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Show HOMEWARD JOURNEY- Oct. 10 " 11 " 16 " 17 " 18 CAMP sa 33- Along tL& bottom lnud; pood road. - FORT . AKAMIB- Riaiu^ to the r Hiog tabic! a ad, and turning toward the west to avoid the gullies of " Goshen's Hole," prolongs the road three miles. It is better to keep down the Chugwater, passing the " Chimney," to Hunter's Spring, and thence to the fort. FO& D or LARAMIE RIVBR- Ford the stream just below the fort. Pass Bissonette's trading- post, five miles from Laramie. CAMP No. 85- On the right bank of the North Platte; good timber and grass for camping purposes. BA&* AU' 3- A trading house, without picket*. Below this, pkae orer a ridgo to avoi't the river, which impinges on the clay banks -. then along; Ha tie bottom. RICHARD'S- Trading- jutut be longing to the American Fur Comp& ay. Average width of hottoui 3 miles, having grass and timber abundant HORSE CRBRK- Timber has become scarce along the river - here there is none. CAMP No. 80- Turning down Horse Creek a short distance; then toward Platte, obliquely, to a small creek. OLD TRAOK- A road lies along the river, but it is not worn; said to be shorter than that by Scott's Bluffs. We ascend gently to the old track, which leaves the river at Horse Creek. SCOTT'S BLUFFS- At a small rivulet, row of old, deserted houses. A spring at the foot of Sandstone Bluffs, where the road orostes the ridge. Cedars on tlus Bluffs, and good grass on the plain. to 00 00 Day's March. Total from Fort Laramie. Total from Salt Lake City. Latitude. Longitude. 12.65 84.08 6.80 81.04 6.80 8.80 19.66 86.26 87.84 48.74 61.86 681.81 666.84 672.64 574.64 585.40 602.09 608.68 609.68 617.20 42° 12' 88". 2 42° 12' 22" 41° 66' 36". 7 41° 48' 25". 7 104° 81' 26" 104° 81' 26" 108° 68' 28" 108° 46' 02" w IT" w o i |
