The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-04-28
Col. Premonr. Di.a.,er.

Mf. hem, who made one Of Fremontis party In
his late disastrous attempt TO cross the noun.
tsins, writes TO friend, Mr.. A. Robidesux. of St.
Joseph, many particulars of the sad event, which
are new as well as deeply interesting. We fnd
them in the St. Joseph Gazette, Of the 18Th inst
Mr. Kern says that TO Bent's ForI, everything wen.
well. Williams, an old guide, was with them
and gave confidence TO all:
"Leaying Hard SCRABBLE, we continued m its
creek into the mountains. As we adyancad- The
snow increased. Crossing the first range, we fen
upon the "atefs otthe WaPpanah, passing through
ON road--the snow still inc reasing
1--WE continued couple Of DAYS on The Del
Norte, and then TUNED mp what Williams called
your pass on TO the COmpadne. In this he was
evidently mistaken, for a worse road never saw.
we went on up the Canon, our animals falling and
the snow deepening every step we took. biSSins
iar, as II subsequently TUNED out, 10 defeat our
crossing On the 18th of December we ATTEMPTED
to cross what we supposed 10 be the DIVIDING
ridge between ST. Johns and the waters of the Del
Norle, tut were driven back by the storm The
next day We returned 10 il again. and were success
full enough to get on the other side to small elump
OF pines. We unpacked our animals on a bare
point, and drove them TO the hilltop in hopes of
their finding sufheiency of food for day, as the
snow had drifed from il in places. From this hin
hrg Ht'ti came again, lnt Storm continuing. and
having no shelter, they persisted. Camp then
commenced making PorIages, in hopes Of reaching
the river.
BY hard labor we worked our way gradually
down. On the 18th, King was sent ahead with
Old Bill TO Abaque 10 bring US relief, while we
were TO continue down. On the I1th Of January
ne not arriving, the Colonel become anxious and
started with his mess and Cooley, inhopes ofmeet-
ing the relief party. Our provisions had given out
and we were living on Parefleshes and tug ropes
Already Proux had persisted from hunger and ex-
Pesuss- ou fiar 1etis, an having seaehed ssIe ri
yer, we made little packs of bedding ami vS,fb
our nhea started for-GOd only knew where Here
commenced our greatest suffering. The oompa-
ny had for rs head Vincent Halter, about as con-
temPtible and e0wardly fellow as ever wulked:
ms own lack OF courage quickly diffused itself
among The men-so you may suppose how things
went on.
Probably up 10 the 18th we had lost nine men
Our mess and another had made our final cau,p.-
We were blind from the snow, and unable tc see
The sights of our rifles. dead wolf was ali we
had TO sustain life among uine men. had el)sed
all my affairs, and felt that day or two more
would erd my troubles, when, about noon On the
18th, we heard a shout, and Cooley entered the
camp. Here ended our troubles. From him we
earned the fate of Kings party, who had been
1und by him on his way down on the 18th Poor
Aing had died from exhaustion somewhere about
he 9Th; The rest were in a miserable condition
rozen and partially cTazed. They had given ap all
ropes OF returning 10 us with relief
Thus has ended the expedition-comnencs-d so
ar as outft was concerned, under as fiatlenng
prospects as ever one started. The loss in dollars
las amounted to overten thousand-in life, ten.