, 1870-07-16

selves to feed upon the remains Of their fol-
lows, these sufferers should. with tho means
at hand for renewing their stock, 60 soon have
found themselves again without food But it
must be remembered that those who peri1hed
were already reduced almost to skeletons ba-
fore death, having bat little fesh left On their
bones and that the living, in their eneETated
condition, were unwilling to burden themselves
any further than seemed necessary, each one
counting on the probabilities That be might be
more food would be needed, or that, If such
should be the fate Of some one else, then
fresh supplies would be furnished as Boon as
required By the suryivorH- Thus reasoning,
they cut from the bodies Of their deeeasadd
companions only what seemed the more choice
ind tender parts, leaving behind the more
bulky and unsavo1y.
Being again reduced to extremitics the
whites came to the conclusion that they would
sacrifice their Indisn guides to appease their
HOW uubearable pangs OF hunger. the latter,
perceiving their intention, and becoming
alarmed, hastily took to flight, and, 1etreatiug
over tile hills, were eeen no more.
Death again intcrvened to aave tho living
from absolute estarvation-another Of the mis-
erAbles died and thus, one after another,
yielding to tho effects Of famine and exposure,
pe1ished al but three, and two of these. en-
tirely overcome, had lain down to die, when,
on The 17th Of January, the last Of the party,
friendly Indian, WAS By him conducted
to settlement on Bear River, from
whence succor wae. the next day. despatched
to the two left behind. or the thirteen who
set out from the emigranta' camp, all but three
persisted on the WY. Had this one who first
! reached Dear River also given ont, OF had he
| failed to fall in with tho Indian who plloted
hum to the hnbitation Of the whites, every one
Of them must have perished, as they would,
in that event, never have obtained any assist
anco from California.
| Immediately the news OF their terrible situa-
| ton was rent to New Heivetia (Suttor'a Fort,
| whence it Was, with all haste, forwarded
! to San francisco. From both OF these places
! expeditions were at once fitted out, and, under
| the direction OF experienced monntMneers,
| sent to their aid. As the Iescuing party was
| Obliged to travel on enoT-shoeH for moro than
! si1ty miles across the mountains, passing over
| steep aud rocky country, without any beaten
track OF sign of trail, they were, Of course,
| unable to ca,1y with them more than very
limited quanty Of provisions. Every step they
took they sank deeply into the snow, renter.
ing their progress slow and wearlsome and il
| was not until the 10th day OF February thai
the first relief party reached the camp Of tht
| sufferers. The lstter had now been showed
| in for more than three end half months
during the most OF which time they had beer
| compeIed TO snbsist upon the flesh OF thei
dead companions. =,
No language can Adequately describe tn
spectacle that presented ltseli 70 rue eyes O. O.
| the deliverance Of these piteous beings. VI
! oyery eide the sceno WAS hcart-sickenln8 ant
! ToftiI in the extreme while the living, VIII
their hollow eyes and shrunken forms, appear
| cd more like epectres than human beings
Ghastiy skeletons, stripped Of flesh, and bod
| iea half devoured, lay atIcwn around the ~ uis
| nal cabins, from which issued stlt1'nl
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