Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-09-22

tremendous hard storm to day. In yiolenc,
| i, exceeded anything of the kind had eve
witnessed; the ground was covered will
hail stones 10 the depth Of several inches
some OF them Of The size OF a butternut
Our horses we're quite restiye while undel
the influence "t the lasbing and peltine
storm. We hive found the worst road
poorest grass, wood and water the scarces
between the two Forts--encamped one
mile from the for. which is on the River
This is beautiful place--bo,s all cole
and cross.
| June 2l. Drove 25 miles--encampec
between two high bluffs--grass fine--ths
road good, and weather pleasant. The
face of,be country is rolling. scrubby pines
and cedars scattered over the hills make
the scenery beauiiiul-"O. K"
| June %. Traveied2 25 miles--encamped
on the Top Of high hilI--.he mos, slightly
! place | ever saw --grass poor. water good
and wood in abundance; all well.
Juno %. Drove % 3miles--encamped on
high prairie--grnss and water scarce. the
country very hlIIy, road smooth rs floor.
June 81. Drove 2U miIes-s,rnck the
North Fork Of the Platte about 3 o'clock
2. M. Fed our teams meal in order to
make g"od days drive; all right.
June rs. Drove 25 miles; encnmped
some five miles from the road with the e.-
pectation Of finding grass, but did not. l.
Bristol and myself took our horses back ,
miles farther and found as good feed ~
Ohio medows can aff.,rd in June Our
horses beng nearly starved, manifested
their pleasure by voley Of most thankful
naighing, on finding such excellent cheer.
White and Tyler are still travelling with
US. We carry our water 3 miles for cook
ing purposes. George K. says to me,
Sam, this is not exactly clerking for II
b., Is iI?" :. ! replied, .snoi BY - ah!
ii can't do justice to the SUBJECT
June 26. Remained in camp during a
heavy storm; we are near the ferry Of the
river; MIR Messenger is very sick; have
attended him to day; the rest Of the compa
ny all we'll.
June ~. Remained in camp during tho
forenoon; went 10 the upper ferry and vas
ferried over at the low rate Of five dollars
per wagon, and our horses nj 50 cents per
hend. fnere are five good b,,ais at this
terry; one Of Whites horses died ut the
ferry. caused by poison water; drove 10
miles afior crossing. encamped in n rn-
vine batween two bluff, no feed nor water
near this camp. The roads are sandy and
our wagons run very hard; we encountered
another severe hail storm. The hail stones
Tell the size OF hens egg; il was with the
grentes. efflrl TINT we kept eur teams from
running nwny during the slorm--all we'll
June %. Drove % miles made no halt
until we came to Willow Springs, dis
,ance Of ls miles from camp The wn,er
Of the Springs is very good. Our ieam
horses drank freely. having had no water
for 80 hours; we encamped ~ miles from
the springs. whore there is no grass; moth.
ing bu, wild sage bush grows here. Indeed,
.here is no grass this side Of the Platte riv.
er. Our teams look like the Genius of
F,nins. There is large spring IL miles
this side of the Pla,te River. The water
looks pure. bu, it contains aikali. count.
ed 80 dead oxen and horses that died IN
consequence Of drinking this wa.er-good
night
June 20. Drove Is miles and encamped
on the banks nf the Sweet water river,
where we arrived about 10 O'Clock A. NJ.
Here we found plenty of Iced for our hors-
Is; the road very sandy and hard for our
teams. We have been travelling in sigh,
OF snow for several days. We ars 55
miles from lhe South pass Of the Rocky
Mountains. The rest Of our Company
from Garrei,syiIie, this evening made COM
| mon stuck Of their horses and wngons.-
rhev will leave one of their wagons and
pack their horses-gosd night.
June 30. Drove Is miles, and encamped
| on tho banks OF the Sweet walter. Grass
frs, rate, the best we have had since We
| eft the North Plare. We are OF. what is
called the Sandy Plains. A large number
oi wagons are left here on the Plans, By
which We are amply supplied with fuel for
| c,oking purposes. We,her pleasant, -
/ Boys all we'll.
July l. Remained in camp 10 rest our
horses, and saw off ou. wagon box TO make
it lighter. We kept our teams miles
from camp, where good grass was plenty
The days are very warm and the nights
cold. We have added wnolen shirts to ou'
wrappers to make ourselves comfortable.
July ,. Drove 20 miles and again en-
camped Oh tho bnnks of the Sweet Water
grass very poor being so often ted down
George Raymond is very sIck-is tronbiec
with grent pain in the head and back.
have ha,hed his back in Vinegar and Cny
emo Pepper. A. Messenger is under the
Doctors care, but is improving. We ara
abou, fity miles from the South Pass of shs
| Mountnins.
July ). Drove 20 miles encampsd OF
tho banks Of tho Swee. Wa,er-grass poor
road sandy but not as bad as they wers
yesterday.
July 4. Drove II miles and encampet
on high bluff. No grass wood nor wal
er-,he road very hiliy, but very smooth
they are equal to any plank rond in ,h'
States. w leather cold and windy, muci
colder than ever expected to ses on tn
4lh of July. Our Garre,,sville friends LEI
US this morning: All right.
July $. Drove Is miles and again en-