The New York herald., 1877-09-23

again leading their horses up hill and down In the
broken country bordering the mountains; tue IN
DIAN company swarhing along In an elongated tumui-
tuous macs with tho battle flag autteriug In advance
the cavalry gliding along snakelks ana showing tne
ghtter oil us SCALES As sun glimpse Is reneo'e1
from the barrel OF carbine or polished surface OIL
q trumpet.
CAMP ExpERIExcEs
Tho sun shono pleasantly On the command during
the irst three days OF its march from Camp Brown
northwarJ 10 the base oil tho owl Greek Mountains,
a range which dominates the valley OF the WIND
RIVER on tho west and that OF the Big Horn the
east Nothing occurred TO break the inonotohy o.
summer day's soldering save The failure ot
the men 10 alter their ball ot fare by securing
some trout or white nsh from the streams on wnich
tney canped. The Wind River was too much swollen
10 afford good hshng. and tho smaller streams we're
sluggish rain water bitches draining the sngebrusn
country, in which might Us well nave looked Tor
Whale as for trout And yet the men mol on auly
would SIT on the bank and waich their srasshopper
with patience and perseverance worthy oi better sue
on the third night however, ram storm broke
over the camp, and the morning oil to-day dawned
gloomy ana ihre,tenng. The sun made several at
iempts TO show through breaks IN the clouds, but
gave II up as unavang, ana steady ram continued
ihroug ghout The day. The tra from the camp led up
10 the summit OF the Owl Greek range, along ridge
or backbone, which projected upward al an average
angie vi thirty degrees to ne,ght OF eght or nino
hundred feet. To transport Amy wagons over such
ground is an underlaSing OF some magnitude an
der most favorable circumstances, and thc
rain, oy soitenns the surface, Increased
tho difficulties considerably. Al tho loot
Of tue hl the troops were. were ,,o a,smoun.ea. ,1s.s
among :he loose rocks. len. Twelve and even :our-
mules put TO each wagon 10 drag II mp MA,
while fifteen twenty men accompanied, some push
ing behind others at he wheels others carrying logs
with which TO uock The wagon when the mules rested
10 breathe aitor pull which got them over dozen
yards oil ground In climbing hills at an elevation
above the level OF eight or nine thousand ieel both
mules aud lnd that the breathing apparatus Will
uol bear SUCH continued strain AS on lower levels
The legs may be willing, but the lungs arc weak. Tho
rareacon OF the atmosphere at these attitudes re-
quires qdickened breathing 10 supply The neediui arr
The mountaB 5reezcs may be purer han those 0i New
York city, hut they are not SO strongly oxygenatod
and owaud chests have 10 expand more, or moro
rapidIy, make up Tor the dehciency. Again,
others OF The devoted thcir energies
70 encouraging the mules. | say no more
on this topic. Old campaigners VINO have re-
membrauco oil times need not be told
how mules encouraged under such circumstances
From suuriso until three 7. NJ this labor continued,
then, alter hours march, The troops went into
camp in ruvine ON the mountain summit .ScarcuIy
were their lrcs ighted when the ram increased 10
torrent and cloud settled around them thick aud
white-a highland mist winch ooliteraled every oo-
jec from sight except ones own camp fro.
Under sucn uncomfortable conditions your corrc-
spon1 writes, and he does not care 10 dwell ON
the miseries oil life paper while enduring them
de iacto ne will snuggle under his damp blankets and
pray that the clouds may t soon from the Ow Creek
Mountains ana the sun smile again upon General Mer-
ritt's Wind River column.