New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-04-10

there ia but iste chance Of settlements, Of suoh impor
ta1ce, on The route
COL FRENONTs EXPLORING PATTY
Col A w Bsbbiu. secre;sry Of Uiah Territory. cam,
passenger in the GoiGh from San Diego Cal Baobn
left Greet sai Lake City the fh Of February, AL
came tbrosgb 10 San Diego 10 twenty five days IL il
the bearer Of important dispatches to the rfeisn! OF tho
When reven days out from Utah. Col Rabbit enc,u
tered Col Fremont who max ry his way by the cen.
trll route 10 S,D Francisco Fremont bad lost Of
his By starvation and eTpcsu-e. Hi. party, when
oyertaken by Col Bsbbit, sab-ishGg dog sni
pint Of fonr given them By Amnon. no tiah Chief
brother Of Walker
The night the parties net, Of FreHor.s man
bsG cropped from bis horse and died
Tresn oyertaken in Psrsan Nel'@y and bad with
Lna some fourteen med seven or eight being Delaware
Incsns There was foot Of sDsw on the ground All
they bad just got out Of snow sI feet deep
Fremont bad started with bot hgls hOuf trusting ~ lis
Dels~ TO provide subsistence By bIn.a- Ba; tho
game became that the party came {,
s.arvibs condition When Col Bsbbi: left him. he was
sii determined 10 make biz through, but hs Colonel
thinks be VIII have great difficulty in doing the route
which he hiss taken il almost mprsctcabe By re.son Of
and other obstacles lie furnished him With "a n
provisions end other necessares be could spare Col
Rabbit, the bearer Of letters from Col Fremont to his
father N law Mir. Benton
Col Fremon,s part. compelled to ca! eighteen Of
their mules.
Col Rabbit hss the field notes sDi ohsr memor.niaO
the lomenstd GuDnisn He who recovered the re-
mains Of that gallant! sfcer, and gave them burial Inese
notes and memoranda a highly important
The following letter from Col Babsi,t TO TIE Sos F'7E-
.eo Herod correct. some errors il the above -aem,nt
sud gives additions. particulars
LETTER FROM COL BABBITT.
EDiTOp THE HEHALD--Sirs observe in 7h> iferdid
Of he oh inst the of the arrival Of the
sic smboai Gosb aud the news Of the whereabouts OF
ments to s.binetcs in Which not ony Col Fremont ba
myself il placed in wrong position although the sub
stance IS true Permit me therefore through your paper
20 make correct statement of all The real fscts suaeato
Fyst-It is true that have the honor OF bearing the
memorial of the Legislative Assembly Of the Territory OF
Utah to the seat OF Government also. tae Report made
up by Lieut. Beckwh, Of Capt Gunnison's party, who
took command after the death Of his captain together
with the Report Of Capt Morris. who commanded the ss
oo SecOHd-t is true that lefs the City Of Great salt
Lake the time ntioned. and encountered Col ffo-
mont rOute at the point mentned which from exam
nat Of my journal was on the 9h day oil fsora4y,
instead Of the ill., under the following circumstances On
the afternoon OF the Sth while at our dinner Annon tho
brother of sker the chef Of the Utah Indians came to
camp FIRE with several Of bis braves who informed
that he met the day before. accompany Of Amsro aos
that they hungry This about twenty miles from
what Is caBed Little Salt Lake in Parsw}n Valley and
about two hundred and sixty miles south Of Great salt
Lake.
That night overlook Col Fremont ut snIl Mormon
,etltne nt Having the Mail in charge hs to Pro
cred in the morning IN route for the csas knowing that
the Color 81 would wish TO all himself Of the opportunity
of sending to Washington, sent Of my to bis
eamp to inform him Of nv arrival He sent word 70 me
that he would ne in the morning. oxcusng hiHe That
he wes so down that he could not talk that night
abroad heir condition Al early hour i. the mora
ing the Colonel oa upon me- and from his own mouth
learned this to be his condition lie started from sac
frontier wtbs,evera white and some ten Delaware
InsaBs as hunters that they intended to kill suihcisat
game for their subsistence in which they succeeded the
heavy snow met thon in the mountain, the game issn
disappeared and having exhausted thsir supplies, taey
had to DEPEND upon their mules aud horses which thsy
subsisted on til they consumed y IN number
The Erst change was little -four and doc, that tasy
swspI 60 some blanket, for with Ammon And as to the
obligation that the Colonel under 10 me. herewith
give copy Of his letter to his father in law Col BsSon
The Colcsews out Of the ready money out had eyi.
Dc bee that he could draw Palmer, Cook Co, and
other responsible banking houses in this city for any
amount This would ne; buy horse. and mules at that
place il being only small settlement having
keeper other business man there knowing the rspu
aon Of the banking houses in this city and OF the sams
time being well acquainted with the Bishopos the Mormon
Church that place. made Me arrangement hat be "'ul
furnish the and males to Col Fremont for the Jour
ney and pay ont otsk ing money in hand, sna tske
drs Palmer Cook Co for the whole amount iniavsr
The Colonel though iaaed and worn was not dis
cour aged but determined {. make the central route
through from thero to this ey-the practieablity of
which certainly doubt Bat from the known chaEae-
ter of Col Fremont his report viii certainly impars much
valuable information tsrching tie Great Basin country
the report Of Capt Gnsnson, uader IL wil
be substantially the ssme as the memorial Of the Les.a
turs Of Utah Territory, the same being made froul ths
fold notes Of Capt Gusnissn tax On frsm the ans,
and made up by his old colleague, A Darlington, "a OF
| Cant Siahsbury's survey Of Great Salt Lake aiey
! The same information Iobtaned from Leut BecEwth'
who nsee up the seld notes and reduced them TO map
form which am instructed 70 deliver to Col Aser OF
| tLs Typographical Bureau al Washington.
| discover further from the paper Of this city that
have the honor Of recovering the body of the iamonea
Capt Gunnissn. This is not true went, ho~ever win
fourteen men, after Capt Morris had eis his body with
ether equally honorable to be eaten by wolves bai
recovered only of his hair which the Governor OF
Utah sent TO his wife and few Of his bones which
were carefully Inferred at Fillmore City Great blame %
attached TO Capt Morris who was on the ground but
ekcr. time after the death of Gusnisoa and before his
BODY was munaed for not securing ii from further
posuro No one in Utah charges Capt. Morris vita cow
ardce but with great neglect. Capt Gssaison seemed
TO have strong hold upon the feelings Of ihs people 81
Utah and they express great regret that such fate should
have befallen competent officer oil the Governmen'
! Ihave tho honor of being your obedienl servant,
/ S,a Franei'ef. Cal March IA tssi A w sAssIIr
Ps-Instesd of men dying, understood Col.
Fremont 10 say several The that died twenty miles
! from camp was a Mr. Fuller Of 81. Louis.