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Show 16 OVERLAND ROUTE 322 are very hard upon teams. After one and a half tniles from hero you reach lk DLUFF CREEI{ . . The road des· cends to the bottom land, where it is good. You will here find good water and good .grass, but scant in places.Six miles of this road and you reach 6 THE SECOND ~OFT SANDY BLUF J."S, whore the road is again hard upon teams for t\vo and a half miles, and 2~ ROAD DESCENDS TO LEVEL GROUND. Jlqre there iB a good spring and small creek. ~rhe spring is clear and cold. The creek runs from it, and crosses tho road. Abundance of excellent grass. After leaving. t his spot, one mile nnd a quarter on Is a It NARROW CRE~I(-,vator one foot deep. One mile and a quarter on • IS a 1! SPRING r.REEK, nnd one mile further on you come to a 334l TO CALIFORNIA. 17 334lJ I SLUGGISH CREEK or SLOUGH, which is twenty feet wide, and (including mud) about two feet decp.The road here runs for n little distance over deep sandy rolling land, to the bottom again, which is lovv and wet.After crossing four spring strean1s, (of g~od water) from last named point say eight miles and a half, you will arrive at 8~ R.A.T'l,LESNAl{E CREEK, which is one rod and a half wide, two feet deep, and ea$y to cross. Opposite this creek, the Cedar Bluffs commence on the south side of the riv~r, and continue three miles. From Rattlesnake Creek it is seven miles to a 7 SANDY CREEK, which is six feet wide, and of good water. After crossing five small creel\s, (all of good water,) say about ten miles and a half, is lOt WOLF CREEK, which is about six yards wide, and fordable. The road now passes over sandy bluffs for four miles, to a. 361! 2 |