Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1856-02-19

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Il country arSpdd usa WAS very idiiEsseh,
from lhp' ossr sbish W. II few ~ dsy}I
+pssvioesSb Sbeiag gfmaeh ropghsr,aAd aforddlps
much more vegetation. 9ohR2
saIeSsIRs sAepvailss, I'VE eoDlniedi "a .hs
efslsk,l iabOui d fhiie, 1he6 crossing byeFiie
M ,y,. pbgas sS9 iIss y ,{SSs sESss
linsaeefaWqlllsFsaRs on eur oMays apFd ND Al 7
hoon, reached q beaudful)odeasa grove, 81
quSEi6gisspg and Igpiae,swhete We aaliedae
|grszss.s l1s grass Ssipg ss5y g6od.ai wseYh
5isssd All his psSssIii aba sIOsk n E. "A
inoFder tha. osr capl9 ,mighl beesdiss bs,le'
prepared for the ascentof q high mounssin'
Shiehldy directly before ussrriWe reuched
tac TOP ?of ,his' nouuiatu al lhfes o'clock
and from liz, summit beSeldlhe mos, roman
ticscshe ,hatsyer ihe imagina.ior can, paint
Far 70 the right and LEI. the swo ranges oo
mountains before mentioned, could beGdis.
[,inesly seen, though, ds we supposed, d, q
distance tofs one, hundred miles irem ,he
road. Their snowDcsppsd summi.s glisien'
ed beautifully from .herefsciioh ofthelsun
and seemed 10 iesemblSthe metalic rooted
cupolas Of a dia.an. city. The space be,
tween these ranges. lhopgh exceedingly
mountains, had tho apPessapce Of an eAtsn'
s,ss valley, and ID some places of conalder.
able fertility. II aajgtyro5 7laas d,Com
Descending TO the ives. base Of The noun.
tain, we encamped for The night. al five
O'Clock, close bya small valley. ofordinR
On abundanceof good grnss. % Shohiy AFTER
|encamping, mo Of our meey Warren Whit.
more and James Pew,errs aook suddenly III,
and from their symptoms, we supposed .hey
had taken q the CHOLERA, which caused the
mos, oi lusD ID boz much .alarmed., To-day
we travelled distance Of only sixteen mitss.
mJuLY e.h.-Tl,is morning the ltwpg Sick
men were somewhat bei,er,, bu, s'ill lhoy
were dangerously i'll. The sickness pmong
the emigrauts on7this partof the route. ip
fact, was becoming somewhat alarming, and
my ,messma.e and companion d the jour
ney, nsi ihiDking !, expedien. y 70 remain
lorgsr with sho maiE company. and as
fully coincidedin .he opinion, We leltl the
main company and crossed aovef ihe noun.
wins 10 Thomas creek, "a distance Of shres
miles. Shere wscmel and pitched our ionis
with the Illinois uaiR. i'ae1d 10 al aaiqg,.
This encampment WIS bs.ween',wo high
mountains; The mountains on The west side
were iringed with cedar trees, and in many
places their isummils were covered with
snow. On our wavto this place we sew ,he
cufcusses Of dead oxeI. ga >1'' i'7' ~
JULy l0th,--This morning we received
the sad Intelligence that Warren Whi.more
and James PewteEs were dead. They died
shortly after we lef! The company. Warren
Whilmore was from Meigs county, Ohio
and was. ole Of the company with which ]
started from iIome.a .s.sdmI rs's7fg Hti.s
We commenced our journey to-day a
seven o'clock in The morning, and travelling
len miles, crossing several streams on ouI
way. came 10 ahal, atone, clock 10 gaze
Al two we again commenced our journey
and travelling three miles, came 10 d valley
through whicha siream ofgood water wouut
hs course, and which afforded The, bes, gras.
We had found sinee leaving the Missouri
river, We founda'gruve al this place con.
.aining The body Of I'D. P. Ewing, from
Madison county. Florida; died oflsphoid
fever. July gl9,h. .,la49, qged 43 years.
We assembled this vsllev Two miles. and
crossed stream called Hans Fork, which
lis a beautiful siteam OF water, abont three
rods vide anJ 'wo feet dssp, with an abuD'
dance ofiwilows along i.ss banks. AT she
fordmg place wesaw an old grave, bearing
no inscription. q ,o' 9<l2 - 'N'H' 70 70
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