New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-05-22
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Il .e,s4p tn Missouri River

w rs the great and P"n lpa. a.. - .''e
BIZ Feet county. H. .'"g,,Y4s' w. -,
- CI;efoffle Biqci f'ft HIS last stati'I was
hal sblu. % niles below the Falls
M;.snnr where "a. mas spent several years.
e,oon1 the m 81 laln lar men IN the mum
-. viii The characgsr q languages OF the Ia
a. "a IN bis hug p-ac.,ca acqualatarcs haS
.sdes a inst appreciation TIE honor aud res poasi-
bIf, of any tdaiion wnion MS engagements may
;,o,.e II Jon him. L. o.. Yrescnt ex pe'..!'1a IS.1
he States, bis pa'ien aud perseverance, utVe
sse pa. TO the foil ,es., Dat he ha' proved d. nsst
soDsl 20 the difficulties auG hangers which he hal
M, HARvgr left For Campbell on the q day OF
Anil in large sklf or yawl, in company with
Js.. Russell, Toussaint Roland and Joan Oregon,
IA spa,iard1 The saiif cluJ ansd their entire Oar
81 and this. be it remembered, was Tor vogaSe
from the vicinity OF ths j ais Of the Missouri % tae
setismsntg on the bound y oi this ate. ds-
,aDce Of nearly two .o. sud i've hundred niles.
From the place Of their parturc 70 ;he mousi OF
he Ytipw Stone, their tip was greatly ln1elsd
hy the ice and high water lt vas 40, hDssins
ice. but ice shorc L2nna, .uI eqlaatg WIZ %
high wrter. inlerp si.- Sorrows o1s.acl' IS % .Aet
proeress They arrived o. Fort WiLian lmonen
Of the Yellow StOheJ on the l3h SHORTY a''er
lesyinE Fort Campbell they were assaiiSi oy
.ar party of AssnehOins and Crows, who evident
Nv had hostile intentions Mr.. Harvey's boat was
= the river and he was summoned TO come ashore;
suf be understood too well their character and
purposes to do So HI refused. The Asslneoolns
opened fire upon him but he called to the Grows,
some Of whom he recognized, aud the only damage
done " as the passing Of ball or two through the
boat.
At fort William be took on board his boat two
other men, Baptste Lori a halfbreed IRON ST.
Peters or that vicinity, ani - Trombley formerly
Of CabOkia. They lett the Fort on the 10th. That
night it commenced showing, and continued, with
lttr.. Of ha
the Hr.e Head Prairie, place where large
number ofhorses were drowned, they were assalled
bya war party of Sioux. Mr.. Harvey and his
party had encamped for the night on the west side
Of the Missouri, when thew heard the approach
the Sioux Indians. Mr. n. and the haltbreed,
Lord taking the position OF guard, ordered all their
traps int the boat, and as the war party pressed
upon them they retreated 70 the river; when al
the bank they jumped into the boat aud hastily
pushed for the opposite shore where they spent
the night. The next morning, as they passed down
the river, they discovered that the same war parry
had taken possession of trading house on the
bank, recently vacated by the traders-had built
fires. and used all the signals likely TO entrap stran
gers ~ trading post. AS Mr.. II. passed 1t, sus
pecting the deception, he and Lord sent couple OF
balls into the building, and instantly the ruse was
developed, by the whole war party turning out
Their demonstrations oftrendshlp were very strong
and loud, bat Mr. H. did not deem it prudent to
trust himself in their power.
The party arrived at the mouth OF Medicine
Creek. and there took on board Pierre Blais, well
known trader among the Indian tribes. AT this
time the whole party consisted of seven persons.
They left the mouth of the Creek on the last day
Of April and on the first day Of May-a fatal day
in this city-they attempted TO cross the river at
the Three Islands," about one hundred miles be-
low Medicine Creek about eight o'clock IN the
morning The ice was thick on the banks of the
,,.1o fka of gIa hoo md lie hair
one of the widest parts of the river, they were
struck with a gale of wind, suddenly and vio-
lently that they could make provision against it.
In an instant, the boat was swamped and Tiled
with water, they being at the time nearly In the
middle of the river. The whole party were I'm.
mersed in the river Mr. Harvey instantly attempt
cd to save them, by turning the skill over sacri-
6cipg all its contents aud urging them to hold on TO
il In this for time, he was successful:
Toussaint Roland seized his bag and made for
me m ain shore, but before he reached II the wln1
and waves carried him back into the stream and
he was drowned. John Oregon and - Tromb'
)ey were swept to the skiff by Mr. Harvey, but be-
fore it driited to the sand-bank on which 1t was
handed they persisted from the effects OF the cold.
Pierre Blais was benumbed by the cold, but by the
exertions Of MIR. Harvey and the others, was got
across the keel now upPermost. He had not en-
srgy enough to keep the vital spark anve' ana
,vben thew grounded the skill on the bar he was
lying with his feet on the one side, and his
head on the other in the water Exertlons were
made to get him ashore, but they were unavaillnS.
In fact the survivors were not In condition 20 90
more than save themselves. A short time alter
ward the current carried off the body OF Blais Toe
~kiH by the exertiOns OF Harvey, was run hard
!. ,hore on the sand-bar The HalfBreed Lord man
aged to get ashore, but he was scarcely able to
crawl from the effects of the cold
The wind was blowing strong on the sand BAR
where there was Lot the slightest protection, and
before he had wake twenty steps from the water
De laid down and died. James Russell scrambled
ashore from the skill and Immediately crawled, not
being able TO walk, TO hollow which the wind had
Iscooped out Of the sand. Ia this he was somewhat
Protected from the piercing blast. Mr.. Harvey,
having secured the skiH, got ashore, but was SO
Bepumbed that be could not walk or stand erect.-
by great exertion he got where Lord was and
lbund him dead, and thea he wentin search OF Rus
bell found him and got into the hole with him.
Hbere he kept Russell from going 70 sleep, aud
bAer time they both began TO recover. Soon
EsAer they began to look about 6r their safety. On
lhrung over their boat and bailing it out with Rus
lslrs hat they found a steel for striking lire, which
h. accident was hooked into one OF the boat TIM
Iles This and an oar was all they had. They
knke the oar in two and paed for the main shore,
vhre there was timber; there they succeeded IN
,sisng fire, and remained during the night
Il ne next morning the two survivors, without
ayprovisions whatever resumed their journey
down stream About eight miles below, they found
NrHs trunk and a bottle Of cofee-turther on
1e pick up a sack of coffee, and went ashore aud
nah what to them was rich breakfast. on coffee
son. They pursued their way down the rver,
rdn two days and hall, about 20 miles above
De Vermilion, they overlook three Mackinaw
sess which had preceded them. From these they
sotspphes and two men, and proceeded TO Liber-
y Lnding, where they arrived on the 9th inst.
sndi this city yesterday evening.
w have thus fully noticed this trip OF Mr.. Har-
lvsy because it is one of the most eventful ever
made upon our Inland Seas" and yet no more
han hit occur to any persons similarly situated.
Cein mia Y 'igradon-A New Route.
il n. L.. recent tim Of the etnhmer Anthony