New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-10-06

SEQ ogen 0s our portion had Tot cs1Etec. :
wbep ws fluid thu, al the meay niles CT on ncrA
travel hsd beeu il v>o, and hal TO be retrscea, NJ
resniu scu Certainly fpled me for moment, acc 81
down upoo my end OF the rsn ard f.. Ike sheij,s q
one tear Of gepuoe regret Yet elt that ocr Ia y,
as Csrs'ae men. sss to press on 81 ong IS Ne ooud
sterd, ard leave toe i.sus 9th Cos
II hsd now been four fan dsss snce we sse meal.
All We had eaten in tie mean tins wss frog apiece,
four ciaDe, and fey wild berries whoee acid propsr-
tlee and bitter tssie hsi probably ne more harm
fast and systems we're evidently about TO uadergo
go extraordinary change did not permit myself TO
tbirk Of fcod-she thought Of well-cover.d table
would have been too much. thought over all OF poor
Stairs safseiings the tsthmus of Aen xhers he.
tro wss pa iGlirg q raj dosn unkn0xp stream
tu. nsvef believed he could stard hsr the snoues OF
sufering be old. Besidee, he baA means to make 3
fre-we bad zone.
He wss upon a stream whi,h be knew would lesd to
the sea and easety-we were upon waters whose dow
We knew really nothing Of Sad were as much ost As
though in the Mountains of the Moon. Bet ~s could
Lot give il up 40" and took fresh courage S trocbles
appeared to thicken.
Wen, ve tnrred ;he raft around, and poed her b."k
toward the place where re hsd entered tits last ste
We had gone about mile when re heard tue soood
of q gup, quickly folosed by 9 secotd report. No
icund wss ever s<eet to me "a thst. We hs'loocd
o. lond as we could good many times, but could get
20 response. We kept our poles going, sci hsd gone
about laif mile when | called Is Moantains st en-
ticn 10 What thought vas smoke curEcg 40 smocy
the trees 90 the sioe of q hill M, o~n eyesight had
begun 70 fail me to an extent that eoald MT oep
rpon il when long. stssdy gaze sss necessary. he
seid was smoke, ard thet be thoaght jus. below it,
ON the bAIk was bark canoe. Ia . few momsots
the blue gu oke rolled gently yet Enthusiastically, above
the tree tops and felt n st Ne were saved. Su,h
r.vusion of feeling was aGoss too much for Us. We
could hardly believe senses, ard credited anything
fayc.sbl 10 our condition with the utmost caution.
Our biter di.appohi bad taught US th1 !esecn
We padded the TAFT with the eIds OF our poles
directly scroes the lake, nes psrhsps threefourths
OF a mile wide ard made for the caooe IL proved To
be large one evidently an Indians. 10 the osnk
pressed leaving La Mountain at the canoe 10 cut Old
retreat BY the indxp in case he was tirnd ana sshei
TO AVOID us. ! came a. one upon the shsntee OF
numbering WOOD and from the obi bDey of the farthest
bulldog broad voluus Of smoke was rising. hal
loed-a noise was heard inside, sod a mob clio king
Indian came to the door. EOns pdrtey frdHsdis
was my eager ipquiTy "a graspei ais 9at'fetc aed
hard. "Yes, Sir. and Eogish, too. lie drew inc
into the cabin and there was the head OF toe party,
noble.tearted Scctchusn, nsm,d Angus Cameron.
inn ed'a,ely told my story-tha. re came 10 wtn
balloon, were ost, and had been four days without
food asking where We were. lnasioe my suppose
wbeo he sad we were one handred aud n,ey n"es que
norh of Ot,aws-in the oense nninhaoaed forest,
whose only limit was the Arctic circle. In word, we
sere nearly 500 miles in due north course from
WATERFOWL, n latitude AZ
Dinner vas all ready. The party consisted oil Tour
persons-Mr Cameron, ana his assistant, who was
also uamed Cameron; LsMAb NacDOugsll-a halt
breed and bis son Bssuoeii. Idsps'ched the youog
Itdan for La Mountain, who came IN alter moment,
the absolute picture Of wrotchedness. All tha' the
cabin contained was freely tenfered u.s. and ace began
No sat language is ipadequats TO express our senss
tiors While doing 70. The clouds had al liked from
cur soube future, and the "siver lioirg saone all
he brighter for the deep darkness Though which We
had passed
Here let me state that the stream We came down SO
far with our raft called Filimaus Creek the large
lake we saled e'ound is led Bosketong Lake, ana
Grains nto Bosketopg River-which hows into the
Gstiueau. The Gatiuesu joins the DRAWS opposite
OTTAWA CITY. Mr.. Cameron assured US that these
streams are so tortuous aud in macy places so rapid
that no vet VI men could get raft down. no mater
how well they knew the country, nor hog mncn pro-
visions they might have. lie regarded our denver,
Al ce as pulely Pfoyidentia sDy timeS remai sed
tina. would certainly have perahed but for seeing
bis smoke.
Mr.. Cameron was hunting timber for bis employers
lGinom & Co. Of Ottawa. and WAS to START 10 tHo
DAYS for down the au to his usftefs at
Desert, II We would stay uutl be started, We sefe
welcome, he said, to food and accommodaloos, std
lie would take down to Desert IN his canoe, anu al
that point could get Indians to taxa US further on
lie also said that he had intended to look fer timber on
Filinsn's Creek, near where the balloon woaid be
found a. Ne could describe the locality to him. aud
would try to look up ADD make the attemps To got
to Ottawa This would be long and tedious opera.
tiop ss the poIsges are very numerous between the
creek ard Desert--something over tTenty--one OF
tt m thee miles long Over these portaees OF course
the silk nust be carried on the backs OF lhdiacs.
After finishing up his business 10 the vicinity where
we found him. on Friday morning Mr.. Cameron srted
on bis return We stopped, on our way up the creek,
at tn place where had erected our signal by when
10 fro the balloon. We struck back for the place aod
In about twenty minutes found her mpsed od the top
Of four srualIsh spruce trees, torn very much. LIS
Mountain concluded to abandon her, lie took the
valve as a memeDto, and | cot out the letters TIC
which had formed part Of her name, add brought 1t
hone sitn me- We reached what is known as the
"a, n kv,ga
sleeping on the grouDd-sn operation eiways unPea-
ant, but particularly 20 a. the Fall OF the year. Oa
Saturday we reached desert through drencn-
ing ram, from which there was no protection
At Desert We good deal trouo cd TO ban In
dsIs 10 take Us out. AT last We appealed TO SIR John
Backus kind hearted American trader, Who sgreed
to procure us complement Of Red Skins sufficient to
take US to Beans place-oO miies-Snen u was
thought We night Obtain borses. Sunday morning We
srleo from Desert AID reached Alexis Beau SCOUT
o. ~ The sceLery upon this part Of our route ~as
sublime srd imposing. The prinevs forest stood a.
n AID AID sileIt as when created. Toe Indians We
bao 10 our eu ploy to day surpassed anynlng ever
behe.o IN pbytics yleor aud endurance nete
fifteen portsg.s to be see during toe daysrun OF %
miles They woulo seize the caooe, JERK II upoo 'ner
shoulders with sW!Dg, and ftad upon d dog rot as
utconcerredlv a. though besriog no ourfen- Az
riyirg a. the bottom Of the fall they would toss tue
sway we would 20 sgain. gciog down the stream like
an arrow. We Travelled ID niles and made persges
il hour sno 40 Giibute'.
At Alexis |. Bean we FIRST behed horss and vehi.
Gle which they called Blackboard "-siuPy a
couple Of boards reaching from b0ter to the other
upon WHICH The sesls were placed. Starting al 10
toe everpg, We travelled reary 81 nignt throcgh the
forests over one Ct the roads that ever ". lett
unfuisbed and reached Brookss farm, sort OF from
tier tavern, U the early morning. Were we siePt .
coupls of hours and after breakfast pressed on by the
sage 10 Ottsws which reached at O'Clock on
MoIosy afternoon. Our 6rs. rush was TO the telegraph
Office wbeI &c the trembling wires sped the gad ne~s
of cur safety to the loved ones al home. Al Is
ga We were most hospitsbly entertained. To Robert
Bell ESQ., editor Of The Cat-eH, sod President Of the
Ottawa and Prercot: Rs;isay, as vel a. TO jose 20