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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40 OVERLAND ROUTR 1046·~ half, and then over a good mountain road for three miles. From the above spring it is seventeen miles and a half to the first water, and twenty· five 1nHes before you wrll find tha.t commodity near the road. By observing future direetions, water will be found at the first named distance. From spring it is four miles and a half to 4} DESCENT ,.ro RAVIN E. Fol­low this three miles and a half, to 3! SUMMIT OF MOUNTAIN.­I .. ong, precipitous, and bad descent, for one mile, and for three mi1e3 further it is a good mountain road to 4 INTERVAL hot ween mountains. 6 ROAD ASCENDS TI-IE BLUFFS. A little distance bAfo:re this, camp roads lead off to the left, and a mile distant from the road is an excellent spring of water. It is not, however, sufficient to water stock. llalf a mile abovo t: e spring is a fine run, where your teams can drink. Mountain road to 1064! TO CALIFORNIA. - 41 1064~ 7~ SPRING CREI~K, on the left of, and near to the road. This ere ek flows from several cold springs. For 4 miles further it is a mountain road to a 4 RAVIN8. Two miles frotn this is a spring on the ]eft, and in four and a half n1ilos you roach the 4~ SUl\fMIT OF 1\10UNTAIN. Tho road ahead is well watered. It wind~ between tho mountains for twelvo miles to an 12 INTJi;RV AL of low rolling land, and in two miles further to 2 CROSSING OF BROOK. Fro1n here over a very dusty road for eleven miles to a 11 BRANCif OF RAFT RIVER.- All the last eleven mil~s is without vrater. It is five and a half miles more to the 5~ SECOND BRANCH OF RAFT RIVER. There is good feed upon both the above streams. Old road 1111