, 1870-12-07
LADY AV0EM0RE's YOSEMITE
ADVENTURE

A Statement by the EnxttAh Nsb2es
men who Deserted Her
Tho following correspondence in refessuoe
to ihs adventure OF Lady Avopuoore In the To-
semitic Valley appeats in the St. Louis DispaseA
Of tho Lat init;
C1sc1kNAr1. Nor. 70,
Bn: While We were IN st. Louis ss nav ~ &C.
coun tt6len from r.e San francisco Chronicle, 10
yrur paper Ut N accident which happened % Mfh
Ytlve ton- ny fr!rpda and xiJ, rnesefora. be
RlAd If 7ou viii luSert, u your eafsiest conven-
sencr. The enclosed letter, which Is oopf Vt oue
thaS He have forwa.ded 70 Tho San tffnct1co
new1pape1A an, ar, Jours oosd.tn'1y,
C1RcuNHArt. Nov. II.
SIR: Having heea travelling or the last tntee
weeks, NC Rare Jubt, qutte BY Accidc1t seea an
sen e = assede1t
In a1tctnPtIuR to leave the Yosemite Valley sor1e
TN Z ago. which aFpeared tn the San feancisso
st4,eu,rnts quite coot1at} to the truth and Il, we
think, calculated t. give ve,y ttlair Impression
OF our cot dnct, W cannot ALLOW 1t TO Ietnafn I'd
We made IN offer Of seat Ia our Earr11x - TO Nh.
felseEton, which vas refUsed pJ het, IL e1sesly
.he levene ot what rssliy toet pssss. ~ ~ ooips
con.etted to give her. aud It wss vita the object
Of avalDg herself Of that seat a tar a Stockton
tnst sne arranged t3 leave The valley On tho aams
SxcondlT. It was never even suggested th At We
should 4ct As er escort IN LEAVING tue valley, u
w.s exe.ess airsese s,fa ann evening ns1oss ?,
honr, " abe laier. u her convenience, A. Ia her
own worda, I" she knew tie trail nettet thau auy
Il, hon. atler ine epeciard time, aud 70 far il
from being true that ahe waa then delayed BY
navtpR t. change her saddle) she had, IN point Of
r sdy 10 start wncn our guide iefs, more than haI
IN hour lsrel. ...
Tetasy. There WEI no aEyanaeuneot whsteyes
As 10 uanirg for her at I0splrsttou Point, which
f~AA NAt7 knAta Nt7ff F%@f f7kk
uop, al We, having ourselves s1Hsed with 8
eu1ue, aud having ncTet hsen over tho Trail BE-
fore. ueTr qut.c unable, thto1Eh sue SNOW Thics
was Ne did xs.t for more than two hou =
under the 1tat shelter He CATE TO- u hoost
Il ont nalf-wsJ On the rra'l, and only then weu
4 eAnttue cnue up, thas. IN bis judxntnt coz
ride1ng the stase or the weather when he 1ef
.te vaes Ass Te,vsrtnn ,ln bad stared st a. =.
usi At III could: have no .dinicn,sJ II
10 lowing tho track lett by our vc hor4ss throani
tngs intended 10 start On The following DAY. ant
thtuaht It most probable that abe had waited II
accompany him. ...,.-..-.-
c1a,ks TIL Iate at n:Eht having lozs our way ser
We % msY add that We waited at casks twenty
on the chaIcc that AtA Yetserton mlfht leAve tn
| valley the next dsg, and be able TO make nse o
our carriage: aad.thAr, lmnediAte1 on drss heal
tpR Of her misfortune, we took the ooly roeaus 4
I our power OF expressing our oympathJ for II
| whlcp, trust We should do. under Similar eli
cumttsnces, TO any woman into whose compan
| re nigh: be thrown.
II u moi onr hustnesa to suggest the motive
1 which may have prompted such IN abuse Of fac
for the purpose OF 1sperainE our chAfactera. no
uld It be fit!ng for ns to answer In any way th
taunts ~ to EoRi.ah bsaverT, In which the wnte
OF The paragraph to which Va hare referred II
vi inert thts letter. which Is j truthful and 81
cu1ate STAT uent OF the ci.rnnttanc OF the Cas-
| as far 81 We are concerned IN Them.
We have iae honor to bc, siFs, your obdee1
1 servants, 10uN ". uERrKY,
| Il. STRUT,
+ CYRIL FtoEERA