The New York herald., 1865-01-23
Interesting Incidents and Adventures ON
the Tour I'm an Overland Mail stage.

Interesting Incidents and Adventures on
the Tour I'm an Overland Mail stage.
A PRACTICAL VIEW or TIM TRiP--BUFFAL0 AND
GRIZZLY BEAR HUNTING--INDIAN DErREDATi0NS-
SUMMARY PUNISHMENT or AN INDIAN THIEF
FRIGHTFUL ORGIES-THE MORMoNs-vIsIT TO
BRIGHAM YOUN0--LoYALTY or THE MINING
POPULATION-vIsIT AN UNDERGROUND sIL-
YER CTTY-vALUABLE INFORMATION TO EAI-
fExtracts from tho Journal Of Wares Leland Esq1
I664-SrT. 28.-% = On tho Little Blue, ono hundred
and eighty miles from Achis0n, struck line buffalo
and deer huntin country Took horse and n company
with Harry Carlislean old plains man, famous for his
skill in the use Of the rinewc start on buffalo hunt
We shot three, Of them by myself, bringing him
down by bullet back OF the foro shoulder Ny horse
started at the shot and trckcd me out Of my saddle
Nobody hurt bt the bufalocs On the Blue, came in
view OF party digging In potato ned Took them nrs
for Indians and cooked rifles and rcvolvers They
proved be party OF Kansas militia sent &c chas
tc Indians Appeared 10 b. doing good business In
digging potatoes IN Held deserted by settlers, some Of
whom had been murdered by sayages
Sii1EAER 2y.-Reachcd Fort Kcnrny Found large
number Of cmIgrants waiting for excitement about
Indians TO abate before proceeding Also met quite
number OF stage passengers awaiting transportation AZ
Fort kearny there Is magniilccn hotel for the
try under the direction OF noted hotel keeper named
Ben Wood Made good dinner fried bacon hot bis
cult and coffee without miIkhc inevitable bill Of fare
81 tic otcs In this reg on-prce, dollar In green.
back The weather exceedingly cold, and the heat
ing APPARATUS Of the hotel not quite adequate TO the
crowded state vf the no and the Of the year
Mi Lid heal agent OF The Stage line, msdc everything
o. plcisant n ioss bic.
81 kytEs ;O-i.cft Fort Kcarny nj for T. N. After
passing Platte and Cra stations, and within half milo
Of l'um rcef sn'ion, came upon military camp.
Arri ei Ut ilnm Creek ~ eight T. NJ. Whom about 70.
sunng rJourncy, at nnc J. NJ stage, with fourteen
IAsscnres, :, ,acs nj gcn,lcmcn from the West,
la. ~ about the same moment fashcs and heard
tie di cuargc nicnrns short distance ahead We
a once notified by The commander Of the troops
TO proceed party 81 cminants had been attack
al By lruisns and al but two Killed. We were ordered
ba,k 10 tic military post for lie night. NO troops
were aclt 10 suc the cxat nature OF the
attack lIti the next morning when n party wns sent
oui and I, lnd TINT but one had been killed and
three ndcd, although eighteen horses mules had
been rLn ~ by the rel skins N opinion that,
had poiul assistance been rendered by The commander
q, te camp when The report of The attack was rst
ecvcd the Indians would Lave been driven oil cap
iurcd and the property aS cd
OIoRea Alarm having subsidized, started agnin nj
eight A. NJ and dncd at Cottonwood SPRINGS Station,
forty ve miles distant lrst rate meal served up
IN clean snd tidy manner by Yankee farmer named
North, and wife.
OcroBtn 2-At nine A. NJ reached O'Fallon's Blurs
and passed the day by shooting buffalo with good success
6hot te sssctsd hs ublts for our own uss, gave the