The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1849-04-28

Leaving the camp employed with the
baggage, under the command Of Vim
centhaler, with injunctions to follow
me in three days, set off down the
river with small party consisting Of
Cooley, his young nephew, Preuss, and
Saunders, (coored servan,.) We car
ried our arms and provisions Tor two or
three days. In the camp lief, under
the command Of Vincenthalsr) The
nesses only had provisions for a few
meals, and a supply Of fve pounds Of
sugar to each man. II failed 10 me g,
King, my intention was to make the
Mexican settlement on the. Colorado,
a little affluent Of the Rio del Norle,
about half degree above Taos, (you
| will see il on my map,) and then send
back the speediest relief possible 10 the
party under Vincenthaler. "i'' - 's...''@
"Oni the second day after leaving
the camp we came upon fresh trail OF
lndians-two lodges with conside
bic number of animals. This did not
lessen our unsasiness for our long.ab.
sent people. The Indian trail, where
we fell upon it, turned and went dowr,
the river, and we followed ii. On the
fifth day (after leaving the camp) we
surprised on Indian on the ice Of the
river. He proved to be Utah. son OF
a Grand River chief whom we had
formerly known, aud he behaved TO-.
wards US in a friendly manner. By a
present of a rifle, my two blankets, aud
other promised rewards when we should
get in, | prevailed on this Indian to 90
with US as guide TO the little Colora.
do settlement, and to take with him
four OF his horses, to carry our little
baggage. The horses were mserably
poor, and could only get along at a
slow walk. On the next day (the sixth
of our progress) we left the Indian
lodges late, and travelled only some
six or seven miles. About sunset we
discovered a little smoke, in grove Of
timber, off from the river, and, thinking
perhaps it might be our express party.
(king and his men) on their return, we
went to see. This was the twenty.
second day since that party had left US
and the sixth since we had left the cam
under Vincsathaler. We found them
three Of them, CreuizfeIdt, Bracken
ridge, and Williams, the most misera
BILE objects i had ever beheld. | dio
not recognize CreutzfeIdt's features
when Breckenridge brought him up and
told me his name. They had been
starving! King had starved to death
a few days before. His remains we're
some six or eight miles above, near
the river. BY aid OF the Indian horses
we carried these three with US, do wn
the valley, to the Pueblo, on the Little
Colorado, which we reached the fourth
day afterwards, (the tenth after leaving
the camp on the mountains,) having
travelled through snow, and on foot.
one hundred and sixty miles. auso ~
81 look upon the feeling which in.
duced me to set out from the camp as
an inspiration. Had | remained there.
waiting the return Of poor Kings par.
ty, every man of us must have per-.
ished. ~. a~ a4f' trr elrt'' a
The morning after reaching the
Little Colorado Pueblo, (horsss and
supplies not being thereO Cooley and |
rode on to the Rio Hondo, and then
to Taos. about twenty-five miles, where
we found what we needed; and the
next morning Cooley, with four Mexi-
cans, thirty horses or mules, and pre-.
visions, sat out on his return to the te.
lief Of Vincenthalsr's party | heard
from him atthe Colorado Pueblo, which
he reached the same day he left me,
and pressed on the next morning. a On
the way he received an accession of
eight or ten horses, turned over to him.
BY the orders of Major Beall, of the
army, commanding officer of this north
ern district of New Mexico. From
him ! received the offer Of every aid in
his power, and such actual assistance
as he was able to render. Some horses,
which he had just recovered from the
U.ahs, We're loaned 10 me, and he sup:
piled me from the commissary's epart-
ment with provisions, which | could
have had nowhere else. i find myself
in the midst Of friends. With Carson,
is living Owens. Maxwell is at his
father,in'law's, doing a prosperous bu-
siness as o. merchant and contractor
for the troops i remain here with
these old comrades, while Cooley goes
back; because it was not necessary for
me to go with him, and it was necessa-
rys for me 70 remain, and prepare the
means Of resuming the expedition to
California as soon as he returns with
the men iefi behind. ! expeci him on
Wednesday evening. the 3lsl inst, this
hasnr, xka 1Tth