Dated: Oct. 26, 1850
Death on the Plains
The St. Louis Republican gives the deaths that have been reported at Fort Laramie during the summer.
The number of names given is 262; many more deaths are said to have occurred, but not reported.
The record was kept and furnished by the officers at the Fort.
We give the names from Ohio and Indiana, contained in the Melancholy record:
_____ MAHAN, Fayette county, Ohio, died June 18th, at Ash Hollow, of cholera, aged 28 years.
Dated: Oct. 26, 1850
Death on the Plains
The St. Louis Republican gives the deaths that have been reported at Fort Laramie during the summer.
The number of names given is 262; many more deaths are said to have occurred, but not reported.
The record was kept and furnished by the officers at the Fort.
We give the names from Ohio and Indiana, contained in the Melancholy record:
_____ MAHAN, Fayette county, Ohio, died June 18th, at Ash Hollow, of cholera, aged 28 years.
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