Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1857-07-11
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company of emigrants to which tn,
hunter of the Sweet Water belonged
Early in the morning following that OF
which we left you at Pacific Creek
Capt. Tenn, as you called him, came
into camp, and SAID that he had had /;
falling OUT with his company, for the
reason that he alone of all. desired tc
20 the Salt Lake route, while the res
of the company would take the cutoff
He determined therefore on leaving
them, and had done so.
Possessed of an easy address ant
pleasing manner, with his previous
knowledge of the route, he was consid-
cred rather as an acquisition to ou,
company, and being liberal in the use
of his money, it made him many friends
and he was soon recognised as kind
of second captain Of the company. A
few days and we reached Salt Lake
City, and we're ercamped upon lis bor-
ders, and nothing had transpired par
icularly to excite suspicion in regard
to the true character of our new ac-
quaintance. But during the few days
that we remained near the city, ar
intimacy, beyond what proprieiy would
le.rly warrant, had been observed be-
tween Tenn and the hunters wife
They would take long rides together
remaining away from camp for hour;
together. At the time however, bu
little was thought Of it, as an expostu
Iation on the part of the husband te
the wife, touching her conduct in this
particular, seemed to have set al
things right.
Before the day arrived on which We
were to renew our journey, and wbils
the huntr,, true to his instinct and oc
cupation, with others If the company
had gone to the mountains for day in
pursuit of game, his wife, accompanied
by Tenn, os.ensibly for the purpose ol
f,llowing in the train of the hunting
party, also left the camp, on two oI
the finest horses that money could
there procure, and took a route in the
directions of the hunters.
1T was late at night before the par
ty came in, and when it did come,
Tenn and the wife were missing, and
Mey nerer came agoan!
'Stung to the hearts core by the
now certain evidence of his wife's in
constancy, and burning with revenge,
the hunter bid adieu to his company.
and after a hasty preparation, followed
alone in the direction he supposed The
fugltives had taken. For days, with
his Inferior animal had he crowded en-,
and yet 40 tidings of the guilty ones !;
he was about to despair, when on the
evening of the tenth day from Salt
Lake, ha,iag made an unusually long
days jossrsey, as he was approaching
an em'grant camp, he espied among
other objects laying around, the fasor
ite saddle of his wife, ior though at a
distance. he knew it by some peculiar
ity in It's trappifa gs.
Urging his animal forward, It being
twilisb he passed the camp anhced
ed, if not unnotlced, towards eamp>
fire visible some distance ahead. There
he stopped, and learned that amoag
those who made up the company in the
rear, were stranger gentleman and
lady. who on horseback were endeavor-
ing by forced rides to orertake their
f:iends whom they supposed were then
but about two days in advance.
This was the very information the
hunter had been seeking for many a
weary day. twas all he wished to know.
And now ike a demon thirsting for
revenge, did he hang upon their trail,
as dpy by day they continued their
hurried flight. At lsnglh when they
pursuit had been given over
if any had been attempted, they joined
another company. What reason they
gave for not being attached to any 9th
er company, or for leaving the one to
which they belonged, | never knew,
and again was Tenn doubtless ingrati.
ating h mseif into the good graccs Of
his newly adopted friends.
'But little did he know that there
was one lurking upon his trail, in whose
heart
s'One sole desire one passion nov remains.
To keep Hfe's fever still within his veins
Vengeance dire vengeance On The wretch who
Der him and all he loved thst rainous bast.-
And well did he at last compass his
intentions. Days had passed, and the
hunter had aseertained that it was the
practice of Tenn to 60 on every after
noon in advance of the company, in
order to seek out the best camping
grcusd, sometimes accompanied by his
accredited wife, but not always. 1t
was upon time when from distance
in the rear, the hunter discovered that
Tenn had left the train and had gone
ON alone, thai he too came up and wa;
soon passing the traiu of eight or ten
wagons, when, just as he had reached
the foremost of them all. he heard a
shrek from within it, and such shrek
but he heeded it not, and passing or
only knew by casting glance behind
that the train had stopped, and men
women and children were fast gather
ing round the wagon from whence th'
cry had come /; but before the hunte
| had lost sight Of the train, it seemed
moving on again as though nothing ha'
occurred.
| .uours b.d VOW ,aesed away ant