The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-11-28
NEWS FROM THE PLAINS.

NEWS FROM THE PLAINS.
Y,rcnty thousand Men Beyond the Desert
Cholcra. Starpasios.'! Indian HossIi.
iesM!
The Sacramento Transcript Of tho goth
Sep,e mber, contains a letter dated ut the
Grca, Nj adows, Humboldt River, Scptom.
her 10Th, from Capt. Waldo, the Philan-
,hropic and energetic friend Of the emf
ornn,s. lie states that he met many who
had given up todie; others without iotd,
cave The WORKOUT horses which had borne
them thus far on tho way 10 California.
Some we're living on dead and putrid horse
flcsb-some had died from starvation. re
says he has met very few who have any
provisions, and nearly NIL are travelling on
loot. their horses and mules having given
out. No one now thinks Of gold--the cry
is for bread.
The Indians have stolen q great number
of the emicrant stock, thereby mony fnmi.
lies have been LEFT from four 10 six hundred
miles from tho Settlements, without teams
or means Of conveyance, and the Indians
are daily growing more hostile and daring
There is scarcely day passes, that there
are not more or less skirmislles between
them and the whites.
"AIany women are on the rond with fam
lilies OF children, who have lost their hus
ba nds hy cholera, and who never will cross
the mountain without aid. ! havc met in.
,elligent packers who left the Missouri rlv-
e. on The LIT ot July; they concur in the
statement, thni there are vet twenty thou
sa nd back Of the Desert. Fifteen thousand
Of this numher are now destitute oil all
kinds Of provisions; yet the period OF the
greatest suffering has no. yet arrived, Il the
supposi,on DO correct, that twenty hive
thousand are yet back Of tho Sink. Il will
be morally impossible tor ten thousand Of
this number to reach the mountains before
the commencement Of winter and the prob
ability IL, that they will then find these
mountains covered with snow from five 10
twenty feet deep. All remember the fate
Of the Bonner party"
In sno,her letter, dated Iruckee River.
September 18th, 1850, he states other facts
in relation to the prevalence Of the cholera,
deaths among the immigrants, and the hos.
tili,y Of the indians towards them. lie
closes bis letter with an earnest appeal for
help 10 those unfortunate people. We sin
cercly hope his appeal will not DO 10 vain.
Movements for the relief Of the suffering
people are made in many quarters. The
henef, given hy the managers Of tho Teha-
Inn theatre afforded over $l,lOO, and Col
Gran', Of Sacramento City, collected,
$780, 80 for the same purpose.
Capt. Waldo has shown most generous
and praiseworihy disposition. He gave
81, 600 in cash, besides one hundred head
Of beef cattle, and his services for the relief
Of The poor sufferers on the Plains, and is
still engaged on his errand Of mercy. lie
is in active service, is an eye witness to
the scenes Of suffering and death from star.
walton. Indians, thirst, and cholera. which
are even now daily transpiring there
What he SAYS can be believed; il comes
from the scene itself.
From Boiling Springs to this place (Great
Meadow have met with but few who
have any provisions At all, excep, the poor
exhausted animals which have worked from
the Sintes. Footmen, who comprise near
~ one fourth of tho number now on the
road, not blessed even with such food as
this. but are reduced to the necessity Of
s,ibsis,ing on the purified flesh Of such dead
animals as so abundantIy line the road -
This has produced the most fatal conse-
quences. Disease and death are now now
ing them down BY hundreds.
Those emigrnn.s that are yet back sew
ersl hundred miles must receive relief, or
die by starvation; and 10 whom can they
look but 10 the citizens Of California for
their salvation. Tho land Of their homes
is too far distant to render them aid in this
hour Of distress and danger. When left
your city, the scarcity Of money WINS plead
az an excuse for not contributing for tho
relief Of the emsran,s. II dust is scarce,
finger-rings and breasipios are not. There
are enough Of them in California 10 send
bread 70 every starving emigrant between
Green river and the Sierra Nevada noun
tains. And ! would ask, is it possible for
m American TO wear ring without blush
ing with shame every time his eye falls
upon j., when he knows that so many Q!
his conn.rymen-ycs, in many instances,
his schaoI mates, neighbors and kindred
and once brother in Christ, are dying for
bread?
CARRIER PIGEoSs The Glasgow Mail
notices the arrival in that city oftwo ofihe
carrier pigeons, known 10 have been taken
out bv Sir John Ross. with the understand
ing that they were to be sent home in the
event Of his finding Sir John Franklin, or
ofhis being frozen 10. One bore the mu-
tilated and illegiblc remains of letter.
It had apparently been shot at, having lost
its legs. Il ia snnposed the nigeona had