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The Rushed to Ether, One Outfit Crashin Into the Other O verland Journal volume 33, number 3 fa l l 2015 the rushed toether, one outfit crashin into the other IN THIS ISSUE - THE EARP WAGON TRAIN TO SAN BERNARDINO • BOOK REVIEWS LETTERS FROM OUR READERS • PLUS LOOKING WEST & O verland Journal volum e 33, n u m b e r 3 fa l l 2015 The Look of the Elephant by andy hammond DISASTROUS CROSSINGS Like the evil troll that lived under the bridge in the “Billy down the stream some of the donage floated off, Bill Goats Gruff” fairy tale, the Elephant often appeared at Morton lost his carpet-sack, Kinsey his bundle & river and stream crossings. This has been touched on in pre- Perin his gun. / We . cross over Sincer’s Hill & . vious columns, but here’s more: through the Catterack of Hell, crosing the Trucky on a pile of rocks. The first plunge, under went the cattle, As the river is too steep to ford we this evening made next came the waggon, driving them upon a thunder- arrangement for two canoes to ferry us over tomor- ing boulder, then a surge & the couplin broke. Here row. We have to pay eight dollars per day for them was hell again & the Elephant afloat. In jumpt the and to do the work ourselves . a platform was men & mored the wreck ashore away below the ford laid over the canoes with the plank we had sawed . We were some time righting our injured wagon. at “Santa Antonietta”, the Mexicans charging us —John Clark, August 23/24, 1852 12½ cents each for 3 small poles to bind the canoes (Truckee River, Nevada) together, and this morning by day break all hands were in motion . The river for about 60 yards near We came to a small creek which was bridged, but very the eastern bank was from 4 to 5 feet deep, and the narrow & sideling. Ed crossed safe & drove up the current so rapid that it was utterly impossible for a hill. Alexander came next with 4 horses & covered man to keep his feet. The water was so thick with waggon, but did not come down on the bridge square sand and mud that it swept everything with almost & the horses got frightened. The wagon fell over into the force of a solid body. From this to the western the drink but lodged on a fallen tree, which drew the bank, some 450 to 500 yards, it was shallower and we horses all in also Ed had come back . & was there could get along very well. About the sixth or seventh to witness the catastrophe . Water was 8 or 10 feet wagon we were crossing over, the canoes, owing to deep, besides the mud at the bottom. Ed seized the ax a lack of force sufficient to manage them, drifted on & cut the tongue off which assisted the horses some. a snag and immediately filled and sunk, upsetting They came to the surface. Kept their heads out, but the wagon into the river, the contents of which were got entangled in the harness. That was soon cut loose. soon drifting in every direction. Plunging & splashing was kept up. Ropes were pro- —William Hunter, August 16/17, 1849 cured & fastened round their heads. Wes & Ed were (the Rio Grande, New Mexico) in the water up to their waists & In great danger of being drawn in by the kicking of the horses. One poor Our start is late & the road goes up the river between horse was so much encumbered with the harness & two dark & ragged looking mountains. We soon so far gone that before assistance could be rendered he begin to cross & recross the darndest rough & rocky had breathed his last. Blood rushed out of his mouth; fords ever attempted before. The water swift, deep & he looked for help but it was impossible to relieve him full of round boulders from the size of a diner pot . The others were saved after a few moments, but to that of a four foot stump. Here was cursing of the they were very helpless & bruised & cut. hardest kind. The cattle got astraddle of some & were —Mary Burrell, May 8, 1854 completely on a balance for some time, then fell off (unidentified creek, Nebraska) our waggon on coupled the hind part & bed went ON THE COVER: Multiple graves located at the Platte River Crossing on the Overland Trail in southern Wyoming. Courtesy of Mary Olch. back cover: A page from Sarah Jane Rousseau’s overland diary, 1864. Courtesy of Mrs. Richard Molony. Overland Journal quarterly journal of the oregon-california trails association volume 33, number 3, fall 2015 Whitman Camp, Ebey Camp, September , Ft. Walla Walla 132 Whitman Mission Pambrun Farm, Farm Marker Ebey Camp, September , S G H F C R 96 114 129 R Ebey Camp, The Look of the Elephant The RousseauSeptember ,Diary and S BY ANDY HAMMOND inside cover 114 the Earp Wagon Train to R San Bernardino, 1864 From the Editor’s Desk BY NICHOLAS R. CATALDO T 95 BY MARLENE SMITH-BARANZINI Pendleton Book Reviews O T 129 L R “Plenty of Doctoring to Do” Cayuse Village LookingEbey West Camp, September , Health-Related Problems O T H Finding Emigrant Trails 96 on the Oregon Trail 132R BY DAVID J. WELCH BY PETER D. OLCH, M.D. Bordman Pass WITH COMMENTARY BY Letters to the Editor ROGER P. BLAIR, M.D. 136 Submissions and editorial contact: Prospective authors should send queries or their articles to Marlene Smith-Baranzini, Overland Journal, P.O. Box 265, Tracy, ca 95378 (email: [email protected]). Manuscripts should be typed, double-spaced, without embedded illustrations, and with endnotes numbered consecutively. When possible, include suggestions for illustrations. Inquiries concerning suitable topics and author guidelines are welcome and should be addressed to the editor. Neither the editor nor the Association is responsible for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs, artwork, or other material sent for editorial consideration. THE OREGON-CALIFORNIA TRAILS ASSOCIATION P.O. Box 1019 · Independence, mo 64051 · www.octa-trails.org · (816) 252-2276 · [email protected] John Winner, President · Pat Traffas, Vice President Marvin Burke, Treasurer · Sandra Wiechert, Secretary Jere Krakow, Preservation Officer · John Krizek, Past President F. Travis Boley, Association Manager · Kathy Conway, Headquarters Manager Overland Journal Editor · Marlene Smith-Baranzini Design and production · Ariane C. Smith, Capital A Publications, llc board of directors publications committee editorial advisory board Cecilia Bell William Hill, Chair Ruth Anderson Don Hartley Camille Bradford David Bigler Duane Iles Robert A. Clark Roger Blair Jere Krakow Susan Badger Doyle Randy Brown Matt Mallinson Stan Paher Donald Buck Dick Nelson Jesse Petersen Robert A. Clark Vern Osborne Peter H. DeLafosse ex officio members Loren Pospisil Susan Badger Doyle Bill Symms Travis Boley Jim Hardee Kathy Conway Thomas H. Hunt Bill Martin Larry Jones Ariane C. Smith Charles W. Martin Jr. Marlene Smith-Baranzini Robert L. Munkres preserving the trails · Marking the trails and maintaining weathered or damaged octa’s membership and volunteer leadership seek to preserve markers. our heritage. Our accomplishments include: · Developing a computer-based census of emigrant diaries, · Purchasing Nebraska’s “California Hill,” with ruts cut by newspaper accounts, letters, and other documents. emigrant wagons as they climbed from the South Platte River. statement of purpose · Protecting emigrant graves. The purposes for which the Association is organized are as follows: · Initiating legislation designating the California and Santa Fe 1. To initiate and coordinate activities relating to the identifica- trails as National Historic trails. tion, preservation, interpretation, and improved accessibility · Persuading government and industry to relocate roads and of extant rut segments, trail remains, graves and associated pipe lines to preserve miles of pristine ruts. historic trail sites, landmarks, artifacts, and objects along the conventions and field trips overland western historic trails, roads, routes, branches, and Our annual convention is held in a different location with proxim- cutoffs of the Trans-Mississippi region. ity to a historical area each summer. Convention activities include 2. To prevent further deterioration of the foregoing and to take or tours and treks, papers and presentations, meals and socials, and a pursue whatever measures necessary or advisable to cause more of display room with book dealers, publishers, and other materials. the same to become accessible or more so to the general public. Local chapters also plan treks and activities throughout the year. 3. To implement these purposes by acquiring either alone or through or jointly with other—federal, state, local, or pri- publications vate—title to the land or lands on which any of the same is Overland Journal—Issued four times each year, OJ contains new located or a preservation or other easements with regard to research and re-examinations of topics pertaining to the history of the the same—by purchase, gift, or otherwise—and by cooperat- American West, especially the development and use of the trails. ing with or initiating, coordinating, and assisting the efforts News from the Plains—Also issued quarterly, News contains of such others to do so. updates about members and the organization, convention 4. To publicize and seek public exposure of the goals and activi- reports, legislative action, genealogy, trail preservation, and ties of the Association so as to create popular awareness of special activities. and concern for the necessity of preserving the foregoing. Special Publications—Periodic book publications in the Emigrant 5. To facilitate research projects about the aforesaid and to pub- Trails Historical Studies Series (numbered documentary editions) lish a journal as a forum for scholarly articles adding to the and the Special Publications Series (trail studies monographs). sum of knowledge about the same.
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