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Show 84 1 • AftfitVAi AT tfRBAT BXXT. LAKE CITY. all njght, lest^ infcsarveh< rf food, they should damage the crops of tfeis. surly Nabal.. From 4 neighbouring plantation we procured what we needed; otherwise We should have been obliged to go sup- [ Jerlega to bed. I afterward learned that the proprietor had been . 9 AoH of eoihmiflsarj 01: quartermaster in Colonel Cook's Mormon . Battalion, 1n. California/ and had some reason to expect and. to dread a visit from the civil officers of the United States, on ae-eenjit: of certain unsettled public accounts; and that he had' actually - mistaken - us for some such functionaries.: Subsequent act? of a similar nature; however, fully evinced the ungracious character of the man, strongly contrasted as it was with tjte frank and generous hospitality we ever- received at the hands of the Whole Mormon wanntmity. . The following day we reached the City of the Great Salt Lake, and found that the train had arfivecbsafely on the 28d, and was Bow encamped near the Warm Springs on the outskirts of the city, awaiting m^ coming, , - ' . ' ' * , Ihe . result of the ^ reconnaissance we had thus completed was such a^ to. satisfy me that a good road can be obtained from Fort Bridget to the head of the Salt Lake; although I incline to the opinion thai it should pass farther north than the route taken by me, entering the southern end of Cache Valley, probably by Blacksmith's Fork, and . leaving: it by the tafton formed by Bear River in making its way from that valley mto the lake basin. > A more minute examination than the pressure of my other duties allowed me time to make will, I think, reailt in the confirmation of this, view and the ultimat} establishment of this road. Should such prove to be the case, it will, in addition to - shortening the distance, open to the emigration, at the season they would reach it, the inexhaustible resources of Cache Valley, where wood, water, abundance of fish, and theNfinest range imaginable for any number of cattle; offer advantages for recruiting and rest possessed by no other point that I have, seen on either Bide of the mountains. Before reaching Great Salt Lake City, I had heard from various sources that much uneasiness was felt by the Mormon community at my anticipated coming among them. I was told that they would-ne* er permit any survey of their country to be made; while it was darkly hinted that if I persevered in attempting to Scarry it on, my life would scarce be safe. Utterly disregarding, indeed giving not the least credence - t6, these insinuations, I at once called upon BBIGHAIC YOUNG, the president of the Mormon church and |