379 SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD 
Collins goes directly to England, and Judge Palmer is trying to 
induce Mr. Sibley to go. I shall second that endeavor. 
By the way, I have continued my studies in physical seonrachie 
via the valley of the Similkameen to Frazer’s River at or about Lytton, 
thence to Stuart Lake, and thence to the coast by the Skeena River, 
near Ft. Simpson and the Russian dominions. It is important to 
demonstrate that the line can be erected without the H. B. Co.’s 
consent. 
Yours, 
5:\S.. Corrine: 
From Rev. S. S. Cutting to Spencer F. Baird. 
New York Sept. 1 1864. 
Dear SPENCER, 
I have seen Mr. Collins. He seems to have no doubt 
that the route from St. Paul is the best. . . . I called on Mr. 
Gibbs and spent a morning with him most profitably. He confirms 
the views that I had reached in respect to the valley of the 
Similkameen and the route thence north to Fort George—but knows 
nothing of the region from Ft. George to the coast. He gives a fright- 
ful description of the Coast Indians. 
Yours, 
». os CUTTING 
From Rev. S. S. Cutting to Spencer F. Baird. 
New York Oct. 24 1864. 
DEAR SPENCER 
I saw this morning a letter from you to Capt. Bulkley in which 
you referred to my going to Washington. It would be very difficult 
for me to go, and I have suggested that Mr. Pope, the maker of the 
map, should go and put himself for a few days under your instructions. 
If it had not been so very difficult for me to leave my work I would 
have gone for a day or two, in the hope of contributing somewhat 
to a decision by Kennicott to go on the expedition. They will make 
