Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-10-21

hose froa the geld mines of wssbinetes
Territory Tussday.v,s The Missouri river. af,e,
. tsdisss ssd pssileus journey st more thar
four mesths. Il will Be rsosmbsrsl that He.
bert ssd L. Olairs stsndo the enterprise .,
Deer Lodge. and returned home Mr.. Dsd
rick sad The re-. sf the party weut on 10
Bitter Rest Valley. whore he found the Dig
gInss Improbable. yielding SsIy about i've sr
sia do!lsss per day. M Castssi rem.iasd.
and Dsdrssk. Wsb6ss. wsleh aud Mr.. Grip.
pie vent en- 70 Eik City. whore Mr.. b left
them. He tAss proceeded 10 Fort Wallah-
WaIlsh. 10 Washington Territory, thence
sostA-ssst to Fort Boisss, 90 the eastern bor-
der sf Oregon. He let's the Missouri river
With Ais party on tbs lth oi July, lss2. and
arrived ct Fort Boisss % the 10Th VI Febtus-
~. 1888. after long tramp. 10 whieh be
pssspsstsd through oil The principal mines iu
the tsrritsries. Here he teuod good digging.
10 . veil elsiiissd portion Of the country.
whore provisioss sf oil kiads are tfought in
from tue rish farming distsiots of Oregon.
Fort Baisse. whore rssids several thousand
people mostly engaged In mining psrsat..
end ~ost Of whom are doing we'll.
Being out Of health Mr. d. left #. Baises
on tie 18th Of June last 10 return home. 10
ss~ paoy With several others. via Wailah-
Wailah. Muilis's Road, and the Missouri river.
The party made The uip to Fort Benton.
whore the Davenport party LETT the river the
GA 0iIss. in fsr.y Days There they had
Aaekinav boat made. ioto which they -towed
their baggage. and Oh the 10th of August
the party. ht,esn 10 number. started gu their
losg, tsdieus journey down The aver. They
had expected 10 ind boat at Fort Bent u,
by whish they could return to the Sssts..
bat IN this they we're disappointed. About
ten days prsvious . large MsckinAw boat
patty arrived In time thsy would have taken
that boat. and Lost their lives, ~ the sequel
will show.
The party hoAtsd down the river, travelling
sight and dag without molsstAtion or inaidsut.
until absut $50 miles distant from f. Benton
when they we're hailed from the shore BY
party OF about City hossils Indians y ho beck
oned them to come ash ore. The the party
refused to do. whsrsupon . numbsr of them
plunged into the river and swau towards the
boat ~ith the osssnsibls purpose OF catching
hold sf the boat and pulling II s.hors. The
party lsvs'sd their rides at the var ,ints aud
they hauled Oh. The boat kept on ito way aud
ssvsral lsdisss followed It along The bank for
sems distance. hriog several shots. nous Of
which took effect. The pursuit was noslly
given up. and the boat arrived At Fort Bsr- |
Ihoid On the 81 Of September. THE vac ID .
hrst intims'ioa that The party had received
that there we're hostile tribes about They
we're not isformsi 81 The var With the In |
diass - The frontier. e'ss they had never
made She stts@pt 10 eOms t. the 5tatss ths,
way. The party arrived At Fort Bsrthold |
Ihs cane day that Gen. suiH had hi, great
light With The ladiaos. and every I.disu 10 !
hat part Of the country was ready t. bctch-
~ ~~y ~"ssS '~eo 10y e'6us uuo ttkub III |
nis traeks. At this tor, M Dsdrisk learned |
hat 81 awfal masssers by the Indiaas had |
Aksn place three weeks before 1t the mouth |
Il Heart river. lev miles below that place.
II the entire party Of twenty psr.ons Who
lad lett Fort Benton tea days before Mr.. d. |
'rrivsd thsts. - msntlsnsd above. The un-
ortanAts psrso0s happened to arrive there
ass at shs tine when ~ Indias var party vas |
earnest. The whites kept up The tire ustii
hey had killed about " Iadiaos aod wound.
ID - uasy othsss. when their somuui lon |
yAvs out cad the savssss elossd ia upon them |
md not seal Of the - sssapsA the horritls
nassasrs. Men. woUsa Ard sbildrsa we're pu, |
. death 10 Wsys too horrible 70 relate. Ths
'srty had about enc hundred aud fifty tbous-
md dollars L. gold dust snd so,o. Fs, ,.odDy
sdtans represent that the dsss was ssattersd
'pos the bsr nssr ~. and proved it ~ brisg.
~ sous Of itip. The boat wss destroyed.
This shestios intelligence we disbe.r.sn-
as 70 the little party. Thirteen out Of he
'nnoss f<fassd 10 60 any farther BY that
ssts. NJ. Dsdrick and Ar. Smith, Of Jsasr-
sa sou atty. Iowa. dsser@insd 70 push on
|seuiug that eosrss % safe - 10 remain. Thew
lsd canoe made and after swo weeks stay
ssrtsd for Fort Pierre. tssvsiliog only n the
light time, coneeslsog themselves and their
'oss n The bushss daring shs day time. Io
wslve aays they arriysd safely at Fort Pierre,
vhsrs The ssh Iows Cavalry wss then ssa-
Toned. NJ. D. sooa found Capt 0alItgso
nd made himsslf known to the eommapd,
isht glad to gst bsyoad The rsssh sf danger
nee more. There we're ell sorts Of rumsrs
: Fort Pierre Oss was that psrsy Of 900
vhitss had jsst been usrdsrsd and sealpsd,
q to the NersA East and another at Fsrt
Jaisn bed bsss espsarsd. But these we're
rso Indiss sssrsss asd set ssssidsrsd rslia-
H. Alter ssepping lev days At Fort Pierre
1hsrs hs has safsly arrived. after . ssdieas
nd dangerous jossnsy Of over ssur 0sntbs
> THE place. He sssrew escape from death
- matter ef great sesesasalasiss.
He reports The esh In COED eosditiss With
Be ssssptics II Ne horses vhisA are getting
sry shis. Capt Gslligas 10 sspsrisssndisg
Be esnstrastisa sf the Asw tort ten miles
,slss Foss Plssrs.
NJ. Dedriek b faverably impressed With the
esstey abost p. Bsisss and shIshs. 10 eass
h health pss0its, hs sAall rstsrn there in
hs spsipg-by another rsats.
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