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()Wt1 bee\, and ('0,. red him with blanket~ ontl bufC.do tob< ~; it wu ~ all 1 roulcl do . . \Ve nc1\V ~~·;uch<'d ahonl and founcl the• mrn by thf' ;11d of th e naC'ks 011 thl' ::;urf'an• of the snnv,•, l'il\l"l'd by th<· mov<·mt·nts of the r<. s l \ l s s ~I t' I' p I I r ~ ; (.' 0 \' (' r (' d I> y t h (.' tu: (t\ .Y trl :\ n t.l c () r s tl 0 w t h (. y h.;) d k<·pl extn·lllt'IY warm, nne\ now the ·hdl atr felt to tht~ m mote 111· tolt>rablc·. vVe manngt•ci to ftnd a f('W pi('(·c·s of wood th<1l we· had coll<'c·t ci hst niPht· thl' wind ~till blew so fit•rrely that we co~lld not 1.. indl e ilUY ftr~ 0~1t doors ; WC' SU.l'('CCdl•c\ in lighting; SOilH' pie 'l' ,.; of wood in ·,h<-' tent and then built our little fire on the lcesidc of the· wagon: t h e m l' n c 1 o \\ <' h <' c l a r o u u c \ s i 1 en t ~\11 d ~ !J i v • r i n g ; l n o w C' n lit· d on \ w o 0 f Ill y 111 1' n t 0 (' 0 Ill t' W i I h ll1 l', t IH' y W l' rt' t W 0 0 f my b l' S I Ill l' 11 ; t h l' y h a d · h l' t • n h a r d c n e cl t o p · r i I 1 11 I 11 e s e r v i c f' o f t h <' f u r co m p a n i l' !-. ; 11 , 1 • 11 who '' ould not flinch undt•r the most fl':Hful vici ~s iludt·s; thl~y r<'adily accompani£'d me, and we st;nt ·d down the ri\'<' r in s<·arch of ~Oil;(' ~pot which WOUld furnish 11:-1 with fuel and sbc•Jtn; \\'('pro <' e(•dcd down the riYer somr di~tar~t·<·, but ~ceing no timlH·r on this std<· '"' c no~se<l the rin•r upon Uu· irl', whit.:h was now sufliriPHtl~ slro:l!~. to bt~ a : us up; w<' hutlt an ('normous pilr of logs and st•l them in " h Ll z <', an d 1 sat dow. n to cl ~· y w y m .orr as i n s an d I q~ gills, for l hat! IJ1oken through the 1cc wlule ero::;::Hng a treacherous spot in the rin•r. l\ T y m <' n w <' r e n ow s l' n l b a c: k 1 o co II r c l a 11 t h <' prop c r l y an d to harnt::.f' up th<• t.oull'~, and mO\'l' clown to a spot clin·rtly oppo~it<. the ti111hl'f; many of them left th<~ir bedding, clothes, and ~uns buried bl'tH':lth tht• snow, and, half' er~ztd wtth their forlorn an<l weather ht·~tc n condition, hurril'cl down to , ' t:k ~ l~t•ltl'r. At length th' wap:ons arrived and we <'ndcavor('cl to <lrive the unties to the south ~ule of' th · rin·r, whcrc: th<•y woulci Lavl' !rno<l p a!-. t u r e g r o u n cl ~; so m (', how<' v e r, t no k f rig h t ( w h en h a If-way o \' <' r) and rusltccl back, and one brol~e throu~h the ict'; W<' immediately pa :-.sccl ropt>s under th<• belly o( the anunnl and soon drew it out of the 1 iver; to kcrp its blood in circ.ulati.on we dragged it backwa1 cis ancl forwards; a)l would not do, 1ts limbs b~came momentarily won· an d mort' s t df, a n d at last t. h c p n 0 r beast f '11 to the g r o u n d · w c put thrre buffaloes robes upon it anclleft it. ' My men now r.(·port<:d the full extent of 0\~r misfortunrs; three of the mull'S '~ere found fro.zcn to clea\~1, and half hidden by tit· ~-onow that had dnftccl upon theu dead bodll·~; around this ht•ap the other mules werc· gathered, to . ere<'n them from the stortn and the " 1 a r y c lt o e s" of the I i ,-in g we r c e 11 tangled n bon t t h c d:, ad . It is more than probable that all of th m would hnve m('t with the ~H me fate, h<\ll the storm endured lwclv.<· hours longer; our mul<'s were now dnven to a spot about one mdc below us <'O\'<·rcd with wil-lows ancl swamp grass. We b u i It our ftr e s on t h c ~out lt <' r n b a nlc of tIt e , i \' c r i 11 the b c < l of a c\ry creek, the banks of which affortlt·d shclt<·r fro~1 the wind; the ni~l:t w~s clear n.nd excessively c~hl; we were all obliged to sleep wtthout tents, as the ground was frozen soh ud that tent pin~ E .-. Doc. No. 1t. .... 6') I) ,),),)' : onlcl not br c1rivrn l n > fl . 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I I' . le camp wlJeu the stor'' 1c· rn t 11 111 ·· ' •< < ug· tt out h 1 < ' 1111 P o ''<'rh ;t ull'd 1 • · . · t ;nnglt our wa;ons had ·at'lt ,t .t ll }H'OVI SJO!Is and the bedrlinrr· . I o ~now. \\0 eovcrs, or sllects tJ , n'.'1 - 0 n a fa 11 t' 11 t . , . .. ' 1 ( Y w c r e 1 ull } . I rcr, ng;unst whi ·I '- W, Jt<'t foll ows : ".J Ab· ··· r 1. W(' uutlt Ollr firc•s . 181:().' " .. \ ·t. ;, ,'~·1_,\ .Lits 1· udorlc:r () p .' '''<'JCadthilL f I I Cl1111. this "'t\· e ' . ,strs, 1\Tarclt 11 cl t 1 Jat othe r men, undt~r ti ?'.. us. new <'lll' Oura'rtiJrH·nt [ . . ' ~,:'";;·!·had r,, It' <till't>rt'd' n 11',1 ";~:~ ,: ~: ~":' 'lllslan Ct·s, ~ 11 d iII ;lu:o ~a~': ] ' 1" e t h tl y '. (' o ul d \\ e a Lit 1'1' t h <.: s t g . d , " e ll ad ' a n d w <.' 1 d t t h 'I t ll f I(' (I \ ' \'11 Ill n· . . • ()ll£1. ' tl, . b ? :-o rne of tJH' l1 . 1 1 Jl l.at Wlll le lying rtt•ar Ollr old c":~/1 ~·~ rown il.tto catnp. He s·lid of tlt<' r;l\"('IIS and . . ' '. 1p ftrt•t-:, lr~t<.~lllllg" to t1 I l . I ·•. ' W(• had lt'ft ll' J'• l ULlg'J>ll's, .w htch Wt'r(~ l'O ill<•ncl i' 1.< >t c ((' rJncr 1 ' c t ~omt~tJ .· 111g 01 th, ·c 0 ()kIll p· I' 0 I 1 . . II n g (I tv(; hI . In l r I I s raps . tl Ill)(' J(! ~aw ~(.! \' '1':11 ' h I I rl () 1'0 )I' a j~rk 'llld .~tlCC!tilliJ ~~ t.o have but JittJ l' f'l ''l,l' o\f~OI. V •s; .they 1'<1/l oJ{' a lt~w :t.:JlS 1a h(' 1 1 , 11m· ht· · · , ., } , l ( H ll o t a 11 c Ill p t to ~ h o o t ' ., <. j c: P a lilt: d lt till ~ o Ill u r h 1 C )}' /l(/ l'// A '•\{ • • •j . - • l' '\ CT't 0 r d c I' 1 '. . . . • b I In s t rl r t (' cl a l 0 tl r \ . . I t . . \s ou'r :/' tng- u~;luy artic·lt'.' which onl ~'5,ll .• t, ltJH·, arid in good zen lnrtl ~ .nudadil was !lOW W<''11 <'lll'd Ly t/~ 'I '.1. to. ('flt'lll.nbn us. D .· u;, our progrc:-;s w.ts slower II · yl H oss of tire four ~ro-k llllllg tiJ(! !rrst lew ll<>ltJ'S 't r,l~l lt·rt•fo for('. c c p 1 I · ' 1 \\" l s w t I I' IT' places ir~· .~o.a.d,. whi<'h was con•r;~~l ,:.it~t <c; ,',<'ult.) tlnlt _we• couJ,L ' \\ riS .t foot clc<'p althotJ r l ( <.:p snow; Ill lllflllY :gt~t~ t~n tht' road that w~re p erf<., ;·'tlno~· ~nd tll<'n., '~ ' folllld little. witls lf'l'<' was but little snow A/ .'I lL', :wd Jll the ri\'cr hotco l warr.uth, the snow hl''r·lll ~~ 11 mulday tht' sun shonr forth a fminep ara.t Jv<•Jy c· •'l "· Y · W e ,m..., ardH•d tfailw'l,, , and .our prcwrc•ss b, .. 1 ..., , · < t .unc nlth grovP, whc·re we found sc I u n mt <':', ilnd t'<llllj>Pd ncar ber~ot;gh the buffalo, whiC'h ·h~,·:~<·r~ '? ~'/Hlcl and pr<'tty good ~ra.s~; '!·,, tad lllll<'h illl])"'l· r·"cl t t ' • ccn y uccn la·n• lit o·rcat JlUln- h . n " JJC griiZII)C'l' t> has be'g re,·t t<·.s t · • n· lilt'OTIVC/llCil tt• that \\"C fl'lt'" fT' . Ct!l l'a U~ed UJ tl1 , ]' ' ( ' II C rc.•d Oll 1 hIS lll'l rt:h c Il('g wb cnce of otlw rs Wl· t 11 regard t.o ' the |
