Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1857-05-02

especially with the patron. as he smoke
the English language fluently; and, in
fact, during our journey of twelve hours
he was kept costantly busy translating
questions back and forth from one par
ty to the other, and the rapartce and
jocular Essays few thick and fast.
The patron called his wife Unna poco
serpeznela serena, for her quick witt. d
replies. and more pleasant company
|, would have been impossible in those
DAYS to have found.
We parted with regret from them,
as their place of destination would have
kept us in company for several days
longer bnt after two d,ys delay. find
ing our prospects Of crossing the river
diminishing rather than increasing, we
concluded to follow them to the uppe.
ferry The wea her had been extreme
hot and sultry, and the parched plain
refedled the heat from off its arid sur
face with intense power. Our cattle,
as they travelled through the dry grass
ahead Of US, raised huge cloud of sa-
lin. dust. that chung to our nostrils and
stuck in our throats like dry -four,
while the irritating properties it con-
tanned, fairly tore the skin from our
sweat pouring flesh.
The day seemed unusually long, but
just as the sun began to sink behind
the Coast Range of hills, we came up
On our Sp1nish friends. They were
iourneying along slowly, and the pa
tron vas holding his wife's sister opon
her mule. l ascortained that she had
been attacked with the cholera when
but fw hours on their journey, two
days before, and they had temained in
camp until, fearful that the disease
might prove fatal unless relieved, they
concluded to move to the ns Arrest house
for succour. | remonst ated with them
for not sendi1g back to US for assist
ance Sending forward our cattle, |
ordered the patron to encamp for the
night, which he reluctantly complied
with. Shelter was provided for The in
vaid While the patrons wife prepar.
ed supper for the fliar, myself and her
husband, | turned to my saddle-bags
for medicines, a small assortment o!
which | always carried with me for
cases of emergency. A SCOT ling
draught was administered, and by the
time supper was ended, the patient had
fallen ieo quiet sleep. BY constant
ly watching with her during the night
| found the disease had so far abatrd
that no danger need be apprehended as
to her ultimate recovery.
After another days delay, we all
our animals and pursued onr
journey. From the frequent detours
We were compelled to make to avoid
the sloughs, our journey, which could
have been performed later in the sea-
son in one day, was heightened out TO
five. AT last, no" ever, We found our
selves on the hard mountain trail di
rect to Sonora, the destin ,lion ef my
Spanish friends. The day had been,
like those preceding, unusually wirm,
and where wo encamped for the night
was spot well up on the Tuolumne
river. In the evening the wife of the
patron complained of illness, and was
soon taken with bilious cholic in all its
excruciating forms That night also
spent by her bedside, but every few min
utes tho resil's- form of her husband
would intercept the light and heat of
the campfire 10 kneel by the side of
ais wife and pray for her recovery, and
to inquire, with a voice tremulous with
anxious feeling, as to what | thougt of
her condition. Anxiety flashed from
his dark eyes, and the various contend
ing thoughts that formed within his
brain gave deadly palor to his face.
Ere morning dawned, she became qui-
It, and fell into refreshing sleep, and
The danger had passed. The patron
seated himself by her bed, and with
his head bent between his knees, bles-
'ed the good success of my efforts, all
The while reiteraiins that lie would
never forget me, and that at some fu-
.ure day he would pay me more than
anticipated. Ho" truly his words
we're verified, We will see. In few
'he had recovered, and | was about to
Did them final adieu, when the pa
ron insisted upon my taking large,
stout horse from his cabeiddo, as pre-
'ent. Having refused every other pre-
sent they offered me, l reluctantly ac
;epted this, seeing that a refusal would
1--WE offence. The animal was noble
,ne- stout, feet, and graceful as an
antelope We parted, | to pursue my
'oeation or inclinations, and they to
their journey.
In 1852, I was travelling from Fort
Miller TO the Mariposa, in company
with four others, by the mountain trail
while just ahead of us, in sight, were
A party of Frenchmen. Night was
coming on, and the lengthenlng sha
dows of the hills Indicated the sum-
decline, and we began to look for
camping place. We des-
cended steep hill, and in the small
basin found clump of oak timber,
sheltered on one side by a perpendicu-
ar rock, whose huge proportions pro-
ected us from the cold night air which
,lows from the westward IN the spring
months. At the root of Druidical
,ak gushed out fine spring of water,
IAN off in copious stream towards ths