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Show '14. 0· • -------------- Notes By the rf!ay. . . . • h ere .in t in1es past, has. been a fan1ou s } away. The large boulders thrown from huntn1!;' ground ~or Inchat;t). TlH'Y a!t tb? to_} .i11to !he valley, n1ado -vvagbear the n1arks of age. TnPy, and thcH· omun· a httle ddficuH. F ron1 hero we native hunters as \Vell, nro i~tst pnsr3ing t'olto\vcd the i·ange, and n1auy places away .. The roads \Vcrc a.111hat conln \VC passed O\~e r, n1ight be 1nade b•etter be des1rcd to-day; sn1ooth .and sotue- for trau~~porta tion IJy ren1ovino- the tin1es. rolling. ..AJ.l the_. afterno~n th(· largyr 'Rtones. That not being our travchng\vas up-htll Lustnes;:.;. CaJ:Jpcd l nt t:~t n ~::;s here, we rattled over then1.Ly a snJull creek fro111 \vhieh it is clifli- \V c ~p <l nt f~OlllC tin1o a tnono· these hills cult to .g_ot \V~ter sutlicio11t f?r .all pur- l ~8arcl1iug for 1l1e1n en t oes, a~d picked up poses. t;t?ck 1s \vatcredby Ntuku1o· hole~; 1 ~owe BlH~cia1e11 of stone of no intrinsic anJ allo\¥Ing th.enl to till uP: Fu<' 1 i~. 1! \ral ue, o1lly as a record of the locality. also a scarce article, sage lJeutg s11'lnJl. ('1 r-1 - :'I . • . 1 ,_u,rp 'u, Au a. 2. :-It JS prot:lulned CAl\[P 7 4, A.~G 27 :-:JioruLng· <..ta\vn- 1 -t"Jw :au aros~ in.thc east as usual this ~d cold .aud eh~Uy~ aud nll proplle<·i8t n. : nwruing, but none ~aw it, it beino- so storm ~~t.hcr of nun or ~;:1o .\,• No \Vind elondy. Tho ruin ceat:led bof·ore 111~rnwas sbrnng, and button1ug tlw nout np ing, but it \Vas eviuent it \YUs not over. to th.c throat not u mwcn. -.~ary. T!10 r~)ad 1 ~\.t er a tiu1e the ~un strugglccl throu o-h, C?n bnuca a.tong t h~.~ ·;u1_1 t'Y l1'1l tl tllat: IJut soon r elapsed back. rrhe air c~ld dtsappea.red, .breaklllg 1uco . 1HE1H'l'O'l'' ~ aud ehilly, and cvery-thino· -vvore a sn1atlcr ones 1n th~ ll.lonuLllllt;. IIerc 1 t;·1oDil1:; ex pre~~) on. The cl~uds hano-the road ta~\.es a \\Tln.fhng ('O:I~·..:e to a~3- j lllg ovt'r a11d aronud the Jnoun tain tops cend the n~ge , \v l u cl ~ \V<L:i lon.;.r an{l : aL1rne t~1 (l sOUF1 att"ntiou, as they lifted h?a~~· D~~1oro . n.~<.tch1l lJ~r th ~. to-p,. a i aud 1ioute~1 oft' )u rnpid su~cessiou . The pretcing \~HH1 frolt~ iLie .11orth ,'0t 1n. 1 \\·hole t nttn \Va8 detained this 11101·nino· On ase~~uhn~ 01~0 ot t,lw hJgb,• .. :.t poi ut~, I o.;ten.·)il>ly, to \Vu.it for. a \vagon that did \Ve obt~lned a, VIe \V of a valley b~youd HO_t r 1 u(;h camp la.:-t uro .. ht · but in realt h.e. ch~H1 ~~ the \VP, t, vvhich \VC 1.~ fte1:- it)r to euu.bl~ so1ne of 0 th~ cornpany to ~vatc~ eu~ored. 'Aloug here the SOi l tl:··- p~ vro~p~ctnlg ·for tho precious dllst. ~.un~e.s n1a11,J: sh~tdes, and ha.· some pecu~ 1 he1r clforts \verc fruitless,- and in this • ha~·rtt es . l he bauks 111ostly, are clay of place, and at this time a far n1ore prea hght . grean _cast. Fro1n the top of Gjous t iwe \Vastcd. At 10 o'clock the o~~' after clcanng a .deep hollow, a n1ag- train iu detached sections con1n1enced n1ficent lands?ape v1ew was spread out n1oving. The road continued at the before us, which, po1:traye~ on canvass base of the n1ountains until towards would n1ake ~ beaut1fu.l ptctt:re. Soon nigh t, vvhen it crossed the drain of the all ~ccame enve1opc~l 1.n a n11sty haze, valley, and bore n1orc to the north.a r~In co1n1nenced fCLlhng~ aucl the rc- .... \.l1ea-ry stonu m·os" and huno- threatmainder of the day W:lS decide~ly Ufl- ei~iugJ y OVCr the place \VC had left ; a p~easant. . '\V.e h~vc c~1~1pecl for the slJght I ho\ver \vas all we r neeivod of it ~1ght .and. 1t IS . still rannng. On de- until late in the day, vvhei1 it fell in a fe\Y scend1ng 1nto tl~c last valley, the path n1o1nents sufficient to lav the dust then led around a lngh ro.cky ~ed~c. The cca~ed. On thjs side o±· the cre~lt -vve top ~as capped. Onr a lin~ ~Wl t~ ItS eugo founJ land enough 011 which to camp, Wlth a.'vall of 1ock, .PIOJOCtlng son1e- at ahnost any place \VC chose. but was ~hat, 1n appearance hke a buhvark, as short of feed and -vvater . this' \vas the 1 ~ reared by the hand of art; but the only objection. At 4 o'~lock \Ve turned a.~d of n1an was not evoked in its erec- fro1n the road and located bv the same tlon ' ana ma.y ncYPr a1. d .1 11 t a1 \ l.n g 1. t crePk w·e croRRed, having tn,;n nP a lco ng '- . • }Votes By I lw Wo !J· • :3 ;}· - - --• . half day's drive. When \Ve halted it stonn nro::;o in the, cveuing, but affected rained slightly, bnt nov; t he sun is shiu- 1v but little. ing and it bids fair for a pl0aHant duy to-morrow. Since crO:-J;)illg the tlividP C.\MP 77, Aun. 30 :-vV c \vere called we have been in J)ncotah Territory, nud upon this n1oruinrr at the hour of startamong a tribe of l1Hlian ·of the s~un i ug, to· part \vith those of our travelname. So far as -vve nrc iufon ncd, they i11g corupu.nious \Vho hall detern1ined to have never beeu knovvn to interfere p;o back to the lDlllDS, SOU1C thirty rniles with travelers. Nonth V\Tc. t mnoug the tnouutai.ns. Part- , CAMP 76, AuG. 29 :-But a short t in1c ing \vith friend~ \vhen going on a jourelapsed after I tarting, b efore \Ve cro. ·eel uey \Ve arc now taking seems hard, but a large stream knovvn a.R J efferson Forlc pnrtin.o- vvjth friends here, iu t his distant It is one of the n1ain branches of the n'gion HO far frotn hon1c, shut out as Missouri river. Along its banks g ro\v n1ight be said frorn the vvorld, and fron1 heavy cotton-wood ti1nbor. Fronl the tbn co1nfort.· of hon1c, n1eeting noneford we bore o{f to the north-\vest, for :s~~:~i ug uonc but strange face8- no op- 15 1niles without seeing any evi(lence portuuil.-y of conlnlllnicatiug \.vith thmn, of vegetable life, or -vvater, exeeptino-, Ree1Uf-i 1utt0h worse. The last parting per~aps, gr?nso-~~ood and .prick1 y-pear. -vvon1 iH spoken, the last shaking of W.P,1le n1alung t h u; long dnvc \YO 111' ~ a lw.w1~ givc·u, null 'c1Gh litLlc eoi.npany small con1pauy of pncknrs on their \Yay t:10Vi.' or!" in silcr ce ju oypo"ite direc-to the upper vvntcrH of J eilerson Fork, tions ; antny long \Vishful g1 aucc ~ -vvere to mines of gold that hacl been rcc<'ntly I c1.1.~t bcl1inL1. They \vent back across discovered. They bring glo\viug uc- this valley, \VC entcrnd the n1ountains, counts of the succcP.s that there attrud.-:-J aud \Vcrc soon lo~t to e~tch others sight. the efforts of the ]aborc r. Thi:3 iutel- Frotu here the rmuaiuuer of our jourligence, the reliability -vve cnnnot qucs- uey l11 llSt Le pursued alone. About tion, has but increased the fever of tbe 11ioon \Ve 1net three traiu ~ co1ning fi·om corr1pany, and all arc anxious to return. I Deer L o(lg ')' bouud ior the n1ines. The Nq-vv aU countenances -vvear a chnerful l r oaLl:-.; vvcrc very good for [1 n1onntainous expression. Halted at noon by a creek, country. Crossed a nn:nber of crocks o~· succession of creek·. Soon a g0ntle- thuiug the fo renoon, and at noon halted manjust fro·n1 the n 1in :'i:l b:iDgs t1ireet by Big IIo1e or \Visu01n riYor. It is a inforn1ation rc1noving all doubts that lttrgt~ ::3trei.l.lll Vv~itli n rupid current and may have exi~ tcd. I t vv:.t~3 at one!~ rc- ·iorllJ~; a j Ullc t ioil \virh Jefien~on .Fork a solved by 1nost of the co1.npany to go fnv ldili·~' to the east. ]; ordod and fol- · there. Acting on tho ro·~ot ve, U1i.H1:V sl art- lo\v~·d it in the afteruuou, ca.rnping by ed, hardly allovving tiuw ·co 1\"·. :·u~t j t near \Yht·rc it tllru~ to the \ve:::;t. It their stock. Others took it 111ore qHiPt!y, ris~:· in dH~ 1nonn<cui11:~ at the north foot preferring to \Vai t lnti l lnoruin o·. Part 0 f a. pn: irie, both b cari j)g tho saule of our innnell iutc as.socin te.;, \ Vl c. ·e 111 i~:;- uau1e. The \Yen.ther sui ~ry but \VC sion to this counb y. is i<1eutiticc1 \v ith \VBre spared the af11ict1on of dust. .A.lothers, decided to separate fro1n ns o,nd thongh sno\v hn.s not been n1entioned return also. Acc,)nlingly n temn aud for son1e days 1t has uot been lost sight wagon is to be detached ti·o1n our traiu of. 'Tho pou.ks in the di t='tnnce are lofty for their use, and provisions sufficient and extensive. The cvcing cold b ut for a con1mencon1ent. Tbis vvas the other\vise pleasant, a11d the sound of thP end of our traveling to-day. A.ll are violin \vnl~('f. th(' Pcho .~ in t hi.s dir.:t.nni busy arranging for a sep~ration. A pla('.i). I • |