As we left them yesterday ,They were wandering around lost ,hungry ,tired and in sorry shape . Varian Christopherson , said," They had two wagons. One wagon with the best furniture was left out around Wagontire, or somewhere like that in Oregon, because they couldn't get through with both of them. It was getting later on in Fall, so Casper hid one wagon with the furniture and things they could get along without and came on with the other one carrying the seeds,fruit trees, etc. When they later returned for the wagon, (they) found it had been ransacked and burned, presumably by the Indians ." Mistaking the Three Sisters for Diamond Peak, which they had been told to aim for, the scouts went on into the C ascades in search of the road. The wagons camped in the pine trees near the Deschutes for several days, while more scouts were sent out along the river to try to find the road. Thirty miles south, upstream, axemen from a second contractor's crew had blazen the way . When the wagons reached the route of the Free Wagon Road, it was not a road as such. Considerable time and effort had to be expended to get wagons through. Animals and people were exhausted; weather was getting worse: food was scarce: and they were fearful of becoming another Donner Party. Two young men hurried on to get help, but they were nearly dead of exposure and starvation when a young hersman found them . More tomorrow ! Linda -- Linda Rogers

Looking forward to (as Paul Harvey would say) the rest of the story. Kay In a message dated 02/01/10 23:16:55 Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: As we left them yesterday ,They were wandering around lost ,hungry ,tired and in sorry shape . Varian Christopherson , said," They had two wagons. One wagon with the best furniture was left out around Wagontire, or somewhere like that in Oregon, because they couldn't get through with both of them. It was getting later on in Fall, so Casper hid one wagon with the furniture and things they could get along without and came on with the other one carrying the seeds,fruit trees, etc. When they later returned for the wagon, (they) found it had been ransacked and burned, presumably by the Indians ." Mistaking the Three Sisters for Diamond Peak, which they had been told to aim for, the scouts went on into the C ascades in search of the road. The wagons camped in the pine trees near the Deschutes for several days, while more scouts were sent out along the river to try to find the road. Thirty miles south, upstream, axemen from a second contractor's crew had blazen the way . When the wagons reached the route of the Free Wagon Road, it was not a road as such. Considerable time and effort had to be expended to get wagons through. Animals and people were exhausted; weather was getting worse: food was scarce: and they were fearful of becoming another Donner Party. Two young men hurried on to get help, but they were nearly dead of exposure and starvation when a young hersman found them . More tomorrow ! Linda -- Linda Rogers ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message