The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-04-15

took from your fathers library when overlook
ing II at our friend Brants They made my Christmas
amusements" read them to pass the time, and to
kill the consciousness of my situation Certainly you
may suppose that my first law lessons Will be well
membered.
The party for relief being gone, Of the camp
cuped ourselves in removing the baggage and equpage
the side of the mountain to the river In the val
ley. which plished in few days. Now came
the tedum waiting for the return Of the relief
party Day after day passed, and news from them.
Snow fell almost necessarily in the mountains The
spirits Of the camp grew lower Life was losing Its
charm to those not beyond themselves
to live Proue down in the trail and roze to death
In a sunshine day, and having with him the means to
make a fire, he threw his blanket down on the trail
laid down upon It, and laid there till he froze death
We not then with him
"Sixteen days passed away, and tidings from the
party sent for relief became oppressed with anxiety
weary delay and determined to go myself both in
search of the absent party and in search Of relief in
the Mexican settlements aware that troops
In New Mexico been engaged in hostlites with the
Spanish Utahs and with the Apaches who range in the
valley Of the Rio del Norte and the mountains where
we were and became fearful that they (King and his
parity had been cut of by these Indians. I could
imagine other accident to them Leaving the camp
employed with the baggage, under the command Of
Vincenthaer with injunctions to follow in three
days set off down the river with a small party,
sisting Of Cooley, his young nephew, Preuss, and
Saunders (colored servant) We carried arms and
provisions for two or three days. In the camp Cleft
under the command Vincenthaler) the messes only
had provisions for Il few meals, and n supply Of five
pounds of sugar to each man IL failed to meet
King, my intention was to make the Mexican settle
ment on the Colorado, little afiuent Of the Rio del
Norte about half degree above Taos, (you will see it
Oh my map) and thence send back the speedest relief
possible to the party under Vincenthaler.
"On the second day after leaving the camp came
upon fresh trail Of ndianstwo lodges with a consi
derable number OF animals ms did not lessen our
uneasiness for long-ab people. The Indian
trail where fell upon 1t. turned and went down the
river and followed it. On the fifth day after leav
ing the camp) surprised Indian the ice Of the
river He proved to be Utah. Of Grand River
chief whom had formerly known, and he behaved
towards us in a friendly manner. We encamped
HON nj a w m
ket and other promised rewards when we should get
in, ! prevailed on this Indian to 60, with US as
guide to the Little Rio Colorado settlement, and to
take him four Of his horses to carry little bag
gage. The horses were miserably poor and could
sixth of our progress) we left the Indian lodges
late, and travelled only some six miles.
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 and the sixth
since had left the camp under Vinenthaler We
found them-three Of them Creutzfeldt, Bracken-
ridge and Williams-the most miserable objects had
ever beheld. did not recognise Creutzfeldt's fea-
lures when Breckenridge brought him and told me
his name They had been starving. King had starved
to death few days before. His remains six
eight miles above, the river. By aid Of the In
dian horses carried these three with down to the
valley the Pueblo the Little Colorado, which
reached the fourth day afterwards (thc tenth after
leaving the camp the mountans) having travelled
through snow, and on foot, one hundred and sixty
miles.
look upon the feeling which induced to set out
from the camp inspiration. HAD ! remained
there waiting the return Of poor Kings party every
man Of us must have perished
"The morning after reaching the Little Colorado
Pueblo (horses and supplies not being there Cooley
and rode to the Rio Hondo, and thence to Taos,
about twenty five miles, where found what need
ed and the next morning Cooley with four Mexicans,
thirty horses mules and provisions sat his
turn the relief Of Vincenthaers party. heard from
him at the Little Colorado Pueblo which he reached the
same Iday he left me- and pressed the next morn
ing the way he received accession Of eight ten
horses, turned to him by the orders of Major Bea
thaa Jatr
ofNew Mexico From him received the offer Of every aid
in his power and such actual assistance he able
from the Utahs, loaned to he supplied me
from the commissary's department with provisions
the midst of friends With Carson living Ovens Max
well is ut his doing prosperous business
merchant and contractor for the troops. remain
with these old comrades while Cooley goes back
because 1t not necessary for to 60 with him. and
it was necessary for to remain, and prepare tho
means Of resuming the expedition to California
as he returns with the men left behind expect him
Wednesday evening, the 3lst inst this being the
18th.
Say to your father that these my plans for the
future
"At the beginning of February Cooley having got
back at that tme shall out for California taking
the southern old routcby the Rio Abajo the
Paso del Nore the south side Of the ella entering Ca
t s,n eIpeena %
there in March, and hoping for your arrival In April
1t is the first time have explored an old road but can
not help It now shall move rapidly, taking with me
but part Of my party The survey has been unnter
rupcd up to this point and shall carry 1t
cutively AS possible after reaching California,
shall go with It, shall then be able to draw up
map and report Of the whole country agreeaby TO
original plan Your father knows that this is object
Of great desire with All my other plans remain
entirely unaltcred home in California is the first
point and that will be ready for you in April.
+" EvErINc.-Mr. ST. Vrain and Aubrey, who have just
arrived from Santa Fe called to me- had the gra-
tfcation learn that ST. Vran sets out from Santa Fe
the 18th Of February for st. Louis that by him
shall have early and opportunity Of sending
my lctters-the one now write and others after the
return Of Cooley and up to departure for California
Lieut. Beal left Santa Fc his way to California on
the 9th Of this month He probably carried on with
him any letters that might have been in his ut
Santa Fe, for me-
MoNpAY. January 20-My letter assumes n journal
form. No news from Cooley. A great deal Of falling
This is to be considered poor country mountainous
with but little arabic land, and infested with hostile
Indians.
IL am anxiously waiting to hear from my party and
in much uncasness to their fate My presence kept
them together and quiet; my absence may have had
bad effect. when overlook Kings furnishing party
Brackenbridge eaid to me- lie felt himself SAFE
So far the extracts from the first letter, and they
are mounful enough The next, written after the
return of Cooley, with the survivors of the party,
will be still more So Though written with rapid
ty, and confined to eyents-the mind recollng from
the description of scenes and the details of wo-it
is still too much for this nights paper, and must be
deferred till cur next.
with q view. among other great Objects 70 the
Mississippi and Pacific highway.