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RECREATION. 





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rather a foolhardy undertaking for 

 three city boys, but Providence was 

 kind to us and we went through 

 in safety. Although we were never 

 overstocked with game, and for 

 about io days were without fresh 

 meat, we usually had either fish, par- 

 tridges or venison enough to supply 

 our needs. 



After about 275 miles of this travel- 

 ing, we were glad to arrive at a place 

 called " Hell Gate." I never ex- 

 pected to be glad to get there, 

 but I was this time. There we 

 found a train of government 

 wagons about to return to Walla 

 Walla. They had brought up 

 supplies for Lieut. Mullen's sur- 

 veying command, which was to 

 winter at Hell 

 Gate. The Lieu- 

 tenant in com- 

 mand kindly 

 asked us to 

 transfer our lug- 

 gage to one of 

 the wagons and 

 go on with him 

 to Walla Walla, 

 so we disposed 

 of our cart and 

 took only our 

 saddle horses 

 with us. We also 

 disposed of our 

 colored cook, 

 who was insu- 

 bordinate and 

 impertinent. 



Soon after 

 leaving us he 

 stole a horse 

 from one of the 

 settlers, and the 

 last we saw of 

 him was on our 

 first day's jour- 

 ney out. We met 

 him on a horse, 

 with a log of 

 wood tied under 

 his arms, behind 

 his back, a rope 

 tied to him and 

 held by a front- 

 iersman, who 



