White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-07-15

Monday, the 9Th inst, at 10 o'clock, A.
NJ, for an excursion up the Nemaha Xiv
er, having previously been to Forest City
and taken on a number Of persons OF that
place and Oregon All went on well
until within q mile or two Of the mouth
of the Nemaha, when some Of the braces
in one Of the wheels gave way, and the
wheel received considerable damage
The carpenters were set to work, and
about noon they had repaired all DANA
ges, and the boat proceeded on her way.
At John Ma-he's wigwam, party of
Indians came on board, dressed and pain
ted in their gaudiest colors. They enter
tanned the company, during the excursion,
with their music and dancing
The boat proceeded on its way finely,
until the stream began to grow narrow
and crooked. The overlfAnging trees
impeded the progress Of the boat, and
caused much detention /; and towards sun
down, huge drift, extending entirely
across the stream, made Its appearance.
Here the jig was up. Very many Of the
company had for some time been clamor.
Gus to return, hut others. had insisted
upon going on. Now, it was impossible
to return that evening so the boat was
turned round, and tied up for the night
Here the worst difficulty of all present
ed itself. The party, expecting to reach
Falls City for dinner. and to return home
the same evening, had taken but few
provisions along, and they had been de-
voured for dinner. The persons from
Falls City who were to have met the boat,
had waited until they became wearied,
and had returned home. The party on
the boat were half starved, no habitations
were near, and no one knew where to look
for Falls City. At this juncture, Capt.
Moore did what but few other men would
have done-took one or two men, at
dusk, and started in search of Falls City.
During his absence, Mr.. w. P. Jones
and the Messrs. Campbell struck up the
music on their fiddles, and the time was
spent in dancing.
About 2 o'clock in the morning, the
Captain and his men returned, in COM
pany with several ladies and gentlemen
from Falls City, who brought provisions
in wagon. The Captain had found the
town some miles away, and the citizens
were in the midst of a dance. The
Captain addressed them, giving an ac-
count of the trip, and the condition Of
his passengers. There had been an album
dance of provisions during the day; but
after the assembled crowd had satisfied
their wants, the Indians had been permit
ted to carry the balance away. But all
set to, and barrel of crackers and other
provisions were scraped up, and des-
patched to the boat. The citizens of the
place seemed DESTROYS of doing all in their
power for the comfort Of the excursionists,
and even offered to get wagons and con-
vey them from the boat to the town.
After the arrival of the provisions, the
great inconvenience experienced, were
the want of sleeping accommodations,
and the annoyance of the mosquitoes
Persons could be seen stretched about on
the floor, on the wood-pile, on the roof,
and everywhere that a person could lie.
Sometime after midnight, Mr.. Pavey, the
Engineer. went upon the roof, and fell
asleep sitting on a chair. Losing his
balance, he tumbled down between the
engine and side cabin, injuring himself
severely. 1t was thought, for q time,
that he could not survive until morning
but he grew better after time. He has
since been limping about upon crutches.
His severest injuries were upon the back
and leg. In falling. he tumbled upon Mr..
Hapgood, the Agent of the New England
Bards, who was asleep on box, giving
him a severe bump upon the head.
AT early dawn the boat started for
home, anil arrived here at about s o'clock.
Barring that accident, and considering
the circumstances under which the party
were placed, everything passed of finely.
One creditable thing was, that not drum
ken man was seen on the boat. Besides
the refreshments at the bar of the boat,
Mr.. Daniel Zook, Of Forest City, had q
Soda fountain on board, and dealt oui
that delightful beverage to the company
The Nemahs, save its crookedness, is
beautiful stream; but it will probably
never be navigable, on account of iti
narrowness and crookedness. The watel
is blue and deep ; and at no place between
its mouth and the Falls. is the depth o.
the water less than eight or ten feet. which
is sufficient depth for the largest sized
boat. From its mouth to Roy's Ferry
and several miles above that. the watel
is probably twenty or thirty feet deep