The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1859-09-22

pie. The usual range of prices is from
$40 to SS0-about that of Indian horses.
hear it stated that though all other
trade may be dull, that 10 young squaws
| is always brisk on Green River aud the
North Platte. That women so purchased d
should be discarded or traded off, as sa J..
tiety or avarice may suggest, and that
they should desert or deceive their pur-
chasers on the slightest temptation, can
surprise no one. l met an Irishman on
Big Sandy whose squaw had recently gone
of with an Indian admirer, leaving him
two clever, bright, half-breed children of
seven and five years. | trust that plank
in the Republican National Platform
which afirms the right and duty of Con-
gressional Prohibition not only Of Slavery
in the Territories but OF Polygamy also
is destined to be speedily embodied in a
law.
We passed yesterday the two places at
which body Of Mormons late in 1857
surprised and burned the supply trains
following in the rear of the federal troops
sent against them. The wagons were
burned in corral, and the places where
each stood is still distinctly marked on
the ground. 10 view of all the aDtece-
dent facts, it seems incredible that the
commanding officer who allowed bis sup
ply trains to follow thus in mis- rear, ut
terly uuguarded and watched, should
not have been brought before court
martial.
We have been passing for the last two
days scores of good log or ox-chains-in
one instance hundred feet together
which having beon thrown away by Cali
fornia emigrants to lig hten the loads of
their famished, failing cattle, have been
in the road for months, if not years. pass
ed and noted by thousands, but By none
thought worth picking up. One would
suppose that the traders, the herGsmen.
the Indians or some other of the residents
of this region, would deem these chains
worth having, but they do not. / bad
already become accustamed to the sight
of wagon tire, wagon boxes, &C., rejected
and spurned in this way, but good, new
chains thus begging for owners | have
ouly noted this side of the South Pass.
They are said to be still more abundant
further on,
This morning, l was agreeably sur
prised BY greeting from three aequain-
tances I N made in Denver, who invited me
to share their outfit and journey
to California. who left Denver the morn
ing before | did, and beside whom | camp
ed my first night on the road to Laramie.
They are just through the Cherokee trail,
entering the mountains at Cache Ia Pou
DIRE and crossing Green River by ferry
some thirty miles below the point at which
| did. They were detained one day ma
king raft or which to ferry their wag-
oo over the North Platte, and found some
rough places in the mountains; at one of
which they were obliged to unbitch their
horses and let their wagon down steep
pitch by ropes. They found the water Of
Bitter Greek along which lies their road
for hundred miles or so-bitter indeed;
and in some places grass was deficient;
but their horses look nearly as well as
when they left Denver. Their route has
of course been some $50 miles shorter
than mine, and they will reach Salt Lake
scarcely day behind me. wish | had
been able to accompany them on their
rugged and little-traveled route.
On the other side Of the Pass. we had
mainly clear, hot days; on this side, they
are cloudy aud cool. We had a little
shower of rain with abundance of wind
night before last, another shower last
night, and more rain is now threatend =
Yet all old residents assure me that rain
in Summer is vary rare throughout this
region.
We stop to night at point only 100
miles from Salt Lake, with two rugged
mountains to cross, so that we are not to
reach that stopping place till Monday.