Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1856-02-12
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ioams. on a -erassy prairio about -6xs- miles
from our camp o( lasI night. and which lay
on nlhe Lille Sandy. Our object in this, was
to prepare ourcaulo for crossing an ex,en.
'slye desert. which. we supposed, lay shor
distance ahead. The grass Of The prairie
y was vas rpl 50 good as wermight have, wished,
bul done very well. comparing itwiih The
nature Of The country around. Tho LilLe
Sandyaa. this place was about four rods
wide, and Two feet deep, with clear swift
correni. ss'oH 1.A 4f3s5@ aa7 oR 4
F8a, sSrn9tsHntL L}J ~ fr~sf.A rv7sya -.
July 4,h.-Gening everything in readi.
ness,wei commenced our journey a. nine
O'Clock Travelling a distance ofIseven
miles. .oyef,a reg gion t.f country almost dest
fissd,,e ,ol yege'alioh, We reached he ,1ponh
sonBig Sandy Here wer concluded, 10 en-
scqmpaand resi- nur teams preparatory 10 en-
.ering The desert, which we texpeeicd 10
'reach to-mori6w. The river at ,ftis place
is abol, eighsTods wide, and al least two
feet lsdeep.. The cnJen,awas, not so swift as
that Of Liille Sandy, bntiihs waller isotmuch
Pbe,lefl rThe country ai oand our camp Al
This place was des1ilule Of timber, burerass
was 20. overly scarce; ~ ,soiy ~, ~
Far 10 the righ of,our camp, rose abruptly
orapge of'snow copper mountains, which
presented quite beautiful appearance, es.
pecioIly wheu the sun 4shone upon ,bei,
summilss we y s,sl5s e5l " s,w5a
Even in these wild deserts we could no.
submi, 20 Ie, The FouRr1H4 14p Of JuIy. ms.
wi,hou celebrating i, in ira,ura some wav or obey
Ins,heeyenipo the men. fronl aifFrran, 5com,
panies collected 8 and ! o,,nd ftino &c ann,
vas heard. Aiso fopu,ess were wIoiind roune
capleens MS OF powd4r n III he f foym ~ or l.,o.
balls. and, 6red,wi,b \ slow match m,,cb TS,
repor,seof these, limits Mere =. land ), III,
Of any cannon | evepii heard Thew rel, Fl
preot Holes ii ,he ottoond WARS 1kg,fa,, :, !, ,.
exoloded md be ai. ,onas wsys W. b,,,tsnn II r.
len = ,boonso bo "a d9 necss Tbsas a.. Il. u.od !,
I,his wav vos .,dsad n,one,,y,, D.. on ,ho h, "a,
.of the emigrums 80 ,ha,ii, was freely con,rl
Ibaibdi ,9Msn,, or ,K.no,r :,
pec!ed opposition with The lGdans, and i'm
agining Ou abundance ofgame TO, be founI
on the road, brough, grea, quantity of am.
fmunidon with them. But finding them
selves disappointed in this, their powder an
Head ,bscpma Annoying, and much OF |, wa
abandoned on the lou,e.s Iiireouen,lv saw
whole kegs of powder lying by The roa,
1side.(ree 70 any one WHO wished ID replep
| ish his powder horn; (ioh0ol a2sa Z! =, =
The fling commenced a, seven even o cloc]
and cob.inusd I'LL Ten 10 the hight. aTher
were thousands of people collected on III,
tgrouHd Where Ibe firing look place all arm
eddi, andd qlI hiring as lusi asthey conld loa
and discharge lneyer heard sshe like bs
Tore 'onor dod ever exPec, to again. Such
nose' Inc s' very earth earth seemed 10 vriba'e
NJ ~ '"e asnO'Pue'ea P y % ar'Ven away D
'9''%eS " A"oHo' @nifpz everywhere pre-
'aHeo' a.o.' t'a 'aa|.i- i'5. '.l 'i,
We though, that amid the din, and gener
al confusion, old, Meigs county ought t
make herselr,known,.s SO we procured Iurg
eanieen, and filling ii with powder, woun
itwilh ropes. which we collected from dill
forent Companies, ill we had made q yer.
ares5 ball eTo This we se,a slow mach
and 'he explosion weslerfifc, The rope
were broken into inch peices, and throWn j.
f6very dlrecsion.a and I havc.ofien wondered
some one had mol been hurt, Or even killed
foE'he greater par. Of The crowd Withdrew
but hundred yards The report was ID
tlohdes, ever heatd.a "1' 90 ,foss9s
Amid ,hoh h5G confusion we had almost for
| gotten ahe desert we had TO cross the mex
day. undi,he necessily,of sleep and rest.
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