The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-01-06
New Mexico---A Snow storm.
EXTRAcr THoN TnE REPORT or LIEUT., !. "
AnERT, on sew MENlco.

ENTRAcr THoN TnE REPORT or LIEUT.. !. ".
AnEET, on sew MENloo.
/ The Lieutenant aud his party had left
BeuIs Fort on their return TO 81 Louis, on
I the 10Th OF January last. such sufl6ring as
! ~ here detailed has seldom been exceeded
/ fshrHDy 2O-All night the storm rugged
wlth fury nm awful ns That of tho "Iornienis'
! OF MI. Bluuc, The particles Of snow beat
! WIN VIA rage against my icui, while the
run Brrnclufe quWtfed, ana HE pOIes IhsI
supported u creuked and groaned "a much
lhn, it was impossib!u for ne to sluop.' such
was the force of tho wind that IL drove the
sno" through the cuuynss walls OF ms tout,
AIIl l..-.','+Tf-yt -rr'urr TUpGrs C0VoTGd Win
u. During the nigh, ! hcnrd one oftitc nen
Who Lad got his feet wet ia attempting to
eross he IiveT in,plornH some Of his cum.
panlons 10 let him get into the wagon with
them. The night was terribly cold, and !
ienrrd that nll OF our animals would bo fro
zen To death before morning, Al length
morning came, but when looked out, The
snow was drifting uloug IN dense clouds of
hhrd 10y PARTICLES, Tint flew along with eN-
treno velocity. A. tho sun begun To uppeur
'he storm ceased, aud Il was fortunate Tor Us
that it did censo. NOW forced my way out
Of the tonr, which was banked with SNOW
When | ionkgh around, scene ofuter DIES.
iruciion prosecuted ilsoli; most of my men
had lain down on lie ground To sleep, but
tiiow not one uf them could Ice seen. called
aloud HEY heard me not, being covered be-
urnth tho deep snow | now went 10 the
wagons; "a one found PillSa, aud f,aiHg Ia
ilin other, two or ihroe men, One OF whom
had baen very III even since leaving Beats
Furl. tie cHIne rushing towards me, null
distracted, his shirt covered With snow, hls
ipld bare, und crouchiug al my feet, he ial-
plpred ne to TAX, him to u house. 40, Lieu
lrunnl, take me TO s+rouse slpll freeze to
death lin freezing Ill hrma were
drawn UP aud slifltned. his body almost pur-
nlyzcd with cold. ltook tie poor fellow aud
pat him Ia my own bed, aud covered him
with blankets aud buffalo robes il wns all J
Al I'D do.
\ SNHo now searched about, nnd found tie
'.nen 10y the aid olihc cracks on iho surface
of tho snow, caused by the movements of the
RESTLESS slecpcrs. Covered 10y the mntile of
snow, Ihcy Ind kept extremely warm, und
now ihe chiN mir fet TO them inioerublc.
Ftbrilary 2l---Ihis morning IL tho first
tine for ri hours TINT any onr hns ventured
out. My, men Ind their provisions ready
cooked, aud shared them with Mr. Browns
rlari y,-pfAll ilie Ients that had been pitched
Friday night, mime WINS the only one which
still remained. Tho snow had heupGd up
around the rest 80 that the inmates were o.
desert Them aud tnkc refuge in the
Wagons. About mine, the wind had swept
IN such n way us to keep open n pnth around
ituirhuuEt1 the snow Mas OH a ieyet witt tho
rdgcpole of the tent We now broke up
some hpards that were in the wagons aud
kludlud little fire, Soon the sun rose but
'uHtcnd of ono sun, we hnd ihree-all seemed
oiepuul brilliancy; hut, NJ they continued 10
ri.e, the middle one only retained its circular
form, while the others slot into huge columns
Of fire, which blended with th0ir summlts.-
The breadth OF The columns WINS that oithe
suns apparent diameter, aud their height
about twelve 1imes uic snmc diameter; They
were between twenty md iHriy degrees dis-
TINT irom the slln Before the sun had risen
more than ten degrees, some of the men
called NY attention TO this strange appear
uncc, but cpgrossed we're thoy with their
own culdruldrs that they hardly seemed Ia be
ia the longt nstnuishHd ~ what thoy saw. '---
Alter como litlle while we missed Preston
aud the sick man; we inquired but no ono
knew amy thing abont them. II was now eH-
ident tint they had been buried bcucnthNihe
snow-drii, which for some distance around
had fitted up ihe nook jn which we hnd en-
cutupcd 10 the level of tho prairie; us the drift
was Of considerable oxtohtiDuct Ilmo would
be wasted in examining it unless we could
find where they had pitched tlleir tent. A.
las, noticed one poor fellow digging uway
to hEd hs boots. he showed me where the
sick NAN hud been. called the men aud inn
medintely ret to work. Tho SNOW wns Fix
feet deep, aud we had only little piece of
board TO dig with, und the cold was so great
that no one could work very long before his
hands becolne perfectly rigid. Alter good
deal Of hard diggiuG,we found pnir OF boots
which were recognized by Tho men rs Pres
Lon'a properly. This urged us to renewed
Eexerions at length we cleared the SNOW
ftopI portion OF his buffalo robe aud lifting
!, up, wo got Sight Of the poor fellows face :
hs critskout in weak voice, hegging us for
Gods sake not 10 Leave him TO die. We us
sured him we would not torsake him, and n
gnn covered his face until we could removn
more of the snow having dug MS far ms his
waist, Eve stout men caught hold OF mm to
drag bina. out, Lut tho sHow had been moist
aud was packed very hard. and lac wnS held
tight by the icnt, which had been broken
down ~ ihe,pressura vi The slinw hnmeYer.
r.etl-,s a-liIiie itiaEa-nniil wa ennld- pct nj
tho ridgepole of tho tent, which we cut INTO
with our axes We now drew Preston out