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Show IIWM1 Of llllltsl. The grtat Colorado deseret, which fonut u ait of Han Diegu CountJ, allured thiee I rusU01 tu their dealil, aa wat retenlly leN.lted. Ttiese meu, who were sa-ehll ggofd,lltutl wtlhlll A few thousand yalUa ot an abundaul tiater uly, tlmply Ltcausu tnty tnado a lllgiit llileialiulatiull aa tu what wa needed to cury ihein lately uver thu hot, Ui, trrach-trout trrach-trout desert pUlim, pnyt it riiu Dlega corrci.fln.lent of the .New York Tnlune. One ot Itulr stnided multe died at thuedguor the water oo Ft e other Inulea wet, found ullte. The bodies uf thu lueu weie found not fur aart aa Hiey had fallen when uvircobie ly Hie ileatti wiakniM.. rtilt Itontyonuof llious andsof Installiceuf the terrible possl-hlllllttof possl-hlllllttof u death from Hunt lu the we.leru deserts. During thu summer their aveiaite dally teuiperatuie It over 110 digrcra. t lie air ts absolutely drt,atila strong iuau cannot cuunt onllvlug unless lie it la water at least tvery six hours. Ciotli-covtrid can-leeLt can-leeLt lonUluing tever.l gtllona oi water are thu usual rerejtai let u.ellii iih.rl matching, anJ live qualtsa day will ktep a iuau fetllug rtlty com tollable. A great UaUkir In dttirl luanhlug It the llablllta oMIludliig water ho ct whurethe nihht'. encaiui ment It 1 1 bo modi, dr uj up, Ytart ng lieu. Cauly m.rchoda Irfgode ur eo across a tlortyllvo lullu stirt.li of Uiurt In Colorado. Trio water holit uioug Hie route ut re dry, aud lor tnaiit hourt the troo were without water. A number of the mm died in routi, and m.nyuthira were canted al uglu army wagons, at deilh'e itwir, phytl-tally, phytl-tally, Inu utmost tieitunt ot Hie olllitra wire needed to ktep thu men lioiultlug down niiddylng. All thu Uugt of Hie commau 1 died on till nwlul trip, fhilr liodlet aailltug hi twlco their naturul slru Lcfwledeutll tusued. U(iou reaching the (Jraud river, alter an all day inarch, thu ttilist stricken trooje were allowed to drink all the water liny dealreu. The tyni toint of a roiuhlng dtalh from tufrtt are uu uverwl liming lassl-tudu lassl-tudu which rapidly lucreato. A kind oflllm formaovorthc iytivudr. Hill) obkcuica the vision. Themouth, torirfuu and throat licomu parched, Ihetoiiguo fitting like u torn-cob, at It crows dry and hard. HalliKlualloi t lilt through tho brain until the weak nest hecouua au great Hint uuconsct-ou.luia uuconsct-ou.luia (ollottt anil di&th toon eiituee, at tliu Ulitvatuid blood thlcktut uud Intciftret with thu funitlont ul tbt heart. Men have tteii kinwu to ko wiiluut water for foil) tight houra, tut tho condition wcru dlirereul fium those of thu Uestrt. A ra.ti rraifcitiiaalior, who wui taken from u walerluggud ship, had been wlltiout t-ater lor fourtien days, uvii such seamy iup!y hi hu could llckfr .m thotkirt In Hie form of accumulated ac-cumulated dew. When fou d this mai 'i throat ttta ac'uallt closed ui, uud tie'oruiui cutrauretu Ida ttomach tuuld Lu uhtained by, proper medical uu ana the ioorcitttnwn) died. Wlit n 11 comet to a question Utwecn lhudajit,ett ofdestrtir scalhunatlrua In ttiese iarta much icfir the eta ut bring tutor thin the do.ilt. Wind on thudraeltcaii le a. fatal In ellut at tiu rirl.it hurrlcuuu on record. rec-ord. A long continued sandstorm dealt dtath ull along lit routt, thlt u I It to op unite tJi'Ctlou hands of trantoontlneutal railroads that thty wear gigjln fir thu rottcllou of their ijis 'tun tldtt of trlebfii h pulu ex.u.c.1 U the pro. railing deiert winds are lltifally trn cutbythotainilaut Irlctlon, end the tlattoii w ndowa on the windy it le are quickly lurnod Into pnund c,la.a by ihct" stud blasts. In cros-li g the desert n freight car containing auj p'e-mtnlary p'e-mtnlary water tanks It attached to the locoiuotlru. Htallonary water tank am nil unknown q lanttty on Hie desirls, except lu rale . stance Jj |
