Show t THE I 1 1 from a party lately arrived in chii cua 0 tra v 11 it I 1 11 ll LM dy 11 ll anil ll 11 9 I 1 h riding district of dalola dakota a aej lid r minnesota Arin neiota wo we glean ilia flowing g we use the language or of our inform a bill A I 1 1 oy ays ou deyenno river in IT dakota a A it I 1 a point vent five fito miles west st a of to the crossing cros ming of t the he northern I 1 paci marinc c I 1 inroad nl at red river a loibl smoky prevailed which each day grew more IN alne jy pt I 1 rio io fires were approaching our tora ore rapidly and out our party deemed it prudent to move eastward ni As fust fast di possible pofi we made i immediate ame mme diate prep Bra lioni lint but found that we were in in the saddle none too IM soon tile the intense heal beat and weight of cl smoke fl TC ed us ver very y muck much and soon after ing wo we were forced to rido ado as ai ris rapidly eidly as it was possible fprD tir beasts to 0 o carry ryuh u all throngs thron gl hat long day we t toiled along our eyes nearly blinded awat and cracked lips lind anil intense thirst we rodo on an and on I 1 till i 11 nt fit nightfall we came irk in fight ai or I 1 ve ewa sail arnle irli without atut 4 alls ii or lik halt bot it glad were elie hearts or of car party arid nd much muc rejoicing wn was there at our esesse from froin ioas or lire at pomula along the he route the elie wall of flames would he be quite near us I 1 ti ox 11 jp 9 distin distinctly epi J hearil IT I 1 n ju rapid id 1110 molian was wall the line of fire seemed to be ft a solid wall of flame of about 20 I 1 to 30 foot oct in height and kovelas rapid ly as a fleet horac could ran occasionally Bio sio nally a portion 0 o of the hie line would break or waro fee t alf cuare and be tarried al me sk electrio rapidity I 1 di inee of 50 sow MO AN lif lead sod and then strike the high dry gramit which would im if t I 1 ft aej J I 1 aj I 1 log eg r r to efio clr r cady aj glatie gig gg antio atie conflagration fla art aate I 1 r r g a river nw our P arty TR E to 0 1 r fk on eastward ca and southward passing over oter a 1 distria daic we could not nguyet an object eject 6 aty irdi away I 1 G great reat heavy clouds clouda of ofa I 1 rake P no 01 g I 1 I 1 ill all the elie distance of to hundred AWL n river thore there the emiko was very vei y oppress oppre iTO va ya we dev deviated abed something from the ho r route and coundit at different leoin points is the chai charred C r r of I 1 three h re human licin gi nothing aft lint the t toia wf P the eight was horrible in all 1 1 epli lars lara and not a 1 thina could bo be forim fonna 11 that bat would woud heiy the thea dead corpses j we beard of one no cae e that a a 0 peril hiew I great presence of mind i and much 1 1 cal dunces A m ann who had been with sherman in liis ilia 11 march to tile sea was waa cling caught lian n the mid it of a fire which which haux frol sides living having no matches to create what i H called 11 a back I 1 fire m 1 I anil and death atari io bog him II 11 IBI ide dueh five I 1 lus ills wit tit isug ested a 1 I gopher hole setting to lo work wilb i ui man it would use una A wm I 1 t hiir it I 1 working arking for 11 lift fe 1 libil lie hc sol rod with will a largo large hunting knife i cutting a large piece picco away awn lio lie rolle it on throwing the toft dry earth upward an and outward and soon had a hole du lug 0 of ou m a admit his hi body bodaj chieft illy jila bizal ak 1 I g the iho sod nod toward him tin ho he succeeded in if drawing it over iii hid ill body and then filled filli il up the chink i t frani dirk dit triin II wh ain T ti tinli irl h C cJ r II 11 ire a P a C 43 vir b li i in I 1 a rid J via nis was Ep reading furiously furio ulily on its we way y mile milca I 1 distant diB tint then lien slowly lie he crawled out alit n rf r bis i s living 1 aed in g grave heated healed fearfully fear ramy bui in injured j u r 1 in no way bissol uia astl dier eap exp experience e r bence had saved his hia lire life no on one e who lias has not thi s bedoun of destruction de truc tion on the plains plain can form baty UttS ids idea of its it ina Ili tudo its it velocity its ita like ike cr its io thundering roar anti n its ita vast destruction ettic latil st ai lliel e ind i I 1 reached alic tlc abig dig woods Nr nl about two hundred aundre northwest of la Cr crestle osTle and was a a raging lal 1 furiously everything it 0 ame I 1 iut avil t I 1 I 1 1 barn ar n I 1 C cattar A atle I 1 T v ra r thing is ii los lust to settler Irr ana who are i in n tile the fact of f tile luc debt clep tile peat cc cobit U try the i cil fire fire will fill cir much loo longer than on the prairies pra inca and ill ilo cucil more damage as 03 it destroys dos troya tile eartle yr aab 1101 kaI ii P a |