time they had arrived at , all the gold diggers, 35, were
dead but two; also the captain, mates, two clerks, one engineer, pilot,
barkeeper, twelve boat hands, and fifteen of the Saints, including child-
ren. The names of the Saints, as far as I can recollect, are as follows:
From , (tobacconist), his and two daughters, bro.
, Bro. Lamb, sister and part of family, sister Brown. From
, old mother Bokley, and . When the
boat landed, all the crew that was left, with the passengers, fled int^o^
the city. It was reported in several letters that Elder was
dead, but it was false. He slipped on board of another boat, and arriv-
ed at the with his family and the rest of the company, all well,
and is now on his way to the , with a company. I sent all of my
letters and papers on by him.
The cholera has been very fatal at St. Louis. They have had from
one to two hundred deaths in that city daily by cholera, in a population
of 50,000. There has been some 5000 deaths by cholera in that city in
five weeks. It has swept all through ; very fatal at . It is said that 35,000 gold seekers, bound for ,
have gone on to the plains to take the overland route via South Pass of
the . They made their rendezvous at Independence, , and . The greatest number was at Inde-
pendence. The papers say that the cholera was so bad in that town that
the gold diggers all left in a fright, and did not stop to bury their
dead, but piled them up in their winding sheets by the way side in heaps
of five and six together, and the road was strewn with the dead, until it
was awful and horrible in the extreme to behold; so say those who wit-
nessed it. These companies had over 60,000 head of cattle and horses,
and if the history of those companies does not tell a tale for the re-
corder before they reach the gold diggings, then I am mistaken. Thous-
ands of their cattle died before they got to the , and many
men, and some thousands, are returning back. Cholera has been fatal at
, , , and many parts of . About 5,000 deaths at
by it; about 50 deaths daily in Philadelphia and . It
has ranged in from 10 to 78 deaths daily, 78 being the highest
number. It is still all around us, but on the decrease. It has been
time they had arrived at , all the gold diggers, 35, were
dead but two; also the captain, mates, two clerks, one engineer, pilot,
barkeeper, twelve boat hands, and fifteen of the Saints, including children. The names of the Saints, as far as I can recollect, are as follows:
From , (tobacconist), his and two daughters, bro.
, Bro. Lamb, sister and part of family, sister Brown. From
, old mother Bokley, and . When the
boat landed, all the crew that was left, with the passengers, fled into
the city. It was reported in several letters that Elder was
dead, but it was false. He slipped on board of another boat, and arrived at the with his family and the rest of the company, all well,
and is now on his way to the , with a company. I sent all of my
letters and papers on by him.
The cholera has been very fatal at St. Louis. They have had from
one to two hundred deaths in that city daily by cholera, in a population
of 50,000. There has been some 5000 deaths by cholera in that city in
five weeks. It has swept all through ; very fatal at . It is said that 35,000 gold seekers, bound for ,
have gone on to the plains to take the overland route via South Pass of
the . They made their rendezvous at Independence, , and . The greatest number was at Independence. The papers say that the cholera was so bad in that town that
the gold diggers all left in a fright, and did not stop to bury their
dead, but piled them up in their winding sheets by the way side in heaps
of five and six together, and the road was strewn with the dead, until it
was awful and horrible in the extreme to behold; so say those who witnessed it. These companies had over 60,000 head of cattle and horses,
and if the history of those companies does not tell a tale for the recorder before they reach the gold diggings, then I am mistaken. Thousands of their cattle died before they got to the , and many
men, and some thousands, are returning back. Cholera has been fatal at
, , , and many parts of . About 5,000 deaths at
by it; about 50 deaths daily in Philadelphia and . It
has ranged in from 10 to 78 deaths daily, 78 being the highest
number. It is still all around us, but on the decrease. It has been