Overland route to California, description of the route, via Council Bluffs, Iowa: keeping the north side of the Platte River for the whole of the distance, lying near that stream, thence over the South Pass via the great Sublette and Bear River cut-offs, and the Truckee river road, over the Sierra Nevada to Sacramento Valley

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60 ADDITIONAL RJ.;l\IARKS. in distance. By taking this route, how­ever, many of the most interesting sights of the whole journey are lost, such as steam­boat springs, soda springs, the openings in the rocks, &,c. To those whose teams have become ex:. hausted upon arriving at the junction of the Salt Lake road, (and more particularly if their teams consist of horses,) I would say go by ~alt Lake ; for there you can get plenty of nourishing feed, and give your animals the rest they require, \V hich will be more than made up to you before you get through. At the village of Salt I.~ake can be procured many little articles, which will be appreciated by the traveller, after his ar­duous journey from the frontier. Another great gain by this route is the a voidance of the great desert, from Bi.g Sandy River to Green Riv~r, a barren waste of 54 miles. The following is an extract of a letter from Mr. J. P. WELSH, of Milwaukee, who. ADDITIONAL REMARKS. 61 made tho overland trip in 1851. He took with him the manuscript copy of this Guide, and says: " \i\rith regard to tho "Guide'' you fur­nished me, it has proved very accurate, and been mainly depended upon, though we have Mormon and other Guides, some quito min· ute ond extensive. Even somo who have crossed, have asked for copies of part." Milwaukee, If is., .B.pril, 1852. U U ~~~~~~~-~~~~--~~~ PUBLISHED BY CYRUS CHILD.