The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-06-09

driven b nfssn niles ne town consists Of two houses
end enc store. We stopped 1t ono Of the houses,
which n ke2 . sort Of inn. On Vie 18th We
made thirty miles, and rested u AZ P. n IN the
town Of K. nnekuck, whioh consists of ono house.
"why call II . town n there b only one hooaes" 30
cause regularly chartered town; b regularly laid
S Ss. o ,ssrs other
whether paper Ike the majority Of them, real Ike this
the track Of one or more railroads running through IT,
About twenty miles from Laavenworth passed the
FIRST rain Of Russell Wsdde consisting Of twenty six
wagons The mostly young, and the tram vas
purpose Of breaking in The cAsle rhe grass was up
that could 1--we upon il, but not very we'll
,sn reached Big sIus or as The tosn 3 called
Kansas usde, the hoomp.On consultation has his resi-
nourkhipg there and ende svorng 70 build up the
place. He feels very anxious 70 have grant made BY
Congress Of every alternate section Of land from g. Jo
seph 10 Mary svle railroad between those points.
The latter point would then the outsng post for
the Im7 and emisr,nts bound far:he. vest
70 get savanced 70 Fort Kearney Fortunately or uufor
unatey there had just arrived two rnment Wagons
IN route KeArney. the sergeant said Il would take
him six days 70 make Kearney, which was very slow
vas better 70 travel slowly than NOT At all 30 4. ten
O'Clock on Monday morning. the 10Th Of April found ny,
,n and ,h sssSDs ., INTO s 81
his wife and two little children, with their
INTO their saddles and we started. Ten minutes had
not elapsed, however, whom my Jehu vomstea forth
Of profanity in the Bowery or FIVE Points would have
listened IN astonAhmept as such master IN hts Art But
this youth had only the ono accomplishment swearing;
he did not know how to drive team 30 he had banked
bis mules in ascending slight elevation he had -
demorazed the team by abuse and bed driving, though
tina. time had been superior drawing team that when
stuck Il would not draw pound. He would pound
u%o mn sud down. and IN he rsst Of he mules would
turn round and look 70 what was going then he
would attack with oath, club and foot another mule Thus
he made the team draw rather, not draw Before we
could start again bis mules had 70 be taken from the
wagon, the wagon drawn down hill from behind, and
BY the other teamstsr. II was near one P. n when
again got In motion. In the afternoon my muletecr Peter
We bad 70 set out pull and haul Il the wheels IN tho mud
up TO knees for hour before We could get 3d.
was cold, windy, damp, dsagreeable day; the road
day night Well drove till long after dark, and
then camped by the size Of brook, having made ~ all
but eie6, miles, Such was going Utah BY express We
passed all regular settlements, and that was
@ u &C. out s s2a
nothing since breakfast butrememberng where had laid
cracker, devoured II with gusto That my supper
the puleteeYs and must sleep IN the other
spread my blanket and buffalo sfns in the wagon on
Of y, ~ % mYs. %s y
down wedged together very closely by the sdes Of the
wagon. rained, but the canvaes which covered the
ply Of bedding had turned over and No ope pulled
The clothes Oh hs neighber But IL was found my
recommend i either Tor personal cleanliness comfort
luxury Mr.. Muleteer Peter Passion was wet and mud
copvenisp. and cheap stove BY which to warm and dry
his There caoric for him without The expense
Of his cutting wood, carry ing and building nre; but
guess the caoric vas pretty Thoroughly quenched before
morning
Daylight brought with wood, and We made IRE and
Mrs HohsId cooked breakfast which consisted Of boiled
potasoes liale fried ham, salt, onions and coffee as
strong n ley We had bread OF any kind Ny appe-
GOES on 70 Inc plains len As though could 90. STEEL
50 sitting dowa on the ground pulled out my jaokknife,
Gu. On piece Of ham pitched into the potatoes SALT and
onions eating with the rapacity Of wolf man
CT Of the plains don't know what Is 70 have all kinds
Of food luscious. For the rest Of the way we ma
/ at Ming and one at night As every other meal
similar 70 this breakfast will pass them BY
MULE DRIVING.
All government wagons, light expresses, drawn
by six mules These six mules are driven by single
rein attached 10 the check Of right left loading
mule. The mu,eteer rides the nigh or left wheel mule,
and by that single rein drives the ak mules 10
The right left or anywhere Al first 10 was . great
puzzle 10 me 70 know how he did II, but by
watching him attentyey discovered that steady In
ward pull upon the single rein brought the nigh
leader 70 the left outward jerk 70 tho right The Bit
Of the right or of leader connected with the nigh leader,
and whichever way the nigh leader goes the Oh leader
follow the direction Of the two Leaders Such
the PHILOSOPHY Of mule driving but my Jenu did Do or
drive in straight line. so bad not been started
than half hour Tuesday morning before he stuck his
sicE and could DO noahing. Aner trying In 70 get
Peters team out and even Mrs. Holland turned into the
mud and worked Ike slaves unlosdng and reIosdng me
consolation n getting the team out and starting It, for be-
fore an hour had driven into another hole stuck
last Again had 70 sweat, unload and reload Pc.
ter kept on dkchasng himself in volleys Of oashs and
spasmodcaly beating the mules His impudenoe eqosled
hs profsnity bad nsye, seen team an. o. q. mules
The sergeant sprans into Peters SADDLE and drove hs
team the OF the Day Uptl the evening Of Thursday
and down. through mud holes and ruts. 1t never bank
ed, never stuck, NO mule acted ugly, and no team
s s.p spd The character Of Peter more fully than other
wise would have done, m order 70 show The quality
Of some Of the men in the employ Of The United etAsss
could be got two dollars per month cheaper 10
save that one or tvo doarsa mouth man was employed
tpsd esssss 70 the value q two or three hundred dol
lars BY killing mule, running others, breaking chains
harness and Wagons Thu: me onned sA.es os' 'so s
ooer attempted 10 prevent such occurrences ~
is by employing competent men II Increased pay; but
they have been questioned for by higher authority
sep, no more in the wagon but took the prairie,
where, with The sod for my pillow and the heAyens ior
l my curtains, always found oomtertApe ioukiues Va
arriving Tho Bg sandy, the afternoon Of the 2, We
found the wafer high that wa impossible 70 cross
There very good log house on the other side OF the
stream, kept by b Patterson, who was formerly con-
uecled with Utah travel and trade. pleasant appearing
Epgsh woman formerly Mormon, acts ~ mater fori.
las On the morning Of the 2Sd OF April crossed the
stream and again enjoyed the luxury OF living IN
| house, and eating ii . table with knife and fork.
CRAZY xKS on THE PRAIRIE
About noon man srsysd into Mr.. Pstserson's pro
misses with hs clothes noarly an on his back, his
feet frozen and bsered. He carried An empty bottle
1 in one hand and few rags In the other. On being
accostes he said, "elve eat Ne no eat for half
year" All questions be answered uninseallsbly.
| "Iar' vas all that could be got out Of him. lie was
evidently German, but being accostsd In that Ian.
euase he could talk consistently. Whence he came
no one snew direction nwss lel miles from any
house, In the other the deep Big Sandy, which he
had not creased his clothes were not vet M Ps,ier