, 1866-03-01

came storm On tho Cotcsn md u sne .1 esen1
raue up 10 an old nteepe" and there camped
Tor the night, all budding in It's narrow c21-
pass. we'll ssiiEned OF it, shelter, .. Eolonea
remarked shortly after enteslny5 u tnas
fore finding It Of having 50 good shelter as
even tba. old deserted Stecpa for the olgni,
be would have given all The money In his
safe" The next morning they found quite
number Of old "tefpes" all abont them, but
such was the bitterness of the night befo:e
tuat 1,sd they been but ten feet distant they
could not have discovered them. They az
lived safel at Fort Wadsworth the rcxt day,
ThnIsdav. and the Colonel fearing reptti-
lion OF the storm. concluded to stay until
aiyz Tie first OF Marrh to pay tho troops At
that time asain rather than brave the uncer-
families Of another trip over the pFalf1cs In tho
Lieut.. Gerald To command Of tho escort
iron, this place, st.rted on bis return yes1eE-
day muruiur, {satnfdayJ, md when within
about ten miles from Twin Lake station, dis.
covered what he Judged to be = tsai ieadlae
OF to the southeast ot the road, OUT tnongns
showing Itself ouly from the edges OF the
broken crust, showing up here and there
| above the level Of the snow. After passing
| this point some two miles, he discovered
| horses about two miles east nnd west OF the
road, and sent the half breed escort aecom-
l
Tue horses, three In number were brought
into the station and orc OF them found To
! be horse that Capt. Field had recently Pur-
chaset-his saddle haa been taken OF und he
! had nothing on Eput. part Of the officers
| BRIDE. the rciDs being gone aud the bits
broken, nothing but The upper part Of the
briale Oh him. ,-- -
Cant. Field had with him five horses, Zone
ledI. and two dogs when he left his command.
Three horses are found ; two arc missing q
we'll Is the dogs
terrible storEl Of Tuesday and Tuesdny ntght
that he may be still alive, is the two horses
and two dogs would furnish them with the
necessary food to snstafn life for some time
but IL Is almost hoping against hope to think
that he may yet be iotlnd alive.
There have been three 1ne days sincc.tna'
time, wherein, II alive, it seems as though he
must have come in, but up to this morning
be had not arrived at the station, although
only about ten miles distant from 1t when nc
lett the road.
The storm OF Tuesday was awful Pen can
not describe It. hare lived In minnesota
over nine years, and never, z.eps1 have seer
such weather Is have seen during the pas
The Wednesday following was the coldcs
day Of the season, the thermometer standing
at Us degrees heow zeso. and We ts tsat TOO coll
Col. Ada1na, with his usual p7omptness
i sends out Capt Ross OF Co. D. l. 3. u. v G
, in command Of ten men. picked from tn
J bartliest OF his command, In seazch OF II
! ui:slng.
!. A truly noble although sad) MISSION :,
(; theirs (from . personal knowleoSe o. % ~
, meu) right nobly VIII they pufsue y; Ine
: go prepared for the trip, to camp In the sn9
E or timber. or wherever night may oveFtas
! them they go upon an elfanu OF uuty, 6nof
: Ing fall well the dangers they may encounte
I but, knowing them, falter not, knowing In
/ their mission Il holy. ,,,
!, Volunteers are not wanting III thts SAD e
! rand. All who arc here would cheerinlly =
E but the number chosen is saiheient: "
i, grant that they may be successful N anolE
L them alive.