Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-02-03

Great. suffering has been experienced by
the miners ooming down. A party soi
about hundred and twenty came; down
the river in canoes, until they struck the ice
below the mouth of Harrison river. They
then started for Langley, overland, suppos-
ing it forty five miles distant. The dis
tance was greater. A trail had to be made
over high mountains, through ten inches
OF snow; sloughs, waist deep, were waded,
the cold being intense, and the underbrush
thick, and passed with difiulty. They had
only one days provisions, and were three
days without provisions. Many were FROST
bitten. 4 .-...--.4 .47 ,-..---..,-g
A Dutchman and wife, names unknown,
were frozen to death. Completely ex-
hausted, many sat down to die Mr.. Bry-
ant, late superintendent of Lillooet trail,
gave up four miles from Langley, and ad-
yised his son to go on. He also gave out,
two miles further on, George French, a
hardy pioneer, late Lillooet trail surveyor,
formerly surveyor of Butte county, laid
down, worn out by toll. When hope was
waning fast, the whistle of the steamer En-
terprise, which had got out of the ice, was
heard, and they were saved and carried to
Langley. Rumors are conflicting as to
the number of deaths. s-s y-ss 5ssg
From the summary of news from Fra
zer river, published in the Gazette, we take
following extracts: 1 .' ii' '-''''',s
The Enterprise left Foft Hope on the
9th December, with about one hundred
and twenty-five passengers, for Langley
Suddenly the weather grew intensely cold,
and ice formed so rapidly in the river that it
was impossible TO proceed, and she was
forced to stop. Soon she was immoyable,
frozen fast in the ice. There being no pro-
visions or accommodations on board for so
large a company for any length of time,
about one hundred of the passengers and
one or two of the officers deserted the
steamer, determined to make their way in
to Langley Oh foot through the woods.
Without food-in many instances poorly
clad-with snow and ice on the ground,
these desperate men commenced their jour
ney. For three days they wandered thro'
the woods, shivering, foot-sore, and almost
starving, in the rain and through the sleet
and ice. In the meantime the weather
had moderated a little, and the rain had
softened the ice in the river. The Enter
prise got free again, and run up and down
the river, blowing her whistle and firing
her guns to attract the attention of those
on shore. Here and there shepicked up
straggler, who had wandered to the river
banks, perhaps to die. On the third day
when about five miles from Langley, she
came upon great majority of her passeu-
gers, who, feeling it impossible to proceed
further, had encamped on the bank to
await assistance from the town, for which
they had sent by four of their hardest
men. ,laf 70 r7EeT1 ea.l : iE5aa
Mr.. Bryant says that few miles be-
low the mouth of Harrison river, bis party
discovered a man on the bank of the river.
They took him in their batteau, when be
told them that he, in company with par
ty of four others, left Fort Hopein canoe;
that the day before, while the sail of their
boat was hoisted, a sudden puff of wind
struck the sail and capsized the boat
His three companions were drowned, and
he got ashore. He described his suffering
from the cold as terrible. His hands and
feet are badly frozen, and it is supposed his
feet will never again be of the least ser
vice to him. He was taken to Langley,
and we believe was brought to this place
by the Santa Cruz. The names Of the
drowned men are Frank Riley, Joseph Cor
coran, Peter Driscoll, and a man whose
name is unknown ssoo41 s34dl h-z 1-.g
Three men are said to have been found
frozen TO death on the river in canoe
Names unknown. m tfJ -.., -.,t.ies
A man who came direct from Fort
Hope tells us that on Saturday night last
he camped at the cabin of a miner named
Forgo, about fifteen miles below Hope.
He says there are upwards of one hundred
men there who had been caught on the riv
er, and had sought his cabin tor protection
against the inclemency of the weather. 5e