New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-07-24

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fSiMONTS FJCRTB EXPEDITION, AND GREAT
DISASTER IN TAE SHOWS At THE HEAD
OF THE RIO GGGSA DE DEL NORTE: SUB>E'
QClNT DISCOVERS OF THE PASS HE SOUGHT.
40 sooner freed from toe army, than Fremont set
out upon fourth expedition to the western slope of
our centnt ht entrelr Al his own expense and to
be conducted during the Winter and rpon rev line
of exploration. His views were p,ac..csi % well as
scientae ana tending to the estabisbnent 81 . rail-
road to the Pacific, as well she enlargement Of geo
grsphicel knowledge. He te<k the Winter for his
time, Is that wss the season in which ~ zee all the
Disadvantages Of his roze; add the heal of the Rio
Grande del Note for bis line, was the line of the
center, and one not yet explored, and always EN-.
braced in biz plan Of discovery The me -ntaf, men
bad nforms d him that there was good p.es AZ thu
head Of Tn. Del Norte. Beside other dangers and
hsrosbps, lie bad tins war rcund of the U91s, Apa.
chez, Nayasees, and other formidable tribes to pass
through then oil engaged in hetilies with tie United
Sta,e, and resdy to prey upon any party of whites
but 80 OF biz Old compauiors 20 picked ni 'ss Gee
iifes, exp. richce vigilance and courage, were lis rc
liar &C. and trusted security sgasnt al evil. Ar.
lived at the Pusbios on the Cppe Arkansas, en- the
last OF Move mber at the base OF the first sic ira tobe
ceased, luminous with snow and stern in their 6omi-
mating lOCk, be oism0unted, his Whole company took
to ht ir ieet and wacing wastieeo in the vast,
broken snovT-6eli, arrived the ether side, in the
beautiful valley OF San Luis; but stii the eastern
side of the great mountain chain which divided the
setting sum- At the head of that vaAep was the pass
described to him by the old hunters With his glasses
be could see the depression In the mountain which
make i,s place. lie had taken LEGAL guide from
the Pue bio San Carlos to lead him to that pass But
this pecautOu for ssf,ty the passport to disaster
He was behtd with tis faithful draughtsman Preuss,
wi en- Re saw his guide leading off bis company toward
mass Of mountains TO the left he rode up and
stopped them. demonstrated with the guide for two
houis ard then yielded to his positive assertion that
the pess was there. The company entered toru
Gus gorge, following valley through which ran a
head stream of the great River Del Norte. Finally
they came to where the accent was 10 begin and the
summit.Iapge crossed. The snow was deep, the cold
intense the ACTIVITY steep, and the huge rocks pro.
il citing. The ascent was commenced in the morning.
strug ged with during the day. an elevation reached
at which vegetation (woOo ceased, aud the summit in
view, when, buried in snow, exhausted with fatigue,
fee Zing with cold incapable OF fuIther exerton,
TIE ort was given fall back TO the line Of vegetation
here wood would afford Are and shelter for the night
With great care the animals were saved FROM freezing
and, at the first dawn Of day the camp, after day
break breakfast in motion tor the ascent Pre-
cautions had been taken to make it more practicable
Mauls prepared during the night were carried by the
foremost division to beat down road III the snow.
Men went forward by relieves. Mules and baggage
81 L. la in frapk Ia ~
snow The mOuntain was eea!ed the region OF per-
petusl cOngelatiOn was eLtered II was the Winter
sostice. and at place where the Summer sOlstice
brought no life to getatlon-nO thaw to cosgela'ion
The summit of the sierra was bare OF everything but
snow, ice and rocks IT no place to halt. Pnsb:
ing dow the side Of the moaLtain to roach tho WOOD
thT, miles distant, new and awful danger presented
itself: snow storm raging, the freezing wnds oea''
inc upou the exposed caravan, the snow become too
de d for the mules to move in, and the cold beyond
the endurance of animal life. The one hundred and
twenty mules budding tegother flom an institct CT
self DC servation from each others heat and SHELTER
froze stiff: as they STOOD and fell over like blocks, to
become billie cks of STOW. Leaving all behind, snd
the mems lives only to be saved, the discounted and
fire., zing party scramb ed back recroesag the summit
and fine ing under the lee of the mountain some shell
ter from the driving storm, and in the wood that was
reached, tie means OF making hres
Tie mems ives we're now saved, but destitute Of
every ttiDg, only remash OF provisions, and not
even the resource of the dead mules, which were on
puted at ten Gays Of Their travel TO the nearest New
Me xicon settlement. TIE guide and three picked
men dispatched thither for some supplies and
twenty days fixed for their return. When they had
been gone sixteen days, Fremont, preyed upon by
or xiety ard msgiVng, Get off after them on foot,
snow to the wast blankets and morscIs Of food
ON the ba9k-the brave Cooley his draughsmsn
Prcuss, aud faithful servant, his only company
When out six days he came upon the camp oil hls
guide, stationary and apparently without plan or 90.
ject aud Il Q men haggaId, wild and emsciated. Not
seeing Xing, the principal one Of the company. ana
on w6em he relied, he asked for him. They pointed
to an older camp, little. way of. Going there he
found the man dead, and partly devoured. He had
died Of exhaustion, of fatigue and his comrades fed
upon him. Gathering up these three survivors, Ere
INC mt re sumed bis journey and had not gone far be-
fore he fell on signs Of Irdiahstwo lodges, implying
u or 90 men, aud some 40 or 50 hOrses-au re-
Gently paestd aosg. AT another time this would have
been alarm, one OF his fears being that OF fany in
with wal party. He knew Lot what indians they
were but all were hostile in that quarter, and evasion
the only security sgainst them To avoid their course
was bis Cbyous resource; on the contrary he toiosed
it for tuch was the desperation Of his situation that
even change Of danger had an ATTRACTION. Purst
ing the trail d. wn the Del NOrte, then fiOzen solid
over and near the place where Pike encamped in the
Winter Of la07-a, they saw an Indian behind ms
party, stopped to get water from an air'hoe. he
was cautiously approached, eircunlvened and taken.
Fremont tolo his name; tho young man. for he was
quite young started, and asked him he was the Ere
mon. that bad exchanged piesents with ths chet OF
the Utsbs at Las Vegas de Santa Cara three years
before? He was answered Yes Thep, said the
yourg man. we Gre friends that chief va' my father
and remember you. The Incident was romantic,
but it cid not stop there. Though on war inroad
upon The ffortieis of New Mexico, the young chief
became his g ide, let him have four horse, con.
d. c,Sd him to the negbbcrhoOd Of the settlements
and then took his leave, To resume his scheme ct
depredat:c on the frontier.
Fremont patty reached Taos, was sheltered IN The
house Of bis cd ienc, Carson, obtained the supplies
ne. ded sent them back BY the brave Cooley Who was
10 time to two.tdirds OF the party, finding the
othe thi dead along the road scattered 81 intervals
a. eaca al sunk exhausted and frozen, or half burned
in the Ere w. ct bad beer kndled for them to die by.
The survivors brought in by Cooley, some GRIP