The huntsman's echo. [volume] (Wood River, Buffalo County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1860-1861, 1861-02-21
Editorial Correspondence.
PAwSEB RKsERvE
February lS, Gl.

scrap 10 the music by way OF variations.
| left Omaha for my favorite home on
Wood River, near three weeks since, and
before reaching the Elkhorn encountered
the worst storm | have experienced this
winter. Drove in, or rather, got drove
in, at Reeds Rancho No. /, where we
took a thaw out, and partook of the
landlords generous hospitality, only to
be worse frozen mex. day-tut finally
reached s'the bridge" and put up at Nc
Neil's, who took kindly care of our crea-
sure wants, and brought US again to life.
Weather appearing better, next day We
plunged through the untroddcn snow,
bu. could not reach that scaly town of
Fremont, where there are but three per-
IONS Of enough intelligence to read news.
papers, and the reign;ng merchant cr1't
get enough business tn advertise. Still,
there was "lot'' in the place who keeps
n hotel and . good house ''Nye," on the
corncr--put we could not make il, and
had to take our chances in a log cabin
where the wind whistlsd through the
chinks rs if augered At the attempted OBJ
structions. The kindness of the occu-
pants made some amend, however, for
the suffering. Next day, met many
teams, and found u slight track, made q
point above Nor'h Bend, and packed our
selves with a lot Of dedd-hedGs (pork),
in q house occupied and owned by q pair
of ''lone mcn'--slspt "four in = bed and
TWO in the middle" or rather, tried to.
Next day, made i point within eighteen
miles OF Columbus, and put up at Thorn
as, . whole soulcd and obliSins Scotch
er, whose excellent family made US Us
comfortable as possible for several days
whilst the storm spent the weight Of It's
fury. Luckily, We escaped without
manning by frost, yet this WAS more than
sour boys'' did, for their feet showelg Is
the great danger Of ri.king- tsas prairie
storms.
After vainly waiting some days for ia
vorable indications, without success, ]
took the stage for Columbus, leaving the
teams to get back to the river. The mo-
tel at Columbus is we'll conducted, and
is q comfortable end pleasant home for
the traveller. Here / learned of O train
Of freight having started from Platts-
mouth for Denver, on the south side;
finding tho distance too great between
stations, that tour horses were frozen to
death, and two men very nearly so.--
What remained Of the train came over TO
this side. We also learned that two
men named Peter Murie and William
Thomas came near erishing ON the worst
night Of the storm. They came to n
place on The Papp.lion, called "Iay-
lor's," and kept by a pair Of selfish,
heartlcss creatures, who would neither
sell these men hay for their stock, nor
let them tie to the fence, and sleep in the
shelter Of the house; the consequence
was. in the endeavor to reach Reeds, on
Spring Greek, both were badly frozen.
have heard much Of these "Iaylors''
and they seem to be very exacting, selfish,
and even barbarous and unfeeling. One
thing is certain they are very odious to
and get 40 customers when
can avoid it.
After spending = week very comforts.
bly, with Mrs. Baker, at Columbus. l was
With a sleigh ride, in q regular
Did fashioned cutter, with Dir. MeGeath,
4 Omaha, and enjoyed the twenty miles
N the ice very much, not having got in
ven once, arriving at Genoa in good
ine to look for supper, etc.-wss com.
ortably cared for by friead Hudson.
text morning, paid q visit 70 the Rescrv-
tion--dlned with IIoiIins, who has a
hoiee stock Of indian merchandise, and
J a true type Of m enterprising, dashing
ind OF Western business man. The
'Awnees were nearly all gathered il
heir village-hunGreds Of the lodges ct
ihich were in sight. Took tes with
Iajor Giliies, agent for the Pawpees, q
Ian deeply trodden into the mist Of years,
i'll the psrsoni6cation Of afbahity and
reliability, and few men have more fully
'nored the charge entrusted, not only
his fraterDal watch-sars oyer the Paw
ees and their monetary sld social in
rests, but in his fidelity to the govern .
eut. ia the attacks made last summer
'oa these Indians by the Sioux, Mr.. I
ills wss among the very first TO sboul-
bis gun and rush 10 the rescue, and :
one time be made q score of Sioux .
tros Array lively. :
Under his managweps the Pswnecs .
we now one Of the best steam mills in \
a Tarriforv In suoeassfwl ousxat;an- =.