The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1849-12-27

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vadinr Knee deep through extensive lakes ana
crossing swift running gsrsnm'. NJ o. ~
teams 20, stuck IN ne mud sna urmoansed cor
p.uy. pretty well drenched, got p camp on the
,berder, Of the Lake abouti0 p. ~. From sA,s
poin. We pr cecded 10 New R'vet the next day
and stopping there days,o recruit our sn'ms'',
reached the Colorado on the Both Sept. and our
present camp I'd Oct
And here we are on the banks Of the ColoEsdo
Of the Wes,-the Mississippi Of Pacific N. Amer
ica. /, 10 . wide, shallow and very turo'd
stream, full Of sand bars, and crooked. lie nav
ea,ion would be very difficult BY steamers q
any cluss: lie bottom growth is mostly w''low'
cotton wood and mesquite. The latter Is very
important shrub in this country, it is kind o.
locust, and its leaves are m excellent 1000 LOT
horses, answering al the purpose Of grain.
Emiarants are passing here every day on their
way to the golden region, most heartily tired o.
their journey, which contrary to their exPectaa-
tons has been prolonged to or months. There
has been little real suffering / imagine on this
route compared with the Northern, but great
waste Of property, 10 crossing the deser; desert
ed wagons, cooking utensils, clothing md every
thing that has weight has been deserted and LETT
10 be buried under the sand Of the desert, OF
picked up BY more fortunate company Dead
animals over all tho dry stretches line the SIDE
Of the road. In one place we saw complete
black smiths shop left, bellows, anvils, &C., the
wagon was burned up as if the owner Disguised
with his bad fortune meant nobody else should
be the better for i,-they pay dearly for their
golden dreams. Accounts from the Northern
route are appailing-.ho last we heard was that
. government PARTY had been sent out with
SlO0, 900 worth Of provisions 10 keep the emf
grants from eating one another.
Audubon,s party which we had accounts Of
last spring on the Rio Grande, who suffered from
Cholera, and lost 90 mucl, money--just passed
here, They followed very circuitous route
through Mexico-and were about out Of proyie-
ion. have been also surprised 70 fall in with
my old companion Of last year, Randall, Of Gin.
cinnati, (with the long beard.) ehad written
me a S.. Louis that he was en- route for Califor-
mia by the way Of South Pass, but they after
wards changed their mind, went to Santa Fe and
so b, the Southern route. They varied some
what from the ordinary route, passing from San
ia Fc 70 the head waters OF Salt River, = branch
Of the Gle. They passed singular tribe Of In
dams on the route who are more civilized than
the Pimos and live in villages, with two story
houses, cultivating the soil. They also had .
running fight with the Apaches for days, in
which 2 men were lost and several Indians kill
ed.
In crossing their goods over the Colorado q
this point two days ago, they met with very
serious accident by which four men were drown
ed, including the C,p,ain cThorn) very able,
energetic officer. The boat being overloaded
was capsizcd in the current (Which is here very
swiftly and it being evening, no help could be af.
rorded ill four sunk to rise no more. Others
barely escaped, this accident cost quite gloom
over the party-the bodies have not yet been re-
covered. WITNESSED the whole scene, such a.
never wish to see again.
The Indians about here are very different
from those Of the N. w. Tncy are much bette,
ofin the way Of living, and have not yet felt the
cursed influence Of ardent spirits-.hough j: il
beginning to be seen in their chief men, who are
invited to drink, As mark Of friendship. They
cultivate the soil, seem TO be no, very warlke
and, as Randall says, are very much like the
Mancopas that Emory Eel! in love with. The,
supply US with corn, melons, pumpkins, beams
and are quite cute at atrade. They are not su.
pers,i,ious like the Indians of the N. W.--ant
49,. =. e. :. - losvn ve,v fov. yei; o,ou
ideas. There are many Of the peaceable lnd
an tribes in this country that open = field TO
Missionary enterprise. II j. quito amusing Il
90 through the vilsgcs and REQ. i've oftheir hos
pitaiity.
lam rather pleasantly situated in camp, m.
duties are n. I srduous, except the night watch
ing, which one gets soon used to. My duties q
Surgeon thus far have been light. Just before
leaving San Diego we heard an suthentic rumo
Of Col. Weller's removal us Commissioner, an.
the probable appointment Of Col. Fremont
What is the truth Of the matter we have no
heard, or what changes it may bring about.
Believe me yours very sincerely,
CHAS. Z. PARRY.
| p. s. Oct. 9ist.-An express arrived thi
evening from San Diego snd is 10 return to-mor
row, no news Of importance. Fremont daily ex
pected-no late mails from the States, and ii,
letters for me. We shall probably leave her
for San Diego latter part Of November. Il
/ tEvERy INcHA WHiG.--- notwithstanding tina
the long editor Of the Republican has lost $5O(
| h1,oat; oft bat -
his readers, he tells them that he is still "six fee
five in his stocking feet, and every inch ch,g =
Can any body inform us how many lit wing,
this would make, how little they would be wher
made, OF how much more the Doctor would hay,
to lose in the cansc,to make him equal to two
wings to the inch!-lora CapaA Reporter.
That last question is solecism, as Wing: