The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1850-02-02

row valley occasionally opeulng into basins, the
hills either white with lime, or b!Hckened wih
volcanic rock. We passed three wagons which
have been abandoned, their owners having run
down their mules and compelled TO pack through.
They were selling of their supplies Of provisions,
and bought a little bacon at cts. per pound.
We overlook tho ficnnlpin company, but soon
separated rs they drove INTO the cd"""n. IhcY
had lost three oxen since leaving Green nNer but
the company live N good health We passed
several hot spIngs near the read which were int
warm enough to hold tie hand IN without sc.di-
ing
Near the close OF the dav ~ sat reading Dry
ants Tour, IN the shade oi the wagon, was sur
rTi,ed to see NJ j. Schaiiyf, an old Ni-hawaEa ac-
quantanoe tldc INTO camp. To see hun here on
horseback, without supplies was matter OF sur
p-e. ! learned however IA lac had started
well EQUIPPED win hr'e y".. OF cattle, and q
sufficient "nn, iIoa Rockford, 'Ihnoi. bu, Timing
himself behind III the great crowd "lin the grass
growing more '1ftr every uay' AMI u,li progress
consequently slow lie lha.'y resolve! to 'C. 'ai'
purchase morse anu i'nl lis way along m me
uc'I way ne e""i' A''muh'siN u, 'Ig'tei 'h'
chah-c t trrth river, anu hau @p' mus s'r alohg,
Dut Il Is DUBIOUS way "I'eF HL i'r supplies ciI'-
not always be iad Tor love or money "a this dies.
oiate region lie ana incnd WHO accompanied
hlm Mr. hecA"Hh, ol Rockford, rcmalhdl "l,I
Us VI. morning:
""H %" e Were ""lSei 10 MAKE drive o.
ii'r'n nnl'c' without gra'. "' water so we started
cary oGr way lay lar along fa'ihc though The
ROAD as t4I-eh toge'her cou.l not De called bad
| rcachci the spring two hours before the tram,
anu bong very thirsty drank coWou-iy ard ny
down III ne mad. OF a cedar "Ush' soon ne-;a'
10 fee! SIX at stomach, WIN weaihe'S "i ne
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,lc con,u.rv with obon, s,,,,. n,,, n .iv mem -
That tha ur,,ri,t,,. Lol uu, Lnopr IN r,lal ,Lcir
engagements and ol,Lnr,.l, The messenger. had
maid tLem each 5000 tLat tLcv h,i scarcely reach,
ed tla sweet Water ,vInr il va. found tl.v
could como farther some ,f Inc mn. a,,.,cr. star
ted off on foot. other. secured a lrokrn down
mule aul vii, an al,,o.f total ,L,r,l ln-pcut q,
bor-a-o. tlay were r,i,,, to got thrI,rl anil he
a,rnp, tL.. rr-t W. ars in Hot Srrin.. yollr,,
ami y,Iap we .bould have .pronnal tlorc wis
mo- criss and we drove an five niles ,,h.n ",
found onlva scqrty surrly. maxim, q drive Of
twcLN- mi!cs.
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rfIlnrcssrro of al. We hogn lcr, nos.;,,r mn
this vorlr, far ,Le last tIr,a ay, and iLo ,c,oori
j. over. doy much srlc ,,,r,I,. r9..e. ,y;, Ii,I
I'M, of llr!k NIX n, sn'b sila ~ I,,.i, .L,r.J
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Wo nal, about - ,,,H,, o,j o,,,,.,,a -, ,
rl.n when, tI.- yya. ,I..nf,. 'f ,,Sss IN, f,.
pool of clear fresh water several fcct deep.
.LI, D 70, ling v.ry. ,r,,l v.,1lsl c,r,r,r,,
ot I,i. ,,co ,,,', r,r ~. g., ,,,;lSs ,y,'.i,,,.
many p,rl r.pl.s f,ot,,rr I,L, Iottar h., ,ir,,,s
:, h, ,,,,r.sr,,., anal , I.r., r,,,Lor ,s -
hon 70. % l.|.f I
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,Jirs+ II. ,,D In in,rco., f,It rh;IIv ami so,,,
thr nsIT,,L,lly hct became g,rorr1t tLa. NV
c.ta .,r ,I,, l,g was confinement to tls -r,rni
f1r ,,ii' ,,.s r,,ou ma aul fever wa, 10 f,llow
fit almost d.,,,,r,caI and bs,an IN think that
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.c1,s,,,fn', il aNJ ta, 7 ,,o. damned IN n Efs a,
,,,isar, o-,, AMI cI,Iis p'', ,I,.-n vas no Lelr
flr il ,nI whom .Ln ,r,oz c,, ~, r,ot in ond
Letw,cn clil rvrr dn.l "r5 InriI,. s,,n ,lssrd
81 ,nost I,."r;ong J,, W',I,gt ,I,,S ',,rr,, h,,;.
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uH."'E Ss' ''l" inc ',''~' o'."'e" '"e Gy GnI
Nv = "',r', E''.I ne ,5l,,N are 50 COZ" u't'
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