The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-23
THE PATAGONIAN EXPEDITION.
A Queer stranger, In the Costume Of the
BackwOOds, hound for Patagonia.
philadelphia Times, III

philadelphia Times. III
Two horses and q mustang came up Chest
nut street, yesterday afternoon, causing
everybody on the street to stop and look aud
speculate. The mustang had upon It's back a
well-built, muscular man, wearing beaver
hunting cap and full hunting suit, with pan
falcons tucked into heavy boots, the legs of
which reached up to bis knees. On the side
OF the mustang hung heavy bag. This bag,
1t afterward turned out contained eatables.
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 a complete stock of
camp equipments. including q light military
tent, with dozen poles two buffalo robes
and two poncho cloaks, besides varied assert
mtnt OF revolvers, ammunition and other ar
tlcles too numerous to mention. Old resi-
denters who saw them thought of the DAYS Of
what 1t meant. The party rode up to the
Continental Hotel, where the first rider, dis
mounting, had the horses sent to the stables.
Then he walked into the hotel office.
III. ). L. Tudor, PatagOnian Expedition" Is
what the hotel register showed two minutes
Later, while the new arrival In the unmistak-
able tones OF man born and bred in Her Ma
jesty's kingdom, asked about the dinner
hour, remarking that he was nearly fam
tshed, having ridden from Trenton this morn
ing.
The mystery regarding the queer looking
stranger increased until he Informed the
hotel clerk that he had undertaken, on his
own accord, an expedition to the wild regions
of Patagonia, to satisfy his taste for adven-
ture. He says he will travel the whole dis
lance 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 ire
mendous winds and savages. A few days
ago himself and his attendant, with their
horses and n good-sizpd coal bin OF
revolvers, together with three or
four rifles aud any amount of hunt
ing knives and Blankets landed in New
York from Liverpool steamer. Mr. Tudor's
love of hardy life induced him 10 get up out
OF bed in New York city on Wednesday ut
midnight and start on their modest overland
route. He expects to reach Patagonia in two
years, making allowance for the little diver
sions they will engage In along the route, in
the way OF depopulating the countries they
pass through of game At Newark, which
place they reached about midnight Thursday
policeman arrested them both for horse
thieves. The policeman, strong In his con-
victions as to the infallibility OF Jersey JUS
tice, would listen to no explanation, till
prominent merchant OF the town iDterceded,
got them off and took them In for the night
At noon to-day they will move on for Wash
ington, 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 according to eigcum-
stances and the condition of the roads.