnilemsny impulse ws'
ever eyinced that other. the oii Crsads han in TINS
same Al. SIR. u reie,ms our country from host OF
srpc0rrtgg, guessing calculating and even repUdiai
ing sns 20 be- thus able 20 raise an army ot ten thou
sand men who drs men, snd NOT heAItlcss, mindless
and senscless anstomics.
The espida, d. not here and Il he IA on the route At
al. he resides some farther on, and the mountain men
Say he i either not az home or has gone last -
We DO not however lament his inyslblty, As We have
a very good substitute in our Wild mules Thee Ns
the interesting OF sl the long cared race believe
it Horace CHE Facts) who speaks Of feeling Sc
independent - % bump the with his lofty head
now these Quatrupeds viii. with their heels, draw
down the stars about ones eyes-ho being most humble
the while. They are pugists coH afg0rr, and nothin.
less than the gcnersshp % Taylor can out ank them
Only one thing WI. que them, and-ihat rule apPre
bend would work equally well with al the long cared
generation. II i this To manage mule, qusdrupec
~ bped take ha bg 'hs and hold fast This 1. II
daily practice and it has always the effect OF shaving
the head Of samson 10 Is on the same principle ihs
we secure the influence OF the prominent 4eabrs wher
we would carry pleasure with some political BODIES
T. it not
Yet since they as hardy as they are malicious
mules are preferable for th., mode OF travelling ONci
are taken by many however, and ponies by lew
Sustenance for the animals viii be in the noun
tain passes and on The sweet Water River, and t q
probable that the less hardy will tail From what
have observe. n would seem that where expedition
y an object pack mules the best conveyance I've
mules and pony % ride, sufficient But by hi
mode al conyeniences aud Injuries must be relIl
au she'd Coffee tea cooking utensils and al but barely
food and a change OF clothing must be forgotten, and
style Of fe entirely primitive must take their place :
sixty or ninety days viii suffice tor the trip in this siy e
whereas any other mode viii require thirty or tort,
days more.
A most remarkable degree of health prevails anon
Us snd with the exception OF some cases OF cho!er
morbus on The rser boats there has been no sicknet
among the Csiiiornisns few deaths occurred at y
JOsephs from that cause
With good fortune shall be AT Salt Lake IN July
and II possible will write from there by the Mormo
mail or otherwise.
Near by thi, place ls Mission school conducted
Pres0yterians and gratifying spectacle Il a. tror
| forty 10 sixty is the number OF Indian children IN IN
school They taught u read and write their ow
language and they sing very beautifully hymns IN tne
| native tongue The Missionaries who conduct II AZ
| evidently doing great work of good, and must B
men Of ability and sound beneyosence, Judging froi
| their works.
Yours, respectfully. PLuRIBus ONE or I'm