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them to the men. One horse generally furnished 

 six meals for the whole party. The entrails were 

 welt shaken, for the men had no water wherewith to 

 wash them. They were then boiled with snow. 

 The hide was divided into equal portions, and with 

 the bones, was roasted to a crisp. When the cactus- 

 leaves could be obtained, they were separated from 

 the prickles and boiled as a salad. Thus they 

 lived, or rather starved, during fifty days ; and they 

 travelled over a large portion of the way on foot. 

 During part of the journey some of the men were 

 without shoes. On the 7th of February, 1854, Oliver 

 Fullen, of St. Louis, expired. He had travelled for 

 some weeks on foot. At length, his leet being 

 badly frozen, he found himself unable to proceed. 

 He was wrapped in his blankets, laid across the 

 path, while the company waited three days to enable 

 him to recruit. At last they were compelled to re- 

 sume their journey. The best remaining mule was 

 assigned for the use of the invalid, and two men 

 walked on either side to support him. When 

 nearly at the end of their sufferings, he expired, 

 while lying on the mule ; and he was immediately 

 buried by his surviving comrades on the lonely spot 

 where he died, hundreds of miles from his home 

 and from those who were most deeply interested in 

 his fate. 



