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Show a· I sc b, . In c 520 Ex. Doc. No. 41. . · .· wlH'n instnn1ly the wngon ru;;;h d <lown, m <~rC'~t of the clrc],, dy, t' . ·wcl with !':U<'h velocity, that the l•·ad- . t e 0 r ·d I 0 ll r p r t' (_'a ll I 0 n s' ( ' I I II :.s p l m ul ('' s w c r c o ' . ·t· k ·n· 'tnd wt~uon and tnl'IJ,an1 mu <s, a were f' l ·' c • ' , n ' I lJlg .. •thrr in one confust•d ht np .. Fnrtunat<' y llO on <' was thrown togc 1. t •• k SoJtH' of tht' mt·n !lOW spr<lng- to work, ) t 11 0 r 'l ll Y t I I 11 C'l' U I () (' rJ ' 1 • • - • ' I u r ' l . t • 1 I t 11 .? m tll" s w h (' n t h <' y H (l' a i n e d t h c I r fc t' I ; <II t l'f walt- 'I tl d u 11 ll (' )(' ( ' '-. ' h . I ' 1 ' 1~1 1 g U Jl I I I I l H' Y }1 ·cl I. I g· ot Ovt'l' tb(' fri(hf ht l we ilg(llll g(',\1'('( up clll( clS- • 1 d c d t h <' o p p o:::; 1 t e b ;1 n k. . cuA bout noou we .1 , 1 the "Jtio Vernll'J·o·' h re thr tn· 1> ore fi-'<H: H< ' · J' fr. 1 u p o u r \v •q~ o n , .", n <I \\'C clt··s r•·nd<'d to the river Witho·u t < 1 uc:u . t· y1. ]!ut the bank to be :1sctnd<:<l s.1<1_lh•d \Js; h<~ \\l' Yt ' l'.' after a .~·ons~t - (.'rabk delay WP got OH'r tl11 ~ ddllt'lllty, and Immcdlatt-ly t'll< ·:mpt:d. Th<· con!--tant l;d><>r and ·e, <'r<' e·xposurl' lll) men h a'} undt '. P.o~c, n:·ud<·rl'd some episode necessary m ordn t.o break .tile cont 1nu~ty of pain~ and tri;d~;] thn<·lort: took some of the ~ndt<lll .g.o ~~~~; w1th which 1 wn~ provid ed, and ]Hirc·e ll('d tbt•n_t out 111.tn }>tlz<.:--, to be s h 0 t f'o r \ it h I ill c s. \V c l-r (' ll t 111 (' \\ h 0 l (' a I t (')' 11 0 0 n J ll s b 0 () ~ Ill~ : ~ n d for a." bile we S<'lliH'Il to fo rget the past a1Hl to cease thlllldnf; of the future. 1 1 1 1 k .Jonutli'JJ D.-We atose Y<'l'Y early, nn~l,hdorf' th e c· oc: c . n~< s~ru l. Jivl' we 11:-ul ('.Olfllll<·nerd our march. lhc snow upon the ~toun<l mnde more light thau otht·n:vi~<· there would hl\ve been; as 1t was, tlH' rc ''"~ difiiculty in se<'ing tile road .. J)uring the greater part of the· d;•y It tbre~tcn<:ll to st orm, • nd the atmo ·phrn· was so flll<•d with Jlllltu le partt_rles of :-:now tbat w~ could scarcely see further than two or thrl'C wiles around. As we approarht·<l Jl:l Rio Ctu1a<1iano, "c found that there had Ol'('ll but little !:'110\\' tltcJe. Durin ~ our progrc·ss, we \H'rc coutinually sl:ntin~ lltrd~ of :tnteJop<' from ~<'l lHdctl valley~, where tb< y hnd sought shclt••r from tile incle1r1 'nc;ics of the season. 'l'he d11y v\'1S rxirctm·ly colcl·' and tlte snow wi:-'t cotnplt'te1y c.hilletl us. lt was o11ly by <'O.ntlnue_<l f r i el i o n o f o u r h a 11 d s t h at w e s u c c t' r d <' d i n r ct a i n i n ~ t 1 lt' 1 r flt· x ' - bility. Sereral titn<·s IOY mocca:-;iHs froze to my ~,tirrups .. We p re l-s c 1l r a p i d I y o n w a r d , " n d b c f o r c n o o n n · a (' lll· d t h e " C a ~-, a cl1 a n , " and found an excclltnt <amping ground, \\here we h<Hl pl(·nty o( dry t1ndJ<•r and enough gra~' to npp('asc the h~1n g<·r o~· our half f <lin ish" d mul t s. 0 11 r day's march \\'as \ w c 111 y 111 d e ~, w h 1 f' h w" s a great mareh, for cluring the <'arly p ort ton of the day we hau much. now up on the road. January 10.- vre no\\ l1avc l>Hl little :;; now upon the broun<l around us. Tbc .un shi nrs as if l1is powrr was tramm< ll•·d by. the Ot' numbin ~ influcnc~ of the l'old. Althou t.,h tl1<·n· "'~~but ltttlc wind, )cl \\<' W<:rc glad to g<'l , he1t<•rl'd fro:n th a i little by our cutrau('c in tlte pass of the R aton. H<rr stupc>ndous t·senrpmC'nts of' r' O<'k ri se on each !'.idl' of us, uutil they attain tlt e ln:1ght o[ .3,000 feet. The first l1ill we met gave u~ con~idt•Jablc troHh1e; we w_crc {)hlig<·d to np J~ly Hll the· forrc W(' could muster to tiH! ltacl~ng wagon, and thtn tcturn for th' otbt•r. ThiH method of carrpng ihem up one at a time detained us a gn·at while. Al one place, Ex. Doc. No. 41. !J21 the Nlad took th ~ br<l of a str~·am; the icc h<l<l hrcn rrprat ·d l overflowPd nnd frozen, so that 1t was now V<•ry thic·k, and 100 Hlip~ p<'ry for us fo <'H1urc upon. \Vt' wnc enrnpc· lled to a~<·c·rHI the wcst('rn b 1nk, and aflt>r proccedlllcr about 10 ) 't t·l s , , 1 1· 1 t } . h • I • ' \ l' I'(' 0 ) I gee 0 re ·noss t 11s s l~<'am. When we c·am<' to dt·sr<'lld tl <' bank we found one practJ ca blc ]>lac<·, nnd th('l'l' tbn '- ·1r11· ,, .. 1 ~ 11 l 1 t' b . . - ... u' \. , ,., 0 0 II y :--, (-' f>}) ut ~nclclmg, and, to JH!' \C'nt the w·1gon fro 111 ·1·1 · ff ' b. ' ' , "II lllg" 0' \VI' We're o ltr,<'d to fix rOJ~c·s to the top, and to cut a dt·c·p d 1a 11 nt•l for the wheel~. It ':<'<t\llred a long while to prc•p<lr0. tht• d<•cli\ity for the ground was fro zc'n c>.lremely hard. ' Janurtn; 11.-This mornino- we fonncl tint ·111 0 1 1 l g n a w <· <J t• h c 1. r r o Dt ' s <1 sun d l' r ba n d • < 11 r m u c· ~ 1 :1 c (l' o IH' o ff F 0 l' 'l 1 0 n 1 · • s c a r c 11 e cI 1. n Y< l.l n ·1. n v a rt. o 11 s d i t e <' t ·, oh r1 ~ S o · ' g llllt' we 111 .. c> f' t 1 . . • · • ... 1c lll t· n t'\'t'n W<'nt as far lJ<Hk as the H10 Caii,ldtnn· at hst tht·y \"" I'C' ·til 1· 1 · • • • , • • • ... l mouniatn r:I\Jnc not far fr om our C'.llll p. ounc 1n a ~~ 10 o'c~~cl~ we commcnc·cd. our ma rch; we \\C'rc· cou lintw1ly obl1ged t,~ < 1 oss the .!'trt'<11n, v.d11 ch wa~ VC'ry tortuous and J 1 ad !Ji,rh banks. J ~H·sc cros~rngs W<!l't' !ull of dirriculty. ThP mul('s wot~cl run on until they r eached thr frozen strca111 .. '\\ uc·n tlwy ,, ould su ddenly slop, ancl.tbe '~';'l go n, ru.IJ ing down the d<•c livity would throw all the anunals 1n a h~'ap on th e ice. At 0110 time l':.rry nne thonght that some of o.ur antutnls wrrc killc·d; Oil<' mule \\as thrown a~ross tlH· others, and 1t '\ 'as with grrat difficulty that we could cxl~ 1cate them: nd set th <'m on tlH•ir fc·et. \Ve now foruH·d a st roncr PI.OI~t· cr P •:r~ .)? and sen t th em . in adv;: nre :vith th <·ir wx<·:;;, pick~ axes, nncl ~p<H,e. '·to break the Ice, to :trcw tl with sand, and clear away a 11 ob:-;truct10ns. At last we commenced ascending the ri.l;r whirl! sC'paratcs the waten:; .o f the Arknnsas from thoH· of the "Rio Caf1acl 1 , 111 ." \Vc reached the top of this di_Yi cling rid ge in sa f( ty; but, as w<' commencr ·d to_ dcsc:en d, one of th<' wago us sl id off sldl•ways, and tl 11 fore :'hC<'Is b 1 c1ng ~t:cldcn]y C"aught by a deep rut, the a lc ~napped off 1 n t1 1 e w .1 e c I. W c p u t t b c g r l' :1 t e r p o r t i o n o {' t h e ] o a cl i n to t h c o t h e r w ~~ go n , a n d , 1 1 a v i n g I a s h (' d a l o n g p o 1 c ~ o n s to s u p p o r t t h a t <' x t r em 1 t Y o f t h c <1 x I e w hi c h h ad b c <' n u 1 o k c n o 11', we cl r .1 g g c d t h c wag to our enmp al the fool of th e slopr. 011 On<> of the mc11 killrd a d(' <' r during the clay; an(1 we e nd cavorrd as wc·ll. as we could, to console ourseh·cs for the misJortunc of th~ ax le With a ft •ast of '<•n ison. As w c w c r e d <' t c r m i n (> d o 11 r m u 1 c s s h o ul c1 n o t cr n a w 1lH· m s <'I v c s I o o" c '1 g ,, . t I . . l l l . . ~-> • ·' • u1 n, \\ <', liS n1g 1t, mac t' t H'Ul fast \\Ith the trace C'bains. wt' wer(' no.w 17 miles from the Canadian, :tnd had this day mar<·IH·d 11 mtleR. h 'l'o:day W<' ~aw :orne curious birds, whiclt our old huntN~ cnllcd lt 'ttel " 1) •'I I :-'.l it c> ,, " 1· t t · 1 ' ' · · · • ruP narn<' LH t 1e gf•oc'O<'!'Y nat1cus." It IS ~o 1 . c k n o w n t h a t I h a v (' a p p I' 11 cl <' d a d l s n i p t 10 n of i t t o t h c s c u o t e. , tor,1/f,en b:; J\1 a.J or (). . ..11 . • ~/ c Ca I I . " .1 he g•·oco<·t')'X \ iaticu s, whi{'b the 1\T<•>..ic:tns familiarly r;1ll the Pill.nno, ' (countrym nn ,) if-; fouud in Texas, from d1e Ji\<'r Nucn•s to the p · u 1 · 1\r · . '-10 1ane <', 1n 1v CXIco; irom tltc :->caboard, at lt·n st , to tile |