West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-03-08
THE PATAGONIAN EXPEDITION.
4 Queer stranger, Ia the Costume Of the
uRcLwuods, Nound tor TRtnEouIn.
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Two horses and mustang came up
Chcstnut-strcet yesterday, causing every
body ON the street 10 stop and look and
speculate. The mustang had upon its
back a wcll-hui)t, muscular man, wear
ing beaver hunting cap and full hunt
ing suit, with pantaloons tucked into
heavy boots, the les of which reached
up TO his knees On the side of the
mustang hung n heavy bag. This bag,
IL aftcrward turned out, contained eat
ables. \ lad of about seventeen years.
evidently an attendant, attired like the
first rider, followed ON one of the horses
and led third animal. The other
horse carried n complete stock of camp
equipments, including light military
tent, with dozen poles, two buffalo
robes and two ponChC Cloaks. besides a
varied assortment of revOlvcrs, ammu-
milton and othc- articles too numerous
To mention. Old rCsidcnters who saw
them thought of the days of the stage
coach and pack-horse, aud wondered
what IL meant. The parties rode up to
the Continental Hotel, where the first
rider, dismounting, had the horses sent
To the stable Then he walked into the
hotel office.
" II. :. B. Tudor, Patagonian Expcdi-
tion," is what the hotel register showed
two minutes later, while tho new arri-
val, in the unmiStakablc tones OF n man
born and bred in her Maicsty's King
dom, asked about the dinner hour, re-
marking that he was nearly famished
having ridden from Trenton that morn
ing.
The mystery regarding tho queer
looking stranger increased, until ho in
formed the hotel clerk that he had
undertaken, on his own accord, an expe
diton to the wild regions of Patagonia,
TO satisfy his taste for adventure. lie
says he will travel the whole distance ON
horseback, going 10y Mexico and Cen
trail America. He is enthusiastic over
the unexplored territory through which
he will chase the wild game in that
country OF tremendous winds and saw
ages. a few days ago himself and his
attendant, with their horses and a good
sized coal bin full of revolvers, together
with three or four rifles and any amount
of hunting knives and blankets, landed
in New York from n Liverpool steamer.
Mr. TudOr's love of hardy life in
duced him TO get up out of bed i'm New
York City on Wednesday mt midnight
and start on their modest overland
route. He expects to reach Patagonia
in two years, making allowance for the
little diversions they will engage in
along the route, i'm tho way OF dcpopu-
lating the countries they pass through
Of game. At Newark, which place
they reached about midnight Thursday,
n policeman arrested them both for
horse thieves. The policeman, strong
in his convictions as to the infallibility
of Jersey justice, would listen to no ex-
planation, till a prominent merchant OF
the town interccded, rot them of and
took them in for the nignt At noon to-
day they will move on for Washington,
via Baltimore thence TO Richmond,
thence to Mobile, thence TO Brownsville,
thence to San Luis Potosi, thence to the
City of Mexico. At Mexico Mr.. Tudor
will stop and readjust his map accord.
ing 10 circumstances and the condition
of the roads.