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Show _\'otes lJy the II 'a!/· --- ---------· - -----------. in plaees however, there vve 111any boul- killed. The next Jay, teu 1niles beyond, Jers \vbich were very porous, being per- a con1paoy of ::;ix n1en vvith t\vo wa.gons foratedmuch like a sponge. In the n1orn- \Vere attacked, four n1en killed and one ing the sky wa.s cloudy, and the air close wagon taken a.\vay vvith all the pro visand confined; the sun soon dispe1led ions and fixtures belonging to it. The this, and shone hot and blistering.- first snnwks a little of doubt, as no trae•~ Crossed several creeks and one consid- of the drnd horses ean be found. erablc strea1n-the Little Blackfoot \VC W c are en.tnpc<.l iu eounectiou \VitlJ afterwards learned--vvas \Vide, deep another cOJnpauy, e01uposed lnostJy ·of and rapid. At this· · plaee the ·.river fan1ilit\~. Iutonnation of this character, runs through a wide, open prairie; it is very nn,tnra1ly created 110 little excite-lo" r in the earth, -vvith higl1, perpendic- . ular banks, of solid rock. For sotnc n1ent. Little groups are gathered her(~ uistance we follo-vved the course of the and tllerc, discussing, and expressing river, until on turning to tlte \vestvvard opinjonR conr-erning it. ~on1c entertaiu d ll r1 o ubts us to ]ts trnth, vvhile others 0entere a va cy in which cun1p is · f frivc 11 d located. We encountered to-day n1ore It u ere it. ~Iany '''ere the suspicioul:) than our usual allowance of du::;t; vvc glances given to the distant 1nountainR, have long been accusto1nccl to it in :rtn- as if tlH~y bode<.J u::; 110 good. l)oubtr · less before another Sllll shall set, \Ye lmlted quantities, but it was this day will obtrLin Inore clue to this lnatlUOre blinding than ever. vV e have so far cleared the Inountains that we feel ter, part of \Vhieh seemt; to be vvrapped slightly jubilant-n1uch like lifting up in my~tery. Cornbincd we ntnnbcr one . . hundrc<l well anned, effective 1nen, anJ our voice In song and discoursing 801110- consiuer ou1:selvcs safe fron1 a.n attack thing after this 1nanner : · ' ,. • 1 but in r-;uch an event, stronO' cnou o-h to Oh amt I glad I got out of the w:ihlernc.~~.·! &c. · tl 1 b d f 0h b The hills are barren and treeless; the tco.pe ...." vblbl ~ arge an o t ese n1oun-ll 11 1 d . . a In 1 o e r~. va eys we stoc ~e \VIth the prohfic and never en~ing sage brush, but prick- 8A::\IP Gl, A.uu. 13 :-We had been ly p~ar ha::s d1~appeared. Can1ped this but n. :short tin1e on the way vvhen a even1~g on a I?se of grolfnd,. ainid sage stampede occurred atnonO' the cattle of and du't sufficient to render It anything the train vve are ,vith, by 0 getting frightbut agreeable. r\t the t i111e of \vritino· encd at a dog. One n1an ~ .. as iujured, it is rai1~ing quietly, L_ut there is a pros': but uot dangerously. The route to-day pect of Its short contu1uance. ..cl.t this \VDS pus.;ing OYf\r hills aud throuo-h valplace a notice \Vas posted, \Yaruino- en1- ley.·, \vithout the rock. 'of yesterday. igrants of. Indian troubles, and ~d~i::sing The <·onntry is as barren and fruitless thcn1 to. stop here and g~ther 1n large a~ it could well be. X o vegetation com~arncs, to pt~rsuc vnth safety the I conl d. gro,,~, ho\Yever vve1l disposed.remalnd? r of the JO~rney to F t. I-IalJ.- 1 ::\Iadr, but a short drive to-day, in order "In union .there 1s strength." 'The to travel \vith the train \Ve arc no\\· s~ory a~ we. ?an gath.er it fr_o1n the n?- \Yj th. .Passed the grave this afternoon, ~~Icc, being dnn1y vvntten v.·tth a p~nc11, ol au unknovvn n1an, who also vvas sup~ s ncarl~ as fo!lov\'S : On the 8th 1n~t., posed t~ hnvc been killed by the Indicts a pa~ty of P.acke.r vvere return1ng ans. lie vvas shot in the back of the home from . Cahforn1a, they -vvere set head \¥ith buck-shot, some three hunupon .by Indians, at or near our present dred yards {i·orn the road. fie \¥as c~tmptng gronnd, aud t~ree .of them foun~ to-day, and buried decentJy by \-\ oundPd, and fonrtP.('n ot then· hors('~ a. t nun bnt a :.;hort d iRta.nee in adyauee .. Votes By the 1-1/ny. of us. The circtunstanccs in this case tain, keeping the course of a creek, lead us to suspect foul-play; but we which at titnes became -a to-rrcnt.-know nothing on \vhich to found a be- 'Vherc this stream divided the range, Jief, and as strangD things often trans- \Vas some of the \¥ildest scenery we have pire on the plains, \VC put t his down as been favored with a view of. The one of them. 1\. li ttle beyond, camped ehannel was deep, and the siucs of between t \vo high rnountainA, the tops perpendicular rock. Yfe ascended a of which arc covered. \vith r.no\v-no cliff overhanging tbc depth. Far benew thing--near a rapidly running lovv, at a giddy distance rushed the torcreek. Cl1mbed a n1ountain for w ood. rent. The 1nountains on the right are Across the creek in a dry anJ conspic- lofty, con1posed of rock of peculiar uous spot , are graves containing all shapes and fonns. From the top. of the that is mortal oi the four n1cn .1nurdered hill a valley or plain carne in view, of by Indians. T~1ey were picked ~p soon gr.eat ext~nt. yY e started this mo1:n~ng after the occurrence and recogrnzed by with the Intention or hope of gaining friends. The last .·ad rites were per- Ft. HalL In this valley that station is formed by the living to tho dead, t.he situatcd1 n:nd ":e n1ovcd . i_nto it vvith last tribute of friend to friencl cont nb- hopes running h1gh, and sp1nts buoyant. uted, in this distant, dismal region.- Last cveni~g ~t \vas vvann and pleasant, The place vvhcrc they .'verc found bore an<1 t?-r1ay It .1s hot and oppressive. The every evidence of hav1ng b een a hard d_ust .Is deep 1n th? .road. ~ ut c1Qes not contested field. The infernal fiends, r1se 1n such quantities as 1n days past . not to leave their bloody work half done, This plain is a sandy section, on vvhich scalped their victin1s a?d 1nude oH' vvith bnnch grass, .~rows j~ abundance, their plunder, skullung · tU11011g the sage bn1sh prohfically,!pnck1y pear a1so .. mountains awaiting another opportuni- vVe ]w,d not t ravc]cd long ere we found ty. Talk about Iridian braves, the tenn -vvc vvere \Yidening the ?istan~e ~et"':een is a slanderous one, a 1ibr l. :N O\V all us n.nd t he -vvatcr, and no 1ndtcat1ons doubts ·arc set a. icl , it i:s proYen. to a, uhrnc1 of hcing n.hle to_ rcueh it hcfon~ c.erta.inty. I t js said t llat \vhitN; nre at , .. l~ry latn at. night . Our tea1n s \Yere the hotton1 of thi.·, and in cite t he ludi- jaded n.11d ti rc(l, thr snnd deep and hensy. an~~ and cnconrng t l:en1by lending their \Yhen p er sons an~ in quandary, ann assistance. No pnnu~hn 1~ut enn be too knO\\. not vvhat to do, it js ah.vays best ~even>. for such 1ucn. I t. 1~ thonght that to stop n n<l consider ; thiR \\·e il irl, and our con1pany 1HtY<~ he en \YD.tch c(l n ll th(\ re::m lt of the ronsid erat.ion \V[l$ to along ~he \vay by Indians, y('t ,,·hat is I puRh n long. l\ 1uile fartlH\r anoth('r 1nore ,'Jngular, nonr have l)()rn seen by hn.H \ Y::ts eall(\d. Thi.s timr jt \Ynn us, nor any t race of t he IlL ' t l1onght best to turn n nd rotrac(' onr CAMP 62, A.un. 1.4-:-Our (~avalcndP ~ ~t eps . .Aftr·r t ur11i ng hnck sornr di. on n1archino- out in ordf'r thiFr JnorninQ: ' t an<' <', tnrncd asjdr, \vent to a creek 0 u constitutes a t rain of about one Inile in and carpped, \vith goo(l grass. TlH! length, and Jnakes quite a fonnidable Rhniles of evening \Vn.~ far advanced, beappearance. The roadR vvere very good, fore vve became sett]ed nwking ourselYeR ~orne rolling, and an occasional place ; a:-; ro~nfo rtablc as. c1rr11rnsi·anccs \vould rocky; the rocks of a <liffrren t tfl.xtu rf> . pct·1n1t. \Vhen t.tn1r~ \\·as t-n l~(\n f?r con-. than tho~e of yestcrrln.y, being 1norc sol- ! sidcrn t ion, it \VHH tho11g·hi" Jn YlC\\' nf id \vith a n1jxt urr of granite and quartz. j the many nn t rageR th;tt had b('cn com[ n leaving tho valley "'~ had hPCil in nti ttt'd, 1hnt tl.tP li v(•;-.; ot' th1: c·n t.npany ~ornP tim(>, \\'r pa~s (> d nvr·r t\ ln \\' Hl01 tn- •. \\.('l'f' .if\op;trrltzcd h.'· •·a~ttptrt::r 1n tlw |