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Show 30 d .,ert the road lead~ direct for t e n · Indians arc too nntn erous anrl troublelnl es. \Vhere the brusll, for \Yhich \VC SOll1C, nua go1<1 sPekers ll1USt be in Lands h~ve forn1ed no stroug t~ ti a<~hl neu t, lwc1 t-~nJTiciun t for Helf prtectiou. disappcan)d, or 1wd lH'YPr g ro\Yll, grtt.-:~ . N:ouo of tho nuntorous strca!HS and hac~ s:prung up n.lHnHlautl y~ an.l like au riv'I1ets Ilow.iug fr01n the HlOUiltaius oasis 111 the. de~crt, \Vi:~ a1l th3 rdit•f aloDv the route \ve traveled mHp tied iuthat saveJ 1t fro1n pcd~!d; hnrn· nu os~. to Sunke river, but either suuk into the Novv and then '''Olild a bc.:u1<1er prot rude gronu<l, or ionned s1nalllakcs iu the broad fron1 the gronnll, of a dn rk j rou color; brofHl valley of Suake: 'rhe O'rou ud is c~n1pcd near the river, this time \Yith for ilJ(ld p1·i1Jcipally of sand; a1~<l \Vhere \Vlllovv for fnel, aiH.l (_l\:c\")IL,nt fretl. 1nro·e hcd::; of basalt arc not found the T. l1 c f ' 1 · n ' I port o t1s 1111g· \\.·a:-; h<'r.t i1Hl u.lr·0<1 gronnd i:-1 ?f a d ry, absorbing nature, 1n. by 1nn.ny ; 1u.r[r:.; stnng~~ ot th~, iua1y t!J rongh \Vlnch the \Vater sinks, at tin1es tnbe vverc caught: 'l~O\\-<:t·cL 4) ·~,~·u1iu.o· 1 urstiiJg out agaiu. For sixty 1niles a stonu arose, a11d frou1 1 b~ <.' "·ery ilppear- above Ft. IIa11, along the n1ain Rtream a:nce we thoug]_, t \VC Fd tonld gPt a 1~or- of tl:e riycr~ there is hut one tributary t1on. It puP.se<l ~y on the' othrr rs1de, n 1nnu1g In fro,1u the sonth, auc.l t.hat the hO\VCver, \\' (' only . gd;t i11g a. touch or Li t tle Blackfoot bPforc llleutiouod, while the gale. 1\lH'atl n f :'.v ll.li l<;s beo·i ns u none ca111e in froiu t he north · all of long streteh of dc~ti tu t<', rongh co~n Lry, lhc n eithor sink1no· into the <rr~und or ~round \;vhieh uu ol<l n1onntainccr, tak- ifonninp- lakes. Tl~is scctiou i~ also no~ ng thr?ngh n ~quaufi·y of froight, is en- ted for the g reat f;.curcity of timber, and de~vonng to fn1d a l~~Htd \Yhich \vjll1 11a- the innnellf-;C p1aitm of sage, vvhieh is so tena1 ~y l(:~.sen tho <Jts tan ~e, n :~ vvdl as abuudant that it hn:'S beeu aptly tenned the I cquu cd a.1nonat of trnve1 OV(~r ~he Rnge <1esert of the 1nountains, exbad rondR. ~hou~d he succ<)ed, a uoticc tending for 1nany rni1es in vvidth and . w~s ~o be ~ef~ ~t 1t~ turn oif, as u. guide breadth, fonning a va~t ocean of prairie, :·for travelers, ~f. not chat, the track eou1d unbroken only by the "'I'hree Buttes." ~e f~un<!: Tlns n1att< .. 1: \VUS cou. iJe~·ed, The vV<~rd sterility 111ight express its ~,nd 1t \\cts deen1eu udv1snl>le to take an V~·hole character. · C~rly start On t he 11101TO\'.~ to find the road I't" 1-1 o~.;)s 1·bl("), ; 1.['U ·lt1t·D IT 1• 11' ~u,1 u. t h C.L.rP GS, Aua. 20:-As contmnr)lated, ,~tvc 1 . - tin1e to go over it tt lJ ' J .1 a.n car Y start \vas 1nade. We were for- With this re"olve ~H-1 ~~lwtlo ]!)bau :·-f·. t nnnt e ruough to find t he hoped for cut- the da . •J enure . 1e d. m·: o o f~r". It 1e ft· t l) C 1na.u 1 roau_1 \Vherc that I y veered to the \V{~St\Yard to avoid a lovv lTil11ense depo._ its of bL!.r k sand place or slough. Throu3h this went are a co1nmon t hing alo11g this 1iv~cr, our ro~tJ. 'l"'ho p rospect uot being a and gold has been found and kno\vu very fn.vorn ble oue for a O'OOd road a to exist in Janre c1uantitie~ in IJUlncrot1s f' t 1 d b ' IJ evY ·ca1ns a 1ea not not ici11g t he track, . sections in its bed mtd banks. \Vo are \Vt·nt around severaln1iles, the relnain-not given to speculation iu such mat- ing ones the other \vay. Crossed sev-· ters, but \VC do give it us our hun .. ble crn.l Rloughs, and one flowin£1' creek. ~nd ~andid opinion, that the tide of en1- Thin portion of the ~ats bas· been enlgratlon ere Inany yctt1·s, vvill set in for tin·ly overHowe\1, and rece11tly, too, these ports, even as far back as the rnak1np- nruch soft roads, in places n1udBlacl~ Hills, and hills and valleys that dy. Beyond question tilis has had we have looked upon as -vvorthless, vvill son1f'thing .to do i.u creating the swarn1~ be made to contribute ·its f11ll share to of 1nusqu1toes vVP have n1any tirnes the \V('nlth ofthc Vi·o rld. At rr(l~(lntthe hPa.rcl anrl felt, n.nd of \'.Thieh this place Notes By the fVa.y. 31 is not deficient j u nnn1ber ; every hv~ ·1' CA ".rP G!J, Auo. 2 L ;-..-A singular at ... is full of thetn. \VhPn \Ve a'rn in tmtc1H~ d lJ !O~:plH·ric ph:·non1euon took place this the river, \Y0 cawe ju to ht':l.vy ~autl .- HlO i'r1ing. it v.-ns quito nevv to us, and This road havi11g so ~5 l w rt an cxi~J~ e 11 ce , t\1ici tP<1~ ·oJ U.'") at t eutiou. The sun arose could. not be ot her tl li~Il a rough one. a:-; clear a ~ UPLw.l, bu t I oon became cloudOver sngu brush an<l roek1~ \VC \vent a 11 ~ d a~ it appear;-; pn' vi.ous to a hail stonn. day. rrh J rocks app(l(~l' to have becu It l'C.Litwd all aruuwl 111-l, only a fe\V drops subjecte<l to, nud nw I te<l hy an i ntcn~e t1 ~~ ceiH1illg \\·here ,.,~e \\'ere. The air above heat durin3 sou1e P'-L't no·e of the vvorla. \Vus nll i tt a co ;~lrnotion, and a peeuliar We shoulu tu.ke i t , lolO\\'iug bnt little uoido i"'sned · ·J-<nn it , nt firs t souuding like of ores in th0 crude rstate, to be very a large bird cu tt ill 1' its \Yny against a strongly n1ixecl \Vith irou. \Vheu there wind; th '11 louder, as if it \Vt're a great was no rock, saud took i tR lllucc. Iu lllUll her, s oo11 d taup:iug , I 1 ill b~~ co1n ing the afternoon can1c to a luke, the outlet hPavier, as the rattle of' Jni1l g lariug. \vas tho erecl- ruenti.oucd. It \iVa.· of This after being TC}.H'(l ted sc.veral ti1nes, .considerable extent, of a UltHldy color, d ied ttway, and the nky uecanlc bright. and tvvann. The \Veath er very Lot uu ~il Part of th8 forenoon \'ira f1 occupied in near catuping honr, -vvhen the sky be- gcttiuf!· over roaus us of ycRterda.y, then came cloudy an<l botl0d a stonn,· t he \\'"e left for a. sea on sage brush and Y\Tind bringing it directly tovvards us. I roek .... rur Ue{l our '\Yay SOD IC ti1ne It was not long before t he lake b ecan1c 1o11gcr through ~\Yhat son.e rcscn1hled a agitated, the \Vhite caps covering its 1neado\v beiug covered \vi th good. grass. surface. \V c got so1ne of the rain, but I-I a1 teu at uoon by a stnall lake of pure the wjnd changitJg, it \Veut around, on s\vcet water. Y.l o took a bathe in its the opposite side of the lake, and the vYa.ters, und felt n1uch reireshed. Near roar of its progress could be distinctly the shore it \vas quite "·ann b ut in the heard. To us the agitation of the in the n1iddle cold. 1"ho rond after waters was grand, as standing on the leaving the sage~ \Vas very san,dy.beach we vvitnessed the breakiug of the Ca1nped early b ecause of it, the tean1s surf on shore and rock. Catuped at being jaded. Previou -. t o eros. ing the the extren1e end of this lake, an1ong the sunnnit \VC 8a\v 111any skulls and bones sage, as there see1ned no better prospect of buffaloes. Since then but few, and ahead for forage, and is here poor those old ancl 1nnch \Ven.ther Tworn. On enough. We found and brought to t he vv-estern slope these a.nin1als have all ca1np the largest sage tree-as it resen1- disappeared. vVe arc unable to account bled· one-\vc had yet seen, n1easuting for this sta1npedc. The vveathcr to-day so1ne ten inches in ditnneter. It all \Vas very sultry, and t he sand blistering . grows to· a prodigious size. \Vhen -vve vvherc it touches the flesh. Reached a halted a strong vvind V\-·as blovviug ; at creek of good \Vater and l1nlted for the the tirne of \vriting it is but sufficient night, \Vith the sun high in the IIcavens. to keep n1usquitocs dovvn . Fronl here "vve have a Yie·\v of tho "Te- . tons," and the 1nountains in vvhich they By referring to the n1ap, we learn fonn a noticablc feature. They stand that the name of this lake is 1,Iarket, high up in bol<l relief-distant landwith an old trail n1arked along its east- 1nark~ of the desert. \V c do not knovv ern shore; all traces of it have now their height b ut their tops pierce the nearl.y disappeared. The sunset this clouds. Our usual stonn arose this e:ven1ng was a 1nost brjlliant on(l, the evening ; the \vind blew and the t.hu n~ hke of \vhich is not nhvn,yR R~en. dcr \YaR heavv v;·ith but. litt.lr rain. ' , |
