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Show hl'ler· pu!4sing- ~\'Cr it. Bt•yond tltil'!, Vt)l·l Lnte in the nftcrnoon or the :Wth or Atl· cnuic tubles fnr·rl'IN! its C'nAtl'rn hounrhLry, g-uHt, I hC' t rninH wrr·e t:wnt in udvnnce ubout rxtcndinp: bnck custwnnl to nrul n c ro~A tht' tw!'IVP milcH, in ot·tlPr· thut th<'y might pro(Owyh~ ·c riv~r. f3l<'rn's monntnin bound!-! it by th cooltw s of tile cVPning und rnrly it ou tho west, nnd supplic•:; it. 1\t tho pClint mor·:1ing1 nnd rcuch wntet' on tho following where we were, with strenlllH of pnrc water uuy by the time nt wltit:lt tlt t'Y usuully bc') Ulting dowu l'r·om tho I'IIIOW lllltlks depml· come the mo&~t t.hit'!1 tj'. 'l11to fJoorcr por· ited in tbe chosrtrs nnd (h· ~n·as ions of its tion of one of tho !urge trttiiiA remllincd tmmmit. Springs ure plcntil'ttl 1tlong its hl't E', however, to recrnit its strength until western bonler, forJtting in nwt1y pluceslit· the qtt,u·termnE~tcr's traih of C1tpt. Cuny's tie rivulets; but neither thry or the otlwr comrmurll shon ld r~tt1rn to Fort Hoist!, r~trcllmS extend more tbnn L\ few ll\lnclrc<l whl' ll it would continue on untlcr the pt·o· yards from the mo untllitl '~ h11 ~P befo re tltc·y tectioP of h:; c~;co rt . Rink. During ont· stny tht•rr., thus<~ Rt rra11ls 011r full f'orre not being deemed impemfell bt\ck to the mountttin IJy duy, nntl cume tiv t!ly rwcef!~t\ry to guanl tiro tmims hcnco runuing down into the ndl,•y ut night , to th · Owyhe(! minrtc, nnd ntl\ny of our unmuclt lii(O the cuAtorn of the JndinnR, und imnh:1 ulJsolnlt'ly n•<.p1il'ing rest before set• similor in this reE~pcct to the s nt~~oll R treuur~ tin~ ont mn our t·cttll'n Journey, 1\ 1letncltin eo me of the valleys of Un I i l'tll'll iu. men t of 11 i n('tcrn en I i~:~t efl men wuH 1letui le<l 'J'his vnlley is not,•d nntong- Or·pgon to rnmpoHc the cReorq 1iel<'eting- !Inch uni· t roop!i! tUI the ou. ttle grou n<l of Lit· 11 t(' ll ll n t rttnls f'tlr it R ttRC us wern in thl' bPMl cond i\ Vaymire, lRt Or·cgotl C1L\'1d1·y. in un nffait· l tion. Tho t'C'Rt of our· nnirnul~, incltlliinf.t with the Jndinns, in April lu~t. i11 whi ch ou r· team~. ond ,\1) of ottt· strpplit·H, cxc,•pt that young oflicer cliRplrly<'d ll courag •o ttH ~ Pight 1lays mtionM fot· those who were to presence of mind , und n mili tary t11ct, Ull· Co11lin 11 '~ on, WI"''C put in chnrge of 1 •r· der very adverse circnrm; ttlll <'t'11, that wonl<l wnnt .ll\rnt'M Monro, with rt detuclnrwllt hnve done honor to o. vet<'rnn, nncl wlticlt, also of ll inet,.cn mrn, to be gt.tnrtlcd uncl douLtle~s, su.vcd the ur tnchlllt' ttl \llltll·r· hiH Cill' l't1 for· lltttil Ol1 t' rC'turn . oomrnnnd, nn(l n pr<~S ttrHptivc o1·g·unir,ut ion of citizC'ns, nnd<•ratood to have ht•ru eo·opernting with lrim, from u total route uml grcnt loss. · 1 'orne of the lr·ains ln g-~ it1g- from the lttst day's mnrch in Pueblo vallt•y-lwentyeight miles, over heavy Hnnd nnd MgC', without water, and the tlny very wtwm- it was nPccsRnry to rem1li11 here until nil could be brought. up nn<1 got in r<•uclitw~s for another LJUt'd <lr·ive ofthi1·ty thr·He milt'A, over the All me chnr.n.ct.Pr of tontl try, to 1 he ltead of Ct·ookctl Urcck, n trihutury or the Owyhee. Adi11g- A s~ itunt Surgeon Orf'er wnR rli· rf'CtPcl to t'l' lll :lin lwre also, nA on1· lady in· vul id wn~ yet wmhlc to coutiunc her jnnr· nry wilhout the lwnefit of the umhnlance, the tt•am to which Wt\S hot in 1mllieit>nt. p;ootl c<lndi tion to r'rHlet· it prnnl'nt to lttl<e it fttrlher, ill view of the service it yt:t lrud to pcrf1)rm Oil out· h t'HrlCWt\rtl trip. Several ol' Onptuin Uttrr·y's commnrul wcr·e uiMo very t~i<.:k, inclnding Acting A~~ istuut ~ur·geon Oochr'tlne-tlisci\SO ucute ely enttu·y- rcud<'l'illg it n ccssury for Dr· (J rec1· to porforot t lte mt:t1 ica.l service for that commund t'0t' the lime being, in t\tl.&i· • .. " ' , _, . ' - OW-¥lll1~ 1~ KXPglH'I'fO ~. 21 tiun to t.huL of our r>wn, nnd to ~:~hnre witu it tire nrctlicul supplil'S wh ich the llCCt'H!lities of the cu:~e n ·q 11 i n•d. Ho111e of these it wus necof.lt~tu·: to n·v lacc from Fort 13t> i~c . p,Lssiog ncross this vu iiC'y in an custcrly direction, u11tl np through u wido and comrnodiou! J cu11ou in its t·ustem l'im to till' gcuerul summit of tho coun try b!'yond, W(' COU ti IIIICd en 'l WUI'U U loug the olu I'Oll t U over a continuous Aanu und 1:111ge plain, witb u few E~pot covered witb frug-rn •tlls of !avo., und two ~lllull, dry, hurd uutt olllet.J, bttsins, to tho lu1ge clu::;tpr of ~pri ng1::1 tbut nre the source of Urookcd ere<'k. 'l'ueso springs, pcrhupA t hir·1y in nnnrber, nr·e nil or thl'tn set·tni11gly pure out difl~'l'· ing somewhat in their temperut.nrc. Muny of them ure deep round holes ~:~ lt npcd like u bnrrel set io the ~round with i ts oppt·r· bend tul·wn out, the water boiling up with considerable force through their· lJottorus. All but tbe ln.r·gest uro thoroughly HIIUucd by mungcs of the wild parsley. t~howe r, wi th wind, tltuudcr und lightning, n.ccornpanynwnt!-1, too sulJlimo f'ot· dcscrip· tion, but giving some of its witnesses a mt her rid iculou:; appt•urunce. Urool<~d crct·k hns n llirection considern.~ bly uor·th or cuf.lt, u11d pursncs its wuy ns ils IHIIIH! intiical<'H u11clcr g rt·ut difficuiLic¥ through ch•ep v1Jicu11iC clw ms tbut widen occu~;ionally ~liiTicic llt to ullow n little ioferiot · grusH to gr·ow nlong the wnters edge nt the I.Jottorn, u11d linully empties into the Owylwc n fuw miles below tho crossing. The country tltrou trh wh ich it pa85es is CMI'r·ctl uluwl:lt entirely with ltrvn, sand urul sage, hut tiro route in sufficiently smooth to adrnit of the p t\Sil\gO of wagona wilh lit tle dilTintlty. 'J'he r(.ln<.J forms a j u llCt iun with one of the rou tea from JJ urnbold!. , llhout six mileA 'Wt'AL of tht: Owybe~ . . Detwcen nntl around thcko springs there JB perlrnps two Fiquuro miles of very good lund, covered with o. fuit· gt·owt!t of gra~s. 'J'Itc ustull Rugc und u little grcuscwood iw ull thoro is fot· fn el. Ion. gruve.shupcd crevice on the Rummit of a pcrpcndiculut· wall of roc:k tltut bonn. dcd our camp on the southcust were the rcmo.ius of u white mun who hud be n cieud prPIJnbly nbout six mon tbs. llc wus evidently pluced there by comrudeA, ns portions of his clothing nod bis powdl'r horu wcr·e in tbc crevice, and n t ·the foot of tbo wall were the marks of Ull oltl cnmp that gave tuo appeurunce of l1aving'oeen sometime occupied. At daybreak on the moroiug of September wo 1st were visited by n consiu<.lmolc The dl•scc11t to tho Owyheo from the weRt is gntdunl 1\IIU smooth, the route passing umong dt·tnchcd perpendicular portions of whut w~s once a high volcanic table, representing now, by n lilLie stretch of the imuginntion, so many Towers, ond grand old castles, delineating the various orders of urchilC'eture, and on tiro whole presenting 1\ Allblintc and pict.ut·esque oppcartulcc. The cro!tsiug of tl10 Owyhee is by a grnvelcy ford, ~mooth, and in the summer H usoo, with but n litlle depth of watrr. The r iver here is nbout sixty yurcJs wide• untl when we crossed it, on the 2d, and ug-aio on tho 20th of September, tho greatcl- lt depth of wn.ter ou the fo t·d was not to excceul fourteen iocl1es. 1 t is somewhat nll<u.line, similur in this respect to Snake t•i vcr, nnd hus about tbe sntDe temperature. Two small fiCOw-suo.pcd boats lying near, uu<l a br·nsh rov(;re<l excnvlltion io tbc riv:cr's eustcrn bauk, were the ouly white rneo 'e murk~ of ot:cupo.r iou luut were visible, but |