, 1862-08-28
Life on the Plains.

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The following somewhat remarkable narrative,
says the San Francisco Mirror, Is related by 4
western lady, now on visit to this city from
MaripOsa She L. herself character. She has
crUSsed the plains twice-Hrst in le40, during
which her husband perished-and Is the irst
American lady who returned to the east BY way
Of the lSthmus Of PanaHa. She Is q genuine
hero-a line specimen Of stOut.heartod western
wOnanhOOd-aDd her adventures In the wiIds Of
citing. '"' ~
We'll, while the train Of which this lady was a
member was eneainped al q point on the Hum
boldt, where the Lessen trail inter$ec,s the Car
son track Of travel, she visited the tent Of fam
ilE consisting Of an elderly couple and one child
Ia daughter Of fourteen or fifteen years. Tie
old lady was sitting on pile Of blankets under
the canvas, encouraging most deter lined at
tack Of the "sulks," while the masculine heal
Of affairs had planted himself on bis wooden
tongue, and was sucking his pipe as leisuFely as
though he expected ts remain forever. A single
glance developed the fhet that there was din
Guilty in that little train Of one wagon and three
persons, and that il had attained point Of quiet
desperation beyond the reach Of peaceful adj
justiieht. Three days before they bad pitched
their tent at the folks Of the road, and as they
could not agree upon the route by which to en-.
tCE ONltuGttluk ttletu sutcy uNu NCNIlNtuNAs ANN
husband e&pTesseda a prelrrrDcs for the Carson
road-lhe wife for the Lcssen-@and neither
would yield. The wife declared she would re-
main the all winter; the husband said be
shpuldbe pleased 70 Iengthen The soiourn through
the summer following. =, .s,,,,l.,,. ,,s,.
On the morning Of the fourth day, the WIFI
broke sullen silence Of th.rty-six hours BY pro,
posing division Of the property, which consisted
u two yoke Of cattle. one kggDn, camp furni-
turp, = small quantity Of provisions and twelve
dollars in silver. The proposal vas accepted,
and forthwith the "plunder" was divided, leav-
ing the wagon to the old man and the daughter
10 the mother. The latter exchanged with .
neighboring rain the cattle belonging % het, for
pony and pack saddle, and plling the daughter
and her portion Of the divided spoil ppon the
ami b, l.e rvsOlutely started across the desert
by tn Lessen trail, viii c the old man silently
yoked the cattle and took the other route. Sim
gular as this may seem, ig Is nevertheless true,
Il is alhong the many occurrences Of lie stFan-
ger than fiction. Of course both parties reached
Calil0fnia In safety. We say "of course" for
il is scarcely possible that any obstacle death
excluded, could have seriously mterigfed with
The progress Of stubbornuess 50 sublime. Ar
irving At Sacramento with her daughter, the old
lady readily found employment- -inr women
were less plenty than now-and subsequently
opened bodrIing.house, ard ina Tow year'
aInasSed hand@otne fortune. Two years agn
she went 70 San Francisca, aud the daughtrF.
whose education had not been neglected, was
married 10 one Of the M At Substantial citizens
And what became Of the old man The wife
had not seen or heard Of him siiice they parted
on the Humboldt They had lived happily 20.
grtheF as man and wife Cor many years, and she
sudnelim 9 rcprmehed herself l1r the wilulness
that spiarated them amer ~, long nlvrifnnat u.