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Show -28 .. \<1:i h e c)" ed'Doep U:,Lkc; 1he water from thiz lake runs into the, 03St forI\: of .t he Sev;'er." We had good view to the west, and thought we " ere s,b.out on the nortn line. of Iron County and that I'otato Vally e 1.bout due as of Fe.rowan,., 'e passed on about two miles to the north of tbi s lake and camoeo. for t'ho nier:t" Here »t» sa ,\1' SOUle signs of Indians f so put out a double e.:rd. Sunda.y, Septembf:r ,2. 'Ie t:ravolcd in a t;ortheast dircH"tion, .ac end.ed e. very \"}hen we reached 'the top we fotL.'<1d it to r.iEh mounbaan be qui to level and o ove red 't1:1 th a very scrubby growth of fir and The + p of the mountarn at about tho timber sprnce. line, is covered, vd th a score or more. of 1i ttle lakes, f'r om whd ch wa gave it tee name 0)': 11 cueand l':lke :· .oun 'tz..dn. Thoy arc larned fro n the snow that h"'d mel ted. Va .traveled fourteen !nileJ to the l"lOrthoe.s and cane to the northeast'sid of the mountain ruld took dinner. At his point the mo un t a Ln ')ret,ks, off ab rup t Ly , and to tle east and nQrth we oould see where Green and Grru1d Rivera ceme together to form the Colorado. It looke here as if there had. been several volcanoes. The old craters now form some beautiful 'little Lake s the among rough volcanic l"oclm. At. th:ts place W( had ano the r vt ew of the country good to the ee.st and north for many .miles. We turned. to the west, descended. one bench of t he mountain and camped by what we called the Tf9n Lakes is found it very cold, considering the time of year. J/:ond;,:.y, 3eptel!!be:r. 3. '\:le started e.e.rly west '.ra,rd -down the mountain and came to c.. v(ry b(!autiful sight. A e t ream of wa tc r ran down the rocky side of the mounbafn through a small channel ra.ther than a The stream could be seen for miles on the canyon.. mountainside gleaming in t no liglt like a silver thread. It was one continuous cascade from the top to the bottom of the mounta.in, then it flows into the Colorado :rtiver, a branch of the Fremont Vie traveled west Rj.ver. over a. rolling coun txy covered 'llith a sho r-t growth of aageb rueh We did not find any Vv-s.ter though we tra.veled till dark and carne to where the moun-tain broke off into.grass valley. The descent was so steep I ste could not get down in the niBht, so we oamped , all tired and "thirst yo Some of tbe animals gave out during the day, and we had to leave them on the road6 :-' flue cday , Jeptember 4. We were up before d.aylight, sent. men ten back for the tired animls, while the rest packed up and coenced the descent of the m0Qtain. We soon got down to a small stream that er.r,rties into Otte19 Croek rtn.d'rested most of the day" We then went down to the place where the creek em£fties· into the 3evier and camped there for the nf.ght Otter Creek is a 'beautiful at ream which zuna throueh Grans Valley ex't erid.i ng thirty mi.Lea no r t h and ao ut.h fhe valley is from one to three miles wide and affords ru1 abundance of grass,· and the strea.m gives plenty of" fish. Wednedny, September '5. 1d2:. started to go down tb.e Sevier, but were not able to find a crosoing, and being in the forks of the two etreamsf) we had to go ba.ck four or five miles to find'a oroasing. For sevoral milos around the junctura the bottom is covered with a heavy grml!J'th of cane and grase four or fi1'/e feet high. We went on east, struck the old Sprinif3n traJ.l 'which we followed down the canyon, whioh is 'quite narrow in places and walled in by high precipices ot Th:is canyon is t'\'7elv T!Jiles long.' At the .nou th W granite. turned more to the aoubh went five m:tles; al'ld camped at the deserted , settlement of Circleville situated on the Sevier River. Thursday, September 6'. We sta.rted up the l'"i ver , traveled tough the canyon tv"!el ve miles, and met a company going down to harves t the wheat at Cil"clevil1e9 The place had been abandoned en .. , .. .. . 0 , , " , . . |
