The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1849-04-21
md that will be read, for You in ADrI.

who have Just arrived from Santa Fe, call
dto see me. I had the gra'ili;auon to
LEARN that St. Vrain ses out from Santa Fe
On The 18Th OF February for St. Louis so
lha, by him I shall have an ea,ly and sure
| opportunity of sending sou my lerers-'he
one now write, and Others aier the return
OIL Cooley, and up 10 oar departure Tor Gal
,f~tnia. Llen, Bsal left Santa Fa on bis
way>,o California orthe o'hoFths monlh.
He probably carrieton with him any let
tiers Ina, mi2h,have been in his care, or t
Santa Fe for me. ".T'''
".Nond4p, January '2o.--Ny letter as
sumesa Journal form. No news from CO.
dey. A great deal ofG,iling weather.
rain ard slrrt here = snow ii lac mountains
This is 10 be consiiee' poor cou"try,
mou1iaiuons. with bot lr!e arabic lard,
aud Infested with hostile Indians.
81 am aoxious|y waiting 10 hear from my
parry. and in much uneasiness a. 10 their
Ia'e My presence kept them together,
and Guier; my absence may have had ("
bid effect. When we overlook King
furnishing party. Breckenridge said TO me,
he fin himself ste.'
So far The extracts from the frs, letter,
and the, are monrnful enough. The next
written AFTER he return OF Cooley, with the
survivors Of The party will be still more so.
Though written .wid rapilily and confined
to events--lhe mlnl recolling from the de
scripon of scenes and the de'a,l- Of wo-
i! is still too much for ihis nights paper,
and must be deferred til our next.
TAOS. New Mexico, Feb. 6, 1919.
"Aiter long delay, which had weari-
ed me to the point of resolving to set out
again myself, tidings have at last reached
me from my Inflated party.
"Mr. Vincent Haler came in last night
having the night before reached the Lit
tie Colorado settlement, with three or
four others. Including Mr.. King and
Mr.. Prouix,~ we have lost eleven OF our
party.
-*This name was printed Proue on
our first page-it is written both ways.
"Occurrencrs, since left them, are
briefly these. SO far as they came within
the knowledge OF Mr. Haler: I say brief
ly, because I am now unwilling to force
my mind to dwell upon the details of
what has been suffered. I need rcprieve
from terrible contempIalions. ] am alb
solutely astonished at this persistence of
msfortune-this succ eSsion of caIamities
which no care or vigilance Of mine could
forsee or prevent.
"You will remember that I lad left
the camp 0wenlv three men) when set
off with Cooley, Preuss. and my seryan.
IN search of King and succor, with di-
rections about the baggage, and with oc-
cupatiou sufficient TO employ them for
three or four days; after which they were
TO follow me down the river. Within
that time [ expected relief from Kings
party, fit came at all. They remained
seven days, and then started, their scant
provisions about exhausted, and The dead
mules, on the western side OF the grea!
Sierra buried under the snow.
"Manuel-(you will remember Nam
uel-a Christian Indian of the Costume
tribe, IN the valley Of the San Joaquin
gave way to feeling OF despair after
ttsy had moved about two miles and
begged Vincent HaIer, whom 7 hal left
in command, to shoot him. Failing to
find death in that form, he turned and
made his way back to the camp, intend
ing 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 fur
Their, fell into the snow and died. Two
Indian bovs-countrymen of Manuel
were behind. They care upon him
rolled him up in his 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-h,s
Imagination wholly occupied with ina,
ges OF many things which he fanclcd him
self to be eating. In the morning he
wandered off. and probably soon died.
He was not seen again.
'Sorel on this day Uhe fourth from
the camp laid down 10 die. Thy built
him fire. and NORM, who was in dv-
Eng condition, and snow blind, renamed
with him. These two did not probably
last till the next morning. That evening
Il think 1t was] Hubbard killed deer
s'Thev travelled on, getting here and
there grouse, hut nothing else. the deep
snow in the valley having driven off the
game. avs a......
The state Of the party became desper-
ate, and brought Haer TO the determine
ton OF breaking il up. in order 10 pre-
vent them from living upon each other.
He told them that he had done all he
could for then:-that they mad no other
hope remaining than the expected relief
and that the best plan was to scatter,
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