New-York tribune., 1873-07-25

rocks ana m h not Without cost nd their nst ae-
0uaintanoe with utility as the basis Ur comnromise
~ the indifferent places, where halfway n sonin ,ht
@ ,Hoe mnistnrc and dryness has been ehecIed % lna'
arc the most deceiyug. They arc .oo Thev
i,i, trUetnd roo hard to DO thoroughly dstIusou'
fyynisS room for experiment: and when nan uUho d
teams ut crossing haye become n regret
Which ia not allied to retcence HUMANS sonGn 81 81
Despond was wsnsou1e1cd @q Christian did, Indeed have
J time of IL; but he was happily on fo0t III ne nau
h' % rched tbe wicket gate at all. III there 90 hng
sionary society in the East prepared 60 e rst
ina Conversion OF Western teamsters one OF ther lso
.egorts eTD should be to Nh up al the a
ndboles west OF the Mississippi There Is nothing N
the world that occasions much profanity anu so u.
crUeIty TO animals az OF these soft places.
In crossing OF these soughs the teamseT Go%nu %
rs almost ubiquitous. IL seems 10 make nut niue ulne
enoe whether mule Is pulling or not, he Is Ocatoh al
the same He is beaten imperatlyoy 10 make MN eOi
he is beaten subiunctvey lest he should not 60 so
whether mule positive negative In character Is OF
slight account. In his own turn he gets MS IuIl ailo
ancr of lash There are a few teamsters whom could
single out as honorable exceptions to this method Of
crossing ditch but the majority OF these men COZ
sider u utterly impossible TO get over sucn @ R f f
sixty oaths minute, well as tho dltch, tno ehpo
dtOn and everything else that enters INTO INC 'ooh
MILITARY METHODS APPLIED TO MUD.
when heavily loaded wagons, or as have sometimes
seen four or five at time, get stuck In the mud the
infantry are frequently called upon to pull them out
The men sometimes extract little amusement on these
occasions team Of six mules, and 200 men on rope
pulling at a wagon, makes ractlOn Oh no mean po"er
I}ut have seen such pull on stalled wagon tl
the rome broke without budglng 10 an inch when the
rope broke and 200 men were orderly ped ono on to Oh
another like row of fallen bricks, all ldea OF gloom ln
medately vanished. Only Weubeltei utn Coulu hOu
his sides together rope breaking Under tnese G1lea
stances s ailure which is fOrcrunner 10 success
IL one good laugh does not pun tlaJ wagon Vug vi the
mud. dig around th5 wheels Ht19 anu % %anGsnSr @ @Iaugn
certainly will When the trst half dozen stalled teams
which have discovered the treacherOus fOad are pulled
out the pioneers 20 quietly to Work ana menu e cross
ing for the rest The banks are lned Win .DO or $40
soldiers watching the result. They form jury which
will soon pronounce a verdict The pioneers WORK nara
and we'll bridge nins thht mas 10 huPPoIJ ABOUT
600 600 pounds in the OF an afternoon needs
10 be well made. An nOur or TWO, usually
sufces for pretty bad place. The pioneers theh WIN
draw The teamstefs on the bank mount llelf mules
and prepare 10 advance Tne nrsI teahater tc VyccI
OF great interest II he good driver MS cnoiS % Lof
glory are considerable VITA ms lne ia one manu- anu
his cowhide in the other he gives iO9 saou yers MS
lue, honrishes ms WHIP ana foS oui nj he c' VHd
Tue mules understand the curso il thVy I r
nothing else They settle down to their WoIk. inc
moves. For every ron Oh tne WHEELS t % cIG & IS
corresponding roll OF shouts ana curses roni o Pa oi
the vouble driver. They reach the Drdso OF e.useWdy
The mules pass on IN safety theR c9lcs tio oIiLlcs @
moment when the whole weight OF inc "5goh Iests
on the structure But the pioneers nave done their
work well The structure is hrh YET there Is steep
bank the other side. IL IS hatd pun ICI tio 9lcs
The yer reduubcs his shouts and curses Inc soldiers
JOIN with iii, HIS" lac mules are peLuou %'n t ll1p
aud stones, ana lashed win the drNers WHY
Tney pull as If they were gong clean CUT
OF their skin. At last the t9p iS S, reafhen !
nus aside, dsmodnts, lets his mules blow, takes a
cha OF tobacco, sings his whip over MS shoulder
and rises several pegs IN MS own esliu1uOh' buy Is
not ba BRIDGES aud causeWaY- but the unnGde Places
that try the teamstcrs skill and discretion lt IL the
man who knows how 10 choose his pace IN the blOhgh
and urge his mules 1t that achieves inc greatest
glory. have seen anything when quite equas
fle smile of selfcomplacency That hehtens telmsteFs
face wien he has crossed bad place where ha dozen
others hOpclessy stuck in the mud III would take
half column 70 translate significance. After suoh
success "a Quid OF tobacco would never suihce IN ths
world If he does not take pull OF whisky at tue top
of the hil he VIII take one before the day Is over
When we reached Heart River, near which point we
expected surveyors found the river ABOUT
four feet hgh aud rapidly rising our horses IJrdd II
and aDJut nun lrCu wagons WtFo
brought over on bed of rocks which was III, NJ TINS
iee last vear with tho exception OF several buckets
which went floating down the stream and the Capszine
of one OF the CONS the bank, no loss was -uAut
The yystar contiDued to rise 80 rapidly that
Ibijyod IN leave over hundred wagons ON the other
side under u sufficient guard, and await Jhe Iai OF te
river This took place the next lhornlg, aa tI t our
River the following daY, sending Clemmo and apArty
out to hunt for the engineers.
A HAIL-sToRM THAT KILLED ANIMALS.
The engineers had the meantime sent party out to
find u.s. They reached at night, and brought nteli-
gence Of the haistorm which had badly treated the
surveyors and their escort Dispatches from Major
Townsend who commanded the escort made known
their helpless condition, and Induced Gen. stanicy to
Tie storm occurred Tuesday. the 2lth. about
O'Clock the afternoon. It came on with such iorce
and raplditY that the surveying party were taken Oy
surprise The party had already become WelildAllr-
lied with rain and wind and thunder, Dut han was an
unlOOkeifOr accession. Mules and horses can stand
thunder and lightning, wind and RAM with reasonable
composure. But when volleys OF Icy bullets come rat
their cOmpOsure should fOrslke them, and sometimes
give place to the greatest terror. the only sale way
TO unhtch the aud TIC them by their heads 70 the
wagons. This storm found the suryeyOrs ana Major
Townsend the march, with portion OF the sth In
sentod as most terrific Many Ot the animals broke
away from the wagons and stampeded Others were
overturned and tumbled top Of each other into "a
guley The animals only escaping through tue breaking
pany was completely demOralizcd. Major Townsend
mad rather doleful experience. MY horse"
hp neCqmp
able and at last started off and away with me.
1t seemed good while but the first knew was going
over his head and pOwng the ground alfours. Then
he started of into the storm and was gone scrambled
my feet but had sooner got than was knocked
down as II had been struck with club Three times
struck down before could keep my feet My hat
"a sight to behold, the crown being actually torn 10
rags When got back TO the command found that
many OF tho wagons were disabled, and one entirely
wrecked We went into camp the spot and sent out
after missing, and by dark % my great satisfaction
every animal belonging 10 the command was in camp,
but received severe bruises my hands black and
blue from the blows Of the hastoues. Others bad their
was literally beaten 10 death, aud number OF young
antelope were found dead from cause. When
deep level aud foot or more I'm drifts"
Gen. Roster cOrroborates the statement Of Major
unusual depth OF hail. aud further to the dog and tho
antelope which were found dead. Whom Old Cemmo
heard about the unfortunate dog he shook his head aud
expressed the opinion that the dog had boon over
by OF the wagons In the stampede The officers Of
the on sOHlcNhdt uDWlIDS 10 leave the dead dog
out OF the catalogue OF effects directly produced by tho
hail, and in the absence OF pOst-mOrtem submit the
statement 10 the creduty of your readers There no
doubt that young antelope killed, and the marks
the bodies of some OF the men showed what "a tre-
mendous pelting they received Lieut.. PoweI's mead
was badly cut Lieut.. Lynch showed me his leg It
was black and blue from knee TO heel His back had
been pounded 10 the same color Major TOwnsends hat
is sight 70 behold. II 1t had gone through hundred
campaigns it could hardly have been more Thoroughly
used up The storm did not last fifteen minutes
but 1t lasted long enough to punish four companies of
infantry and rs cayalTymen pretty badly, 10 demOsh
mule train destroy wagon and siX days ratons for
IS men. The hail fell about O'Clock In the aftsruoon
The next morning. at 10 o'clock, 10 still 10 DO gath
cred In the rayine. The stones large walnut
learning the OF the damage Gen Stanley or
dered Gen. Custer TO proceed with hs cavalry the
relief OF Major Townsend and the engineers, taking
and streams was such that tho mlIn command cnnld