The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-05-06
A Fearful Adventure.
The Missouri Republican, ina letter from Kar

sas correspondent, has the following:
"At st Josephs saw Mr. A. T. German, of Now
York, who had just come in from the mountains in
such state of prostraton and afctou could only
have been occasoned by such exposure hardship and
suffering as, perhaps other ever survived. In
company with q Canadian Frenchman and two Ken.
tucksns he left the country of the BIackeet Indians
last fall to join Culvetson and party Fort Pierre
and accompany them to the States. They arrived at
Fort Pierre two days after Culversons departure and
hastened on after in the hope of overtakiDg him. On
the third day, of those storms known only
those bleak and elevated regions, opened upon them
1t came down solid the depth of four feet
and was blown about by drifting winds leveling un
even places, penetrating and filling their wagon and
clothes and obstructng their progress. Evening
approaching, and they resolved to make effort to
reach more protected place before the ght in
They urged their horses forward, but had not pro-
ceeded moro than few hundred yards-Gormsn
being mounted on one of the teamsters and his
panioR in the wagon-when suddenly he felt himself
precipitated he knew not how far into an abyss of
snow. he was completely covered over. and could
not tell which way to turn. He struggled on, how
ever. making slow and tedious way until he ceme
10 the surface-he supposes hundred yards from
where he sank He looked around for his companions,
put neither they nor the wagon could be seen. The
place where they had fallen into the chasm was
smoothed over, and presented a. plane of snow. He
ered aloud for them but was only answered by wild
and wailing winds
A feeling of dread and desolation and despair came
over him. and he wss about to yield himself to that
death which seemed inevitable Already had the cold
penetrated his ame darkness covering the skies
ihe increasing winds whirled the still falling snow
more furiously; he alone in vast, inhospitable
unknown country, without provisions, without shell
ter, without arms er ammunition, and he was fearful
to take step In any direction, lest he should again
be buried In some deep abyss. Bis manhood was sub
dued he wept like a child; the memories of his hap
Ply hsme and OF bis mother, came fresh upon him.
he knew the many anxious hours the miserable years
that his unknown fate would cause herr If he could
only send her word of aectionate adieu he could
die in peace; but that could not be, and he must
rouse himself He offered his first prayer for hea-
venly aid; he arose and moved forward through the
dar rkpa andt had drift falf
haustion, and felt inclined to repose but he knew
that one moments pause was fatal and he struggled
The next day he some bushes which gave
him hope of rest and warmth, but when he reached
them he found to HIS dismay that the matches in his
pocket were wet and spoiled and could not be igni-
ted. His feet had become and swollen from
constant walking burst the soes from his shoes
along.
Thus he worked his way slowly but INCREASINGLY
through the next night and the next day, becoming
more faint each hour and suffering thousand deaths
from hunger thirst frosted lin sore feet weariness
and drowsiness, when he deserted hut short way
on. Suddenly revived, like candle Pickering in
the socket he sprsng and forward few steps and
Some Indians at the hut and hesrd him, and went
and brought him in, and used all their restoratives
upon him. but 1t several days be fore he returned
70 CONSCIOUSNESS and six long weeks before he left
MS bed he lost several of his and Is otherwise
permanently injured, but through the assistance of
some generous gentlemen of st Joseph, hs will be
enabled to reach his home.
bis companions have never beep heard of The
place where they pershed Mr. German ascsrtained
70 De about thirty miles from where the steamer
mite cloud lies; but the snow was sti deep in the
| gulches when he left there -