Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-03-07
A Queer Stranger, in the Costume of the
Backwoods, Bound for Patagonia.

Two horses and mustang came up
Chestnut street yesterday afternoon,
causing everybody on the street to stop
and look and speculate. The mustang
had upon its back a well-built, muscu-
lar man, wearing beaver hunting-cap
and full hunting suit, with pantaloons
tucked into heavy boots, the legs of
which reached up to his knees. On the
side of the mustang hung heavy bag.
This bag, it afterward turned out, con-
tanned eatables. A lad of about seven
Teen years, eVidently an attendant, at
tired like the first rider, followed uu
one of the horses and led third animal
The other horse carried a complete
stock of camp equipments, including a
light military tent, with dozen poles,
two buffalo robes and two poncho
cloaks, besides a varied assortment of
reYolvers, ammunition and other arti-
cles too numerous to mention. Old
residenters who saw them thought of
the days of the stage coach and pack
horse, and wondered what it meant
The parties rode up to the Continental
hotel, where the first rider, dismount-
ing, had the horses sent TO the stable.
Then he walked into the hotel office.
"H. S. p. Tudor, Patagonian Expe-
dition," was what the hetel register
showed two minutes later, while the
new arrival, in the unmistakable tones
of man born and bred in her majesty s
kingdom, asked about the dinner hour,
remarking that he was nearly famished,
having ridden from Trenton this morn
ing.
The mystery regarding the queer
looking stranger increased until he in
formed the hotel clerk that he had un-
dertaken, on his own accord, an ex-
pedition to the wild regions of Patagonia,
to satisfy his taste for adventure. He
says he will travel the whole distance
on horseback, going by Mexico and
Central America. He is enthusiastic
over the unexplored territory through
which he will chase the wild game in
that country of tremendous winds and
savages. A few days ago himself and
his attendant, with their horses and q
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 8
Liverpool steamer. Mr. Tudor's love
of a hardy life induced him to get up
out of bed in New Y ork City on Wednes
day at midnight and start on theil
modest overland route. He expects tC
reach Patagonia in two years, making
allowance for the little diversions they
will engage in along the route, in thC
wayof depopulating the countries they
pass through of game. At Newark
which place they reached about mid
night Thursday, policeman arrested
them both for horse-thieves. The po
liceman, strong in his convictions as t,
the infalibility of Jersey justice, woulC
listen to no explanation, till prominen
merchant of the town interceded, go
them off, and took them in for tn,
night. At noon to-day they will NOV
on for Washington Vid Baltimore
thence TO Richmond, thence to Mobile
thence to Brownsville, thence to SaI
Luis Potosi, thence to the City of Mex
co. At Mexico Mr.. Tudor will stop an
readjust his map according to circum
stances and the condition of the roads
Last night, instead of sleeping in
; Continental hotel bed, the report Q
midnight was that the chief spirit {
7 the enterprise hand gone to bed wit
his horses and mustang. .-Philadelphi
Times.