St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-10-02

pretty good: For description d country
between Fl. Union and Fora Benton. I
reicr you to Stephens Report, for We trav-
elsd m bis trail as.z
After 10 orosaed Mouse River we Jaw
lots 4 buaalo, and killed III We wanted.
When We got TO the Missouri, w had
buffalo, black tail deer, elk and antelope
Every morning two or three hundred
pounds Of FRESH meat would be THROWN
OsS Of the Blaektoot 1ndians went 70 a
drove Of buffalo, three miles of, aud seleot-
INK fat CIV drove it to within ten
rods Of our camp and shot it,
He gave it to u and said he would
drive more If ws needed them
The Blaekfest arc very peaceable-they
10 not beg a. other Indians. We saw
Thousands Of buffalo in one herd.
We saw na:ural curiosity-a dog with
three legs. Il has Away. been 70, and is
Just as smart as one with four legs. There
have been four boats at Fort BeDton this
spring, and they expect anosher in a few
days.
Several persons have returned from the
gold fields to Fort Benton-some tell one
thing and some another, but Ill think
there is gold there.
At this point there are 600 bbls Of
-four, and other stuff in proportion. The
next boat will bring 400 more bbls. -four.
This article il selling at $40 per bbl., with
other things more reasonable. We stare
to morrow 60, good by.
Yours in haste, n. D kEDBEATER.S
The address Of any o. this party is, Care
Of Worden 4 Co., Hell Gate, via For:
Walla Wans.
Hero is another written to the same
person by member Of the party accom'
p."yisg Capt. Fisk's Protective Corps
While both bear the same date, one is
written at Fort Union and the other at
Fort Benton distance Of 400 miles
apart.
CAnr ABOUT 20 NILES FROM FoRr UNION,
august 10th 1862 !
FRIEND MIrcRELL.--As l now have an OF.
by the return Of Mr.. BottiLeau
TO advise You Of our progress, haste TO
improve it. We have arrived safely thus
far with but one casualty. namely, the un-
timely death Of . government mule in
crossing Wiutering River. To balance
that account, our number has been incrcas-
cd by one stranger who arrived at half
past twelve night before last, and who is
now about forty hours old. His name
will he STARK. (Thc daeh cannot yet
be f]led.) We also had wedding in
the camp on tho 18th Of July, the happy
couple being Henry F. Tyler, Of St An
thpay, and Miss Caroline Abbott, Of Eos-
ton. They appear to enjoy their ro'oan-
tic bridal tour hugely.
Our oxen have suffered SONIC from the
hooE sil, and although there are d num-
Der Of lame ones, they are improving
fast and not one has been lost.
The Government part Of this expedition
I look upon O. u lamentable farce. Would
you believe that they brought a Surveyor
along and no Chronometer, 50 that he
cannot reckon our longitude and We
have been bliudly following the very
crooked trail Of the party who started
from St. Joseph, which We struck n.
Mouse River, part Of the tiu'e going
north. part Of the time south, and in eve.
ry other conceivable thinking
we were following the lead Of the best
guide IN the Northwest ''aecordins to
Mr.. Bot,incau." Their trail has finally
struck the Missouri, and &c find our
selves now epcamped twenty miles above
Fort Union, where we expected to strike
i, which Fort we have found after pro.
tractcd search. We also have found that
their guide. becoming frightened. left
chem At night in the Yankton country,
land after hiring an Assiniboin Indian
for the best horse they had in the party
to guide them who also left with the horse
the first night" they became completely