The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-01-06

RACED body oi bshtng laiiaas sol q
Nellie Rogers v.s Rev. Ps,het De su,
J.. ior usaJ ye.n Missionary sud mssss'
oi Catholic missions suons the Indian
b, He happened 10 be ou bosr5 the boat, I
4 be frequently VI. 90 expeditions OF th
tiud II w,s decided that Clsrk stoul
/. hc disposed u. flr it vS evident Tbs
o. there sss 70 safety fer TIE boat wbile b
4 temslbed on board. Ponies wefe secure
4 from the traders al Port Peck. ~ mile
distant, Who bad come to zee the siesr
. boat Clrk, ~ilhts0 o. three o'hsr'
uho ssrs NnIious to set = Fort ftniou
stated With very little propositions, Is
tcte The luilsns hsd got over their cot
steruAtioo ClArE, v ON note Of then
kuew personsly, bad so, beyond tb'
, reach OF then aeetest horses aud. through
the aleboe Of Father Ds sme,. they
probably never pursued him.
Among tue passengers on the NsllIt
Rogers on that day va Tom DJrls," y
young mao from ST '1uis bound Tor The
gall nioes 81 Ileleu-. He was one Of
Clsrk's oompinlous 10 toe Gllpln rsee.
rhe riders tr.versed the distance of 200
miles 10 three days, The cause for the
murder Of you'd Mckenzie was never
definitely asoeriafned. IL was believed
that 90 old gtudce existed that was to be
settled 10 ibst way whenever the parties
mot Nothing was eyr heard OF CLARK
siteTvsrd begged letter written by u
gentleman livin3 at Finley, o, 10 1850.
TIE story here told VAS published 10 q
Cincinnati paper at that time. and the
announcement was msde OF Capt. Il. W.
GiOuld's forthcoming book This gentle
man, who requested that ais name be not
used. wrote that be met Malcolm CLARK at
Fort Benton in 1862. Clark, be said was
man to be feared, but gentleman
when not angry. lie was married to :
beautiful b II breed girl, with whom be
seemed to live quite pleasantly. She had
a brother named issdore, who had made
his home with Clark aud hunted and
traded With him. In 1865 CLARK moved |
to Prickly Pear creek and located 8
rs2ch there, For some reason CLARK be
came cruel and ovefbesring to bis wife.
After enduring It for awhile she appealed
to her brother Tor protection. He and
CLARK had an alteration, in which Issdore
shot aud killed him,
On the 3td of January, 1874, the whole
city Of st, Louis was thrown into constern
stlon and ieverlsb excitement by the re
port that the stesmbost Shepsr less had
been wrecked in Csho 10 bend, only three
miles from the centre OF the city. Many
lives were reported to have been lost.
Several boats were Immediately dispstch
I'd to the scene OF the diss ter and the
worst r1mors were soon verified:
The Shepardess, while ascending the
Mississippi river on her way from Cincin
natl to st. Louis, struok sDsg at ii
,'clock at night Inst acove the mouth OF
Jshokla creek. The night was dark and
tormy. The concusaion was severe, and
eversl plsnks were torn from the bottom -,
II the boat, There were between sixty
nd seventy passengers on board Most
i them had retired. but four or five gen )
lemen 10 the cabin were sitting around
he stove, for it was cold. winter weather
ln less than two minute after the boat
truck the water rose TO the lower deck,
there most of the passengers in that psrt
I the boat we're asleep. The captain ran
0 the cabin occupied by the women and
ssured them that there was no danger
hen be returned to the iorecastle and is
IMPOSED 10 have been washed overheard,
) nothing wes seen or heard OF him after ;,
ard One OF The pilots attempted TO de
send into the hold for the purpose Of eI =.
mining the leak, but the rush Of water
nlckly drove him back.
Sbrieks OF distress arose from the deck y
Glow, and several women who rau 10 the
ern railing reported th they saw NUN =
Fl OF persons struggling in the river.
be water rushed 10 with tremendous
pidity, aud before three minutes had IL
spsed 1t had risen to the floor OF the
PIPER cabin. Some persons oo the upper o.
,ok saved themselves by getting into q :.
wi, which was cut looee and rowed TO -
IL shore with q broom.
The rapid rise OF the water csused ell
oee who could TO seek safety on the hur =,
cane deck, Tii4 position was not -
tanned aithout great difficulty, for the =,
~ bad snnk o deep 10 the water that :.
e only access was by way OF the stern.
esnwhIe the bost was drifting down the -.
resm, and a few bnndred yards below -,
e struok smother snsg. which iote above -;
e surface. This threw the steamer . :.
srly on her beam ends on the larbosrd
le. Drifting from the snse,, she again -
rcbed TO stsrbo.rd, With every Iurcb
Eersl persons we're washed of s me OF
EN- reached the shore, bat msuy we're il.
owned. A short distance below, Jnst -
owe the first shot ioser, the hull struck -,
,lnh bank, xtioh sgsin clreened the
at nearly on her tide. The hul aud
bin psrtad. TIE former sunk and
Ised 90 a bar above C,rondele', while =
cabin G)stsd down TO the point OF the