Oroville daily Butte record., 1857-07-02

For three days and nights more, did
the lamp of life in poor Lally, flicker
between reason and delirium, till at
last it went family out, and though
Mother and Brother were often
upon her lips, she brcathed no other
name. Nor could we learn her name
from her destroyer, for he nerer came
dgaial
Ten days since, while travelling in
the interior, as | was casually remark
ing upon the probable entrance of cne
of the branches of the South Pass wa
gon road into California, by the Honey
Lake Valley route, and was speaking
of the local beauty of the valley and
its advantages as place of settlement,
stranger, occupying seat in the
stage with me, exclaimed, as it seemed
almost involutarily, Sir, you speak of
Honey Lake Valley, there are remin-
iscences connected with that spot, that
| would deem it boon above any 9TH
er gift, would Heaven but blot them
from my memory y
This was just enough TO awaken my
curiosity, and remarked that [ too,
was acquainted with one fact of inter-
est as connected with that locality, and
as all present seemed desirous of know
ing what it was, quickly and without q
thought [ replied, graveless tomb
stone! or rather head-toard without
a'grave, an inscription without a name!
All present noticed that something
like thrill of horror shook the frame
of the stranger, he bowed his head but
uttered not word; while at the re-
quest of many present, | entertained
them, or tried to do so, by recital of
scenes and events that occurred during
our three months journey upon the
plains, and among them the incident of
Lally's deser;ion and death.
On arriving at the hotel and stop
ping for the night, the stranger called
for room, and asked me to accompa-
ny him thither. | followed without
hesitation, believing from his demean-
or that he had something which he
wished, perhaps privately, to impart.
Closing the door, he began at once by
saying, You, sir, have related this day
that part Of tale of horror to which |
was u stranger, and yet am the only
one living in possession of the full Sc
cret of its more terrible sequel; and
strange as it may seem, | feel an al
most irresistible desire to acquaint you
with it, that as the world knows a p art,
it may also know the counterpart
With this short introduction, the
strvnger continued
Il was one,' said he 'of that same
company of emigrants to which the
hunter of the Sweet Water belonged.
Early in the morning following that on
which we left you at Pacific Creek,
Capt. Tenn, as you called him, came
into camp, and sald that he had had u
falling out with his company, for the
reason that he alone of all, desired to
90 the Salt Lake route, while the rest
of the company would take the cutoff
He determined therefore on leaving
them, and had done SO.
Possessed Of an easy address and
pleasing manner, with his previous
knowledge of the route, be was consid-
cred rather as an acquisition to our
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 eEcamped upon Its bor-
ders, and nothing had transpired par
ticularly to excite suspicion in regard
to the true character of our new ac-
quaintanee. But during the few days
that we remained near the city, an
intimacy, beyond what propriety would
clearly warrant, had been observed be-
tween Tenn and the hunters wife.
They would take long rides together,
remaining away from camp for hours
together. At the time however, but
little was thought Of it, as an expostu-
lation on the part of the husband to
the wife, touching her conduct in this
particular, seemed to have set all
things ripht.