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Show THE JOURNEY OUT, WITH ITS~ INCID~NTS. Trading House of Vasques and Bridger-Attacked by the Sioux-Soda Springs -Deep Chasm and the Crater of an extinct. Vo~cano-Fort. Hall-Snak? or Lewis River, Falls, &c.-Snow Storm, and difficulty of startmg fire-Ind1nns alona Snnke River-Nnmerous evidences of grt\at Volcanic action in past time~-Fort Boise-Hills of Mnrble-Grand Round-Blue Mountains, &c. -Whitman's Mission, on the Walawala--Fort Walawn.la-Columbia River, Falls, &c.-·Cascnde Mountains-·Wascopin Methodist Mission-Indian Burying place-Fort Vancouver-Arrival at Oregon City, &c. Having crossed the two Snndys, (branches of Green River,) on t~;a' lOth of August we crossed the main stream, n large and beautifu1 River; the water of which, unlike that on the opposite side of the Mou~tains, is very clear. Having crossed several of the tributaries of G1·een Rivet·, on the 13lh we arrived at the Trading House of Messrs. Vasques & Bridger. It had been attacked, during their absence, b;Y' a· band of Sioux; by whom tho horse guard, and two Snake Indians, had been killed, and a number of horses driven otf. We remained here three days, and then went on to the Utah Mountains, at the head of Bear Rive1·, to hunt Elk; as our stock of provisions wu~ nearly exhausted. We made our camp at the foot of the Mountain, where we remained ten days·;· during whi0h time the Utah Indians came to us, to trade horses, skins, &c. We met' with but little success in hunting, and on the 28th' started down the River. On the 1st of September, it rained, was qqite cold, andl the hills were covered with snow. This day, we s,truck the tra'il of the Oregon Company, and during the nights we had heavy frosts. The . vall~y of t?e River, is from one to eight miles wide. A large portton of 1t has a good soil, and is covered with an excellent grass •.. Flax grows.spontaneously in this valley, and in cunsiderable :u:ntlties. The htlls on either side, rise very high, and are tubged and barren; and there are only a few Cotton Wood trees sca11t tedr e·hd alo·n g the. Riv, er. These streams ab.o und with a fi ne F'1 s h , ca e l e Moun tam 1 rout. We found wild Goa-ts, and large flocks" Wl'l'Il IT. S H~CID£N'I'S.' 27 of Geese, Ducks and Cr:;uu~s; but they had l>een S@ mu c'b hunted, by the Emigrants, th~t i.t was almost impossible to ~ill uny of them. On the 4th we came to where the valley appeared to termin-ate, -the River turning shot·t to the left, and making a bl·each through the high range of hill~ on the \Vest; but the gencr~l course of Bea1• Rivet is neady North. · Here we cro!Ssed over the hills, (lnd again came into ·the valley beyond. · · On the 7th, we reached \he Soda Springs. They are on tlte East stde of Bear RivP-r, and are scattered over a level space, about equal, in extent, to one squ~re mile; with a slight inclination to .t~e River, and elevated above it some fifteen feet. A largo portion ,(;)f t9is level space is covet·ed with a stinted growth of Pine and .Cedar. The eat·th Is of various colors. tn some places it is almost perfectly white, and in others, quite red, &c. Above, below, and on the opposite side of the River, the valley is rich, and covered with fine gt·ass. The Mountains, on the North and East, are barren; but on the \Vest, they are co.vet·ed with Pine. The Springs, a1·e deep pots in the earth, ft·om one to fifteen feet act'll3o3, und gene rally. without an outlet. The water appears to be originally fresh, nnd seems to rise to a common level in all the Spriti!!~ ;. und in these pools, which have been probably made by st1·ong jets of the rising gass, it becomes highly charged. A slight hissing sound, is occasioned by the escapement of the gass. The wate1·, in mnny of the Springs,. where the surface exposed is small, is cool, very pleasant, and bas u fine, pure and lively acid. About half a mile below~ · and immediately on the bank Qf the River, there is a Spring where the water, (which i~ q~ite warm,) at intervals of fifteen seconds, is thrown several fet:t in the air, . ' I 1 from the centre of u small conical rock, which it has fqt~med about \ ' 1 • r it. A few feet from where the watet· eseapes1 th~1~q i~ a hole in . ' ( ' the rock, connected with the channel thro4gh \~hich the water flnsses, which inhales and exhales the air, like '~n ani111al breathing. ,, . There nrc numbers of dricLl-up fountains, similnt· to this, back f~on~ the River, hollow truncated cones, fl'o~ three to thirty feet iu Jinme-: ter. Several Springs rise in the bed of the Hi ver, the water of which is quite warm. Every thinrG hero has the appearance of receat nnd powe'rful volcanic acti~~h and doubtless the cuuses still exist,.~ no very great distance. · Five miles below t~~ $oclu Sp1·ings, the Rivc1· makes utJ acu.h' nngle about a bold o.~-;d ~ofty point, called the Sheop . . Ruck, n .. mnin,, - l \ 1 I I • ~ |