Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-05-11
Nv TBB WEARY MARCH,
,,,, p,dois Of Intense Suffering for
Lick Of Water


on the Sfu VI
tenant A. J. Smith, who had been
-, by our officers 10 act as
.,.nel m, TEN In place OF Colonel
Man. deceased, began 10 show his
.,mpa,by for the click by ordering them
Inc wagons. He swore II they
,not walk he would tie them to the
len, and drag them unless they At
,..,,d ,ick call aud took medicine.
Ts,. the sIck Did not like to do aud
80 ,,o,,sd because the doctor was
-, 10 be a bitter enemy TO the
No,mons, aud had been heard to soy
I'D not care d-n whether he
s'ues or cured; but the lieutenant was
,odipaway not to be mlsunderstood
m,tb,f9re tho men would take the
-, s,ua they would leave their
80 Ia bleach on the prairlos.
Iy,uiepaut smith was not a Mormon.
G,bslopsed, however, to tue regular
- and the honor 10 lead the Bat
ion wss conferred on him simply
,.Ssuse he was a Wesl Pointer. The
I'm of command belonged 10 Captain
Hunt, Of Company A.
mo weather for rome time back had
been extremely dry aud warm, drying
NO the creeks and streams No thAt
watef was scarce and very poor. Many
of Inc men were taken sick with cnills
and fever and almost iamlshod for want
Of water TO quench their raging thirst
One night tho camp was aroused by
theory! "See that star, how ~ mOvetW
ibeafd Captain DAVIS, OF company q,
s4rIaim, "se,l scel 1 declare II does
moy,lD At this got up aud went out
Of the tent 10 SEC the wonder | looked
butsaw nothing " the Kind described,
while number declared that a star In
The rast did move up and down
auI sideways, and In all directions.
That very evening one OF our
brethren died; II was believed his
death was caused by taking Doctor
sandttson's medicine. THIS was at
the crossing Of the Arkansas river.
The county was alive with all kinds
Of wild animsls. The grass was eaten oil
30 cl.so that l thought a sheep could
not get living, and yet the buffalo
We Killed were IA good order. some
days We could see at one sight 500 10
LOU budaioes feeding la big and little
herds IN all directions, and thn day
We luit the Arkansas two came run.
iug near our lines when vollcy OF
muskrtry wa, discharged at them
breaking the leg o. one. The other
uriB good his escape without y hole
LOO his robe Tor Rughtl know. That
Jay anu the Jay following tue men
suffered with thirst, gave out by the
way eide, and had 10 DO hauled ~
camp In wng0ue.
On the CimmarOn we had TO dig for
wafer sud when obtained II was 10
tfacklsh that man aud beast scarcely
could drink H. For ten days VIZ did
t0t see timber aud our fuel Tor camp
use was "UuiialO chirs." We passed
Que place where We counted the skull
bones OF 81 mules said to have perished
. year before during an equin0ctial
sofn. Our guide taid lhefe were 100
mules persisted and mosI VI the men
with them.
On arriving IN Santa Fe Colonel
Cooke, by order Of General Ksarney,
took command OF tho Mormon bat.
talon. A detachment under Captain
Brown OF Company C,with all the sick
aud iuilfm, was sent IRON Santa Fe TO
winter Ut the Pueblo on tue Arkansas.
In that detachment 1 had dear sister
aud bfothef.in.law. / fult lonesome
after they left aud missed their com.
pany very much. They left Santa Fo
on the 18th Of October, and the next
day nj noon Colonel Cooke took up tho
llue Of march for Saint Francisco, Cal.
ii0rnia,aB IL was called then, aud un.
NUHaNRFaI 20 Ia. g.Ns N.aNAs.aNAasa
To escape the deep snews In the
Rocky Mountains our ROAD went now
south down the Rio Del Norte for 800
miles, thence west 10 tho Pacific coast.
soon allec leaving SANTA Fo we were
placed on three-quarter TatlOns. After
wards VIZ were reduced 10 onr.hali aud
subsequently 10 one.quafter rations.
While marching down the Rio Del
Norto we passed great many Mex.
eau towns aud Villages, and every
night cur camps were visited by the
Mex cans, who brought 10 camp wood,
corni behns, mttl, appleS, gTapep, wine,
whisky, goa milk, goat cheese, onions
tue iurst | ever taw), tobacco ami
molasses, 10 uarIef for O,d clothes, old
boots ani shoes, brass buttons, pocket
luOklng-glAsseH anu cOmbs, Old
suits and pants. They seemed TO pre-.
fer Guch articles 90 money, anu well
they did, Tor II gave us a cha ace to
treat Ourselves 10 some OF the luNuIies
OF the country M well Ms 10 increase
cur scanly stock OF provisions. We
raw large Hooks Of sheep ana goats,
hurded by MeXicRus dressed In leather
with blankets around their shoulders.
The heEiUans had bows anu arrows
aud doga. Some Of the shepherds car.
lied a iOrg stAn with sharp point.
To me II all looked novel. In tue
evenings alter going into camp some OF
the mtsses organized themselves into a
debating club u gain information on
Inherent subjects brought before the
school, anu discussed pro anu con.
The fact 10 tho boys felt well then,
although living on less than hall
TatIons, The standard dish In camp
was soup made from the jelly-liko tlesn
on extremely poor, given-out cattle
llal could not keep up with tho com
maud We only regret that we did
not have full rAtions even OF that
Itmemter that while marching
through the province OF ChihuahuH
we met party OF Mexioans who had
been out trading with Indians. The
messrs brought dried meat, but owing
10 IL being 40 fat aud oily, 1t was
believed TO DO horse tissh; but lot that
Do hs u may, / thought II was the best
meat had ever eaten. On the 1871
VI November We oamped at u place
where william Garner, one Of my
messmaiea, said there were indications
Oh gold, aud | understood that Lieu