Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-06-14
FROM ZONE 70 ZONE.
On Horseback from Mexico TO Pat
v-ouia.

NJ .Nlcu a main Jiiult l.fTF Years of
axe. with lrIliHnt Ilra eyes aad am
oa-h~bcaNvd nose, mounted his Snrrel
stallion ana started upon q journey Of
fifteen thousand mics lie will de
pend altogether upon horses for trans
portat.un His general direction WI
be southeast through Mexico, Central
America, and south vpering east
through South America until obstruct-
ed by Lake San Martin in Southern
Patagonia where he IS To come TO am
about face, and rroeenj uorthe3Sterly
through the Argentine Republic into
Brazil. aud to Rio Jauciro. Then he
viii change his direction To the north
west ANA sever the continent across
the rivers of The Amazon near their
head. His journey win terminate ar
ter he has twice travelled the full
length Of Venezuela
Less is known of the county through
which he is to ride than is known of
interior Africa. The traveller viii ayoiI
the sea coasts
There is, PERTAINS 40 other man So
wen adapted To the accomplishment Of
this great undertaking as is col r.
J. Johnson No wild west story WOIlj
compare with the simple truth OF the
adventures of COL. Johnson. an outline
Of which is here given without his
knowledge or consent, the writer as
Stunning the right having once been
his superior officer. COL Johnson was
born near Syracuse, y. Y. and reared
on farm i'm northern Ohio. The days
of his youth were spent i'm the woods
with a gun upon his shoulder, it being
his duty to supply his family with
fresh meat I'm other words he was a
hunter.
At seventeen he enlisted in company
+. first Ohio volunteer infantry com
manded by Col Hazen He was at
the front until Sept 20, lNG}, when
he was captured at the battle of
Chiclamauga and taken to Libby priS-
on at Richmond Va. In prison he
proved to be great organizer and
magnificent digger Within Libby pris-
on he was closely watched. BY dig
gng he escaped from the prison five
llh'N Nl'Ilu S'N'H INV, ~
that period ne was ouI>''' wi '",',H
nearly as much of the time as inside,
and became familiar with the country
and acquainted W-II many P''l''' =.
fact is not generally known. vet II Is
true. that there We're underground
faiFoads anu SeCl''
/ in opposition 10 the southern 'oH'eGe'-
e hot
acy' ana eNiehu'uE MOI TIL 'I"'l' '"''
locality. IheSe orSail! w ''''lS N'I'
not for the beheh' OF tue prisoner :
confined IN I1ohy' put IorIileu LOT anu l'I
ON behali OF couNcrlp'S "u" ''N'' '''S
IRON the repel armies
Upon COL Johnson : III ~ - "'
from LlhhI PRISON ne u -"i'@," ="
TALON OF lueSe Ieuti '"lS'iip', ''','
deSefierS' ana arIne'l anu ''i'.il'',''
started ON LlEhI Hl"r,n'N loi 'N' '"'l
river COZ Johnson peIuE 'l'o 'o,o'" =
eoinhlahulnS' "nile ,'l'l W. 80 -,
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~ 80 ' ','.a,, ,.,ith Inn Johnson :
IN. l,Ila1fn. ana tba officer took
~, ,n5 I,aT him mount rid
p'H ,,.,nl +,n ,nunrt,,ne momour
-, .r;unod a.r-ar from mis- COM
n,nion. hiding in a thickct. Hiding by
lo,. and travelling ut night ne reached
oaII;polis ohio. November 1. 1864. the
MONT where the forty-drst OHIO had
Gist crossed the Ohio river into the
southern confpdcracy.
r..,n.i,o +, Tho Governor Of Ohio.