Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-07-31
TIE WASHINGTON BOYS AWAY PROM THEIR
MAMAS.
ICorreSPondsnee Of The Star
LANDER's WAGON Roam CAMP.

| Near South Pass July 4, 1853 {
AS many OF your readers, know, have friends
| In our expedition, and many more are interested
| In the success Of the work, you will probably be
sratihed to learn that, far, everything has goie
on admirably, and with even greater progress
than we could reasonably hope for.
Apo nted Superintendent about the LIST of
April, by the 2sth Colonel Lander had fitted ont
a tain with four months provisions, contracted
Tor winters supply, to be delivered at Fort
Laramie in July, and on the 29th started from In
dependence, Mo, for the mountains The diff
Guilty OF starting mule train was much inc reased
by the great demand for animals at Fort Leaven.
WORTH but, by buying them in small lots and
under bis own inspection, the Superintendent
OBTAINED S1 no mules, averaging only sI3G so per
mead The weather at starting was the com
III encement of ''wet term which lasted until
we reached the South Platte, rendering the roads
almost impossible At first we marched slowIv
ana Were four days reaching Salt creek five
miles west of Leavenworth, having been com
| Pelled to lay up two days by the rains and mud
On the ith Of May, we fairly started across the
| plains, and toiled along through the mud and
| muck CT Kansas with what speed we could How.
ever, by dint OF hard pulling, we managed In
average twenty miles per day to Marysville or
] one day TO rig up and set things to rights as il
Was the last city @ We would see. IL certainly
possesses many advantages for an interior town
IL nas large stream OF water, splendid soil and
what most paper towns lack, an abundance
| of timber, and it will command a large trade
being on the military road to Kearney and the
salt Lake route from st. JOseph'S Beyond this
| point the road improved, being over more
| sandy soil, and we began to make our regular
drives of thirty miles day.
| The night before we reached Kearney we had
| our first Indian alarm. The guard discovered
| some one approaching the band of mules, with
| Tue evident Intention of relieving of the care
| OF some OF them They fired at him. but he
mounted his horse, (Which he had been IeadingN
| ahd, piunrinS into toe rive he crossed IL and
| escaped The filing turned ont the camo of
| course and it was an amusing display 10 see the
| men rushing out of the tents and vyay on, all
| confident that the Cheyennes were upon us and
anxious for little souvenirs-such loo Ks Of hair
, From kearnsy we pushed on to the South Platte
the crossing OF which was reported to be too high
| Tor foTding Between Kearney and the p ate we
| met d scharged soldiers returning home on foot
nearly all OF them half starved, for there was o
| subssting on corn, which was all they could yet
The superintendent directed all of them to be fed
| and furnished with sufficient hard bread and ba-
| con TO last them to Fort Kearney
| At the Ash Hollow ford we found three trains
two of them mail trains waiting to cross we
pushed on up stream trying the ripples'' with
| crossing. BY blocking up the wagon beds and
doubling teams we crossed our fourteen wagons
In haif day, the other trains following close in
| our wake, without the loss Of an animal. An
| appropriation to bridge this stream and make a
| new road, avoiding Ash Hollow and the land
| beyond ill., would greatly aid communicative be-
Il 8. md
| ton.
We reached Fort Laramie MAY 3Ist. and here
| received our hTst supply of letters and papers
| w hue We were there a Mexican train came in
| from santa z, ana hearing OF wars and warriors
on the road they were anxious to sell out AT cost
| Our superintendent purchased their -four and
some OF their cattle and wagons at a very low
| n2ure; and leaving MIR Burche, of your civ I'm
| charge to bring it on we pushed ahead reaching
| tbs point on the 18th Of June in ~ DAYS from,
Leav-nworth. Here is the commencement of our
| work. - "
la two days after our arrival. loo bouse t,ve,-
| " feet square was built, and our SUI plus provis
| ions stored. Our conductor, Mitchell started
Dack 10 Laramie with the same teams, to bring
| up portion OF our winter supplies contracted
| 1or In The states. Another division started for
Wind river for the tools of the old expedition.
Mr.. lngie, also Of your city, with four men.
| was placed In charge Of this post, and the snper
intendent, with two wagons and twelve men.
! started out over the new road. When heard
f.om, I'VE days ago, ne had already reached Pr
| ney river, and was pushing on, having opened
| over one hundred miles of the road
Mr.. Burche passed here four days ago with his
train drawn by cattle; and the rain sent to w ind
| river has returned and gone on over the road
| You can see, from the above account, that the
| work is being urged on with vigor and energy
aud every hour Of the short working season is
| improved.
The South Pass wagon road, under its present
| itself -
see, by the papers, that the Mormon excite.
4 80 stih raging Ia the states IL Is believed
up mere that II Is all settled for the present. and
.ne uaihs OF Mormons, daily passing this point,
| "9u1o seem 10 confirm the Impression.
| as we have learned fr"oAo '
| Inc 9reatest blessing we have up here Is Hook
asAl nlaH, i'm bfowniey, the conductor, hand
| containing all the election news and accono,s =;
Jonn Bulls impude"ce There could be a com
p Ply, aisea IN these mountains, who would like
| "o,ning better than " pop" at uncle ] Inn
| bile you. are all sweltering in a Jniv am,
| ". are sleeping within ten feet OF snow nnna'
| a, u n"a "iankets aud robes add cobsi,ie ,iI. -,
'HS PIE a,ure conferred by'' Natures sof mrs. >,
| ! hhouid like to send you one of our ltb In1.
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