The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1872-11-15


dressed up either. John Moore was gorgeous
ly attired in an old sunbonnet and bear skin
wrap. The remainder of the party had here
and there a remnant of their original suits
And then we had all gained so in hssh-the
aggregate of increase being just nineteen and
one-eighth ounces. At Clyde we refreshed, but
crsated a famine before we had been In town
three days. Our friends there would have
urged us to tarry longer in their midst, but
our appetites not being compatible with the
supplies of provision in that vicinity, they ad-
vised US to ego West
While at Clyde, Wilson was telegraphed to
bv the Chairman of the Democratic National
Committee to visit the Great Salt Marsh. and
if possible purchase it in the name of that
party for headquarters, the Chairman saying
that, while Greeley might carry Georgia, there
was some little doubt about his election.
Wilson visited the spot, found that in point of
capacity, supply, &C., it would answer the re-
ouirements of Cooperative Democratic Cure,
and Immediately made the purchase. The re-
turns, which reached us soon after, confirmed
the wisdom of the transaction. Several boat
loads have already arrived, and others are on
the way, but most of those who came first are
| too far gone to hope for permanent cure,stin
they may find temorary relief The class Of
patients suffering from disease called Glib
eral Tumor in the Head" will probably be
benefited and perhaps cured. Some of the
worst cases of Democratic Palsey, are from
| NaSU York and Pennsylvania
We left Clyde for the Solomon Valley,which
affords the finest country in the world. Your
readers may think it almost incr edible, but
il is nevertheless true, that mince pies and
buckwheat cakes grow spontaneous here.
They ripen in single night, and in the morn
inc are picked hot and tender, and have
most delicious effect upon the palate. Cab
hayes grow here without cultivation to the
size of an ordinary district school house, and
corn grows to such a fabulous size that out OF
curiosity we started one day on horseback, at
sunrise, leaving the stalk on which was grow
ing an average ear, and reached the other end
Of the ear at precisely twelve O'Clock, and corn
here, this year, is very backward. The soil is
so fertile, that Ludwig, who stood picket one
night, and happened to stand on a soft spot of
earth, found, the next morning, that he had
grown nearly two feet in hight, while his feet
seemed to have reached maturity in that brief
period 1t is growing country, there is no
doubt about it.
We visited that historic spot known as
''The Spring of the Great Spirit" Its fashion
resembles an inverted saucer on the top Of
which Is depression filed with salt water.
Many ages ago tie Great Spirit is supposed to
have used this as bath tub, and since that
time the red men have worshiped here. We
worshiped, too, Wilson conducting the devo-
tional exercises, as is the custom. The great
abundance of salt suggested the propriety of
purchasing it as Democratic Mecca, but one
OF heparty stumbled upon a guide board,
bearing this incription: "NoticeI This is not
Mecca" and of course all further considera-
tion, in this direction, was abandoned.
We have had but one shot at the enemy, but
that probably secured our safety for the entire
expedition. Wilson was on picket that night
John, who has commenced the study of medi-
Cluc, WIS WIN pAAALoJ W 0Ao-
cover if possible their real effect upon the
stomach. Ludwig and Charley, who are mus
icslIy inclined, were rehearsing for a concert
which we propose to give for the edidcatiOn Of
the natives in few days. All at once we
were startled by the report of Wilson's shot
gun, and on rushing out discovered that
our camp had been surrounded by twenty-one
Indians, and by that single shot twenty of
them bit the dust The one he aimed at was
the only one who escaped, but he cid us good
service, as that one spread the report to all the
neighboring tribes, and now the sight of that
shot gun will send hundred armed warriors
flying for their lives. Wilson is dead shot,
and sure to hit everything except the-mark.
We are now in the midst Of the Buffalo
country. We have seen, in the two last days,
probably thousand herds but as there were
only few hundred in herd we did not think
it worth while to waste time and amunitio
on them. We are told that further up they
run in herds of many thousands, and we shall
wait until we overtake such congregation
before we strike ALI we care to get is a few
hundred thousand carcasses, just to suppy or
ders. Mail arrangements here are very i'm
perfect. think the fault is with the postal
clerks. The post Office being four hundred
miles distant. but few daily papers are taken
in this neighborhood. Charley and John
Moore are considering the enterprise of laying
out town here, to be called Moorespres ump-
ton. The great fertility of the soil, and the
rapid growth of everything, has induced them
to believe that a town, properly planted,
would grow thrifty. The main business
street will be four hundred and fifty miles
long and ten miles wide, what they want is
to make large place if it isn't SO very much
built up.
We shall proceed along the North Fork Of
the Solomon, until we have secured the re-
quired quota of buffalo, and then turn our
faces eastward, returning by the South Fork
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