, 1880-03-01
price, don't you sec, hut II I atcal then, cnn
rcHulnto tho prlce myself, and put thon within
FRONTIER SOLDIER LIFE.
A Torrit,lc Might in tho snoyv,

IA AtAN 'bVtFs
Tho following extract from n private lottcr
written by Lieut.. McCaulcy, Third Cavalry. to
his fAtlior, tl,b tev. Dr. McEnuley, nt fteadlng,
ras., md published In tho Daily 1smes of that
city, depicts tho peculiar har1,shipa and dangers
Of frontier life:
r rr otS t9 - nE m E, Of tho stntcn; w rd or
from Fort Steele, sixteen miles cnst of ltawtts,
81 tho Union 1'lclIle lsniiront tn cr,As SrakG
M'utb,-tlln object benK Il, nlnko Steele, whero
Nre nrHc tiAyrrt,tncht vatchuitscr, the .nlr,t "
;pe' s'%a sn ma q sSa xt ;er f es Whs H. @
,o.,tl ivhic nf TIM ltoeky Mountain. the trend
being hcru northwest mud ko,,thrnst, ali wuser
M r Wild n snak" i!tvsr ~ aid nd IL 'st iriliiIes a @
ncIonx 10 thu waters nf tho Ou'f nf cnlltyrna.
of Tic Tic ,.",st terrltis SNOW. .stors cvsr s"w g It,
thousands Ut niles of travel in thu ls'eky
Mountains: During eight lnys thcre was ,!aI!y
Enthnr strnliBth nppnronty f,r tho next, Ono
dny We nAdt b,tt three ,nllcs: aLl nn1ther. utter
ss Is s.id @ e",plIeti rs 70 re,'r to tho ca,np We
hal left; MD s,cnch t'ny VIZ attempted l,ruRress
t ,sfs h., ,y.r,!ng s.iecess A.n't % %tws,Ity ,n!!es
great h'EhwMy e ear!y lays ii The ss,nches md
d oinEf,iiit trnvri to tko Wcst sni northwest.
Having sunt c.,,'rs'r luck T., Steele for puck
truth ntl a,!r waRt!,tt having hrn9c'.a .anwn, cul,-
wcsitwMri from the cruising nt tl,o etniHrnnt
t1ltiti At measure tho histltict by tho lin,vllns
snpr @ afn s'1 ao lsecse az Ga
ttn!l IN the cn,trIcr line.
:. With thu n.lnctcrs in tho "buckboard,"-a
light Vehicle for snGi,Hnll- trAvel-1n eotipnny
witll1ndKn R,tRns. q wcnlthy n1erchnnt ut Furt
Hscec. Interested III tho now roAd, lett cntnp,
%est "ysr ts estsn i III rSs se
WY one Ct tS % ine;; natural r e the wes
ftfItliuE hut little antiw on tho way. All tho
hal!ows % w rt,d or thu banks Of .lry streans
for tho miles, or, when ihat wns fntilc, i,
getting them ovor; il.st ..asins oyer % The tn.ck.
sss a GsRs'' % ssa' .a.s = rS p H.
Great, iiiylde by tho Isrixer, Iass, so!:caled
after jim nrtdKnr, tho cneDrtted Isoeky- -MmInt-
Mr. seo,,tt oIisn "Ss s'x 1niiss ff,n Erfstt'
si,,lscl,-to ttnKl1e Or the hackbunrd lsrcukilg
on tho why in getting It over ono OF tho tnnIy
~ our ascent wiz grcater. From tho summit tic
OutsUlk w,,s tnur1 gloomy ns tho snow WIS OBJ
served deeper 70 tho vest ~ Tnu , a @ WIS coy; @
n"st s insessun,y @ Ut tl.oso @ nish altt,ides. % Wa
exK e iT 9ens ee wS 'a h s bed us IL ep s Gr for
tho use Of nnr, guide, wlo during our absence
was TO hunt, The crslrst point OF r.ssasc over
rect rec 'itS' iinSS fron s}ccie "a tSo othsr roid
ut SEAkU Ntver. At Humphreys or Sulphur
sS avnS a@ys 'S fs sseG ia orc Sbeaovs4 sS
north md s0,ith ul,ii ihur~furc we pressed OH
war.l. Three Mtlcs,. dsscSnt found the SNOW
rs hiyh III tweisty tu thirty feot.
AT 0sle plnce, whero for but twenty feet tho
r,nt, er,ssry ravl1,e WAS blocked by u drift In
Its deepest fnlrt ten fcot wu wcrD compelled 10
nuke i!etDtir OF II Tnrtcr ut mile. up tho hill
side, thrun9h tho snow tlnlt was lcurly two feet
ttGp,-our hurans ut times sinking IT, tholr
hp1R. AMI far }hrt0 miles u1Jahc11 In
orr descent, when. darkness coming on, nnd nl,r
stuck being tired out, determined to stop l1ld
tho remaining H{Ho 1nilns Of tho FUSS. Nntlcing
t9, tho right, some .lo yarss. kulch In tho
H: fcst dsep, mn md lnd IL so1o nlamps ot poE,el,!cr
which wn!d answer for llrowood; and thither
We rrnccr1csl; Tho Judge, hnwnvcr. by this sfno
nrd our being showed In during tho night, chlled
mo bNek ind Miviscl a return tn Errott 1T once.
Att hsa sho anc. IN ~ Tho stss ~a he% s
nothing uf thu roas or tho lrifta. md ~, ~ tho
skies and tho rislnE, tcnli'oFntl'ro t,dieassd q
u tho mercy of tho beautiful A1.ow, W. bIdo
ha aq sssqcoiy u sSne Ss nile II n Sot o'Issd To-
observed tho snow 10 Htft TINT dropped hAek
WIZ certanly coming n tremendous storm.
| 1t was very tMrk, 30 much ~ That ws could
et ses III ho ets 9f of 1' %ces s s ia
gnlng west. l'cfuro tho summit WINS reucllrd.
the storm broke Upon us tn All ~ flry.Tn blKn
tho temperatures. Tho night now becllmc
pitchy..lark and exceedingly col.l, and We .hatl
10 watch the wugon-ruts that wero 0eInx rapid
ly 0lIscured by the falling md drifting sslow.
It was 50 dirk that, WHOM twenty yards t,ctln.l,
constantly calling o.t to ind out each otharrs
wh1roab1uts. Aud ~ tso pEhrd o., fIc.l'isnts y
| fh!lilE, nur ttnltnAls stumbling III tho dr!(fa.
I ~ hHlf- q. after rnfNttlK MD hNlt