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Show 510 Ex. Doc. No. 41. wr. alta··hr 1l thr 1wo oxE:'~ to the tongue and started. After a manh or S<' Vl'll IT) i h·s WC' r('il(' hcd "Ash CJ'l'l'k" <-In d there en<·:~ tn pt·d. I 11ow n~::-;olv<'d to let some of my mrn go on as rnp1dly as tlH'Y (' 0 ttl d , an c1 g t t n1 ttl e s " t W (' s t Po rt , M o . , w. i I h w h i L' h t It • · y <' o 11 I d m (' (I t m e a t c () II 1\ (' i I g I'() v (' . 1 t h er l' f () J' (. s (' Il t f 0 r p tl k a ' n () b s 0 ll ' a n d Wi:·wman, nn d 1!:1\' in g; givt•n tht·m a ll tH'.<'<·ssary Jettt'rs, tbt•y prepared to sd oft' by su nr is<• th l' llt ' Xl morn1ng. Fein unry JG.-Tn tiny th<· sky was cloudy·' aucl. thr ~'al<' ned 11s with ~ ~ t orm; tit<' air w:ts V('I'Y ro ld. Aft<' r ·m:H C~t tn g s1 • nnlc.s Wt' re:~eh<·\l "J>.twru·p rocl<;'' lu·n' we slop ped a few ml.lllltcs ;1n~l ktndl.·d a fir t•; n~ain rontin11i11~ our rout<', wt· marched SIXtN n m!lt·s furtbr·r, Hntl t.'n<··:mpC'd on \Valnut n<'ek. ll cr<' we ovntook the <·xpn·ss part y, and " e had a h <·a r t y I a 11 g h n. t o 11 r h a vi ll g o v n t <ll t' n . t h (' In ; but Pi I k a \V<L' a ~nod w<h1dsma n, and \VOttld. not lenve the t11ubn wht' ll tht· <;1, lookPcl ~o 1 brt•atcning, otlH rw l!"e they would have gonr ou, and h;n'<' sl<'pl 111 tl11· open pr,1 irie. . . . Ftbruu rJJ 1 G.-.1 ust as we were :1 bou l ~la rt1n g llus 1~ <Hllln g, a ft nc mul <· Ciltllt' trott incY into rarn p . \Vc tried to <"atch 11, hut tl had become so wild thna t it wou'd 11 0t let u:-: approneh su fT'I C·t ent l y nr ar. This m\llc had a blind hridlt• on its l•ead, the n·in hung dangling upon th e ,r.,r ro ull d. .As :;ioon a~ we crossed Walnut nct·k, w · l;ame in sicrh of bnds of bufl'.tlo. These animals wt•n : co ntinually run - • t-; I ' . l 1 I llli1CT ;.u·ro~~ our road as we adva tl c<·<. Kom d lllH'S t 1cy wou' stop JUstin th<· road a. fnv hundred yards in front of us, and ktH't lin ~ do"' n, toss thP dust into the air with U.1cir h orns,. or <•bt• tak ·a ro!l O\'t' r on thl'ir b:1d..:s, then ~pnnging up, cla sh ofl' again with thcll' long beards an d m<UH·S waving in the w:nd. After a •narth of fourt·<·cn milt·s we enC"ampctl a.t "Plum buttt•s. vV,, got wntn from some ucighboring pools, nnd the plum bushl's a tl s w <' r l' d f o r f 11 <' I . ln tht> aft<•rnoon a han d of buffa loes sl a rt e•l for tlu: r ivn; thPy <·nmc· directly tow:uds our <'amp; we all seerrtcd our~ 1\'l'S in the b \1 s h <'.;; a I t h c t o p o f' t h <' b u tt · . W c had " t h c w i n d '' o I' t 11 c u u fl';d 0 , and they <"a tn <' on without < 1 i ~ <" o ,. c r i n g u s; t h r y wall·(' d l'i I ow I Y a Ion g; h a vi 11 ~ : u IT Ll' <' < l t h c o I d b u II s to p a~ s on , w c ~ c·le r tv d a ftn t• b u fl'cd o (In d fin· cl down 11 p on him ; h <' o ul y ran a short dis tan r <' b cforr hr. laid hitn!--clfdown. \Vc :1 ppro 1\l.:lted \v<nily, for we w<'rC all 0 n fo () I ' i\ ll d fi r l' d a. s (' ( 0 0 11 <1 g u ll ' w h i l' h t <U l c; c d t h c b lJ n·,\1 0 t 0 I a y {1 at '1p nn l11s si de. 'vV · wnc in s tantly 11p on him with our ktliV<'S and loma ba wk!->. L a in r~ r,aYe a mortal wound to a fine f;1t co w, but as :-;be would ~d up and walk ofi' <'Very tim e he tri<'d to :lj>pro:H.:h, an d as 11 i g h L w" s d r a w in ~ on us :1 p a c c , h c d (' e m e d i t m o r f p r u d <,' 1 ~ l t o 1 <' a v < • h i s v i c t i m to t h c w o 1 v e s t han r i s k t h c l o s s o f lt i s o w n I d c l>y ln<li fl us. We cut nut nil the marrow bon<·s nnrl all the choice ptt'('C ~ , an tl ~p c>n t the b ·st part of the night in cooking antl ca tiu g , arl(l during the night the wolves ~at up evrr)thing we bad l ~n. We would bave bct'n very glad if we could have carried som~ of thi~ meat with us, but our packs fell heavy enOtl'rh wilhout aHY a dd illon. t'> Pebr·ua1·y 17.- I bad intended to mareh to Cl1aYE;:Z crcdc, aboul ( Ex. Doc. No. 41. 441 ]f) mil<•s distant, b11t the poor f, 11ows wl1o wrr(· with m<· comploin(' d 1'0 tnuch Of tbe SOI'!'ll(' ~!' of.t!Jcir ft •<· t, th:~t f d~· lt'l'Jllinc• d to < • n c <lin p a t. '' C o w c r e <' k , " w h 1 r h 1 s o u I y 1 l lll t1 e s 1 r o 111 " P lu m butte." lT <' r<' we found a good ox yoke, a thing we gr<'at ly ll('<·dcd . Tbt•n• was also n. W<lgon and s t•vna l muskets, \\ ltJdt mu ~t have b<·<'n ldt by the party of t1 ·;un stns who had pr t'rt•dt·d us. It was. evident tl1al th e exprcs~ I had se ut on had •nca 111pcd here last 11 i cr h I ; t h < • i r fi r e s w <' r · s 1 i II b 11 rn i n ~ . About 2 o'clock we Raw somr pt·rsons approa('lring; tht•y JHOYed to be• Mr. Miller and 1\lr. Jlofl'man, of J3al tilllO II' . TlJt•y w<·rc nC'arly out of provi sio ns, ;.1nd tlH·ir mul e::< :llmo ~ l bt okcu down. From lht·m we l('arnt ('\' t·rything with rcfcrcn n• to the fiendish ma~sarr(' that had bt•<•n pnpdrat Pd at "TelOs.'' Nothing l had undt•rgn n<' had ca usrd me mo1c unpleasant sensat ions lhnn th e 11ews of the· h orrid masscrrn• of OoY<'rnor l~ e nt and hi111 <·ompnttiots. 1 It il d b (' <' n a c flu a i 11 I c d w i I h 0 o n• r nor B <' n t • v er Rill c e my ft rs t arri\'fll in Nl w Mr;j('o. I <·stt'<' mccl alld admired him g1<•atly, and evny one tn that co untry looked up on Charles Jll'nl <~S one iu a thou ..;and. w h l' ll t h (.' {j (' 11 d s w ('f h [(.'akin g t hI' 0\1 g h t h l' r 0 () r 0 f his "0 u e, <'Vt'n afl<•r he had be en WOIIJlll<'d, his wit't• bro ug ht him bi:-. arms, and told him to fight, to av<'nge him se lf'; be co uld ta&ily have kill<'d som · of the mob, who were <·ntir<·ly <·xposc<l to l11s aillJ, fro m t h (' b o I r t h c y w c r e m (I k i 11 g. "No," said he," I will not kill :HI)' on<' of tht:m, for the sal·e of you, my wift·, and or you, my cbildrt'n. At pn:sent, Ill) death i$ n II t h c ~ e p c o p I c w i · h . " 'J' II <' m u r d e r e r . r 11 :-h i n , t h c y k i II h i m , they s<"a lp him, and, horrihl<' to n•latt·, ~hey parade the bloody Sl':-tlp through the streds of "Taos .' Mr. Jlclfi'man and his party <"ontinue1l lh<·ir jourtH'Y · In a li tll wl1il c art('l'wnnls \V(' dt•sni<•d another lwdy of llH' Il appro;t r·hing·: they J•II' OV<'d to be a party und<·r tht• f'()IJlll) (lUd or Mr . .lantl'~ r 1\',' 11 ; ]I(• had kindly picked up th · m<.'n whou1 1 lrad lcl'l at P a\\' IH't i··~~ 1,. nud had al so rais ed my "caeh<·,' whi ch bt> bad brought ;tl• 11:: 1 !11 me. Mr. Brown agreed to <"arry tht' baggage bt·lo11 g iu g- to tuy 11 ~ 11 a 11 d w < • 11 o w f t•lt a ~ i f a II o 11 r 1 r o 11 b I e s w ' r c l • rH led . Fl•bnwry 18.- Wl' wer<' up l>t'lore tbl' ~un ro~<· , ;,ud i11 a few millul<'s <'Otrltni' IH'f•d our tn<H c.; h. Jn the cn·niu~ \H' l'JH';rmpc<l on tb' "Littl<· .Arkansas,' wlti('h is 20 mil<·s di ~ tant from our point of dq>artur<' llti . worning. We had !-.tartcd with tll(• intl'tllion of marchin~ 10 miles Jnrlhl'r, hut th:s <'Y ening it look<·d stormy and t h rca t t' u in g, so we d · t e r min c d to e 11 camp in tlt 1' tim b c r of t h <· L itt I e Arkansas. Peb1··uary 19.- This morni11g, bl'forf' ·wp bad prorC' cd erJ more thlln 5 miles, wr. m<.•t .J. Uob ~ on, wbom I had sent 011 1hc· t•xpre s; h e t o 1 d m c t h a t. t h e r e w a R a t e a m b ( •I o n ~ i n g I o t h c go v t' I'll m ~· n t. a t "Cotton Wood fork," in <: h a r g c o I t h c w a I! on mas l<· r, Mr. San t h, who said that he w o ul d <" n rr y <' \'cry t h ill g- that I had on to Fort L c a v c n w o r t h ; f l' a r i n g a s 1 o r m lt e b a d . d o u l t o r <' ;1 (' h " C o t t ~ n Wood fork, where he would await my arriYal. 'rV<· en<:<~mpcd lll |