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Show lSG JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE d 1 t t of the mountain, and as there which boundc t le oo here we were, and thr woods was no wood or water w ,_ from the sk n. .t s o f the nlountains appearehd r to. . ue. .a t tnho gr eat di.s .t ance, I thought proper to marc 1I ·O l1 It' mb c . . . . . . crossed the creek, w 1IC 1 now ore middle of saHl P1 atnc, f., t 'Ct The night com. cast I-Iere we all got our cc \\ . d . 1 ld \Vhcn we halted at the woo s, n1encetl extreme Y co · f tting fires . 1 t o'clock for encamptncnt ; a ter ge at dc1eg 1w e Lliscov'e rcd that t h e :De c t o f nine of our men tna 'f. . I to add to the misfortune, of both of wcr~ rozcn, anu ~ h b 1't..:s those \\hom we callcd h unters an1 ong t e 'n umh cr. mewte r ni rht \\'C had no prOVl·S I· Oll. Reaumer s. t ermo g u. t I R 1 .. 2o below 0. Distance 28 nules. sloo Lt '" W ·t d two of the men 18tb January, Sunday.- e star c I . . . d. (the doctor and myself, who fortunate y least InJUre ' h t nc . t hcd by the frost) also went out to un sor . were un ouc · we wounded a thin to preserve existence, near evenmg . . buff~lo with three balls, but had the mort:Ifica~IOn to sec him run off notwithstanding. We concluded It was us~~ 1 home to add to the general gloom, and we ess to go d and sat up all ongst some rocks where we cncampc . 1 an:ingl 1t ,. from the intense cold it was imposslble to s ccp. Hungry and without cover. . k h fi ld and 19tb January, Monday.-W c agmn too t e e hoot after crawling about one tnl.1 e I· n t h~ c sno\v ' gotl dt o sla inly . ht ti"mes atnong a gang of buflalo, and cou p ' . e1g d d b t by aCCI· Perceive two or three to be badly woun e ' u ·t'fica· d nt they took the wm. cl o f us, an(l to our bc rrcat mm 1 , . e 11 were able to run off. By thl.s tn. nc I l lca J b• ecome t10n a . . 1. . .1 Jay smcc we tren1cly weak and famt, bemg the om t 1 L ' • • h· hexad received sustenance ; all o f w lu .c I :vcre mat c l we \ c ·cs to . hard and the last night had scm·cdy cluscd our.) I· 11ng we were inclining our course to a po int of WOOh( S sd ecteepr.m ·m r cl to rrma~n absent and die b)' our elves rat er TO THE SOURCES OP THE AHK A~S ,\ \\·, &c. ! S7 than to return to our camp and behold the misery of our poor lads, when we discovered a gang of buHalo coming along at some distance. With great eYertions I mad,., our to run and place myself behind some cedars and by the greatest of good luck, the first shot stopped one, which we killed in three n1ore shots ; and by the dusk had cut each of us a heavy load with which we determined immediately to proceed to the camp in order to relieve the anxiety of our men, and carry the poor fellows some food. We arrived there about 12 o'clock, and when I threw my load down, it was with difficulty I prevented m} sdf front falling; I was attacked with a giddiness of the head, which lasted for some minutes. On the countenances of th~ 'men was not a frown, nor a desponding eye ; but all seemed happy to hail their officer and companions, yet not a moutMul had they eat for four days. On demanding what was their thoughts, the sergeant replied, on the nwrrow the most robust had determined to set out in search of us; and not return unless they found n , or killed ·S?mething to preserve the life of thei1· starving compa. 111ons. 20th January, Tuesday.-The doctor and all the men able to march, returned to the buffalo to bring in the balance of the meat. On examining the feet of those who were frozen we found it impossible for two of them to proceed, and two others only without loads by the help of a stick. One of the former was my waiter, a promising young lad of twenty whose feet were so badly frozen, as to present every probability of loosing them. ~ 'Thh e doctor and party returned towards cveninrr load. Wit the buffalo meat. b [i 2 1st January, Hrcdncsday.-This day, separated the our loads, we intended to leave and took them at some <.lis< |
