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Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 168 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=10mm, Gew.=254gr, Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: Purchase of … More...

Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 168 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=10mm, Gew.=254gr, Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Chapter III. A Grave of Salt ? Members of the Mystic Tie ? Twenty Wells ? A Desolate Alkaline Waste ? Abandoned on the Desert ? A Night of Horror ? A Steer Maddened by Thirst ? The Mirage ? Yoking an Ox and a Cow ? "Cacheing" Goods ? The Emigrant's Silent Logic ? A Cry for Relief ? Two Heroic Volunteers ? A Perilous Journey ? Letters to Capt. Sutter. the southern shore of great Salt Lake the Don- ner Party encamped on the third or fourth of September, 1 846. The summer had vanished, and autumn had commenced tinting, with crimson and gold, the foliage on the Wahsatch Mountains. While en-camped here, the party buried the second victim claimed by death. This time it was a poor consumptive named Luke Hal- loran. Without friend or kinsman, Halloran had joined the train, and was traveling to California in hopes that a change of climate might effect a cure. Alas! for the poor Irishman, when the leaves began to fall from the trees his spirit winged its flight to the better land. He died in the wagon of Captain George Donner, his head resting in Mrs. Tamsen Don- ner's lap. It was at sundown. The wagons had just halted for the night. The train had driven up slowly, out of respect to the dying emigrant. Looking up into Mrs. Donner's face, he said: " I die happy." Almost while speaking, he died. In return for the many kindnesses he had received during the TWENTY WELLS. 35 journey, he left Mr. Donner such property as he possessed, including about fifteen hundred dollars in coin. Hon. Jas. F. Breen, of South San Juan, writes: " Halloran's body was buried in a bed of almost pure salt, beside the grave of one who had perished in the preceding train. It was said at the time that bodies thus deposited would not decompose, on account of the preservative properties of the salt. Soon afte...<