The morning call., 1892-02-28
COMING ACROSS THE PLAINS
4 Pioneers "reminiscences Of Events in
]. -. the Early DAYS.
II. the Mountains Of the Humboldt : Away
+. From tie Rivera Most sickening 'ght.
= Receiving Timely Warning,
NUMBER TWO.

. =. 49, o. NUMBER TWO. ~.
/. The following is 4 continuation OF the mar
va rIve:of q. nionear's experiences in~the DAYS
"a, =. -; ~. tn, -NtC,,>-r,-,, .C,rr.on.
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last N%il't"y Il leNi19!s Nu lSaOiiIe 'l''O pal
q OF the 4IUmboidt +RYer, snort distance
west or ~ iunensUCGa. where il makes a great
= bend. -we-were. informed that a new route
-.E55~ haof, '.i.a..,-q.5 which ,v6II15 ma
fistora, =, Tho ninfs
: l9l q - -si'9' s'''. ''lE
OF CallQrnlai ana Would b@sl4tS pio'e
= less uIOuutamOuS- A cons lGoTal+a proper
tfon.of .the .pmlg giants turned off at this
=: IN, frTf.- 7. --ltvl in flat below that point on
a. So: .-.r:i ria TIrrfh7I3t sink there
= was:a long "a fsIauee N[SuOHt si%9S.oI ""Se,,
. where =: Stock suur[eu seFtiei5' VIC l0''
:. the. route ne. were on ana tOoh TIE
?. new =. ole 80. 10 provide for our cattle
:-5,,fs os. r,,,,.f grass "a we ro1ld from
:: ! tue tlieH 49,. e. 80 ~
!: l. LEat nigel we GOV gp4u.o '.-0 iu l1H'AiH' VI
*--the 'HLmDQldt TI4 Ieuhd tVvUoI oVpv pteple
= c6fiiNed. around some little springs WHICH
-gnllfelr mt If tie side of Hill. But.wuen
. wa mad .enE9rnp9a- We cOuld not get any
: is 80 i, are an many eatrLa that the
. Irffai3. 7,iarfitv nf water was soon ex-
: Is3sts-j Navi. t-v ir T5s very pfpas7n Z
- ii .1l:s,,: .a,5 We yent-6n through the
FL sI q si.}cr3hIp distance until
.,I-+ n. o. u b.H.r9 Ep1r
:-+;rb -. *; fs.3d. now TGufe did NOT exist
10. al .,;5 +lo--r..- i-,rrua,- yyouI1 even
80 r. 40 1,s+sistai in oI- course
20, MS SOM fory,1r,j tn see how the ease
=. 81 a. g3a.pafne back and met us the sec
5-54 -. I..La5 bap1 on far enough 20
: 55scarfiffTT. -aJlDT0yinaatelv the distance we
- sifC4iIi. -Geva Ia 90 There would be no
:. [5-afar re- said f,T at 10 st-thirtv miles from
tf5: 80, r,a+ would he ah0ut ti;tv miles
r. .from fbs HTnboi}t. but when We got past
fi,f-,r I,fr n lla.rol,fe There would be
sS.t :. - - ~ 1,,e-s..1,.-.r i'ans,bt
,.,i7,j 1, tife t-4g1T ralIra AID
sci dow. -, iiaiiftrnJa easily. Many of The
f,;-rs6 iael INF we we're afraid
- -
-, jl<1r. i.a-r,s hef besrUe yevv exhausted.
" ar+i We. 5.arr-d .fl.Ja had sixty niles or more
- refrsic.s.allr steas and To get down PAST
=: fhe.. sink Of the Humboldt We therefore
-.d6termjDed TO. proceed as We had begun
:: and run the risk. . That daS We went on as
-':iar. .as:We could At night We reached
place a Little before dark, where we knew
-tGeTe would be some NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
= Spri8gs+ L-at must have been tlirlF-hEe
= -6r:-. for.y mites -IFoW & IuHu.iul b.Ftr.
OuT cattle began TO give out before Ne ar
rived there We got them 20 a place
"a: little after. dark, where We OBJ2lneu
water bur nearly all CEe teams had gone on
to another page some ten miles further
. ahead, where they could get more water.
III lac -A were EEltt.et l4G4F Fl tl4AL4es
= we could posi- blY spare was thrown away
in CfdeT 70 El.en cur load and, having
- rested the cattle ana got ALI the water We
. could a start vas made again about mid
night. That was done In order 10 avoid the
.cat II tGe daF, So distressing % the cattle.
.It'was very dark, ami the road was heavy
= 60 wing to tie sand. All that night
there must have been $500 or 1000
.pmigrauts travelling On the march
u. kept in advance Ct the team
with q lantern t. make sure that We
= ala not get of the road. 1hT ughouC tie
might. you could hear the bells OF the teams
:-tinking all along and the route was also
lit MP. 6y the burning brush. The grease
wood and other gT0Wths being very dry
=. they famed up the moment match was
PUT under them, and these bushes on IRE
could he seen q long way ahead.
.AE-APPALI1NG SPECTACLE.
WHEN tie dawn came the worst and most
.sir-.f-i,,,r -sf4fr evar saw In ll, Irfa me-
= ss,7+ad ifsa5f' he sandy rrrund had now
: len res.ai ord va v-a-s IN cIsvpZ- -r.r,nd
el-,,1st Tsrs as rerl twenty, T,iTas afaa5
-yss az + WA clll Id gsf Tl.ar,rt,
- y,s5for I---r, u tfrs y.. la fed MIN. morn
-i-,-fo tira+ Iuf it, saefa-j-asif the pyrejti-
. lions h.-is. abandoned almost everything
.,t--,.rs r,.aro -iif-4 fIlrrftlIrl urlvfsIoUs
= srf dad aftt-a and horses Wete so thiehIy
-, straWD- tve--.tle route thar you could al
: mist have. 5nrtrrad from che animal to
-f
.yras.a. gr1up.of en!igrauts unable toproceed
. srd-yy5itinr f0f 's5n5a means OF continuing
the j6urrrav. Il was a very distressing
.--sua5iscla We went ahead with our team
and continued On the rod until II o'clock,
.. "a len f.iiecause-verv hot.
Ebila NE were waiting p team drove mast
irs tliaf artracta-7. our attention. The wagon
.'vyas.I irt- and beautifully made and was Su-
..riari0r Il a.One-yye mad. There were three
lien wfth this team, and Just as they passed
our wagon one Of the oxen fell down. l
:'shrulT mention that at tie springs at which
We bad.stoppef We could not get some Of
Cur catfle.tO move. and we left two men be-
mind to drive them I'D after they had rested.
bit we never saw Tile cattle any more, and
thus oIe-baIf Of cur team perished. The
irg The fine team that had passed u.s. That
..paJtydid get up to the mountain where
: there was little hot spring, but only with
TWO read If cattle out Of eight. We our
. selves succeeded in getting more cattle up
than almost. any other party. We halted
: fer the II GIT, but found the water to come
q. fr6ma fttle hot SpTi1g n no great yOidUe,
ard there VAS grass only over few acres
Ai'It morning We resumed the march and
= Et-r crQSsilg large plain we ultimately
reached the fCOl Of.tue Sierra Nevada range
'ln-tAe eastern side. Here We found beau
tful brt-of country, with grass and water
3. aud timber extending from the foot Of the
sloues right 10 the summi,s The people
who mad been struggling along so des-
parately naturally wanted to feed their eX-
AFGsttd cattle upon arriving at the foot
: IF the Sierra Tie wagon that mad lost all
THE oxen except two was among those that
aTrtYed. and; asst was much nicer than
!. Uat$,: we. agteed: 10 unite the two teams.
Our wagon, 5n.tw0 wheels only, was hitcaed
= onto the other; and we preserved only suca
: f,ir'Dlie5-: as 2gGTe indispeU51y DE. At this
. tfu.e we knew pretty well where we were
70 and. that we we're near the Oregon line. We
dd NOS rstar Here long. but travelled on
leis6rey: far two or three days until we
came to aTI8ce called LasseR Pass to cross
tie mountains. Mnen.we got right up and
vere.Frai.sring- to cross IreceIged letter