The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-04-21

maze WhlW WISHES lut your llhFllNtFrf--
Could YOU have looked into Agrppu's plnrs
for few moments only You remember
lhe volumes nf lilackslouo's Commentaries
which tool, from your Glhor's library when
$50 were overlooking u ~ our friend liCnrr
They made my Christmas 'nnusCnenls.'
read Them "a pnss The time, mud 20 kil lhe
consciousness Of MY situation, Certainly
you mnysuppose my Grsl law lessons will bee
welt remembered,
Tie pnHy for relief being gone, sc Of he
camp OGrupiGd Ourselves in removing ne
hnggagG and eVuipuEr down IhH E'io 81 ilie
noiihini 90 the river in the valley, which $50
accomplished in u ieW days Nov came on
lhe ledOusness of wHing inr lhe reiuriNoi
Tie refefwuy, Day after day lmssed' nnd
40 news from them, Snow fell almost ~
ressanlly iu the mnunlninst he Spirits oi
liie cainp grew lower Lile WAS losing ~
charm 10 those who had not rcnsons beyond
lhalHAelyes 10 live PraHe laid down ~ The
trHil mud irozr 60 death, lnH anHFirne fhtf
mud having with him The nenns To make u
Ere, he threw his blanket down on Tie trail
laid down upon IL, aud laid there lll he ifoZe
10 death We were not thea with nm
Sixteen duys pissed away, and 40 tidngs
! from he purty sent tor relief, hecnWe op-
pretsed with Unlikely, weary oldelny, ana de-
Ierniued 10 go myself, 10th Ia search at llle
nhseni puriy, and IN senfrb Of relief ~ the
Mexican settlements, ] wRs aware lhnl our
troops Ia New MeXicp had been enRngeh ~
| hosIilies with HE Spanish uinHs, nnd WIN
| the Apnchrs, who range Ia The valley OF Ihc
Rio del Norte aud the mountains where we
we're, aud became fearful that they lkiuP aud
his IIurtyl ind been cut of lay these Indians
could imngiue no other accident 10 them.
p Leaving tlte camp epuilaycd viii the bag
gnIc, under llie communal OF Ninceulhnlcr,
! with iniuuctiuns 10 follow me ~ three duys,
| set OIL flown tie river with Emnll parry,
consisting Of Cooley, Ills young nephew, Fee
uss, and SAUNDERS .culor,d rCnanL) We
cu1icd our nrms aud psn, i-lau--lp for mo ar
I three DAYS. In l0 emp (lci under con-.
nnnd Of VinccnlhOer) tho meSsea only lad
/ provisions for few meals, aud supply OF
( five pounds ofsugnr 10 each man u fhiIed
/ Ia meet King, MY intention wus 10 make The
! Mexican settlement on the Colorado, little
allucnt Of tho Rio del Norie, about hnfu de.
gree above HuoT (you will see II on my uiHp)
md thence send back the rpeedlest relei
possible 10 the party under Nincenlloler.
on tie second day after leaving Tire camp
we cHnte lpoH fresh srnil- ludinns-iwo
lodges with u considerable number OF ani-
mnls. This did not lessen our unensness
! for our long.nbsc people. The Indian trail
where we fell upon il turned aud went down
/ The river. aud we followed II. On The hih
/ day (ulicr leaving The camp wc surprised hh
Indian on the ice Of The river. lie proved To
! hc tmli, son Of a Grand river chief whom
we hud formerly known. mud he behaved to-
wards ms Ia a friendly manner. We en-
cnuprd ncnr them NJ night by present
nj rifle, H1g-ty2a hlankels. and other prom
| iscd rewgrds when we should get ~, pre-
vuiled on THIS ludlnn To 90 wiih{ us ms q guide
tn the Lutte Rio Colorado settlement, aud TO
tnko with him -four of his horses 10 carry our
| little baggage. Tho horses were uiserndy
poor, mud could only get nlong NJ slow
I wNi,S. On The next day iIhG sixth of our
progrnss) we LEFT the Indian lodges late and
/ travelled oily some six or seven miles. a
bout sunset we discovered n liltlr smoke, ~
a grave of timber, OF from tie river, mud
! thinking perhaps II might he our express par
~ king and It's mem on their return, we
went to see. This was the 22nd day since
/ TINT party had left MS, aud the SIKH since we
/ had left the camp under Nnccnlhn'H". De
! foHHA tkea--lhfee Of them: Creulzfeldt,
Breckenridge aud Williams--ilie most mis-
eruhlc objects had over hehed. did not
recognise Crcut2ieldrs features when Brack-
cnridgG hrouG himup q told me his name.
! They Ind hetn starving! King had starved
to death n few days before. His remains
were some sin or eight HiiIGs above, near The
/ river
| by nil otIhc Indian h6rses we carried these
/ three with ny, down Ia the valley, to the Pue-
bio on the Liule Colorado, which we reached
the fourth day niterwNrdS, (thc trntIr- after
leaving the camp on the mounlnns,t huyiug
Itrnveod IhEnugh suow,nnd on foot 100 miles
| look upon the feeling which induced me tn
set out from the cunp'ns an inspiration. Had
I reuuiued there, waning the return Of poor
Kings party, every nan OF us must have
persisted.
This morning after reaching the Little Col
crndo pttt.biu5 tfturSes ind supplies moi being
there Godey and rode on To the Rio Iloudo,
and thence 10 Tuos, about % miles, where
we found wllnt we needed; aud The next
morning Cooley. with 4 Mexicnns, 30 horses
or mules. aud provisions, sat out on his re-
ltufR the relief nfXincenlhnler's pnrtY.
heard from him at The Little Colorado Pucb-
10, which he reached the same day he left
ne, aud pressed ON The next morniag. On
the way lie received an accession 6f & or 10
horses, turned overto him 10y tire orders of
Mhl. Bcnll ofthc army, commanding officer
of this northern district of New MeXico.-
Tile also supplied .uIo from the cOmniSSary's
department with provsionti which ] could
have.nd no where else find myselfm the
midst Of friends. With Carson is living Ow-
eng. Maxwell il at his falher-in-law's. ] re-
min here with these old comrades, willie
Gudey goes back because il WAS not neces-
snry for ne TO 20 with him, aud it was ne
ccsSnry for me 10 remain, md prepare the
means of resumiug the expedition 10 Cnlifor-
hin MS soon MS he rcrurns wiIh Tie men left
hehiud. ] expect him on "Wednesday the
3 list inst, Abs being the lZth, --s-----e---