Delaware State journal and statesman., 1867-05-10
A PERILoUs ADVENTURE ON THE
INDIAN FRONTIER.

letter from an officer at Fort Phil Kearney,
Dakota Territory, to his friends in Detroit, has
been published in the Detroit Post. We extract
from it the following account of a perilous ad-
venture:
We have finally succeeded in opening commu-
nicaton with Fort o. F. Smith, ninety miles
above here, on the Big Horn River. Up to three
days ago we had heard nothing from them for
two months, and were very anxious about them,
but after repeated trials by mountaineers and
miners near here to go through, we at length
succeeded in sending two messengers, Sergeant
Grant oil my company, and Sergeant Graham,
OF Company O. They started from here on foot,
with snow shoes, and took to tho mountains,
with only ordinary clothing and six days ratons
Of hard bread and lard. Each night they cooked
ono days ratons, and left a memorandum Of
what had happened to them. They finally, after
much suffering and hunger, reached Fort Smith
with our dispatches. They staid two days and
were sent back with half breed named Bower
each mounted, ami with two pack mules.
When they reached the Little Horn river they
saw where buffalo had been xii ed moccasin
tracks around it, and Immediately left the road
and made for the hills; when they had goae about
five miles aud crossed a hill they stopped, looked
back and saw about fifteen Indians after them
Their horses were blown, aud Sergeant Grant
had 10 shoot his The other two men, getting
frightened, ran away from him afoot lie ran
toward clump ofpines about Eve huldred yards
distant, aud while 80 doing be fell into hole in
the snow and found that he had been running on
the edge Of precipico of sheer two hundred
feet fall, ami had fallen on little ledge of rocks,
the entrance OF which was through a hole that
was covered with snow. He sat down under the
cliil aud waited. lie had Spencer carbine,
breech loading, aud eighty rounds Of ammuni-
too, aud says be felt perfectly safe He heard
the Iadinus yelling above him, aud soon they
commenced to tbroW stones down the hole, which
was about nine feet deep and just sheltered him.
Then one Indian jumped down into the hole armed
with Henry repeating rife When be (the Iu-
diam saw Sergeant Grant he dropped his and
gave a yell, ard starting back fell over the ledge,
which was narrow.
Iu a few minutes another Indian let himself
down and Gfaut shot him and threw his body
over the bank, This was about niue O'Clock in
the morning. The Indians stayed near the hole
till nearly dark, when thick fog came up and
they went AWAY. He cautiously followed them,
keeping in their trail for about three miles till
they ngain struck the river, when be tore up his
overcoat and made wrappings of it for his feet
to hide the shoe heels, and went up the river on
the ice. He Travelled four days, and on the even.
ing Of the fourth day got into the post. Sergeant
Graham and Boyer got in an hour before him
and told US be was killed, aud that the mail was
lost and all the horses, Boyer only had one
letter from Colonel Kinney, commanding Fort
Smith, which he led ia his pocket. They
seemed very badly scared. When Grant made
his appearance, covered with ice, and with the
Henry rifle he had captured Graham thought it
was his ghost. Altogether, it is one Of the best
things that Inns been done in this country aud we
are going to do something for Grant, and try aud
get him som e,hiug from Washington. lie is very
sick in the hospital now with peurisy and exhaus
ton, resulting from his suffering and exposure
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ANEoDorg OF HoGARrH "A few mouths before
this ingenious artist was seized with the malady
which deprived society o. one of its most distin-
guished ornaments. be proposed to his match
less pencil the work he had entitled " Tail
Piece"-the frst iden of which is said to have
been started in company while the convlval
glass was circulating around his own table.
My next undertaking" said Hogarth, ''shall
be the End of all Things"
"lf that is the case. :" replied one the guests,
"your business will be finished, for there will
be an end to the painter"
There will be 3d." answered Hogarlh, sigh.
ing heavily =" aud therefore the sooner my work
is done, the better."
Accordingly he began tho next day and con
tiuuel his design with diligence that seemed
to indicate that ho would not live till he com.
pleted it.. This, however, he did in the most
ingenious manner, by grouping everything which
denotes the end Of all thing: broken bottle
an old broom worn out to the stump the butt
eud of an old fire lock a cracked bell bow
uustruug crown tumbling iu pieces; towers
in yuinsi the sigapost OF a tavern called the
s'World's Fad, tumbliog; the moon in her waue
tue nlh VI tue Blooe uurulut EloDel ihlnDR
the body gone, and chains which held it falling
down; Pboebus and his horse dead in the clouds;
a vessel wrecked; Time, with his hour glass and
scythe broken, tobacco pipe in is mouth, the
last Whit OF smoke going out play book open
with exeuntomues stamped in the corner 90
empty purse, and statute Of bankr uptcy taken
out against nature.
$50 far, 80 good" cried Hogarth, "noibing
remains but this" taking his peacilin sort of
prophets fury ani dashiug Of the similttuie of
painters palette broken, "duisl" exclaimed
Hogarth, "the deed is done, all is over"
l; is remarkable aud well known fact that he
never again took the palette in hand. 1t is
circumNauca less kuowi perhaps that he died
in about year after hs had finished this extra
ordinary tail piece.
LET TUE UNFoHaivING FEAR.-A soldier, whose
regiment lay iu garrison town in England, was
brought before his commanding officer for some
offence. He was an old offender, and had been
often punished. Here he is again, said the
officer, GU his name being mentioned everything