, 1869-09-02
From South Pass 10 Wfnd River.
The Country aud its Features.
Solitary Grave in the Wilderness
Camping Out with the Soldiers.

tpRou OUR srEc1AL CORRESPONDENT

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nnenx the mtues, but our stslt was suddenly e1t
sho.t by the intelligence shat party Of clslllass
ard u,iitary aeutlcmea Tcre aeons to Start on
totr tu the famous Wind River country. An lnsl-
tatlon to aecnmpany them WIS gladly aceep9e",
and, hacking our hsrerHack with conden4ea meat
and rolling our blankets, We stozed ourselves IN
1u{nhestpG atuge and aet out. leaving our exp
ton Of the gold 1ntncs uutl our sctarn- Ine
marty con.,stcd Of Generals Augur and AJfes,
t I.rutcnnp. Adams of the Enalneefs, Judge Carter,
Governor Eumpbeu Of Wyoming, Judge Jones, slr,
YoueY, Alex. Bcthau, Judge kingnao,
and c,xh. ot.cr citizens whose panaes We could |
not caT1: .'iso miles out w HcTr raes n5 Aajos
tt rdpu,s Eccoud Culiel Staics CasalfJt WIN !
cauc with due company 10 escort ana ffotect
Us during our journey fsnm roylug bands OF BaS- |
axcA The Major Is good.loeklns, gculA gen |
1Ictpan full o! fun, an.s pplite to cvcryone- liz
/. On cfY,cent ofrlcer and scrrcd with distinction
durtng tho xut in tue cavalry Of The Army OF the
rY,onlac. For long ttEc he coumsadtd bis
regiment, tL, at Beverly Ford hc was Captured by
The rebels and taken to Libby Prison, Whefe Nc
was kcpt con1ued Tor nearly two ycars. THIS tn
fortunate csent presented his promotion, and
kent him from atsntnlng that prominence
which undoubtedly otAcr~ls tic cwou!l have done.
The sight Of Gordon's cava!rJ drawu up In line
with !ta gttsteb1ng ar7nf. white wagons nna Nh
brIsncc, tutt - VIC were allout TO enter the Wild
ltllap country, caused escrJ heart to feel Gtal,
md sn these l,asly 1ntiIan huntcss fl! IN front
aud rcal Of our ltte nand Wp fill perfectly safe,
md tQthe1 Niatcd than otherwise. VIC nl4ht
rune up !th band oi Sioux and have ) hrush
1rlyIpg over q smooth. hard road for four miles
wc came 10 Atlantic City, ihe risal Of South Pasa
Atlantic conta!us some eight hhhured lahspltan1s,
n1d Ia rapidly improving. Everywhere wc heard
the sound Of fawmcrr, AMI saw as many ~ nfty
houses IN cou!se OF construction. Tne only limit
10 1he trtltipu IL The want OF iage&E Boa1us arc
~ una $lp0 per Thousand at the nnt. and hone TO
be hat for that price. Men go With iheir wagons,
unh us fast ii boarl falls fsutn the mill II Is
helzcd md carried OF by dozen ar1lous rnr-
ctascrh, who dIckes and bargain among aiem-
ke!.cs uho -hall have the next enc But sesss1
nuc savmslls have lately been brought in.
MD lumber in abnn,lauce can before
long e had for 80 per thousand.
Al AtlautIc the citizens paEe started the Echooi
| ar.i buii printing olIee, Whetc snal! journal
Will kuep IL. started, The building Hnd 81 300 ID
cash was donated to The gentleman who proposed
| to start the PAPER, snd ono or two !norr thou-
sand can ca>1. to raised II IL is nes.Icl to keep
| the 1cuEna4 anoat. Money vas t'clrg subscribed
| 10 tulld church. and the services Of a minister
| had ultcaby betn secured, As old Judge King
nan Observed, "With plenty Of gospel a printing
pres IS ai,d tree schools, a town ought 10 Krow."
| {EuytGg Atlanttc, nc drove four miles over a
Roou bul hilIy road, aud came 10 MtnerH' Delight
This Is o tma collection ol houses, hnt3 takes ses
naue iroua the great gold n!ac fouutl there sosac
thrrc years ago. We hcaid the quartz mill
pounding aKas as we entered the toan, ant Eaw
Two mules OH the top Of hill winding up
the precious urc from o deep shall
-Four pr I've men were at %cfk In
gu1rh By the roadside, who Informed us they were
lak.hg CIT from s3a to sls per day In nuggets anu
scal..go1d. There was L vcrJ INC saloon at III.
nsse' Delight, small eating ghousc, q Fort VI g7u-
cc!y, will half-lozen z5.luoSng fellows loung-
iLg III front Ut II. the quartz 1nilI, Md elacx'
strh.thoF.
NatoEGordon Informed US that Mtucrs' Delight
IVES tic Inst fct,icncut," AM, d curious tesl!ug
ca1nc over us as We reflected that for q thousand
MICS to tue west mud nurth VI US not 1Eothcr hun
LET c1Istcd. We fobk a akt iooE Mt Miners lie
lght, md the little place scented 10 lnerease IL
h,ze and importance When nc remembered 1T
| peculiar situation. .
The people Of Miners' Delight Informed nc thh
they bad seH Lay q belort teen vlslted ~ II laut
OF ltdlaua, " 10 had ttolch md run OIL nearly ns
their nuleH md hoFets. MaIor Gordon told u!
these Indians had lcft the country, and 6l,rceedc'
Ia ca,.yiug Ur about forty head OF s1ocs Will
them.
At Miners Delight the public road cads, and nov
we weteto take she trail" Riding over some
rbcAy htIl. VIC hogan to Ascend steep tun, yer,
roci. aud rough. All hanas got cut Tor the horse
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o. er the cnllee. We would hardly efcttt 1t whei
,oIa By Mator Gorlon TINT heavily ,oaded govern
mcut teamp aud even otrcers' light carriages. had
| often cfoa.et! Ibis 1raL
Fox two u.l.cs ont ne found miners lIQg:ns
awss III the gu,chcA The last one re passed II
stopped TO inquire how lie caue on, and ~as ID
formed he tooI out from Is 10 so rer uag. II
had JUS, wnshed ont Nii1c nugget which be ID
slsitd Oh having Us take along, aud. to oolge III
f,IIo MI IN tx 1ttnnf. n
weighed IS IN pnEc gold.
We were now ascending immense hills, aud DC
gun to feel scnsibly the difference In the atnos
phere. Major Go1dop told 1s that In july he It
, ! cumpeG for .out days on there htlle, and ever
1norDng the drinking watcs WAS fruzen 70 thick
his tent that he could hardly breal the ice With
tn cup. .... ... .....
> Presently evidence Q! enow began 10 appco'
and IN sn hotr more We we're pnssirg betNce
r peaks covered With great banks Of ru1e whit
. | snow. TIE sun was shining brightly, aud It
I water from The melted tnoW came tssnklps dow
4 the mountaln sides IN lnslc nyulets.
n We wete now on the top Of the Wild Rlr'
"a Mo,1tt a!1s and the scene was indeed magns0ceu
70 the ef. OF us was peak gi.<tentng like t1ol;e
lilycf tn the sun, md c were fo!d II vas pcrpct
:. ally covered With enow. Eighty mites ''.sta
| we're the Owl Greek MOUNTAINS, white and shsn1n
, | and beyoud theke again the monster His II
!, | taneeF, where srow hai lain 1tr hundreds
r. yeara rearing their lefty peaks aeatHtt ibe RI
At OCT feet lay silver streams. glldlu: through IT
N asnt yalleta, ard away ID the distance could
.s caught through the grecu trees s.mrses Of I
n 1.t.le PcpoaRie River rolling alcnS trtcrmir
~ t,!c measo.A few miles hack We h.
=, passed a great spring Of cold Wal,
.. raultng atropf enough to turn q rul'whccL a
y, nc now drove down and halted Tot rest Dy I
little creeks torn cd from the melted SHOWS n
the mouptafla Majcr Gordon tnla us the nan
M Of these streams nerc Twin Creeks, ard that h-
,e q few weeks before, government train had be
50 attacked by Ipdlane We looked around app
~ hersiyeIs; but all Was a. Still nEd quiet rs 1t
q. echoes OF these lonely mountains hs.t never b.
ri awakened By the yells Of Eayagts md The sh'
n crack CT r71es. The water in the brooks VIA
n cold it nnde our teeth ache, and NC fund II sal
,,c little epcck1et trout Going up the st7cam sn
,,z distance, We discovered al abundance OF ripe
~. curYants and jmmeuEe betIs Of wild slra~be
Ia plants; but The berries we're all gone, eacep
r. few dried and Ehrve1led-up ontt
:, Starting forward alter half an hours rest
1-' went DON for mite, then up fharp hill, .
. we're It Red Ntn1e. THIS canpns formation
- tends for hundreds Of miles, Ahd u formed {
10 kahtstopr that closely resembles red chalk D.
~ t1g up the h1uns. VIC Hesc on Elk Horn Ridgt
n'. ROCKY, Heliwoodcd bill that rises ont Of the p
like backbone The top Is smooth md le
- but On ci.hcr s!de, ut distance Of a few u
AZ from the s1sil arc tumen3e rocky pr
ON p.cea- The top Of the ridge WIS
ne ert<. with Numbers Of elk horns, some
~ ~ which had u1ne autlefs, and @ere ttx feet Ii
.aa Great herta Of elk used to gntnef on this 1is
Us when sheir horns became loose, to rnb them
against tic trees, AID hence the name OF
place Fasa.Dg along Eli R,dec for aEe miles,
came to npother tue spring babblng oat Of
va, eide Of the h:l We NOW bcgan to 70 down
49, Neck, and we'll usy It be called that or any o
'cs hreSisn Eanc, rougher p!ace cannot be To-
aaS After tuntltuS over the rUcks for half Al hour
~ ~. ru.hed down PERCEPTIONS oeclIy!fE and &c
c Ourselves n I Little meadow, crossed by s.os
81 ttream Of ALkaai wate..
I'm Al tho further side Of the meadow etnod =
ny: hut and near It stooJ q SOLITARY grave Herr
az az alone, had 1tred an old nan namet Frencn..
Iiss til sast Asr, when The Sioux murdered hin.
WAS queer casc and came from CansaA whes
and mas brother 1iT1DE who!s wealthy Old Freu
ny as he VAS cat,ed, kept arms acd did cot bel
III, the Indians would harm hiu- The frontiers
Or reconstructed with hllu, Aad "a officer passing
to day Ni,h troops, not long before he was killed
'!ns ferc1 70 lcaa him gan and rome auurnt1ou
49, sur1ng HIN be wouId be killed, but FrcnchF
tIIrs clrtd, saJog. II haze never done them any b
7, tn why should the fni!aas visa to hurt ue:" II
Ehlt East Freuch{ woulh hare heen called Qua
s1ss but out herr everybody called htm erazy-ne
Eor; old fcot One day last Nay, While he Vas ptas
potatoes, a party Of sioux rushed down from
E15t Ellis Epon llu LEU Alcs *Gtsot'HR h1u tnl
e1-l The bodt struck pick through bis temples st
nd, not,, .,prt In tnr rrnrnd and 80 I.t. him
~ stripping OF his clothes. Major FsLdxtn,
HtJ. raNJ OF c!Ezeas lEon
3u3 PAS, found bin next dAy
ioe burned hin. Hia rcal n2ne WAS
nm, Conr, and he rcrs:ttcotl5 claimed that his +
tat had served II Bstgadier General under
il ct leon and that be had Glca. rtlattycs In 10 F.
t5uc- fHd r,enrh,r bop.r xas cur,o,s tlf7,rtny1.
| Nv ~ fnfch ~,
says: "ona5 oi > eAesea IL Ha'3T's HeN "oe
papy ltstd tho timber Was rcf1 large, aad, ~ the
les o! | cid man had no norses and no one to help
non he La. 10 cut tie thick logS III short pieces
ress to bc able 10 drag and LII them. With 70
natl- l.at1 hanied some Of these logs mort than =
lions and 1t ~as Incredible 10 see what he3yy oo
that | htt1 itftn., nm hts hors~ s,a hour nle.,v n