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Show 42 --- - - - - ------- 1 1 hovvlill.c_rr~ of inlHlCUf-;C capacii y; it finally lllOOOtOHOUH, anJ \\rith carnrst lOP? ( 0 h we look fonvard for the ?ncl of t ln:-;.- tli d ont in a. dull roar. At intervals of t \VO n1i lcs lR n1arkcd ~he CAMP 90, SEPT. 13 :-The rain ceased distance we have yet before n~ , nHtlung durincr the uio·ht, aud on the cloud~ fro1n wher.c we no-vv arc to Fort ~Valla boing0 dispcllecf -vve sa-vy t~at whi~e at Walla, 295 n1iles. \Vithout accLdent, the base of the mounta1ns 1t had ran1ed, sixteen days will, do11 btless, take us at their tops it had snowed. T he t ree there; and swiftly do we trust . the tops are festooned iu silver-hung over wheels of t i1ne -vvill r evolve. Su1ce \v ith a snovvy panoply. TlH: effect of leaving the n1ountain t hiR n1orning, t he thi~~ change of scene JS to the view gr~nJ, road has laid alonrr the valley or prop- the change in the weath r bcnnmb1ng. erly speaking, a t~ble-for it is h igh up The roa(1 to-day -vvas very goocl n1~st fron1 the river- ancl \vas as good as of the \vay, cro~ :-:;jng but one 1nounta1u, could be wished for . We arc canlped vvhich was of easy, gradual ascent, but near the river but still above it, n,ud to- the o·oiuo· ao-vvn caruc nearly all at onee. night get water fr.onl it fot~ cookhingbpur- Ju the v~l1cy it waR quite Du1ooth _ancl poses. A large pu1c nen,r . us a~ een lrvol nnti-1 arriving nt what was desJgo-· shivered by lightning, the f1rst evl_dence ed t~ b a cut-ofl'; and as it was the • we have seen an1ong the n1ountains of latest traveled we took it. It -vva~ its effects. nw.de by a con1pany of soldiers in the We have no 1neans of estin1ating the early part of the season, and. 1nay be a height of the mountains we have passed, Rborter -vvay, but it was al ? hilly and but they are not le s t han 3000 feet rongl1, ancl it canuot be saJd that w \ from the water. They see1n no:v to bettered onrselves. The woods were grow less in proportions as we progre~s, dense and dark, as -vvell as cold and a cir?u1n atance ~n . our favor .not d1s- da1np from the stonn of ye ~terday.pleaslng. The au~ lS not so bqht and :E'inclino· uo sujtablc place to halt for rarified as an1ong the 1nou:1ta1u~ for- "1 11 nch~" c.h·ovc t-vvcl ve n1iles to the river, merly passed, doubtless o-vving to the \\' llich \i\'"C ferried, at the co t of $5,00 altitude not ~cing so great. 'l'here the the wagon, and can1ped on the north report of a nfle has a Hat sound and sic1e for the night, as we learned to our cannot be heard_ fa~· ; t he course of the_ distnay that for eighteen mjles_ beyond bullet may be distinctly traced by the there was no feed · we also o·atncd the . . 1 d ' b whistling sound. Ilerc It IS s 1arp an not very oTatifyiuo· inforruatiou that for clear, the echo 1. s 1o 1:g and cont 1' nuous. seventy-fibv e 1nilesb w e -vvon]d be troubl e_d We found a cart wh1~h had been a ban- to fiud it. This kind of in tel igcnce l::l don~d by a company 1n ~dvance of us, not agreeable at any ti.1nc, especially so leaving n1any useless articles scattered no-vv when the teains arc worn down aroun~l.. An1ong the debris wns a can by constant tavcl, and we so ncar our containing seyeral po~1nds of dan1aged journey's end. A band oflndians can1p powder. This we pickccl ~p, and re- with us to-night, and nutny of then1 solved to celebrate by hunnug, partly -vvcttch onr arrangmnc1d~:-.; -vvitl1 the Infor ~n1usmnent, .as al~o to prevc:1t the diau's curiosjty. - At thi~ place we Indiaus from being possessed of 1t. It leave U1c riyer, :Llt<l all arc thanld1l l thn.i exploded -vvith the uoise of a canon, it js so. . echoing aud re-echoing over the water and muong the n1ountains for f-.:01110 tinH', arousing the \volvrR froll1 i hei.r <leuR, ·who 111anifc~trJ il1 r ir a f-.:to n i~l ll)lf\Jlt by CA-:\TP ~ l, Str~OAY, SEPT. 14-:-TJif' feecl, w l1 n.i, tltcre vYDR, heing in tlH· wood14 liPnrly. il ltti \(• f1·onJ t:tutlp , l lw a. t tiutnl:-; were takeu to it at 4 o'clock A. i\1.The road lay through a douse -vvilde~·ness ; where the trees \vere removc(1 the stun1ps r01naiuccl in1peding progrcR~. The land was low n,nu wet, cuttiiJg deep ruts as the wagou passed over.Of course we crossed a lllountaiu, that was i1npossible to avoid; but we arc used to it. Ou once 1t1orc getting on the level of the earth -vvc continued on roads of the san1e character as tho c first mentioned, having, in additiou, mud-holes, sloughs and creeks; the most difficult ones -vvere bridged- but such bridges. 13 stripping tlJC foliage fro1n an in1mense area of tju1ber. Finding good gras I on the Inountain top, halted to feed the teams, and prepare a ntCal for ourselves also. On reachiitg the eighteen n1ilc point, can1ped in the fo rest, by a creek, rivaling a crystal in purity. Gras I be1ng fonud a1nong unJerbrusl: and fallen ti1nbcr, it was a laborous i11atter to obtain it. CAMP 92, SEPT. 15 :-The roads today being so nearly sin1ilar to those of yesterday, that but little can be added to the record. 'l1he creek spoken of last evening runs due cast, and in a space of fourteen 1nile~ we 111ade twen- W e are following t lJC course of a ty-eight crossingR, niuctecn ti tnes by creek thn>ugh a uarro-vv and clccp gorge bridges, the rciUaindcr by fording.or Canyon,:!(' as sho\vn by a vievv we vVhcn tbe road \vas first built it was all somctirnes get of tho ~HLTOHnding peaks. bri<lgcd, but one \\·tv <leHtroycd by fire An occasional ray of Hun-light vYork: \Yhiclt is still huruiug, aud others waslLitR way tlwHgh the tree topR, hut so e<l a\i\ray by high -vvater. \Vhat is nqw t hick is the iolja.ge overhead, that they but a lllerc creek, is at t.iulcH, rccc.ivi11g seldon1 reach the gro uutl. 'l"'he forest its supplies fronl tlle n1ouut aius, a ragis n1a.inly con1posed of tau1arack and iug torrent; the inuucnse quantities of cedar which grew to a height beyou<1 tilnber that lie piled up by every b1idge auything we had ever seen, they seeln- corroborate the statCJucut. The tilnber ing to vic -vvith the n1ountains in attain- is no\v tmnarn.ck and fir, -vvjth a fe-vv ing the greatest elevation. Standing as cedars, the pine having nearly disap-t hcy clo, so near together, t1lcre is no pcnred. · way to clove lop but to shoot up-vvard~ ) w c ocr,upy the road to-night as a ancl bearing so close a ;relatiou each to can1ping ground, aud our tcut i::> pitched the oth er, that a corpulent person -vvould over the " ... agon t rack, carpeted. with find it difficult to u rgc n. passage through. fir boughs. At best the place is gloomy A cold du.:np _win_d blowing up the val- aud disnln.l, but it is our ouly alternaley, we 1nstn1ct1vely c~re\v our coats tive. Not an itein of forurre can be ob. closc1: aro~n~d us, ~o s1u e1 cl our pers?ns tajncd for the anitnnlt; but 1nu lbcrry fr01n Its c1nlhng effects. In a cleanng leaves; thitt bciun· n. poor snbstitute for 1nadc for the purpoRe, si,ood the ehnrred 1 or' -·u 1·1.! e<~teu of' ~l)ariu o·ly and is hard- • I tl L. l tl . b c Ill o, ~~ ltl . I (. tJ ' (. rem~.lns ot , lC ~-aullns \V ~er~.' 10 Crll$'1- \ ly a preveutativG fronl st,~rvntiou. . Such ue?t s. and \vod 1ncn v~Jntelc<l \\ 1nle is life aulouo· the 1nouutauts. Bmng de-bu1ld1ng th~. road. , ~ 1~r~). had sV\r.opt 1ay?d ]n sucb~ places ]s a luxury not to over the p1clCC <lostlOYlll0 then1, ~.nHl be lndnlgcd 1n often, uule~s at the ex-pense of the temns, ou "" hich depends • 'rtHS word is svellcd" Ca~lOn," ~('CCIItC~ on the !i_r:--:t I our safe t rnusit, 1111<1 all our hopes. A 11ylable, and pronounced ' ' A art1Jm1. ' lt J;-) <L Hpam::;h I . • · fl l · word signifying a. piece of a.rLillri·y, the hnncl or n. gu11, I bnghL ca.n1p-f1n~ pre~-\< '1'\'t' I 1t J'Oll1 >C'IItg-or n.ny kind of tulJc! U.llO Wll icll, in ~hi s_co untry h:"t::! eu t.I rely clJCcrlc~R (liHl l>v Uw li )'hL of been adopted to desl'nbe t il<' pnssag-e ol a. nvcr hctwccn . . . . ' ·' _ JlCl:poud!CI~la.r roc;kR of' g-rent_ ucighth, nr .auy 1\illd of It, Uf. llll dtll.f!.'ltr., to-day\~ rerOJ'<l J.' llHt<le J;otgc; I t 1s also m;cc1 to tlc-;c nlJc Y ~ tlll·y,:; for tlw.; pur- f' . 1, 1 1 JlC fir~ 1 1 imP pose we have used it. l t }• 01 I, ) 1 I t L • |