| OCR Text |
Show ,-, COLO~EL l>ltE\V':4 vuluuulu teurumulc!i, uud thl• JHII'Chuwo ruud t· t 111.'11 he <.:uufl il..h:miJly l't'dllt:cd, llt~d rt hl'i ll~ fiOicly foa·this servic<', till.' purclaHstrs lut\' ill~ t·onsidt•t'l'd d )lahrt'ul wll(•tlwr the (;ou"try no usc for them wltcll the ~:~c r· vicc should lle lwynrul wt~uld rt.>udily udntit of t~1e ir pu ~~· emlcd. The wngt·s l.llld tmbt~i~ I CIICI! uf ".IC~'; LnH huvin~r ll'l't Fort J\lu111uth with the uc·cessary uumbrr of puck.-r!i-(' XC:t·pt tho ruulr11 t·xccHH i v-,·ly lmult•d - slllnc of one, ouly- i~ ill('lllucd in the hin~ of t ltl' llwm with lotu· btnldrt•li nnli tw ~nly-fivo Cruios; as men experienc(•d in tlr it~ l>u:-4ines:-4 pnundH, 1·ucb-1 ht·y could uol be uil-IJH'tiMt·d could not be obtained ht•re at the ra l1• ol' w i r h; uud lwyond r hut po it1 t w~ Wf•rc lou puy ulluwcd by the ,l(tiVt'l'lllll<'lll. H.xly fn1· into tire llo~lilt! ltul iun l'OUIItry to r·t·ll· five to ~evtmly· fi~e U\lllurl:l }JCII' muutll, irr dl·r· it sufc lo t.lo 11n wirhwut Al'tHiiug· l111 ~.:k coin, and sub!:!i!lteuce, \\'t•ru the rur~s pu id, lUI t'lll'Ort, whi ch 1 could uut Hpurc. nnd theMe ar~ tho usunl mi<·H of tlw cuuntry 'l'ht• 1ictuchmt'nt which bnu bccu Mlulionf'or good pucke~s. Fllr Cllll)\1;, forty tlollur~ l'd at .Jnci<~OIIVilh: uuriug tho wintt•r, ill per montiJ, coin, wul! tht• luwt•~tt mit! puid, rh .. r~;e or the uuimnls belonging at Fort this ulso the u~:~ual wugcs l'ur tl1ut l'iuu uf Khuuutlt, urH~ the pnt"k truiu!l, l~·ft thnt .ervice, ·' fJOiut on the :l(ith ol ~luy . crOS:it·d the Cu!'l· My communu eousifoltcd ut firAt of furry. cutlu rnouNta imi .on tlto 28th, t:ll' Vt'rul ntil1·:-4 t~even enlit~tctlull'n of I.'011tpn11J~ ••(J," l ~t Oru /of tht: mur1· <m:r their flllllllllit huviug I.H't ' ll gon cavnlry, under Cuptuin W111 . 1\ l·lly - 1 pn·vinu,:ly op~.·uc,J uuuer my dir,·ctiou, Ullt sul>st·qucotly re<luccu to th ii'I,V ·rr 111.~ t'll · / thruuglt u dt•ptlt of uwr'-! thuu uiuc flout 111' ~j~tcd, meu- .Actiug .As!$il:!tuo t ::; lll"g'tOu U. ~~~~~ ,.,. , 111ul urr i \'t:J ut [i\>rt K lu mu th 011 t lte \\'.Greer, ci.:ltt t~~•ur· tt)r· uu,~t•· r 'r~ l'lllplny ! :Writ. eeB, in<;huliug gni1h·, l>luckAuJit h. ll•utll~l cr ..: j I ntliun uJfitirA in tho vicinity of Fort two ludiun ~COUIK auu lwl·h·c f>Ud\l 'l'l:! Kluruath hu viug USfol~fll(;\) n rutlwr llll't'IIL· whose I puy is IUI?IItiOHt>•l llli ueiu:; iuclu- t-Ui llf.{ Uflpl:d. on llC(!Ortllt of' Jruliau ddlkuf. ~u io lbe hire of tJ,c lru i u~. lit:H lul'l.hl'J' norOrwrlr•l. the prt·H"nct:- of tho The ~·ulit~t~tl aucu w~:r·e urlllot'IJ witl1 r 'fil'~: wltole COillllllliHJ ww1 nrce:; nry ourilthe In· 11\bres i'Ud Coh'w n!vOin·rH, aud t~wploycl't! dinn~ F~ltotrld uuuri lc:-;t ~o~omc UltiAllrtuJcc tltut witb riflt-s. The eruploJCt:!, unJ the pudc- thl·r woulu rcu11t iu p~:ucl·uhlc. ~1ctlilwhilt·, t'l'8 hired ~ith the truiott, p~rfnrrn~d guuru to !invo cxpcmw, t.h\l pack trui11H were l' lll· cJ U I J Ul II ight lhrougbou L tho I'C.CUlJUUili· plOJt!d ill I Ito trllllPportut i.·m of' stl ppl it>~ lldi\C~. frorn t11e public ~torclwusc iu Jncl\NOnvillt·, .'J'he IIH.'MOitl or transportation UAC•t] \fet'(', UlHJ u efmngc u1f. ·ctcj j n the COil t r·u'ct fiJr one eixauuk te~m, Rod _one f<~u...anule lf!Hlll l the hire of the mult•!! ~o that puyment tlwrc· - IUI\<lE; up wtth puhlrc Ullllllal~o~, ull tlrut 1 fur lttltould h;l' mudu pt> r· p01111t.l in~tead of " C<;>ul,,l be Bpwred fr()m Port K lumntll. l<'aV· I !Jl't' di(•fJI nllowuucc l'ul' C'u~h unim"l t'lll· iug ther·e only &ufficieut for u p11st tl•11m - ployvd, ouc l1ired trtttH of foua· uuimnl11. un•lc·igl1ty I Our pr·<·parutions h~iug 1mmpl•·l1". uud a;ix hired pu.ck mules. It ltud l~··• n n1y iu- fn.di 11 11 mnt l<•t':i compur·urivt•ly !olaf•·. Cupta iu tou(iou ,to scud the Wll,L!Ou:-: b~o~·l< '" l•'.,rt )( ,. ,,~. ld'r Furt Klnrllallt witlr tl 11:: cnu•. l~lumutlr on our url'iviilut th,• ."iit•rrn :'\ , .. 111aod ou rlw 21:lrlr of .Jurw, proul·•·diniJ vuJa U)Oilllltlills, ns o.ur· !!-'IJl~·l i,·:: WlltJid tl~o •> 'l· !v W i lli.tm:!Ott ·~ ri ,VcJ', uuJ tJu~ J'IJl' ,, • lowing- ;h~y to ~P~'~'It'h' .. s Jti~.,: \;ulh~y. , iH ni.H>utthr·,·~ feet, ~~~l~lli; only for nbout wl1er·c l J•.'llrt•d hi111 ou th1· l~lcluy of .July. j t 1• 11 ytlrtJ~. From thi!i ledge the wntor full~ G ENJ.:rtAI. n~:~o~cull"l'l(IN m· 'l'lflo: cot,;sTHY uhout 1 wo fl'et into u ,)tep c1ldy below. AJ.(IJii,; 1'm: rtot 'TJ\. 'l'hu ~oil immcdint~ly along the ri\•cr ian '('h0 tnllill lOfJO,I!ruphicn) f,•alturC~ nf tho dul'l< l!llllcly )(I)Uil1 1 Ullt chunges tOll light ('Ottlltry bctw(•en F ort K bnwrlr a11d the gra11ite, or v~lcanic ash, u~ we approacb Owyhtto rt>g-ion runy l.>t• couRidl!rcd iu two the upland:i und mouutuins orr either sHJC'. l'f'Clio~JS , fHli'SI·ss in ~: Rinli ltu· cuur·ucter ist ioH 'l'lle country b1:lWI!t'll F ort KluQltltb ruuJ in ~o me r('flpects, hut ir1 others entirely tl il:l· th0 ford of Willi urmwu'H river· i!l co,·urcd tinct from radr ot lrl' r. with a line for~Ht of ytdlow und 1:1ugur pi ne, First Scctioii - Bdwt,<'n Fort l'"lumnth with 110w 1111t.l tlll'll ~ wh ite or n~d fir, und ami the S it'rrn Kevu1ln ~t oulltuir4H. D i!l· uccasionally u good t~izl'cl cedar, Cotton· tn uce ouee hurtur·cd und forty rnilt•fl. Tu wood, or mther u!lpcn. is ra'NJ11Cnt urourul thv ucw puss o11e hulllln·d urHl thi l'lttcn rhc gludfls and 1dong the ~ml\llcr streunrs. miltA. Gcu('ml dirc•ctiou ''nRt, f:ontlH'ns t. 'l'hcr<$ 11'e u lt~u l:lllt tdl rorc~tts nnd lhiclHlht Commruc:ing ut Fort 1\'lnllllll.h, the di· or u RJ)I·Cii·S of pine hnving Ud yet no popu • rl'1;t ion of the routo i1-1 u liulc ('1\RI o lur ntuJH•, ~IIHl urc seemingly peculiar to the sou th fnr n d i~ tuncc of fonr· n11d a hal · 'uHcudu MouutuirlR. I~'ort Klumutb is mil l'~ to n Jl" iut ou II H) c'uRt unnl\ of t I.e l'uilt in u lJeuntifn l grove of them, nnd IIIUI'I-Ih whioh I:Hlllltds the uort lr t•nd of Big th<'y cover the 8unnnit or the Cllscuda Klumu th L:tkr. nud rwul'ly opp.,:; itc the ~l lmntaius ulong the northern bu~;e of mrtbt•rn I.'Xtn·rnity of the Lal\c it~l'l f. ~l • >u ut M'Lnug-h liu wh~?re the roucl cro~scs l<' ron9 th iH poiut t lw r·oull Cl'f)H,o:t•~o~, hy 1111 hHt Wl't·u F urt. K lun~ttth ond J ucl< onYillc. ( '1111)' ll tiCCIIl und di'~C<:•·nl, I he r idg-e whit;h 'J'Iwy lll'C prohnbly Of the 8pt'Cic8 dcnomiD· form the cu~t rru rim ol tiH• K lurnurh bu,.:i 11 1 ukd Pio n.~ Co,tcmlcr. (lr vnllry. in 1\ cl in•erion rwnl'ly t·nt~l, nnd Fr·om \Villinrii:<CIIl'll river we pnssed enRtt lt('ncc contillii<'S in a northerly cotl r~:;e to u wnrll over u tllH:cos:~iun of low gr~vclly funl of \.Villinnt!llon'~ ri\'<:r. h ill~, unci interv~ning ghluP.s, to Spr11guc's \Villiarnsou's river tnhH it~; l'i~c iu Klnm. river, reuchiug it ut u point nbn11t six miiPs nth mursh-ot· ns th~ f n ~liuus clldru, in ubove it !:! iutersPction with \Villiamson'a KlurMn tb Lnko propcr·-lln:J r11nu ing- inn river·, of which it is tho mo.in tributnry. wout herly conr~c nbout thirty mill'S •'ru pt iPs Thencij n)()ng the nor·th buok of Sprug-ne's into tho <.'114-)t !!ide of l! ig- Klamath Lttke river over uu untlu lating countr·y, onu a ~o~i xtcro miles south of l i'un Klurnnth. JL con. idcmulo spur of tho mo1:1ntains cxtcnu· iH a consiucrablo rivcr·-ut tho ford prob· i~g down from the oorthwurd, nr·ouud tho nhly one hu nurtd yanl~ widv. J t i:; sonrc- point CJ( whicu the rh'er makes its way whut nllwl iue, nnJ ~·eucl\'l"t'd 111CH't) unpalui!L· through u somewhat dc(.'p rocky cufaun. blc fronr lmving· it1:1 sour cc in I;WIIIIIJ>H uud Prom the ~ummit of tllili spur MonRt ttrlc l lllll'!lhl•:;;. 'I' he cr·o::s .ng i~:~ ovcl' u ll-·J~e Hhtl~tu, Mt. M'Lnuguli u, Union, ::lcou 's of volcuuic suudi)Lonc extending <•utirely tutd Diurnontl Pl!ukH, with llllliiJ otlrt!r ucr·o~d tim r· ivt·r and iuto l h1~ houkH (Ill t-~no w IOJIJ.>t'J petll\lf unJ buttt•s of tire Un!f· .ci t.~t.>.l' t~iJL• . Tile g,rl'o.tcst dt•pr LJ of wut ~:r , cuJ~ rung-e, urHl uot yd uamL'u, ure oO~·red \ • ' |
