The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-07-24

days ride we got into o better country, having
passed through the desert, or land OF sage bush,
alakali and death. We saw many antelope IN herds
Of from 3 to 9, also prairie dogs and a great many
buffalo bones, the remains of Indian DESTRUCTION.
On the road we heard of murders, and OF a man
lynched the evening before We passed. one man
had notice given him to quit one of the new cities'
the houses and stores of which were covered in with
cotton canvass, and fifteen minutes were given him
to accomplish it in or he would be hung. He replied
that he did not want more than five minutes II his
mule didn't balk. I assure you that the coin l car
ried began to be uncomfortably heavy, and l was
also somewhat anxious for its safety.
This afternoon We stopped at Cheyenne station
where We found n small camp of the Pawnee tribe of
Indians, and attempted a conversation with one who
was dressed in an old military coat, and understood
from him that they were preparing to fight the Sioux
as they were coming down upon them. This tribe
are scouts in the pay of the United States Govern
ment and do their fighting. During the night, on
the North Platte, not far from our track, the camp
fires of the Indians were burning, and during the
day they had run oil the stock from 4 station and
had had a fight, during which four or five Sioux had
been killed and but one Pawnee wounded. We left
on the road a car load of achievements. The tele-
graph will ultimately be too much for the Indians.
On SAS oou u une DeiOre, the lnul3uS uau
disturbed the rails. which resulted in killing seven
or eight men on q construction train.
Tuesday, May 18th, at noon, crossed the Missouri
River, and this evening took leave of four of our
party who took another line for Minnesota.
Wednesday, 19th.-At about half-past three this
morning we were again stopped, at Mount Vernon
station, in Illinois, as another train was off the
track. Here we breakfasted at a farm house and at
about holf n o,Ik u, ,-o.~ -x.-xl =,
the smash-up, which was truly frightful. On the
side OF the track lay a COW almost cut to pieces, the
engine lying upside down, the tender and several
cars smashed to fire wood. The engineer died two
hours before we passed. / note these items as they
are among the perils of the great overland trip.
The companies do their best to keep them out of the
papers.
For about 40 miles of the N. W. Railway the road
is again dangerous. Some of the road We travelled
over was very good. At about noon we arrived at
Clinton on the Mississippi River and obtained a sec
ond breakfast. In the afternoon we arrived at Chi
cago and left again at a quarter past five.
Thursday, 10th, at noon we arrived at Buffalo and
changed cars.
Friday, 2lst, at ten minutes after seven A. NJ. we
arrived in New York and drove to the st. Nicholas
Hotel, thus making the trip in seven days and
twenty-five minutes from Sacramento, allowing for
the difference in time. Within twelve months 1 have
no doubt the time for the trip will be six days, or
under, as q portion of the road now dangerous is
neither graded or ~ballasted, and We had to travel
over it at the rate of 4 or 5 miles an hour ; other
portions, especially on the North Platte, were very
good and we made so miles an hour, as we were be-
hind time. Everyone arrived in New York with a
bad cold, and each experienced a whizzing sensation
upon lying down, for two days after our arrival, as if
we were still on the cars. Aloha nui,
OvERLANDER.