Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-12-05
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resistanoe. stoutly retained possession Of
the other. One Of the Indians then adj
dressed him In English, informing him
that they were Pah-Uies and good In
diaps": vhereupon White demanded
something 10 eat After some parleying
thew agreed 10 give MIN dog for his re-
naming pistol; but, having secured the
weapon. they let the animalgo. He was
finally obliged to give them his vest for
catching and killing the dog "a small one),
and then they appropriated the forequar,,
tiers. The Indians seemed 10 comprehend
the fearful trip which he bad just made,
tia and to express some astonishment among
themselves that he should have survived
IL; but his condition excited not the
smallest spark OF sympathy in their dusky
bosoms. He was white man, and their
lawful prey. The fact that they we're "at
peace" with the whites hardly accounts
for their treating him with so much for
bearance as they did, since they could
have killed him without fear Of discovery;
and / have known but few Indians, how
ever good" who could resist an oppor-
tupiiy Of shedding white mans blood
with IMMUNITY.
White ate hindquarter Of dog. raw
and without salt, for his supper, and then
lay uoWu uuu nitpt couuuiy. III
morning he ate the other hindquarter;
and having learned from the Indians
that Callville was near, again embarked
aud resumed his voyage, which had now
lasted fourteen dayr.
1t CHANGED that at this time the barge
Colorado, of Fort Mojave, in charge Of
Captain Wilburn, with a crew Of four or
five men, was at Callville, receiving a
cargo of lime and salt. Standing on the
river bank, Captain Wilburn saw the
strange craft pass by on the other side,
and hailed. The response came in fee
BILE tones my God Is this Callville?"
"Yes," replied Wilburn; come a,horel"
"Tll try to, replied the voyager, "but
don't know whether can or not" Will
burn and his men, being busily employed,
did not particularly notice his appear
ance, and when they saw him bring the
raft to about two hundred yards below,
they thought no more of the matter until
nearly two hours after, when strange
looking object made its appearance on
the crest of the hill near the landing.
esq my God, Captain Wilburnl" ex-
claimed one of the crew, "that mans
hundred years old II"
And he looked as if he might even be
older His long hair and flowing beard |
were white; his eyes were sunken; his |
legs we're in front a mass of black and |
loathsome scabs from his oins to his toes
and as he crawled slowly and painfully |
toward them, with his hands resting upon |
his knees, the men, with exclemations of /
establishment and pity went to meet and |
assist him. They brought him into their |
campgave him food ,wsshed and anointed |
his sores and clothed him. The revulsion |
of feeling was too much for White. He
became delirious, and remained so for
some hours; but toward evening his
wandering senses returned, and be was
able to give an account of himself James |
Ferry, U. S. Quartermsster's Agent at l
Callville, on hearing of the conduct. of |
the Pah Utes, sent out runner for their |
chief, whom he compelled to restore |
everything that had been TAKEN from
White, and then dismissed him with GER /
tain moral and humanitarian exhorts-
tions which it is to be hoped. will do him
good. He took White to Ills house, and |
kept him there until he had recovered,
SO far as he could recover, from the
4 effects of his terrible voyage When /
last heard of White, he. was carrying the |
mail between Callville and Fort Mojave
At the latter place, Gen. VIM. ]. Palmer,
Treasurer of the Union Pacific Railway
Company, 4. d., saw and conversed with
him, and from his statements was salts
fed that the length of the Grand Canon
is not less than FIVE hundred miles, and
that its thorough scientific exploration,
while net absolutely impossible, will pre-
sent difficulties which will not soon be
surmounted. Gen. Palmer thinks the
numerous falls in the canon have been
formed by immense masses of rock which
have fallen into the river from its walls.
believe the course of the Colorado might
be advantageously diverted above the
canon; and, from the character of the
country above and around it, think it
probable that if this were done, large
quantity of gold might be found in tie