New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-05-14
FROM THE PLAINS.
TERRIBLE STORMS-GREAT SUFFERING.

| TERRIBLE STORMS-GREAT SUFFERING.
| An arrival at Nebraska City from Fort Kearney
brings doleiul accounts of suferngs from snow
storm. Tie Journal says
| One of the most snow-storms ever eI-
perenced in that vicinity had recently fallen. The
| snow on an average three feet deep There
was great suffering among the Pixies Peak and other
enigranis who had been caught out i'll the Storm and
| they could neither help themselves nor make any
| progress.
and extraordinary price of - per bushe or go per
barrel.
We had expected to hear Of great suffering and pr-
vaton on the Plans among the emgrants, but did not
expect TO have 10 record so terrible snowsiorn so
near by, when the mercury in the thermometer was
almost to the boiling point, as it was yesterday.
MOTOR Waugh Indian Agent among the Blackfeet
tribe reached ST. Louis Saturday morning, on his
way to Washington from his agency, having as rep
resented by The Republican, suffered terribly IN his
travels losing his guide and interpreter in the snow
! Or Feb H. express arrived at Fort Benton, mott
| flying Major Waugh that the Backfeet Indians we're
coming io receive their aDnuties. The express found
him at the farm which he opening for the Indians
under treaty stipulation about oTy-hye miles from
| Fort Benton, IN the Sun River Valley. He at &c
resolved 10 go ont and meet them Starting the next
morning the th with we'll known guide and inter-
prefer by the of Pero be pursued his journey
until or p M, the show having commenced with
their journey At that hour the wind changed to the
| north, and II became luens. ~ cold.
The wind blew perfect hurricane across the prairie
and 20 dense was the snow that an object could not be
dsceIned at ten feet distance. To add TO the calamity
they got lost and at night Perot separated from Major
Waugh, and not heard Of afteTward. All efforts 10
communicate wnh him were ut no avail, and the Major
pursued his journey. For three days and two nights
| be kept travelling. His horse, with wonderful i1-
stipct discovered the tail Of another animal belonging
10 ID. NJ. Fores, 4 Co., followed II, aud brought up
ally al Suu River Valley, from which the Mai bad
| taken his departure. During all this time he had
thing 10 eat, and when be reached camp it found
that his cheeks nose, fingers an toes frostbit
ten and required great effort 10 relieve him from the
pain thus produced. As soon a. possible thereafter,
two indians and three whites dispatched to find
Mr.. Pero but il only TO discover his dead body,
greatly dishgued by the attacks of the wolves, &c.
Major Waugh reports that there is universal peace
prevailing aniung the tribes. There had been more
tbab the usual number of bualoes in the Blarkfeet
country, and the trading houses OF T. Chouteau jr
Co.,, aLd ID. NJ. Frust & Co., hal done excellent
business. They will be able TO send forward very
large number OF rubes-.2 900 To % 900. The Sioux
IDdIaDs bad Jared much worse than the other tribes,
End many Of them had been in starving condition.
Such was the extremity 10 which they We're driven
that they compelled 10 kill their horses and dogs
10 avoid absolute stary alton.
The Winter was not severe as had been expert
enced ia that climate in previous seasons. but
pa, allied amount of had fallen; nothing of the
kind had been known for years. In the N nth Of
April there only three days during which il did
not snow and most Of the time with great violence.
Mr. WIN. Bu,zer, ageLt of the Santa Fe and Cali
frnia Mail Company, while building station.house
for the mail ct Pawuee Fork, IN Kansas, few weeks
ago, visited by q large body Of kiows Indians,
~ho commanded him TO cease fron the undertaking,
telling him that the mail might pass unnoested through
the hunting grounds but that house should be butt
them Al first the agent, with his assistants, eight
in number dsrega,ded the threats; but the savsges
surrounded the sta,ionhouse and about to burn
il down, when Mr.. Butter resisted. He returned to
the frontier few days ago. 10 secure the assistance Of
the Tinted States truNps.