Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1849-04-27


After long delay, which had weartd
me to- the point of resolving 10 set out
again myself. tidings have at last reached
me from my, ill.fated party.
Mr.. Vincent Haler came in last night,
having the night before reached the lille
Colorado settlement, with three or four 9th
efs. Including Mr.. King and Mr.. Proulx,
we have lost eleven of our party.
Occurrences, since left them, are brief
ly these, so far as they came within the
knowledge of Mr.. Haler: say briefly, be-
cause lam now willing to force my mind
to dwell upon the details of what has been
suffered. | need reprieve from terrible
CONCENTRATIONS. am absolutely astonish-
ed at this persistence of misioriune-this
succession of calamlies which no care or
vigilance of mind could foresee or prevent.
You will remember that | left the camp
(tweniy-lhree mem when | set off with
Cooley, Preuss, and my servant in search
OF King aud succor, with directions about
the baggage, and with occupation sufficient
about it to employ them for three or four
days; after which they were TO follow me
TO the river. Within that time | expected
relief from Kings party, if it came at all.
They remained seven days, and then star.
ted, their scant provisions then exhausted.
and the dead mules on the western side Of
the great Sierra buried under snow.
Manuel-(vou will remember Manuel
Christian Indian of the Costume tribe in
the valley Of the San Joaquin -gavo way
10 feeling of despair after they had moved
about two miles, and begged Vincent Has
Ter, whom had left in command. 10 shoot
him. Failing TO find death in that form, he
turned and made his way back TO the camp,
intending 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 a few hundred yards farther,
fell over into the snow, and died. Two
Indian boys-country of Manuel
were behind. They came 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--his inn
aginaton wholly occupied with images of
many things which he fancied himself TO
be eating. In the morning he wandered
off, and probably soon died. He was not
seen again. Sorel on this day (he fourth
from the camp laid down to die. They
built him fire, and MORN, who was in
dying condition, and snow- blind, remained
with him. These two did not probably
last till the next morning. That evening
Il think it was) Hubbard killed deer.
They travelled on, getting here and there
a grouse, but nothing else, the deep snow
in the valley having driven off the game.
The stale of the party became desperate,
and brought Haler to the determination of
breaking it up, in order to prevent them
from living upon each other. lie told
them that he had done all he could for
ihent-that they mad no other hope re-
manning than the expected relief-and that
the best plan was to scatter, and make the
best of their way, each as he could, down
the river: that, for himself, if lie was to he
eaten, he would, at all events, be found
travelling when he did die. This address
had its effect. They accordingly separa-
ted,
With Haler continued five others-Scott.
Hubbard, Martin, Bauon, one other, and
Two Costume Indian boys.
Rohrer now became Respondent, and
stopped. HaIer reminded him Of his fam
lily, and urged him to try and hold out for
their sake. REUSED by this appeal to his
tenderest affections, the unfortunate man
moved forward, but feebly. and soon began
TO fall behind. On farther appeal he
promised to follow and overlake them at
evening.
Halter, Scott, Hubbard. and Martin now
agreed that if any one of them should give
ont the others were not 10 wait for him to
die, but to pjish On and try to save them-
selves. Soon this mournGul covenant had
To be kept. But let me not anticipate
events. Sufficient for each day is the sor-
row thereof.
At night kernc's party cncamped few
huntlfed yards from Haler's with the inten-
lion according to Taplin, TO remain where
they were until the relief should come, and
in the meantime to live upon those who
had died and upon weaker ones that should
die. With this party were three brothers
kerne, Capt. Cathcart, Mckie, Andrews
SlepporIeIdt and Tapin. do moi know
that have got all the names of This party.
Ferguson and Beadle had remained to-
gelher behind. In The evening Rohrer
came up and remained in kerne' parity
Haler learned aiterward from some of the
parry that Rohrer and Andrews wandered
off the next morning and died. They saw
their bodies.
Ilaler's party continued ON. After
few hours Hubbard gave out. According
10 the agreement he was left 10 die, but
with such comforts as could be given him.
They built him fire and gathered him
some wood, and then left him without
turning their heads, as Haler says, to look
at him as they went of.
About two miles farther, Scott--vcu re-
member him; he used 10 shoot birds for you
on the froniier-he gave out. lie was
another of the four who had c0venaned
against waiting for each other. The sur
yivors did for him as they had done for
Hubbard. and passed on.
In the afternoon the two Indian boys |
went ahead-bIessed be these boys!~-and |
before nightIal met Cooley with the relief |
He had gone on with all speed. The boys