, 1860-02-20

7D- -NFt+"~N ~ "AAA kuE 4Ql1UHIAE ASA<$'"- ~ l
Ehe terrible sufferipgs which he. il connection
With three others, suffered on the prairies, On
the route betwcen St. Paul and Fort Gerry.
Seldom lnye we met with q more melancholy
narrative than that which Mr.. Anthony re-
counts.
on the first Of December last, was sent by
Acssrs. L. " Gates i Co. Of Chicago, to repair
the boiler Of the steamboat Apson SortLrup,
lying twenty y-cight miles west of Fort Gerry, IN
the Red River Of the North. When / reached
La Crosse, was detained three days by the
floating ice in the Mississippi. which prevented
my crossing. When we reached the west side
wemet man who fell dead on The ice from |
fright, rs was supposed, as the crossing, owing |
to tue amount OF floating ice, was very danger
ous. When reached 81. Paul, I was directed
BY J. G. burbank, one Of the pzoprietors Of the |
Minnesota Stage Company, and part owner Of
the steamer Anson Sorthrup. to goto st. Cloud,
where man with span Of mules was waiting
to take NC to Georgetown q newly established
station belonging to the uudson's Bay compa-
ny, at the mouth Of the Buffalo RiYer, S03 miles
northwest Of St. Paul. On our journey thither
We met man who had bis feet and hands SO
feariully frozen TINT amputation was necessary,
and his friends wete bringing him to St. Paul
for the purpose of having the operation per-
formed. We also met another young man who
was suffering from ferer, and in the night
while suffering from his fever, he lad placed
his feet outside the bed and they had
been so badly frozsn that amputation
was rendered necessary. Many like cases
t,,t ,.,o ,.,:.. ,....
w. AoA. 4u',' ~ eAsa"n .sa; ~ ~ ;a !nose -
have ment'oned, transpls3d ou.ane our joafnes.
On the 18th Of December, during q fur1ous
. - ,,., ,orwav IA 6n.,,r
MISSED o"r 1oau' aoo ''eA o.A ".y' ~ .A,
came to house a. Grahams $ fofnt, but fouud
no one inhabitiny it except large bull dog,
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"noSs in1n'eS'a''ons "e.o " 81 .e'A4eAu's
character that we deemed 1t e1ped1ent not to
undertake to enter the house, but resosted 10 a
.a - =. had AVID 1od,sa r. ;,e A..
! >" susu -. As1A ~ AAA.' ~ :. 'o1 '"o
| night. the next morning We proceeded on our
! Journey, and we're obliged to fast until about
a., o,.1o,t- tba rax+ 5,r Th;s fast;ro had
'~1 ...--s
never Sos useo ~, ano II ~ ~ neaNo p1o"oeso
| q pleasant sensation, the inner man protesting
very Violently against it. But harder tim:s than
these we're to come
In ten days after leaving St. Faul, we reached
| Georgetown, where d party with do.-fcams
was to be awaiting our arrival to take US
forward to Gerry. They were not there.
After six days waiting on Friday, December
%, after providing onr selves with only
i've or six days supplies, which Mr. Mac
ksuzie, haviu. charse Of the place, said
would be enough, We started with mules, hay-
h iug Mr Mackenzie as our guide The company
l. consisted Of Ar. Mackenzie, Da:id Taif, myself
I and the man who came with me from ST. Paul
We topk easterly direction, in order to full
in with the. Crow Wing trail. We got along
very well for four or five days, crossing the
Wild Rice river, Snake Hill river, and Red
Lake river. On The .sth, it showing and blow
ing fu1iously all day, we left our sled GU the
| prnirie and canned in a small grove near
| Snake riyer that hight, Not having
ANYTHING for the mules to eat. nc turned them
loose 10 seek their own food in tue bushes. We
went to work aud Gu: wood, sloreIed the snow
built q fire. cot supper, spread our blankets
and la;d dov1 for the night, We had about as
| mucF, fiour rs would make pancakes for b1 cak-
last, aud in the night one Of the mules rot to
it. and cut the whole, Including the bay. Here
lreary. unknown prairie, in the cold. bleak
| month Of December, very far beyond the reacl,
Of .t| sympathy and aid. with starvation stariu.
ne in tEe taceZour condition mirht hare hcei,
considered desneratc. On the moruiur Of tic
.y,h Of December, Nr, Mackenzie aud mysc3l
| started m nhenl thinkint, tn re,Th, Penhjno
tuat nioLt md send buck food for our compan
inns and thc mnics. / started. backed m n
mule. Int the morninp was 50 cotl that
| could NOT ride. and then a,tcnlpted TO
drive him. but tic wind WIS btowipe 50
badly md the snow drifting 20 fast. tlat
the mule would not face il. Mysrlf and Mac
kerz;e finally reached a little no,,'ar grove
about ten miles from where wc started IN thr
moro;nr whore NJ slammed made ftrc md
waited ior orr comnauions to come up. Mr.