Show A HARD WINTER TRIP Experiences of n Mother and Children En to California Mrs Amelia Simpson five 00 small children who left Salt Halt Lake about io two months ago for tor lower California fol tol following lowing In a 0 wagon ngon the dangerous route roule ot at the tho San Ban Pedro lint line have hae arrived nt lit San Cal al after tho ex extremely 0 harrowing experiences so 80 fre tre frequently encountered In tho crossing of ot the desert dC ert For several days at nt n 1 UnIt time they entirely without water the tho nother anguish nt hearing her children bg hell for tor something to drink drove her almost out of ot her senses Near Cottonwood close to 1 tho Muddy liver lIer they found two hOllies bodies under circumstances clr eating that the unfortunates having found the tho river drank too much after their long thirst perished At another place near the tho spot where stir of ot the Salt Bait JIlke route roulo found several bodies Mrs Simpson across a n number of ot corpses that had been lIeen exhumed by wild animals Tho womans w ons pluck did not give SIe out She Rho was fighting the terrible conditions valiantly but the time came clune when oil all they Hie had hod was a 1 cup CUll of ot water vater that had been saved for tor the baby two years earl old It WitS was nt at this time fortunately that tho party met other travelers I who gave 0 th ri r assistance and possible the Iho arrival at nt San ot tho mother aM family |