Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1861-03-29
ADVENTURES IN UTAH.
PROSPECTING TRIP IN THE wAsRoE MINES
BY De OtjltLE,
WRITTEN FOR THE CEDAR FALLS GAZETTE.
Continued from lQst sreekl

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| (conh"uea fro"a 1ass Seees)
| AS soon as we were left to ourselves we
| built up roaring fire, in spite OF all Pike S
arguments and remonstrances against 1t:
"It's as good thing as the cusses want
| it's list a-showin' of 'em right edzactiy whar
to find u.s. shores yer born, well lose our
skelps fore mornin was the ourtheh OF ms
song all the evening. ......
When we commenced preparing for sup
per we found that in our hurry we had for
gotten to get our cooking utensils, which
were on the mnscs beioHgihg 70 the iyho"
who had rushed SO furiouSly toward Chlna-
town; nearly all of our provisions, too, were
on their animals All we could raise in the
line of "grub," was few pounds OF rice
and about quart oi fiou', which happened
to have been put on Toms morse We put
some oil the rice III goio- pan anu oo't,u II,
tnen : went IN Witi htiisen ''a P"""'.' ,
but small amount satisfied u.s. lDr having
M calf uherewith to season it. nor a part-
c,c Of butter TO flavor it withal, it was what
miuh, be termed dry eating; and besides, it
was burnt on the bottom and tasted of the
rusty iron pam Pike remarked;
81 alters knowcd | didn't like rice as well
rs thought did, but now me caSsea sure
don't
But we nad pieti,y Vi 'oo",c"' "i'u Nn''
we lacked III gruo We nnaoe w ~ a''.s'Ne I,.'..
AS soon as IL grew ahfh, riNe' oeca'nu W..
restless; at the S!'gh,eS' noso nv "oui. s,''' s
up with" Wnal ,'lat ~ ''e"r n - -
ana peer OUT Hi,o tho iii u'IN''s',i o'' "
purpose W 'ease oi'''' ''''i ""'s7''9 80
loud as ne could roar
My name Is Joe Bowersiye got % brother sr Ike pi
-, n ;, -, M.
2'op -
in alarm, " don u
"Ill tell yon why left there and how came to ronnl
ana iS'"e my ~ po'' 0'' '"'I'", ~, -,
rom loih' gov" Lo'', i''" Wv W
want to hev the whole cusscd tribe down on
IN nc n murde,in' and skelpn'--n .r..
.Iusca to love ga, thar, they called her Sally Black
"Tom, Tom. air you crazvg 2 don't yer
know
at, !, ,,
but says R she &c to me Joe Bowers before we hitch for e
You'd orterhavea little home to keep your little VIE ;
IF you ever had little home wish you
stayed thar
"saysI my dearest Sally, oh Sally, for your sake
That's a fool song, an nobody but fool
would sing"
"rIl go to califotny, and try to raise stake"
pike now grew very angry and danced
about and stor,ncd and sworo nearly as loud
as Tom sung. but finding it didn't in the
least effect Tom. who was singing away as
Justify as ever. he cooled down as much as he
posSiblv could. conteutinr himself with talnts
as Tom continued:
"Dut one aav got letter from my dear brote Ike
1t from old Missouri, sent aiite way from Pike
Whar irish TO tie Lord | wur now,
cause"
I brought me the sol hardest news ever you dahcar
My heart is almost burstn so pray excuse this tear
"ill be dogoned ef | don't wish 'twould
burst wide opcn!' ... -.
at said my Sill was nce that her love ror me had Ged
That she'd married with butcher, whose har was or
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hsi ~ " Uute'ie,s N.Y. 'o4o i'i's an
outcheri' 700 All
1t ,oia me- me more 'han ''a'on' us enough TO MAKE
uc.:s, a.. ,,..
- &C. ~, ;, 'o" w ''' s'00' '''s :" val W
'i'"i = = 80
s'a '"''S hS0 'aoF' aiu 'i' Oa'y ''au .eo n"r
Now, cuSS yer peter, yer done AR yer!
yer Jlst Played thunder with yer yeiiih ! list
as snore as thar WOOL on q higSeT' th2f Il oe
re" nor enough ,ihte iore fi'ofiiih } ol'y you
lop oi ,is 'le''' VIII ,., t',e Mooi .iaa hltel
DC roaiea o'i'' ana 'A' p'l's IT l,le "i's
enu, went On iv' % 1i s"' 'r9.' .'ie iie en- uha
SAT Gown " u''n l; e.u'np VI gus,ISa s'iitl
anu , ''ioiooei'S uiSsu"''o' ioH' e"iieu %
nun = i,
gay, tike are you ioaolng .nat revolver
you .oio tne poys oi 'his cfenl,s uic one
you are gotng " ao tiia' ois iisii'ilis Win DC
iore morning
bnt fiss nau ,ie suihs, ana would not
cohdesceho 70 answer. II was no" 'iine 10
turn IN, ana looking our lot me smoo,lest
Spots 10 DC louha, we spIeaa our Gianke's, -
HANK ana f'ke spreaa thel, blankets , t9-
gether al some Instance e rom inc 'ire "hich
no" otitie'i low, anu ,,ic iese o' Us io''lla
Pike Law awake q LONG while I;sten;np for In
dams and would start mn on .his Eneee NJ tho
el;gbtoct sou,d nnlline tho hIanket OF I'LL,
who was trying 70 make him lie st;l, sathat
he might pet to sleen There WAS . hi@h
hi, on the east s;de of the Caron covo,.od -,
the slope next us with loose scales Of slate
rock, and whenever fox or coyote, or even
a rat run over it, it caused great clatcr;
the dry shelly slate ringing like picces oshro-
ken nottery. This was frirhtfuI region
for alarms and caused Pike 70 be on his
,u.. ..,,.x,, 4. 80 ,.:...,o.f az, "a Al :, -.