Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-07-17

most INTO the upper regions, where
ne stayed awhile but | came away be-
lore ne got down to ,srrafrma again
and so ] cantsay how he succeeded.
We are experiencing the full glow
OF summer heat now, the thernsou,s-
Ter ranging 10 80 a 95 in shade. Wnl
that do you. i not just pay us a vis-
il and We viii get up little artif.
cial heat by way Of amusement
Adieu. LAMlNGTON.
An RzPeaIsisa fer shs sseky Msunsalnu.
The steamer ST. Ange was 10 de-
part from St. Louis soon, with a
heavy cargo and about one hundred
vovdgeurs bound for I be Rocky
Mountains. The destination Of the
st. Ange is the mouth Of the Yellow
Stone river, more than two thousand
miles up the Missouri, and the head
Of steamboat navigation on that
river. AT that point most of her
passengers will take to Mackinaw
boats and proceed to the falls Of the
Missouri. Most Of these are noun
tain men. in the employ Of tho
American Fur Company, and whose
sphere OF operations is among the>
tribes at the base Of the Rocky
Mountains.
DR.. Evans, United States GeoIo-
gist, is passenger; and two distin-
guished Jesuit missionaries have ia
ken advantage Of this trip Of the
st. Ange to visit various wild tribes
Of Indians on both sides Of the
mountains.
"The name of Father De Smedt,"
says the ST. Louis Union, ''has be-
come familiar to all such as take an
interest in the fate and destiny of
the red race. The cheerfulness and
endurance with which he has en-
counteled unhsard Of privations in
the cause Of Indian civilization, the
courage with which he has faced
dangers from which the brayest
would shrink, and the valuable con-
tributions he has made to our knowl-
edge Of Indian lie and character,
has long since acquired for him an
enviable and enduring fame. His
name is honored and revered among
savage and untamable tribes whose
hospitality to the white man seems
TO be incurable. The Blackfeet felt
it as a slight that he did not come
among them last year; and they will
now welcome his advent with more
JOY and qualification than they would
greet the return OF some distin.
guished and honored brave OF their
nation who had been long severed
from them.
"Father Christian HGken accom-
panies Father De Smelt on his mis-
sim, and the Two will remain among
the Indians about three years. Fa.
ther Heken is likewise a veteran in
this good work. Fifteen Of his best
years have been spent in the smoky
wigwam, OF upon the open plain.
"Last winter he attempted 10 visit
the Sionx, under the conduct OF a
French guide, who had been thirty
four years upon the plains. They
were overiaken by violent snow
storm, which lasted three days, sue.
ceeded by such intense cold that
they were able to walk upon snow
from ten 10 twenty feet deep; were
prevented by the high winds from
erecting tent, or any means Of re-
pose for three weeks; and subsisting
for ten days on the hall of a prairie
chickenl Unable to reach their des.
tination, they were obliged to retrace
their steps, and arrived half dead on
the frontier Of civilization. The ia
nous Kit Carson himself has not 10
recount perils and hardships greater
than this humble, learned and Jealous
clergyman.
"Capt. La Barge takes up with
him his wife and family, and his esti-
mable lady will be the first white fe-
male that has ever assembled the Mis-
souri, as high as the Yellow Stone
The st. Ange has two hundred tons
Of freight already on board, and she
would have Departed yesterday eve
ming, but for some accident TO her
smoke pipes, which will detain her
ill Saturday morning"