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Show -• H8 A rieh bott{jm, A smn ll creok, Another, A large croo]·, The Chimney, Scott's Dluffs. Horse creek, North Furk, Fort r,uramie, \V :.trm Sprin!Ys ol A sm111l creek, A !urge creek, North Fork, _ APPENDIX. ~\11L ES . ~ ~ ~ .~,._ . ,.. • I 30 C) .~ 10 20 20 The North Fork., - Tho crossing, Wnter, Salt Sink, vVillow Springs, Lnrge marsh, Grooked creek, Ind~pendence Rock, DnuHl Pn.ss, Mrr,Es. ~ .~.... . ~ ;'-' API'L:ND!X . 149 wood and grass . Here th e.r-3 nre two roads ~ue following the rive r, and the other l cavi n~· I tt to tho right. That will be preferable wltich betS boon least travnlecl, on account of o-rass. 55 7Gll This is by the roud which leuvos tl~e river. Through the Black Hill:s, tl1 ere are in tbo S • I pnng seasou, nnm6rous small streams which afford water, a great deal of wood aud o-russ ffi . 1 . '-' I b sn ctent or several companies. In this di - tanc e, the streams are never more than ·six miles a part. 30 791 From the point where the two roads again unite, the trail follows the North Fork to the crossing, never leaving it far. In the IJottoms uf the stream, there is grass s uffic:ient for eumps, and an inoxhat:stable quantity of wood. The River here, at this season, can" rrenerally bo forded. If it btl high, recourse mu~t be had to rafting, unless emigran ts are oth erwise provided. Timber is not wanting. Immediately aft €lr crossing the Pluttv, the 16 807 trail leaves the rivor entirely, and hears to the right, over a high and unev en country, which nftords very littlo of eith er wood, water, or grass ; and un til it reachfls Sweet \Vat er, a small river tribu tary to th E' North Fork, the most of the wator is impregnated with some kinc.l of salts, which remler it worse thnu disagreeablo. At this place, there is u sprin g, and a channel, in which the water sometimes flows. vV u ter salt. Grass scarce. No wood. 10 817 Her e, immediately on the trail, the water is salt, n nd th ero is scarcely n n y grass; but g-ree!l spots may be seen to the ri ght among the hill s, whcro there is excollc:mt grass, and springs of good water. They are five or six hundrfJd yards from the road. Great caution must bo observed, to keep out of the sinks, whi ch nre num erou s, dangero us, and decep tive. No won d. ' 7 824·\ Excellent water, some willow brush, and 1· .good grass, for a few companios. 2 1 826 Water and orass for a few compnnies. No wood. A s m~l branch flows from this mnrsh, along wlnch there is some grass. Tho trail follows it a few milos. 11 1 837 But little grass, and nowood. 8 845 This is on the bank of Sweet Water, along which there is good grass, but not mut.;h wood. 97 942 This is to some large and oxcellent ~p rings, a few milos beyond the bond of Swee t Water, and nenr the summit ·of th(l Pass through the Rocky Mountains, (South Pass.) From the Independence Rock, the trail follows Swoet Water, never leaving it far, to its source. In most places, the bottoms along the stream are cov- |
