Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-01-15

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'"ad being good. we made excellent tine.
The road Is so much bei,er than that we
have been travelling over for the last five
weeks. that we scarcely knew when to
stop. We are nov fairly launched upon
The plains, and il " wind and ude'' favor
u'. we will probably live" to see the end
Of our jo 'rney. We were obliged to leave
h. road "i'e or more This evening. for
'he purpose of encamping with wood and
water. Ram and heavy thunder showers
during The night. Distance 30 mIes-2s6.
Sunday. May 6.-In the course OF to-
days travel. there was frequently not a
Tree or shrub in sight. Passed through q
large Prairie Dog village; the eurlh was
very spou,y and damp where they had
hnrro~ed. We saw number rha, were
apparently guarding their habitaiions. but
turned in upon our approach. We did no,
succeed in KILN. any. They are said 10
he delicious eating. Eocamped on a
ravine. and had good wafer and feed.
Distance. Is miles-295.
Monday MAY 7.-L-fi camp a, 8 o'clock.
shortly aiter reached and crossed the Can
adam river; it has the same singular, ,ur.
bid appearance. and quicksand bed. The
road to-day has been very good. This
route has never been Travelled before, 50
that our course is merely marked out and
no. solid road. There are probably 20
wagons in advance of US. We are now in
the CamAnche Indian range, but as vet
have seen hut few traces Of them; or rather
II may be considered neutral ground be-
tween the savage and half civilized !, dian
tribes. Game is very scarce. and although
there have been at one time vast numbers
Of buffalo on these plans, vet as civilization
advances this animal retreats towards the
setting sun. We have pitched our camp
upon high point, where the horz m does
not appear to be more than h,If a mile dis
'ant on all sides. Distance. 20 m,le,-3l5.
Tuesday, May s.-Our course io.dav lay
over high, level plain, very solid, which
made the wheeling good. We passed
great number Of natural mounds 10 day, Of
various shapes, which gave the Landscape
an odd. romantic appearance. The mounds
are composed Of red colored. rotten sand.
stone, and earth Of The same nature and
color. The grass on the plains is short,
hut very nourishing 10 our animals. Water
and wood have been very scarce to day /;
we almost despaired Of finding . place to
encamp until 4. P. NJ. when we crossed
several ridges Of white stone. which we
decided TO be plaster: the grass appeared
more fresh, and we soon found water and
wood enough to answer al! purposes. The
former. however, was SD bad that we could
scarcely use it. To-day we saw the frs,
fresh traces of buffaIo-'he watering pla.
ces. fresh dung, and newly cropped grass;
and about 3 O'clock, saw seven balls feed.
ing about mile from the road. Al that
moment what would not have given for
a good horse | could have exclaimed
"a horse. horse a kingdom for horse.'
As il was. | could but witness the sport.
Several Of the men gave chase, and sue.
ceeded in killing one, and wounding three
more. We found seventeen bulls grazing
behind small mound. within one fourth
ol mile Of camp. Messrs. Fi,zhugh and
Winston wounded one OF them. pursued
him several miles, and finally killed him,
hut did not reach camp until late at night.
During the day we had also killed deer,
turkey, prairie chicks. and ducks, and
we are enj"ying a boun,eous least this
evening. If our situation was known BY
our friends at home, they would certainly
envy US. The bull meat however. proved
rather tough otherwise it resembled beef,
excepting the wild flavor. Wolves, rattle
snakes, and ioads, abundant. Distance,
20 mlles.-335.
Wednesday, May 9.-Crossed several
deep and difficult ravines 10 day. and en-
camped on a stream running in S. f.
1t is about 20 yards wide, and
we suppose branch Of Red Rner. The
water is very red, turb'd and unfit for USE
Fortunately. We had filled one Of our india
rubber bngs during the day, which served
US for cooking. Jerking our venison and
buffalo meat this evening. We have very
fine grass a, this camn. Caught some
line catfish and soft sheIled turtle in the
stream. The weather is very warm. and
find walking all day pretty ,'resome
work. Passed the remains Of horse,
left by some company in advance Of US.
Distance, l6 miles.-35l.
Thursday, May lo.-Passed over
high rolling prairie; the few shrubs that
grow in the arroyns" are in full bloom.
which serves to cheer the monoiony Of