Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-03-05

were cautious, however. to first station
man on each side of the river, with our
hos, shoo,inr rifles, some stance below
the ferry, to Kill the REDSKINS should they
make anv attempt 10 seal The ANIMALS.
Par, of our company crossed over 10 re-
ceive the mules, while the res, It US re-
ma ned TO start them in and watch our
baruare. A small mule belonging 10
Fraukiin, became enan.-d in The larl.i.
and was drowucd the ludan brought II
on shore, and III Il siioIl time every pari
OF it was carried away. Tie first butcher
Gu, out the cnrrails, and logged them OF
q The most delicate part, and The last took
the head Of he il,.!atcd animal upon his
shoulder, aud 'rud .cd away well satisfied
wilh his share. Although We came very
near lo-iu. three fine mules, this was the
only actual bad luck lha happened our
company. When nj n, Sc, IN. We had al!
the animals safely over, bu, our baggage
being vet behind, we were obliged 10 d.
vide camp. and keep guard on each side.
Saturday, Aug. 1.-THE moon arose
abou, 2 O'Clock, when we commenced
crossing our baggage, and by IL NJ. we
had all our traps" safely landed on the
western bank Of the Colorado. aller ten
hours of the mos, ia'lsuins labor. We
Immediately packed up, and went out a
>horl distance from The river, where "e
found % nd ni water, IN abundance o'
hran>, and some grass.
Sundav. Aug. l2.-V,-ired by the In
dians. Th.y h,I nplh;nI 10 trade eXcep'
some lrrkcd mle me.t, which we ru'.
chased, glad Il ge, ii. The +" >qn'"N ;
We siw wer. remarkable; tall, and heavy
in proporli N ihey mi n, well be c!a>sed
with the race Of giants. At tbs pom! we
ex2ec, TO leave all water, and strike ou
upon oar jpurney across The Desert &c
cordinsy. we filled all our water vessels
gourds, canieens. hlyersacks, g.. My
air.pillow. which had done good service IN
the purpose for which ii WAS made. ant
was used as lie preserVer in swimming
the Colorado, now served as cdn'een, II
which we packed or 5 gallons OF water
! and altogether, we must have had abou
20 gallons. We also packed lot OF mez
quite beans.
Everything being in readiness, we star
ted abou, 4 o'clock. P. NJ. We Travelled
west, across the river fiat, until we reached
the high ground then south. crossing ;
number of high, rough ridges, putting II
toward the river. The country began L
change in appearance, and we soon ioun'
ourselves up 10 ou. EYES" in sand, IN
surface rolling. and perfectly bare OF vese
tarion, except small species Of brush
which found its way up through the sand
appearing 10 defy slerlIhy. The drltin.
sand had closed up the trail in many p'a
ces night closed in upon us. and atte
many iruilless attempts TO follow II. \"
concluded to stop, which We did abou, II
o'clock, tying our animals up To the bushe
before mentioned. We lay down 10 res
and sleep, but in vain-ihe hot a'mospher
and heated sand bed prevented any hing @
The kind. The ANIMALS sank 10 thel
knees in the sand.
Monday. Aug. l3.-The early dawn O
morning was the sign to be " up and do
,ng," for no time was 10 be lost, aite
launching ou, upon the Desert. We "er
bivouacked upon a ridge of sand. and
copinuarion of sand hills stretch out L
the W. and n W., bounding the horizo
in ,ha; direction. On the east is the rive
fat The stream is not in SIGHT. but IN
bottom is covered with mezqune timber
and this can be seen. off to The south a
Tar as the vision reaches. After packin
up, we descended 10 the fiat, where W
found several small pools of water W
walered our stock. and replenlshed ou
canreens. We were no little surprised T.
find a cornfeld here. and shortly alter
wards, saw the Indians coming ou, OF 'heI
hu,s. with baskets to gather their day
supply of corn, melons. &c. !; they sal
they belonged to The Marakopa tribe
Judging from the barren appearance G
the soil, | could not have believed that
would produce. especially at such dis
lance from the river. Here we found
rra,I running along a, the loot OF the sand
hills, which we followed. moi known
whether we were in The right or wron
road
About Q O'Clock, we found some beans
and stopped an hour TO resi- and Iced ou
animals Al IL o'clock, Nj. we came L
The first well, where we unpacked, wa'ere
our animals. and prepared breakfast. o
rather break fast. dinner, and supper 10 on
meal. for we have eaten nothing since "
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