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Show 224 SHE COTTAGE- ECHO CRREK. circum- meridian observations of Altair,- gave for latitude of the camp 41° 2' 27"- 26; long. 111° 80' 34". Tuesday, September 3.- Ther. at sunrise, 31°. The road continues to follow up the valley of Red Fork. In. about six miles we came in view of a remarkable little eminence in a bluff of red sandstone, which almost perfectly resembled a rustic cottage, with a deep- arched doorway and gently sloping roof, coveted with scattering cedars. The illusion was very strong, and became more and more perfect as we approached, until we almost expected to see some one issuing from the portal to gaze upon the passing train. The valley of Bed Fork to this point is very beautiful, beginning to widen considerably, fend becoming more level. ' For about a mile from camp, gray sandstone takes the place of the red, after which the latter predominates, but not in sufeh continuous ledges as heretofore. Opposite " the Cottage," a broad, level ravine comes in from the S. S. E., which apparently heads somewhere near the sources of Morin's Greek, and, from the trend- . ing of the hills, may connect with those of the Weber itself. If this should prove to be the case, the circuitous route by the mouth of Red Fork may be entirely avoided, as well as the descent to the Weber, and the rise from it, both which are unavoidable by the route now pursued. A short distance beyond the Cottage, a broad ravine comes in from the N. N. E., which is, in fact, the main Red Fork- the eastern branch, along which the road passes, being called Echo Creek. In the forks of the two streams, at the foot of a bluff of horizontal red and gray sandstone, observed for time and latitude. We called the bluff " Chicken- cock Bluff," from the strong resemblance to that bird of a large cedar on its summit. Ascending this elevation, I obtained a view of the valley of Red Fork, of Echo Creek, and also of the ravines coming into the former from the S. S. E. It is highly probable that a pass may be obtained by means of one of these valleys over to some of the head branches of the Weber, or to the river itself, before it enters the Camass Prairie.. It is worth a careful examination, as success would insure an almost level and very direct route through the Timppnogas Valley to that of the Great Salt Lake at Utah. On the right bank of Red Fork, just above the junction of Echo Creek, in a cliff of horizontal red sandstone, the escarpments were much worn and rounded, as if by the action of water, and wrought into strange and fantastic shapes, many of them resem- |
