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Show 98 NATIONAL WAGON ROAD GUIDE. national wagon road, via South Pass, has discovered an excellent route north of the present one, from ncar the South Pass, in a very direct line to Soda Springs, on Bear River. If such a route can be made practicable, it will be one of the most material cutoffs on the whole route to California; but until it shall have been reported as practicable for wagons, we would recommend the traveler to keep on the sure side, following the old, well known, and perfectly feasible route, even though the distance be considerably greater. PACIFIC SPI{INGS .. . . : . ........ . ...... ,. . ... · ..... 2 Good camping ; grass, water, and sage. PACIFIC CREEl{ .................... · ............. I ~ Fair grass, no wood. Look to your distances.for camp-ino- · there is almost a desert ahead. ~ ' DRY SANDY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " , . . . . . . , . . 9 A little water here, but brackish. JUNCTION OF CALIFORNIA AND SALT L.AI\:E ROADS ................... , .. , .............. , • . . 6 Left hand road leads to Salt Lake ; for description of route see index, " Salt Lake Route." We take the right, which is known as SUBLE'.fT'S CUT-OFF, LITTLE SANDY . · 4 • • • • • • • • • • • • 4 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 4 Fair camping at the ford; but the best grass is a short distance up the river. BIG sANDy. . . I • • • • • • • - • I • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 6 Good water and abundance of grass a short distance above or below the ford. No more good water for fiftyone miles, but in many places some good grass. Many emigrants prefer leaving the Big Sandy about 3 o'clock P. M., traveling most of the 'vay to Green River in the night ; others prefer the day. It is a long and hard 4 NATIONAL WAGON RO,AD GUIDE. J drive; the first half of the way the ro~d is good, the last half very rough. N OTE.-N ot far from the Big Sandy is a road that turns to the left, by some called Kinney's cut-off. By this route the longest drive without water is seventeen and a half miles. It is an excellent route on that ac-cou nt' thouO~' h a few miles the longest. Weh have .o n.c e passed over that route, and prefer it ; but as t e maJonty take this, the no-water route, it is the one we proceed with. Be careful to avoid an alkali creek, just before reach-ing Green River ; the water is death to stock. Pass on down to 99 FORD AND FERR.Y OF GREEN RIVER.· .. ···.·· .51 A large, cold, and rapid stream; bad to ford if the water is high ; but there is a good ferry here. Wood and grass abundant in many places. GREEN CREEK . . . . . . . . . . . . ............ I •••••••••• 2 Abundance of grass water, anil willows. . ' 8 BLACK RIVER .............. · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · Good camping. FORD OF BLACI{ RIVER .......... · .. · · · · · · · · · · · · 3 ~ Abundance of grass and willows. You now pass over a high ridge, and on to A SMALL S TREA.M ................. · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 6 ANOTHER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 3 ~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PINE AND POPLAR GROVE' .......... ········ · • · · 2 ~ Good spring here. You now cross two steep and rough hills. ASPEN SPRINGS . . . . . . . ... · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · .... 5 Here is a large spring, in a poplar or aspen grove. POPLAR RIDGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 7 ~ Quite a large grove of poplar here. LITTLE GREEN RIVER ............ · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 2 ~ By some called HAM'S FORI{ of Green River. A few |