The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-01-19

La an iastqgt, as by inStin t, DR. w saw
through the whole plan, clear to Wash.
iugton, Fort Hall aud all. TIc immedi
ately rose from the table and asked 10 be
excused, sprang upon his horse, and in d
very short time stood with his noble
"Cayuse," white with foam, before hi.
door and without stopping to dismouni
he replied to our anxious inquiries with
great decision aud dcarnestness: liam going
TO cross the Rocky Mountains and reach
Washington this winter, God carrying me
through. and bring out an emigration over
the mountains next season, or this coun.
try y lost" The events soon developed
that il that whole souled American mis-
sionary was not the ''sun of a prophet
he guessed right when hc said "a deep
laid scheme was about culmjuating which
would deprive the United States Of thi,
Oregon. aud il must be broken at once 0r
the country Is lost" We united our re-
monstrances with those Of Sister Whit
man, who was in deep agony at The idea
OF her husband perishing ia the SHOWS oi
the Rocky Mountains. We told him il
would be miracle il he escaped death
either from starving or freezing or the
the savages, or the perishiug his horses
during the five months that would be re-
qulred to make the only possible circuit.
GUS route, via Fort Hall, Toas, Santa fc
aud Bent Fort. Ills reply sss thai ol
my angel wife six years before: II AIN
ready not 10 be bound only, but to die at
Jerusalem or IN the SHOWS 0f the II ck Y
Mountains for the name Of the Lord
Jesus or my country. am missionary,
1t IN true, but NY country ueels ne now. .
And taking leave OF his missionary aAso-
cia;cs, his comfortable home aad hla weep.
Ing companion, with but litte hope oi
seeing them again iD this worll, he euter.
ed upon his fearful journey the last oi
October, 1872, aud reached the city OF
Washington the last Of Mach. 1873.
with his face, nose, ears, hand. feet aud
legs badly frozen. 1t is wen that the
good man did not live 10 see himself and
has faithful associates robbed aud their
character slandered by that very Govern.
mcnt he was ready 10 lay dosn his hfe
for. 1t would have been 10 Iaiu, as i, il
TO me, the most mourniul e'ent Of my
lie.
Nothing bat the continued euisireiched
hand Of God and his clothing of buffalo
hides. with the fur inside, and his un.
yielding spirit. saved him troA rerIshing
ir"m the intense cold.
Ou that terrible 18th Of January, 1913
when so many IN all parts Of our country
Irazg 10 death. the Doctor. against the al.
vice of his Mex can guide. l,lt his camr
IN deep gorge of the rnountains of New
Mexico. III tic n,"rning, to pur-u. h,s
journey. But on reaching the divine the
cold became so Intense aud the animals
actually becoming madleued by the dr.Y.
Ing sn0gs, the Doctor saw his peril, and
attempted To re'racc his gcrs. and if pos-
.iblc 10 iini his camp, as the only hope oi
saving their lives. But the drifting snow
had 'otally obliteratcd crery trace. aud
the air becnming almost as dark a. night
by the naddening storm. the Doctor saw
hat II would lie impossible ior any hn.
man being tO lind camp. and commenting
h'mseIf aud distant wife To his covenant.
keeping God, hc gave himself. his faith.
iui guide and animals up to their snowy
grave, which was fast closing about them,
when the guide. observing the ears Of one
of the mules inteuily benz forward. sprang
upon hun, giving him the reius, cxcIaim-
ing: This mule viii liud the camp it he
can live to reach it," The Doctor mount
ed another aud followed. The laithful
animal kept down the divide a short dis
tanco, and then turned square down the
steep mountain. Through deep snow.
drlfs 8, oyer friGhtrul precipiees. down,
down, he pushed, unguided and unurged,
as it he knew the lives Of the t~o men
and the fate Of the great expedition de-
pended upon his endurance aud his faith
fuluess, and into the thick timber, and
slapped suddenly over a bare spot, and as
the Doctor dismounted-the Mexican was
too far gone-behold the very fireplace
Ut their morning camp Two brands of
fire were yet alive and smoking; plenty
of timer in reach. The Buffalo hides
had done much to protect the Doctor,
and provideutially he could move about
aud collect dry limbs. aud soon had a
rousing fire. The guide revived, but
both were badly frozen. They remained
in this secluded hole in the mountains
several days, till the cold and the storm
lbated.
At another time, with another guide,
on the head waters ofthe Arkansas, after
all day in terrible storm, they
reached small river for camp. but with
put stick OF wood anywhere to be had
except on the other side Of the stream,
which was covered with ice, but too thin
10 support man erect. The storm clear
ID away, and the night bid fair to be In
tensely cold besides, they must have fire
10 prepare bread and food. The Doctor
sook his AK in one hand and willow
stick in the other, laid himself upon the
hin ice. and spreading his legs and arms
he worked himself over on his breast, cut
MS wood aud slid i oyer, aqd returned in
he same way.
That was the last time the Doctor on
Dyed the luxury of his axe--so indis-
at that season of the year, in
'nch a country. That night wolfpoked
lis nose under the foot Of the bed where
he axe had been placed for safe keeping,
md took it off for a leather string that
lad been wrapped around the split helye
The Richmond Whig says: qButler
title dreamed when he was digging Dutch
zap that he was comforting a benefit on
he cnmmerca of Richmond Tie cnnal