Overland route to California, description of the route, via Council Bluffs, Iowa: keeping the north side of the Platte River for the whole of the distance, lying near that stream, thence over the South Pass via the great Sublette and Bear River cut-offs, and the Truckee river road, over the Sierra Nevada to Sacramento Valley

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12 OVERLAND ROUTE 184 15 TWO DEEP RAVINES, ncar to-gether, to the second 32 CREEl{, usually easy to ford, and so1netimes dry. Six miles further on, you come to a 6 DRY CREEK, and three miles fur-ther on is 3 ELl\I CREEl(. This creek is usu­ally dry, but on June 5th, 1850, \Ve found it with twelve fe et of wat~r, and bridged it. Excellent grass on the west side of the creek, with abun­dance of tim Jer. After going seven 1niles further, the 7 ROAD LEAVES TilE RIVER, from which place it is four miles to the 4 Ji,ORD OF BUFFALO CREEK. Deep banks, but not bad to cross.­After tra volling thirteen miles, the 13 ROAD RUNS NEAR TilE RIV-ER. Good places to camp at·e found during the last named distance. Sev­en miles further on, you come to a 235~ TO CALIFORNIA. 13 235~ 7 SMALL LAKE on the left of road. Seven miles further 7 THE ROAD APPROACHES AND LEAVES RIVER. One mile on is a 1 J~AKE, south of road. Two and a. ha]f miles further is t\o bed of a 2 ~ DRY CREEK, and fourteen miles from here you come to 14 ROLLING SANDY LAND. Af-ter traveling three miles, 3 ROAD LEAVES 'I' HE RIVER-from "\\t' hich place it is seven and a half miles to 7a SI\.UNK CREEl{ crossing. T\vo and a half miles on is :t 2~ LAKE on the left o~ road. from which place four tniles bnngs you to a 4 LARGE COLI) SPitiNG, on the 284 south of the road and a few rods from it, opposite to an an1phithea:re for~~d by high bluffs. The blufis en nrcr sido are high and precipitous, and from thern a beautiful view !nay be hud.­This point is ab0ut opposite tho junc­tion of the North and South forks of