New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-08-12

,tts~c hen VT thr,ugh Nv r Zoe, f'ep' IN mo
tso's" stood Ill might io swamp gn''dns "lr Ct
Ve' -. n nv uno"r ny h'-z'ns -nni WV ''7' -,
tle. o'' ,,,d hardly b-nr them "n 10 grouni-;ou'd
toIe ., .tup aud yyi, In all sid through Az, nave
rot ~" nj .,o,irg h.Aid-r every "ry sui nave Il m
tc' HY,sl ,r.ce INTO Otcg n NiY hsle s'rong inNn
htn r,.sac the river "a COubcN F"lnt, On IN" 4Jtn
ND hid good fortune ever s'nCr; nave buoted
OF hSy - ,;,,s, cav slk-, sntelup"s, g. was lost in
twoo w. al If ~ Q dsy aud DID not r~Ech our wagon
tep ,,o,pirr have no time 10 o'scrlpe the scene
tA pea Ins 90 Sandy Mscksy, Am ont amans the
~, az .,arnia." now. and nkr unto hts gum ses
resf'es ~ "A yvorld opening unto him Is my eNpe.
q INC ~ one--"ls no that dreary outlook, alter
rieDoe ;h III n. hsrdships and exposure Tney are all
- !, memory hosever some a-y, may nap 10 oT
srrecksd upon expression ~ 49,
rsm-f,e Low 20 relieve y our al Nlo'Y -. .,,
opy N..sdej In crossing the ferry, (7s wrote you
Vco,,,cu Rluf. IN the company Wnusc Ioauo'
roni scouanted with on abe 81 i'aot'S sue
CONT up he Missouri "n1 ,.' S his tsnily-snd have
!oio, - ,b.-n ever since We were no s"au acqu'
fesn =, ,hsn, four Young fellows arme1 " tue 1eSn
s.icupbered with spleen 10 'eauI - 81 IT,,
- . WAGON and well iurnisneo Us "a ~ -. p.iLi
-, ,bev we're more so 10 US; we 'ou pg5oy
-DuI Ho2 :; ,.,h more desirable company princi'
mo e-,neT. from Ohio and lowe solps H.h thelr
Eiges 10 settle We knew nv pjy,,, 80. "a 100
,S.,e we,e women there wouia oS a,rn G.. Jun
nc. "a have not been deceived III 'c'uiu ~, our
iort, aod ha' 90 csu,D At night we are sure 70 have
ST. 6ss,lcscv BROUGHT Us (n1E, ~ "h'cn tnere Is an
cows being driven alous) or some spicy not
...sf a. tea, and when we ooegie Al some hgalau'
s.~.air of cookery, which we nave rSshiy unoertak
I'm So 80 ola .mo,herly womsn Ia sure to relieve
ca erb.rrassmert, By doing 1t for u.s. or showing
ma the science oil inetH ,.uoo, ,or,s
Ihsd be.rd much of the innerent h'uheS7o' man
- .,.h n WAS said was sure ~ ." cross OUT on
nsIIivi -, have seen nothing OF II so far no! be-
- g., ,.e are the fortunate exceptions. kno" u
Characteristic Of all the companies, and II Is very
bssrrf.l IA see the hind feeling evinced ny all we
WI afODna0
49, ~, ~, make better one; If one is sick, he is re-
fSd from guard duty and he gets worse the whole
v $, los I'LL he gets weil-or dies Many, Ia pass
10 rfrish ~ write TO their friends wac coming In
,i, bahiud they write NOTES and stick them up by
g. Toae,iop no one thinks Of removing them and II
,sse a or arc blown down. some one Is sure TO stop
~ rspsee them. have passed many of these little
msme6,oes Of affection or friend'hlp.
we had two hunters breaka'tng with us this morn
ipy who hsd dropped behind their train some distance
head of VS. II was but poteness To press them to take
bed and board :, they did so-hsd shot an antelope
and would make take quarter
lind great o.ifcuty in keepingup my journal Every
dav brings is duties get up a. dsyoresk by sunrise
orc "pnder way" have time Ia ths morning TO do
spvtbpg else but get breakfast and eat 1t; mayhaps
tayfng 10 carry water halt a mile or So ottennmes
more drive I'LL n0on stop sn hour, very little time to
sosre invoke cattle yeke again, otter catching them
spread over the prairie) drive on-an hour ana haf
before sunset stop again, and having come twenty
miles In q straight line, plus hive more OF uoIung zig
sV about feel TOO tired to do much except prepa and
cal supper Invoke cattle and call the guard in my ca
MARTY of on unanimously elected sergeant
We have had but little sickness yet, and do not ex
meet 10 have more as careful of our diet, " Ia
booing" strictly all forbidden viands for while
All the trains this side of the River Platte have been
sneularly exempt; most Of the Of sickness and
death are borne 20 our from the other side-l
don know what is the reason We pass about two
graves oay-a small proportion out OF so many gone
by. These graves are simple mounds, some marked
with stones piled around-no or inscription 1t Is
very affecting to meet them In the broad Prairie, and
reflect uqou some desoated hearth In quiet valley
"sfsr of
'Nowor9s ia read, are their head,