Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1859-10-22

hopeless anxiety was turned into joy, by
the ship suddenly making down to our as
sistance, But here again we had Il new
danger to contend with; for, on coming
alongside, We were several times like to be
engulfed or dashed to pieces by the heavy
seas and rolling Of the ship. The night
was dark, the weather stormy and death
in thousand forms stared us in the face
At length, after many Intellectual attempts
and much manpuverng, we succeeded in
getting on board, having been in the boat
upwards of six hours. That the captains
determination was to leave us all to ouI
fate, there is not the least doubt; for he
declared so afterwards, in letter written
to Mr.. Astor, from the Sandwich Islands
and he was only prevented from carrying
his purposes into effect by the determined
conduct of MIR. Robert Stuart, who, seiz-
ing Il brace of pistols, peremptorily told the
captain to order about the ship and save
the boat; or, he added, lou are a dead
man this instant.
When the vessel arrived at the Oregon
river and had crossed the bar, the first
thing to do was to build g fort " or store
house, while waiting for the arrival Of the
overland expedition. AS soon as matters
were got iittle TO rights, parties were sent
out to explore the country, win view to
iorm small posts where the oihcers OF the
company might reside ana trade with inc
INDIANS. 40 one Oh tnese stations our a'l-
thof was placed ana OF M: adventures
thefe, OF III making excursions III lts
neighborhiood, as wei US OF ms ohserva-
tlons on the oakinacken Indians, ne giycs
an an account drawn iresn IRON the Originals,
me general dolngs at fort Astoria, ana ot
the larger exploring enterprises, so long as
he was present, may aiso be considered
Original together with ms sketches OF the
characters of the prmclpal partners, ana
ms critical estimate OF tne causes tnat
brought about the company $ failure. Ac-
counts OF oregon expeditions undertaken
IN other directions than the course foi-
lowed by Mr. Ross himself, and the two
overland journeys from st. Louis out and
home, arc from the information OF others,
and mostly brlef. Except Tor the sake OF
completeness, the overland journeys might
have been omitted, after the full accounts
in Astoria.
Mr. Ross has not much literary skill;
ana whell removed from the regular Ifa-
u'hg or 'fuNci''is =. business, nc nus ilol 30
,auch reau'hess q anu Curing - o'ic io9hs
ior ~ y lar company aaFch.urer' Nei-
1hef iias ne ! very comprehensive mind l,n or
luugilohS 20 70 ~ pe uepSiueu upon l nese
'faits, 'housh lney 90 ho' iliparl V9iue'
SNe species q chafacter y the po9A'I
us ahAloticS iest the lhuiai,s S,loilu Iop
or as.''ch " party whcn eNlueI'iy 10 iuet
% Hlisciiiei WV y t'ieif noaus, M aeeourt
- ,,s'VF niiSt'i"iiassciiics'' ~ 'oll llPN'iiU
q tho in'schiei3 arising lro.,i tne sNlppers
heins made independent q the partners
ana several passages Wiefe peis9hili leel- ,
lng pre.olhlllates' nave q raey cnarac'sr' =,
Wiich iorlhs amusing reaaihS - tlose
Who %aye any ai.cht,oh @ INC oregon
question, or afe lamniiar WIN hsioHiA'
ny, hoss volume VIII pe curious rom tle
llgn' y y eoht,nuaily throwing upon !, no.n
suelects 10 nose VINO are no,' y VIII pc
interesting iot Us sketches sketches q .he inulans, ,
" .affatiNes =, ausuhtuie' aiu m i,s ple,uies
q ne among 1he lur-trauers, nc iollow- !, M
ihs y !, Sample % wi''I may occur 70 'nciil
IN rae nome rom irlchdiy Nislt'
In the evening Of the 18th, not far from
home, as we were ascending Il steep hill at
the top Of which is vast plain, and my
nan had to walk, leaving our horses TO
shift for themselves and climb up as they
could and so steep and intricate were the
windings, that had to throw off my coat,
which, together with my gun, / laid on
one Of the pack-horses. The moment we
reached the top, and before we could gath
OF our horses and look about us, we were
oyertaken by u tremendous cold snow
storm the sun became instantly obscured,
and tie wind blew hurricane. We were
taken by surprise. Immediately called
out to the men to shift for themselves, and
let the horses do the same Just at this
moment accidentally came into contact
with one Of the loaded horses, for such was
the darkness that we could not see three
feet ahead; but, unfortunately, it was not
the horse on which | had laid my coat and
onn. INSTANTLY cut the tyinos, threw off
the load, and mounting on the pack-sad
die, rode off at full speed through the deep
snow, in hopes of reaching well known
place of shelter not far off; but in the dark
ness and confusion missed the place. and
If last cot SO benumbed with cold that |
could ride no further; and besides, nv
horse was almost exhausted Tn this
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