New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-07-09


pondent very interesting and graphic descrip-
tf,1, If trim across the plains of Texas which we
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suOJ''A' i"s "1V' - my 'c'J
does not affect the interest OF the narrative:
FL PAsO, Texas; May u, 1866.
arrived here on the 9TH, aud owing to the want
of mail facilities. have not had an opportunity OF
writing sooner. 4 team leaves here tomorrow for |
fan Antonio. and ] embrace the opportunity. /
wrote You last from Fort Clarke, giving you a his
tory of my travels to that point. lett there with
the expectation of reaching III Paso IN twenty live
or thirty days, hut in that was doomed to disap- |
DCintment The fifth day after leaving Fort |
Clarke the Indians made a raid upon our camp i'll |
the night and succeeded in stampedug twenty |
head OF hpeyes which we were taking along for |
beet for Tie use OF the train men. heavy storm
of rain succeeded the stampede, and next morning
all tracks of the route they had taken had been
washed away. A scout sent out next morning,
after being absent several hours, returned and re
ported he could discover trace of the cattle.
We very reluctantly came to the conclusion we
would have to 90 without fresh meat for the re-
rnaInder Of the trip unless we could kill some
game,
Heavy rains and bad roads compelled US 10
travel slowly so that upon reaching the Pec0s
river, not half way to FL Paso, we were already
out thirty days. As the road for forty miles runs
close to the PeCos river, every night we camped
near the river, and we put ont our fishing lines
baited with fat bacon, and next morning we would
find &" Whoppng big catfish, which was great
treat just for q change.
The fifth day Of April we left the Pecos river,
and drove out ten miles and camped, intending to
start early next morning. The weather for seve-
raj DAYS had been very warm; but soon after dark
terrific uorther sprung up, and overcOats and
blankets became comfortable. The nOrther IN
creased in violence during the night, and about
O'Clock next morning blew up a snow storm. BY
O'Clock the grass where We camped and upon
which our animals grazed, was entirely covered
with snow. and as the animals were suffering from
the cold. we were necessitated to feed out corn
which we had been saving for q dry stretch Of
aiyty hills what the MpNiCa call a ''l NADIA
IL continued showing until O'Clock in the after
noon, our animals suffering very much in the mean
time from the thawing Of the snow on their warm
bodies and also from the cold north wind. The
wind changed around TO me SCUM soon
d afterwards and we congratulated ourselves upon
Che prospect OF moving ahead to better camp in
the morning. The snow conn enced thaWing so,
that we thought by next morning it would all
have disappeared. We retired that evening in fine
spirits, but we were not allowed long to indulge
such pleasure, for we had not been long in bed
before g whif-f came q blast from the north, as
cold an iceberg. The WIND mad suddenly shlit'
ed back again to the north-aud almost at the
same moment snow fell, and IN larger makes tha1
ever had seen IN the mountains o. virginia &C
dense was the snow IN falling mat we couio
scarcely see objects nifty yards distant ~ c9hth
ued blowing ana showing al hi8hL ana al hatus
were up and busy coleGtihg 4Ee"Oou, uahlus
large fires to warm the mules. whenever an am
NAL showed symptoms Of ialLlng, We began rub
Ding and stuIhng corn lhto mn Noou was Nel9
scarce however, and the little that was gatnI,eres
aVaLed nothing. BEFORE aayilgh'i oesPlte an gu
efforts forty mules hao frozen 70 ueatl a laV2t
lite animal showing symptoms OF Weakehlhg' th
owner, learning had bottle OF WHISKY, pegge'
befora many seconds he contents were poure
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