Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1855-12-04

we pitched our tents beneath, their shaue
having in all q distance, ,ofItweptyIifys
miles'sinsei eiimorning. lssnqad Al asaI n oi
4 JUNE 3d.AAtosQ At halfpastsixa D
tsained considerably tdaflhg fhe night and
snlipued tolrain tal spnFjSe,j In the 'Pn0th, PfEt;
ing. hdWhileawew were, preparing tos march,
4 wandefsd'a short distance fromsthe camp,
to pei shot at iaswoIf HshiGh'I saw cross
thsrgsd.s Isya yards ahead Soli on my e; fs;
turn discovered .theiearcass of 4. dead px,
Both rhorns Nefe'1 missing from athisIox,
having been gn6cked of.sas rwea supposed,
.by Tie Iadians,.yihiS5 M q i, perhaps have
made them ipio Pgydsn bSoarnss, saa,-.-. ,s,s,,
The RlatlegiEeEsnals senrRlaeasaf afsnsamp'
nent, seemed to be the principal watering
J place Of numerous buffaloes and other ami
mails, Ass, We observed tseysral beaten trails
leading from1the mountains, on, the, opposite
side Of the riyerito tEewateP.ni ppfso va
sws resumed our march at Vi and con-
stinded Is ascend the plate Deer. ante
lopes and other, animals were occasionally
seen during the day. wecame toa halt
at'hodn' and turned. our cattle Quito Craze
On the banks Of the Platte. AT this place
the Platte river is about one and q hall
smilesi,wide, very shallow, = and contains
Numerous islands covered with willows. A
range Of bluffs extend along each Isideeot
| the river, at distance Of from six u eight
miles 'front.' :, s,..la.a,,a e,.dw sglHayn
aWe again commenced our march at ]
o'clock, Ps M, and had'not advanced far
when we discovered grave, containing The
remains OF "Capt. p Gray, Of Texas; died
in 1919. We pitched our tents ate idthe
evening, close by a clump Of cedar trees,
which grew qpn . project ngo bluff, having
travelled to-day al distance of twenty-sx
miles. The grass at misplace was very
poor, which caused our cattle much labor to
.titsa1 ~ f"gaS s&a9 m9Hi /
S'"DV'G al lshis s sham bGd sdsiLt,i a.tt
JUNE 4th.-7lOYing to the scarcity Of the
grass we allowed our teams to Craze, this
morning, ill 10 o'clock, before commencing
our march, 'sAs we advanced the Platte
bottoms grew wider and lbe bluff, less,
until they finally Terminated in beautiful
rolling plains! s!'nWes continued our journey
till II o'clock, and came 70 halt to Craze
.oph cattle, having come q distance cftsclye
miles since morning, iThe, wind blew very
cold during therwhole Of the. forenoon;
ia fact, igbiew 50 as u render 10 somewfAs
disagreeably cold even at tRis Ri season Of the
year. lyeae a7,1 bra ,,,. q ~.
We commenced our afternoons journey
lat halfpast 1s, and travelling overs beau
Itful country Came to a halt at 8, and pitch
ed our tents for The night, turning our cattle
loose to Craze, The weather this evening,
though quite COOL had much lthe.pppear-
Ance ofrain. low bas sb1o2sr baia sdi q
JUsE 5th.-c Commenced raining an hour
before daylight and continued 70 rain till
near WHICH made il very disagreeabe
traveling0slWe did not leave camp, till it
ceased raining; which wasabout I clock.
then travelling only a distance of four miles
we enssamped for the night, Here we were
obliged 10 ,driye,onr cattle, across, the river
TO grazeHon account Of the scarcity Of grass
about our camp. While remaining here
We improved our leisure time by washing
our dirty clothes; also in cooking proyis-
ions sufficient to last several adaysm Each
man had some, little job to perform for his
personal convenience or that Of the COM
pany, and our camp presented quite an an
mated and busy appearance. We t
ST Several Of our company went out during
the afternoon on hunting expedition. and
returned withtwo anrelopes and a fat buck
This was the first fresh meat we had had for
some days, and served as great rarity TO
u.s. though l must confess il was rather
poorly served up and none the worse oil on
account Of condiments. However, il was
allthe same to US, as wewere not Very Partic-
i ular what we ate or bowit was prepared.
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