The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1856-08-23
Ocky Mountain RecOrd.-.A Peep into
the { haIacier of the HaIhfinIer.

! ROCKY Mountains (SayS the Detroit Free
! Press) was kept by military and civil en-
/ gineer, named Richard ii. Kern, who was
subsequently killed by the Indians at the
4 Gunnison massacre. II was published in
/ the New York Iriijans in l849, and regard,
ed by all acquainted with the author as a
/ plain statement OF facts as they occurred {;
/ Fron the y. Y. Tribu;e)
/ JOURNAL OF ONE OF FREMONT's MES.
/ We arrange the following statement from
the Quincy QlL) Why:
Mr. Stepperiield, who was one of FREE
/ mentS men, and VINO suffered with others
OF the company 10 the attempt TO cross the
mountains last winter, returned TO his home
IN this city on Thursday last. From a con-
versution with Mr.. s., we are led to believe
that the suiferipgs Of the party were not
fully detailed by Col. Fremont and as the
tpnblic will probably never have any authen-
tic accoun: of the disaster from his pen, it
rests with the men who composed tie party,
and who shared the sutferngs, to give the
detail as events transpired from day to day.
1 a daily journal of ,hc transactions was kept
by some OF the men, which may be Of some
interest to the public
IT uW be seen that COL Eremoat is m1ch
ceaSured IN these Pages, and lcith c0nsiderq-
dts Jastjce, II tie testimony II tie party Of
his men IS 10 5c 7eliei on. The journal ap-
pears 10 have been kept by Richard Il.
Kern
Stsgri tie riccr Dsceg,5cr 9.-(The river
referred to here ,s cy,j.nt,, the Pio d-I
NoTic, which frcMOut's party reached about
three weeks after leaving Pueblo.-Ei Iri-
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