Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-07-14
Latest from the Yellowstone Expo.
dftiOn.

The following interesting letter from the yell
iowstone expedition brings the latest informa-
ton that has been published Of the movements
of the party and their perils and adventures:
In CANT, MUD CREEK, June %, 10.
We have only made about fifty or sixty miles
of line, and are delayed here by some broken
wagons. Clusters cavalry joined us last night
They present fine appearance on the march,
We had terrific hail storm three DAYS since,
that came near costing many lives and putting
turning from work in the evening when thun-
der storm came up and E and myself, who
were together, Joined the cavalry escort. The
storm became more violent still, and 1t grew as
dark almost asnght. The hail began to fall in
larger and larger stones, and to sting consider
ably. The horses got very FESTIVE under their
pelting, and some of them manageable.
Suddenly three vivid flashes of lightning struck
hail storm / ever witnessed fell upon us.
One of the soldiers, who had probably witnessed
something of the kind before, cried out. "a
hailstoTm on the prairies Go for the timber
like hell!" And in an instant the whole troop
were going down hill in a full run. The hall
now had attained the size of large marbles, and
every one that struck raised a lump on the
flesh. Many of us were thrown, and some sue
ceeded in stopping their horses, dismounted,
and tried to hold them. had succeeded in
getting off my horse and was struggling with
him, for he was frantic with pain, when two
riderless seeds rushed by, and with jerk he
threw me headlong on the ground, wrenched
dense mist. The pelting of the storm was ter
rible, and rushed for shelter towards little
patch OF brush, and crawled into IL to find two
cavalry soldiers already there. But by getting
my hat tight upon nay head protected Il from
all but the siding stones, and shielded my
BODY by stretching coat on my arm and hold
elbow though, that left black and blue marks.
You may judge of the force of the falling
stones when tell you that hats of felt were
torn literally to rags, and some stones even
of hi0E etr hats A
silver cup, (thick,) which was exposed to the
Storm, Was indented as If by falling on the
floor.
think that the heavy hail must have lasted
ten minutes. f. was exposed to it bare-headed
as he had lost his hat and held on to his horse
during most of the storm, but had finally to let
MIN 60 r.. head was completely covered with
bruises as big as the end of ones finger and his
back and shoulders looked as If some one had
been beating him with a small hammer. Our
train was on the march when the storm came
on, and you may imagine the result. The
frantic animals rushed int the deep ravines
and breaking from their harness, scattered
themselves over the face of the country. We
managed to collect all the animals though, and
have patched up enough wagons to take us on
Col. Stanley, with the main outfit, escaped the
storm, and thought the Yellowstone expedition
would have had to return.
have killed three antelopes with the explO-
sive bullet They don't go through, but kill
like stroke of lightning. shot one antelope in
the back with leaden bullet not loaded, and it
made a fearful wound. The other two shot
yesterday, returning to camp, and struck them
in the shoulder. Their interiors were badly
shattered by the explosion, and the ragged ball
ranging backward, expended its force on the
vitals of the animals. l wish all my ammuni-
ton were OF this character. NJ. NJ.