El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-04

. vance or us We proceeded to our en-
: campment Of the 2Sth Of July. it being
4 a beautiful place; not so with the
7 creek-tt is an ugly stream and can
. only be crossed at chance places with
/ wagons. which is the case with almost
] the whole Of these creeks that are uriD-
utary streams OF the Usage river. At
O this creek there is a fine little grove
{ Of timber. the best of any between the
I Blues and the Council Grove, here we
found four bee trees, though indiffer-
] ent ones.
Were Without Meant.
/ con the morning Of the 18th and
| Sunday We proceeded early. with the
J expectation Of proceeding to our en-
I campment Of the 25th Of July. but did
/ not get so far Sc being 212 miles. At
| this time no meat was our lot with
I the exception Of little dry buffalo
/ meat, which was too fun Of green
I mold to be eaten But we had
plenty of sugar and coffee. rice and
I tallOw. which we Jared sumptuOusly
Z on We lay on a small branch Of the
Z Usage river on that night. And ,On the
morning OF Monday, the 18th, we set
out a little after sunrise and Travelled
! to the encampment OF the 25ch of July,
above named. And on the same day
killed three fine deer and found
bee tree; consequently all scarcity
was forgotten and we now lived In
I pomp and splendOr-
ON the morning Of Tuesday the 18th.
the conclusion was TO Jarry at the
above eucampment and hunt bees,
with the exception Of four men. who
were appointed to go forward to our
encampment Of the oath OF july Tor
| the purpose Of hunting bees. on this
I day we found three bee trees. which
were very good ones, but killed no
deer Here we could see the prairie
on fire In different directions, which
| we supposed 20 be done by the in
dians OF the adjacent country.
ION the morning Of " ednesday. the
18th, latter leaving one horse which
was disabled by lyme in the mlre all
night, we set out for our eucampment
Of the Gath, which was about Is miles
After travelling about ten miles, we
came to some indians in the prairie,
who said they we're from the Cav ma
ton. They made signs Of their being
encamped at a small distance from the
I road on a branch OF the Kansas river,
and their sign fin this part of the
country manifested the same to US.
Z They likewise insisted on our going by
Z and eating with them, but We did not
accept the offer. In the evening. when
Z we arrived at the enCampment our
hunters had killed four deer one elk
and found two bee trees. but these
trees were Indifferent. On this day
we travelled on the dividing ridge be-
tween the Usage and Kansas rivers
( The heads Of the latter rendered the
country very broken. but the heads OF
the former descended gradually and
through prairie OF good quality on
this day. likewise, we saw more dtt-
ferent groves OF timber than we had
on any day since our returning The
groves are very small, but alternately
on each side Of the ridge
Thursday. the 10th, we set off with
expectations OF meeting Capt Becknel
and his accOmpanyants with horses TO
our relief. But we Travelled all the day
without seeing any persons but some
indians, or. rather one Indian who
came to the wagons and pretended that
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the exchange Of Il mare for his mule
in our travel out TO the line he
showed symptoms, likewise Of want
ing his mule back again, said that ne
man who swapped with MIN was DIG
liar
Indians HobbIed Home.
After passing ours Of July %, we
proceeded about SIX miles and en-
camped on a branch of the Usage river.
AT this place there was a great deal
OF indian sign. which looked as u d
were made lu the preceding day on
the morning of the -lst lFr1dayJ. Ia
CONSEQUENCE Of the reduced state OF
our horses. Col Reeves concluded we
had better lie at camp and await
Capt BeckEeITs arrival. who had not
come yet Accordingly, we did so,
and some Of the boys went on a hunt
found one of our horses about mile
and a half below Us on the creek.
hoppled with an indians rope ana
alone hid il the brush. Ii was immc-
diately brought back. Of course, and
turned with the others On this cay
about no o'clock, 90 our agreeable sur
prise Capt Beckuell. arrived with MS
I aCcompenimeuts. three yoke OF oxen
and four horses were brought TO our
relief. Likewise. Joel walker came
with tDem ana assisted them III
bringing one Of our beeveS. which ran
away from us on July - and which
was spoken OF in our first book on
this evening we moved about one mile
and Camped on another fork of the
same. but saw no more sign Of in
dams at this place.
"On Saturday. the 22d. we set off
and Travelled rapidly tOur teams be-
ing refreshed) for probably is miles
Through rain at different times on
this day and encamped on branch
of the Kansas. on this day nothing
killed. but nothing required. as beer
was plenty. on this day passed our
OF the 22d July. sunday. 23d. we set
out early. passed ours of the 2lst and
20th. after which we eucamped on the
big Blue The weather now very clear
and warm and we can say with thanks
that we have not had a single frost yet
hard enough 10 kill the young sedge
grass. which has spring up in the late
burns of last summer On this day got
plenty OF honey and found one horse
and one mule which we supposed
were lost by our United States mer-
chants, in consequence of our red
neighbors showing symptoms of hos
tuity to them about that place. But
we hope that this is only report Occa-
stoned by the pusilanimoUs spirit OF
those vino devised it. On Monday. the
oath we pursued our travel again,
crossed Big Blue and with some less
difficulty than we expected cot up the
bluff We then proceeded past ours Of
the 18TH Of July and encamped in the
timber OF Little Blue at the house Of
one Mr.. at which place we
got some pumpkins for our horses. IL
is surprising to relate the number Of
families that have come into these
parts since we passed here on our way
out.
1T is unnecessary to recapitulate
the richness and beauty of this cOun-
try; il is sufficient 20 say that il shows
TO much better advantage than II ala
in the summer season. On Tuesday.
the 25th. we set out and. after cross
ing Little Blue arrived at Fort Usage /
where we commenced our survey OF the
road on the 18th of July. 1925"
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