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Show lain or salt flats to the campsite about five miles north of the headquarters The campsite was located on the Clear Lake Waterfowl Refuge. edge of salt marshes about 4.5 miles northwest of Pahvant Butte and appropriately named Llano Salado. f th? RESEARCH METHODS The principal research this day was the route from the Scipio Pass into the Sevier Desert. Again, the assistance of Mr. Jacobsen, who had previously spent considerable time traversing these hi I was In addition, we used the USGS maps, compass readings, and, invaluable. Is! where possible, clocked the distances with an automobile odomete October'2 At this site, which we named Llano Salado where, because of some white and thin shel Is that we found, there seems to have been a lake very much larger than the present observed the latitude which was 390 34' 36". This observation was made by the sun almost at the middle of the plain, which from north to south must be a little less than thirty leagues, and from east to west fourteen. It is very sparse in pasturages in most places; and though two rivers run into it, that of Santa Isabel from the north and the other medium-sized one from the east, the waters of which are very brackish, we did not see any location suitable for settlement. one, we In the afternoon we pursued our journey to the south southeast because the marshes and lakes were not letting us go south, which was the direct route to the pass through which we were to leave the plain. After going three leagues we halted near a sma I I bluff which stands on it. Wherefore we named the stopping point where there were marshes with much pasturage but with brackish water, EI Cerril 10. Today three leagues. RESEARCH AND INTERPRETATION Ted J. Warner and Thomas G. Alexander From the October I campsite to the October 2 campsite was three leagues or 7.89 mi les. The line of march was south-southeast across undulating salt flats strewn with volcanic ash and rock from Pahvant Butte, an extinct volcanic cone. On the butte's west side is a sheer cliff dropping like tapestry into the desert and faced with eagles' nests. The campsite appears to have been near the southern tip of the butte. The Fathers cal led Pahvant Butte EI Cerril 10 which means a "small eminence." It is easy to understand their discouragement at the sight of the terrain at this point. ' -130- |
