New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-03-10

rcon STOW storm ser bfaving them for forty year. 20 b
wrapped IN old 1uit over his thin cohine and knowing
bic borses well aequa ted viii the track the pfsra
be probably gave little heed to their while be took
,Ns best possible Of himself l's way on the rcsts
6rked and the horsss blinded with the snow, took the
vror one which turned OF toward Chicago and by whkh
IL WIS about twenty miles to the frst bous TINS hey
would have reached safely ia the coarse Of the night bat
b, thew Lsd dragged the load over hafthe distance an
scsn, happened to the taekos By whehthe horses were
rr.css ffcmthe wagon The bolt whsh held the eouoe
tee ,oha tongue had worked out and slen eooversey
ips the drilling snow The now ha!f,ozen man seTonee
long for and in vsn tried - ind substitute scnsnoS
to s,en the horses again to the wagon BAL me posonV
.; ,h., Ia WAS 50 benunbed with old which by this time
b,s srovn mos, severe ths he could not work 80 20
cave m the attempt and turned bis horses heads soaad
and tied them 10 the wagon thinking to wait tor
The reader viii ssk why he did not mount enc o. ms
horses and ride beck TO the cotaertsbe caon wh'sn ~
lt in the early part Of the evening" That question mas
bsep sresd, snsss,d-he nevsr turned back Such was
his character an obsiinaey which had gained him the
sppela;ion Of "Brn Wells Perhsps the title was psfy
OWN 10 his foim whih almost - strong a. tns OF
a s,ou, bull
Then why did he not 60 ahead till rs ioane sasi'er
That question shows little YOU know Of the pers Of the
prairie in winter He knew that thin clad as ne vas tns'
he could not cit upon horse facing that storm TOR nsn &c
hour So be made the best provision in his power 10 spend
the pjght where he He stood the bags upon enc
unop the wndward side the gcn bed and then sraPed
shoe in the loose bran and wrapped himself 10 bed
quilt and lay down perchance 10 seep-Percoaace 10
dresmto dream Of home and wife and children gathered
around the great log cabin fr, is,nns to evsry scund
v,th.ut and exclaimns now and the the wind cane
around the corner or rted the boards upon the rocf
There Comes father" But h did not come Vsipiy,hey
sat snd listened going snd {, per no tos
t,rrf. storm and now and hsn catehing glimpse of
black soil through he drifting OF white and again
e1clarure There comes father Bu, ne came not 70,
tea ke,te boiled and steamed aud dried up and died
again The coeepot stood eady for service The pcti-
ices had been rossd and eaten because, as tn bes
sed It to keep them r they would not Keep
coed till father coma" Did ths; father in his cod bed
hus dream He might have had mssmerc vision Of
such scene In all truthfunes lie might have drsa ned,
or be rd without ng the fearful bowling OF the asy
prairie wolves for they under the very wagon where
be Jay swapping and snarlng in ths storm bunting for
something feed their rsvencus appetites Whether It
ives the wolves whether the horses became impatient Of
restraint there expose the full bl, of this terrible storm
that made them break away, is uncertain All that IS
known thst about daylight they came into the yard cfe
rst house TIE proper road from where they started the
evening previous but evident hat they had been
ted in the usual way the wagon the night before their
appee ance caused alarm, the neghbor thinking the
owner sof enough in some cabin where he had called 10
spend the night and he pat the horses in his stable
TO wait for tho storm to subsde event which did not
occur in al that day Finally, after tins enough had
elapsed alter the ceased the keeper OF the horses
grew alarmed and sent for information to the ownsrs
house They knew nothing, but had trusted that no had
been in tie very house where the horses had come for
protection The first step ~ trace back 30 tho psce
where he LAST SEEN thsn general search OF the prs
rio was commenced by close scrutiny At the forks OF the
road the track of the wagon found aud followed This
was soon discovered, and all the marks we have de-
sorbed but the owner where to be found II was
evident that he had left while the was falling Tor
had filed his late bed and covered al his tracks Whether
be had et as soon the horses not uncertain and
equally whether he had followed ethem In the straight
course they the desoate waste So they hunted
in every direction till dark and then gave up almost des
pairing quite Of seeing him alive and fearing lest
he might be found eaten by the wolves and his bones ef
bleaching in thu and Of the next summer until
oidentIy stumbled BY some chance traveller
The next morning horsemen took the rad nor OF
be wagon determined follow through 10 the next house
About ten mills on, and almost within call Of succor, they
discovered little mound ~ snow, which did DOT seem 10
b. natural one, although much like the many sntbUs
with which the prairie studded This they thought could
rot be ant bill, else the wagon track would have
Stunned il yet bore no resemblance man. II
more in the form of great ball bu. they got of and rolled
over the mass end there their late friend and neigh
.bor frozen icy hardness 1.-THE wolves had found
him they could have made much impression upon such
fsb and until he stiff in dea'h the cowsrdly brutes
would touch him He had walked till stupefsd with
cod and unable to take another sep and pitched forward
upon bis face drawing himself up in the smallest possible
FORM and died without struggle What be thought and
how be suffered all that perious night no enc will ever
know but we fancy We can think while We are shv-
ering at the sound of such storm has just swept
over us that while we are in comfortable homes some
like this mao, who persisted upon the prairie, su
ing similar pers and perhaps meeting similar fate
We have written this narrative and the preceding
under the title, and may write others TO show our
readers of the pers and hsrdshps endured by the
first settlers Of country and rs word Of caution 70
those who may chance to be p'sced In similar eircum-
stances All of how easy IL would hsve
been for this man have saved his life All do not
quite clearly when danger at our own door Caution
s Me better part Of valor.