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Show 80 NATIONAL WAGON ROAD GUIDE. imals. No more 'vood for many miles. The road ahead crossed by many heavy 5and ridges. ELM NO ELM CREEK. . 4. • ••• •• • • • 4. • •• • •••• • ••• -25 Fair camping for an almost barren country. Now on rising the bluffs iho road improves. If not yet, you soon will get a sight of Chimney Rock, about fifty miles ahead. CLEAR CREEl{. .. · ..... · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 4 • • • • • • • • • .16~ No wood here, and but little ·,vater. TIN CAN CREEl{ ........ · ..... · · · • • · · · · · . · · . · · · . · 1 I Very little water. DRIFT-vVOOD CREEl{ .......•... · •.. · .. ·• . · ·. · · .. 10 But ·with very little drift-wood or 'vater here. Fine road no'v to opposite COUH,T HOUSE ROCK, OR SOLITARY TOWER .. 6 This singular rock is eight miles south of the road. (For description see page 42.) To opposite C HllVtNE Y ItO ClC . •. . , . . . . ....................... · . 13 This rock is three rn\les from the road. (For description see page 43.) Fair earn ping on the river. SCOTT'S BL"UFFS ...................... I ........... 19~ These Bluffs do not appear to be so far ahead ; but you will find they are. (For account of, see page 46.) Good camping along the river before reaching th~ Bluffs; but you cannot pass between them and the ri-ver, so keep the road, and after passing the steepest ravine you have yet encountered, and the narrowest gorge, pass down to a trading post., where there is good spring water, and on to . HORSE CREEK ..............................•.. · • · .13 Fair camping here. C 1 AR CREEl{ ..........................•....... 13 You now have a good road alternating with bluff, hill, valley al1d bottom land, with fair camping along the river to TRADING POST, ..... ,. . . . . . . . . • . . . • • • . • • • .. · · · .2J .. NATIONAL WAGON ROAD GUIDE, 81 This is an old and celebrated Indian trading post, belong, ing t.o the "American Fur Company/ .. LARAMIE RIVER,~ , , ........... , . , 1 , , , , , • • , , • , •• , • ~ This is the second fork of the Platte j by crossing the bridge, or fording and following up iti north and west bank, brings you to FORT LARAMIE,. , , . . .. , , . , . . . . . ... , , . .. . .. , ... , 1 Yon are now 618 miles from St. Joseph~ and 330 n1iles from Fort Kearny, and you can either turn to pa!!e 89, and go right on 'vith your jo~rneyings, or r~cn:tit here for about 20 days, whUe we go back to Council BJuff.s, and guide our friends fi·om that p~int, along the north bank of the Plattea to thts :place~ {\Ud theu we will all iO on to~ether~ , ... |