The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1866-03-09
OUR RIUE FOB LIFE,


A wear or two sluce | ,nade the ac-
qu~inialGce ct a man by the nsnIe of tia-
comb, a drnyer;. and he loid me the follow
ing story OF an aGven' ure that beie him
seii and companions while he WAS follow
ing his occupation in The western part of
the country give IL IN his own words,
rs he told 1t TO a company Of US one raioy
day last autumn
Gentlemen he began. "the story
am about To tell may not be Of interest 10
You; but the hour To me was a thrilling
ore, aud tina! shalt BIZ Try excuse f,r telling
IL.
For several Years past, have been
gagged in buying horses in the States.
aud dlsposiug of them among the wealthy
Mexlcans IN the vicinity Of Mendoza and
Sana Rosa. As you may all Imagine,
this mode of gaining livelihood is beset
with many dangers. The route passed
over in my journeys was infested with
robbers on almost every mile; and, if one
wanted TO save his money and his life, he
had to he ever on the aler;, and possessed
OF tie utmost caution A dover is moi
often mrlested with his drove; for the,
know that hls pockets are empty, and
there is nothing ia lie gained. un ess in
dec sou large band take fancy 10 come
Of your stock. and ,b.n rh.x a,e n,o,s ar,
% ,,aupeI, them then 10 ronsn,,e for ,i,u
death OF their owners When YOU return
laden with the dollars of the rich pur>
chasers, then it is that a man must look
,ut e., his ,f,
a, Tho ,;n,a u,o od,,o, I1
ahor, n reI.,. y,at.l ma I'D lna,
.n,...,sfuI v,,h ,nr d,o.. "a
va, bach II ,.,,nIa,, 9th mo ,,,,,n.,.
and thee other men, whom vu h.J -,
ni,> ed +, ai ma an our ,,....o f,<,,, ;,
S,.,,.. Yn6 va .ars oI.t If ,,,,.,
ON our return ~ thew vera al s,o,, III
low. and c,,,ii b.. du,,ar.,,,; !,
,,n.Io.n,v
.s',m. thirty ri,o0 hi. sid. sc Sat-.
Pcs. ,h. wv
r.,,,n la, ,brou,b . u,Ia ,,,o,,,,,s.
rion ;, ~ had RI. ,s,,,,.,;or Ill. -,
,.afs If hai,g an. ~ rho mas. d.no,,,,,s
routes 10 III. .asl4In norrion of N.x,.,
VIII, sc,r,aly an !, b.i,,.,, d.,,. e,.,s
IF heay, ,,uh rs.va IN ,la,... - ,ara
had ragged owe, larue districts backed i,
lofty u,nun,a,ps that raised ,b.ir ;,oo. 4
submits ahovs The tree-,ops, and oi,,im..
sI.,,, ora IF tin. v,r., ,,,.,,i, o,
Taxi all IN ali. bet,.r aca for ,u,,u,
sud- ;,l,laps ctmd MT ha t,und
III was abou, ten O'Clock in tho fore
laye on the wes,eln hill of the mountains
aud stuck into Tie mos, dang.,ous pa1, OF
our 'u,n.y. Thir,y-fve miles over ter
lID!e road woud t,lny US 10 Saa MlyoI
where we hoped 20 b- before The darkness
teralue ,r, d.ns. for ma :, GOA onruu,
/ had never passed this WA, before.
and, upon inquiry O, the innk.ensr no had
told Ms ,b., ne cou!a do The distance with
ease: Lu,. before half 3 d,zon ,n;isa b.d
been ras,ed over Wa knew ,ha, bo had
lied to us II had ,o.d rs tba, the ,hr..
fir, mi a. uo,.l1 be bad an, ,ba, rho, !,
wouId IMPROVE until the Liyb.s, poinr u,
the route was GA nod. hy, ,n.,s,3 q, d,;r,
M .v.rv mil. yr.w v,,.. and worso ~,
III, Al last. ali our horses could do Wa to
mex their WAY along 3, slow walk
Uovey4r W. k.m onr ,I,;,. n, b. ,h..
4xpec,arion of .omehiry better ahead.
hul in this ". war. doon.d ,o d;>.n.,;,,
n.nt
"A IL. Zen miIes and ,hs i.erahte
path tina, bad been Isnum,ns,ed road.
became almost Impossible for our .r...,s.
who berau to show ,Ipns of exhaus,,ou.
and, to add to the observation-disclosures If
our situation. drnsq clond. ,ha, ali ,b-
morning had hung np,p the mountains
exp4nde6 themselves over the sky. AVID
soon the rain began to pour down in tor