National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1870-11-18
A True Romance of the Plains.

The following remarkable narrative is
related by Western lady She is her
self character. She has crossed the
plains twice first in 1s49, during which
her husband perished-and is the first
American who returned to the East by
the 1sthmns of Panama She is a genu-
inc heroine-a fine specimen of stout
hearted Western womanhood-and her
adventures in the wilds of the unoccupied
West have been numerous and exciting.
Well, while the train of which this
lady was n member was encamped at Q
point on the Humbolt, where the Lessen
trail intersects the Carson track of travel.
she visited the tent Of a family, consist
ing of an elderly couple and one child,
daughter of fourteen or fifteen The
old lady was sitting on pile of blankets,
under the canvas, encouraging a most
determined attack of the "snlks," while
the masculine head of affairs had planted
himself on his wooden tongue, and was
sucking his pipe as leisurely as though
he expected to remain there forever.
A single glance developed the difficul-
ty III that little train of one wagon and
three persons, and that it had attained a
point of quiet desperation beyond the
"oii oi f.a'el"' aoJia'ileht, nle'
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az IL iti no VI W. I'M anu no ,ne
tou,. no. CEsP a1ase uPon ,iie Iou,e py Wllio,
The husband expressed preference foi
| the Carson road-the wife for the Lessen
and neither would yield The wife
w ueoi'ioi 'iiI WIN ienialn 1l an "lntel
,ile nuS''"n.' sun ne siiuulo ot lie'seu ~
ienst fIu '.Ie 'oJooih 'nioush 'no 'o"ii-
mo ~. i''iio"inS' ~ su
1. va ,i, n.oi NM :, Vi ,iie io''i u, uns
':.e wiz In o''il.n 'iieioc ne vi my
siA iioslo' oi pioi'oNInH 9iNlsioll Vi ',ie
pfsoPe.H' Nn'cn ooil''s'eu Vi sNo suhe
VI '"r'io' az, o,ie "SSon' camp i"1il'',e 9
a s,iiail l""n'i'S VI m pr 'ns' anu 'Wei'e
''oiI"iS s III Hl1Nei, ilir pIopoH" N"H ac,
ceP'e,i' a'u ,oi'ii"l'ii 'le plui'oei
WaS "Nioeo, leaving ,ne wagon 10 'ne
uI,' W, nan ti, we o'ueil.eI W 'iie n,o''ei
ne mtter eAu,"iie1o WIN nelShporlhI
viali 'ile ca'lie oeiunSihe 10 nrr loI
Pony ali" p9'h -o'u,'lt! anu, 'ni,s Wv
''au51'ei anu ,iei Pol'ioh u 'ile ulNiu1'
spoio upon ''i1 aiiililai, she fesqiu'ei
.' ,.'': ~ " ~ iV3o 80 III py 'ne
iaii, VIM tiII oi, ma, slieh' S'heu Ia
, l".'ie an az: .ooh 'i.e o'ii.i io"H pnsu
iai as t,lls may seen,' IT ls' heNer'neieSs
s 'iut Is ~ - - alnoiIL .lI many ooo9'dence 0f
| u ille Stranger til"n ~ nctioh' VI oouis
'o,n pai 'ie9 ie"'ileo Z, Nniiiolnia ~ '"i,'y
: arriving NJ 7"eianiei,to "i'h lie
, uaueh'eI' 'ite oiu itoy reauiiy iou,lo EN-
! ploS iiieii'--ior women were less Pleii'i,o
4, ,iail how-ailo subsequently opened
|, ooar,iilg-houSe' ana IN II le" years am
: assed a handsome e, fortune, Two year
, ago sHe wen, 10 can tahc,Sc9' ana III
uaugiter; "hoSe eouch'loi iiao no' pee
hesiectGd, was marrleo 10 one OF III
most suos'ahtia1 cltizehs' =,
~, ana what hao become OF the ora man
me wiie iiau ii9' sen OF neai1 VI mn M
aih,e .heY pau "'., VI, 'lie ii'liii'ol'' ne
:e mo I've" n"pPily ,oeelh'r az, man ali'
"ne io ,s e9, t',i', III T ;Is.'! A., ie
pioaoneu iei9eil ioi 'iie N'ili''i,'s' Una
eia.h's' .ti .i.l "l'e' ~, ~ ,ons ~ ps
,oee'nel .hlouRi Ills 'nls iouRi, liie. I'
ne WaS no. oe',' oi'.,iie i''o no, slni,e' ne
ui'uii LII, "ii" ~ Yea'1 ne n",' 'oliJ'
, NJ T,iV'' ~. III 49,, li''iiS, i n a,
noi. u W. .i,e piEn .a an' s,,o,ei' s IL Il
.:: i:iu '"n It : i'i,I. ~ .'o 'oie w. :.
,nihine enployihth' oe''er ao"p'eo
iiiS S W"N.eo s'relie'u !, ;, =,
'oi .ilrte iil1ii'iS ne iehlaiheu 1,i
@ ml'et aff,e,ng @ . .eie aiiu ,"ti' th, h1 10, "a
man. oi oo.pu,ion' '',oan,e .aie ;.h m..l''; T.;
, reu!liei ol pe"lu.s an' oianSes; Wl'n ~
tn''ie s'o'n Nv, ~ .,aii'o II o"she' up1
ms "'ih' inis M"S u'ou. siA inoii.i' ~
asc, ie" "eehs since, oil p'ss,nG 'n
open uour ol c1'|'St II 'le s1utne!' Ii r
rnr' IN ~ we 1''s, ne ',seivao 60 iauy II
','e ii':li' "no s'oppeo W o1ei i'is ',1i i