New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-26

fling occurred o~Y4fltr7 fVn Oh
JOSEPH No Astas p!s'e, purchased horse ant rock-
AVA, buggy sDd made s~Dgs mens t. cross tbs PLANS
in csu psny with Messrs Kbsead Of the firm OF Livngs
ton kns If Salt Lste City All things being rssdy,
We rolled out from ST joe. Dbl and broke for the
plains the 4tb day Of April Our train consisted Of eight
wagons loaded with merchsDdre carriage ttted up ~
the prop,crs Of the for their aud
comfort, tao csnsg.s belonging to Sir o u Cos'vell
merchant Of this city. who came out with his lady ny
own csniage and an eugrsn from California ~ho Joo@o
W At ct Joseph-ip all 70 vehicles. Our company con
si-ied 'ft~o lsoies AID 20 uen.
TIE FIRST day traveller about ten miles and canoed
early After pitching tents pekstins ont oar amin Ais
getting supper proceeded 70 make ths perm .n-nt
srspgeu EMS the trip traits to divide into mssses and
wsici - The watches Arranged that each man
on duty every fourth night and stood three 'urs
two at time IT,. fret watch commenced at o clock IN
the evepingreeuar reiss every three hours until far
daylight ben the ber6e took charge Of the animals and
the r,st 'ured in Ny cbum sss Mr. James knksad ore
Of The proprieors On the 9Th Of April about clock 10
the morning. Ne broke up camp and str.gh'ened ou, 20
good Th- train IN harge OF aesrs John h.
and Jmes knksad the Yroprei"Ts hOs p s and
meet They have both crossed the plains several tinss
and understand perfectly, all thai Is Necessary
Itusy be int resting 70 you to so1~ our manner o.
prooeedi' sbd mode Of living The history OF one day
will su. for The wbol- TIE first thing ia the morning
was 10 get breakfast This cOnted Of cofs or tea - We
bkeo sugar, bresd-wsrn or c ID ham and oa o. sppe
sauce PICKLES and variety Of other srti les butter ana
cream We could not, Of course, have Breakfast oeng
h- aDu ais caught up aud hsr0e--sd and toe
word being Civ. q, the train moved II regular order
until poob when ususy stopped 10 water the stock
a. lunch. After resting about an hour we move on
ana travel upt o'clock then into camp for the night
The camp is formed by srrsDgrg the wagons 10 in- or
eucncle ding to the nature OF the ground and IS
water sDd wOrd aud grass If Il can b. found
conveIieDty Amer supper the animals are secured tns
watches designated ard ali hands, except those on duty
The exercise aud the cold brsciug atmosphere OF the
plains create good appetite and tho process II eating IL
deo TO with relish rarely ever enjoyed under any
otber circumstances
The comfort OF the journey depends very mach uponths
outfit bad Quilt will as matter Of course cause de-
lays and auott invariably sickness The emgrant should
b. provided with good vehicle veil covered and suiii
ceIty large 10 sleep comfortably in: Sleeping on the
grouro is very furious health ~ ali reasons, more IS
psoslly onld vet weather lie should have healthy
str Dg anma well broke and soc nd and AZ least double
The number necessary for actual use Thus provided hs
will delays occaoueo by breaking his wagon or oy
Ian s'sue Of sDimsls AZ to provisions he can
b. too cautious He should have plenty OF good Hour
tes fee Sugar dried fruit han or bacon pickles. and
such other small wboles articles he conve-
MI ty carry The bre4o should bs made light sno thor
ougby baked thing should be thoroughly cookao
shoulc be used for drDkr except river or spring
water water found IN the pools or loughs poison
ous and will produce Of the bo9el and levers the
appetite always sharp, and care must be taken not to
eat II attention should be paid 'othese rules much
suffering sickness sould be wholly avoided Our trsn
tbro ugh the and attention Of the proprl-tors was
At uDoaIt provided with everything necessary Tor nrah
comfort, and We had during the entire Journey
Of ser,Js II ness of any Nidual
Orr route from 81 Joseph was in north westerly dfec
ton and for III frst few days lay through pleasant
by numerous sire ms mrst OF tuc lanu
quit, fertile, Siderable climber, aud IN many resp-os
res, milling The upper part of the Stale of Missouri TINS
pert Of Nebraska has ben appropriated by ihe Gov
the different tribes Of Indians which have been
removed from the states
The frsi stream Of importance which We crossed vas tue
Big Blue river VIII oh 80 Ut tn size Of the Csnseo ss
b.suiiul river, water clear bed gravey, ths bottom ON
either rice wide, soil deep and rich auo well tmoered
This the boundary Inc the west OF the i1endy in
diSn land" After crossing this ryer and Us bottom we
enema region entirely different Tn, lace Of the country
is a sson Of bluffs, hard dry, stony ami without
timber wster except At long interv s and IN my opn-
ion will be settled TO any con,dsahle extent The
siresm OF any note whcs come 10 Is the Ltle
Blue branch Of the other This is the finest one east
Of the water clear and cootne bottom for the
most part rich, well tmbered The road lies along
the bottom of this stream about sixty miles, aud leaves II
entirely forty niles esst of Fort Kearner
Fort Keaney an unmportsnt military post belonging
to the ULi,.d states There Is fornncaion here at ALL
and only psny Of roop- 1t is kept up for the re-
lief and accommodation OF euerants The Command ant
Ss vivian p. .sd
HIS l.dy is scsomp' h-o, smiable Philadelphia |
spent short time at bis quait-s AID 10 most d-isht
fu VISIT This post is about 1925 miles from ~ s-ph
We made the distance tve,s days. Tho route feo
this place 10 Laramie IS nearly west the road lies along
the south side of the Platte RIVER and tsrougn the valley
Plumb Creek is noted camping ground aoou, 80 n'es
from K-srDey. Here, for the fret nm- IN my io SAY
Wild buffalo and looking amin Ais never say Al
dtsn, they look and move very mucn like An elephant
they very iind have 10 be approached with great
caution yout man OF our company, Mr. Isaac Rogers,
Of IDo pendepce killed one, but thu d-s' ga poor me
game have perisbed in large numbers those that survive
were scarctl, more than skin snd bone
From Fort Kesrbey 10 the uth Platte there no wood
TO be ooulo not find enough t. COOK sith sod
compelled to USE buffso chps very god suosti
tne hut savory. We forced the South Platte with
out difficulty TIE country fr"m kesrDey TO Lara ME IS
exceedingly poor water and enough but uo tmbee
the IL bard and the face ct the country billy,
buBy sDo broken up / saw nothing on the whole route
worth Mentioning
We arrived AZ F,rt Laramie on the lst day of Nay,
twenty sx days from st Joseph the distsnoe Is ao'G
SEQ niles Up 10 this time Travelled without hin-
orsnoe; the weather wsa colo wisoy and rainy, but
the roads good, and We averaged ner thirty niles
day.
For Laramie pretty place situate on the west bank
Of LarAu Fors. The C. mmsnosnt II Lieut. Gsrn-'t,
con, or,Abls bachelor and every way gentleman. l
stelt evepiuA IN bls 1T his quarters and nAd
comfortable time felt considerably 1t r'me ssio es-
peoiay as could sit neat room chair, I'd eujOy
c,gsr other rtfTeshmeut colo ano hot Onward ~as
OF The % Msy bio sdeu IL The last appearance OF
izsop which 20 behold unt, our sTrivs 81 Salt
Lake City. Here came 10 and 20 the Rocky
Mountains and commences winding our way among the
Eis,k Hills which are spur OF the Rocky AOunt,iDs
W. und the road rough and billy but not very hard TO
travel
some objects Of interest occasionally sppesr, among
Which rememb,r Chime, Rock ana Castle Rock Chin
pey Rock is III fsct rock bat tall c0uma u sand wnh
bss survived b. fate Of IFS kindred bluff shcD IS been
wahsd from II abou, IT Is soross the plain about three
miles the rcsc but ools mucu soDs Of our
company went cut t. see H. bu came pa Sal shed that
they bad paid much for the thistle The
ing light saw IL the Great Gorge Of the Platte where It
makes rs last era. passage through tbs 10 ky Moan
iDs We csup-o nvsr AID spent s-vers hours in ex-
pioI9 IT, The Platte Is boblv larger II fts pout
than the CbemuDg st Elmirs The Gorge Is in iength
shout iw ", mites but is most interesting ~ the h
passed Up the chssm about amie The SIDES re OF solid
rcsk esst 500 feet high the water ush, through with
irtsis abe roe, Gd tne whole scenery IS Of the
orr mn and s,h de on fired h-re