The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1863-06-04

and Thirty 10 6rty badly sfrostsds but
will all recover, and probably be- .6t for
duty. Horses all safe. two, or three
mules missing, perhaps frozen to death,
and several more limping around restless
.ly with frozen hoois. oaa -at'ft atbi bi'a
The mind turns often aud anxiously
back upon our psrils aad misfortun-s =
Could anything more havs been done !
Was anything neglected by officers OF en-.
listed men? II cannot bespeciisd All
worked Sith a will, and helped aud en-
couraged lheir comrades, often seeing
danger to others. but ignorant or thought.
lees Of lheir own. 1t be ONES, mere and
more wonder that only two we're lost,
and tits doubtful whsther any bo1y Of
men could have siriven mors faithfully
or got through the dabgtrg better. =
Many .wele really dead, but did not know
liz. They struggled on, thinking Of
nothing bat duty to III msolyes and
OF ers, and survived, because sr occupied
The Western volunteer, accuslomoil 10
labor and exposure. feeling equal to any.
thing, and full Of individus independent
energy, is bel ter 6tte1 TO meet such emer-
ssncies than any other soldier. Rrsalts
show it, and in our case, n,ihing but
ceaseless activity. unyield,ng resolution,
and constant, earnest anxiety to all one
another, could have carried 20 many safe
| ly through these few hours Of tauger.
What better could have ben done
Should we hava turned back or encamp,
ed f? No We were close 10 the fort
where the troops we're stationed, and shel
ttT could be bad. After the danger be-
came evident, no protection or fuel could
lie la So near. The true policy was tt
make every effort to reach the fort. W.
did SO, and wete saved.
No description can fully impress upoI
the inexperienced the pecuharit es OF suci
a mountain storm. II was not The sever
Iily Of the cold. No matter how ektrem'
that may be, while the air Is still. if III,
person is well clad. il is surroun,ed b.
an atmosphere Of bodily heat that pro.
tecis it. But all such warmth was swep
away by the freezing torrent OF vim
and snow, which struck the body will
the force Of a compac! substance. Tb
eyes, fare, eals, and every exposed part
smarted from thr stroke Of the snow
pellets, and, as they melted upon tn
skin, thq eyelids, the browS, the beard
were ictclea until the eyes and mout
were closed in darkness and silence.
The TALL Of snow was not grea', o
rather, lters was no iall Of snow. Ol
and new snow was ali Mingled in III
air, and found no, rest upon the ground
Except in rayines. holluws or eddiei
where its accumulatons were sudden an
enormous, but still shifting before on
eyes like summer thunder clouds. Sdn
storms seem peculiar to these and lik
lofty regions, Every old vo5sg-r an
n1untaineef has some tale Of sufferin
and death. of his own or others expert
ence. As one travels through tie viii
derness a wountaineer will sayF"There
party Of traders or trappcrs were caugl
10 storm and persisted, and there
score or Two Of Indians died in like mai
lner. f'7aiFl 'FiS et-GFl as L-
, Nichols JOINS. one Of our gdid"s tel
5 Eof the loss Of t. O. Government herds
: about / 300 head Of cattle and 600 null
e and the freezing Of nearly 60 men, n.
t Snake River. @. p. Bsauvais, leadir
b trader, narrates the death Of thirty s
9 Indians and Eve white men near 81. Pier
Q in 1851: The account Of Fremont Al
I Marcy Of their losses Of men and stoc
e are we'll known. Tn short, our exprr
ences we're but another instance Of 4
a terrible character of these stnrnrs, !
8 mere words can picture them, and cxpe
imenal knowledge is too dang rous
be desirable.
. One or TIE BAfrA1LicS