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REPORT- 



HEADQUARTERS Military 



Division of the Missouri, 



Chicago, III, November 1, 1882. 



General: I have the honor to submit, for the information of the 

 General of the Army, the following report of an exploration made by 

 me of parts of the Territories of Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana, dur- 

 ing August and part of the month of September, of the present year. 



On August 1, I started from my headquarters, at Chicago, accom- 

 panied by General Delos B. Backet, Inspector-General, U. S. A., Lieut. 

 Cols. M. V. Sheridan and James F. Gregory, of my staff, Capt. W. P. 

 Clark, U. S. A., General Anson Stager, General William E. Strong, Mr. 

 John McCullough, Mr, W. 11. Bishop, of New York, and Mr. C. D. 

 Rhodes, of Chicago, and proceeded via the Chicago, Rock Island and 

 Pacific and the Union Pacific Rail ways, to the crossing of Green River, 

 in Wyoming. At this point we left the railroad on the morning of Au- 

 gust 4, and proceeded by spring wagons to Atlantic City, not far from 

 the old and abandoned post of Fort Stambangh, on the summit of the 

 Wind River Mountains, camping at Atlantic City the night of the same 



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The route, after leaving Green River railroad station, was up the val- 

 ley of the Green River, and thence across to the Big Sandy. This 

 country is very broken and sparsely covered with grass, although in many 

 of the valleys there was good grass and numerous herds of cattle. After 

 leaving the I Jig Sandy, the country improved gradually, as we approached 

 the Wind River Mountains. 



Leaving Atlantic City on the morning of the following day, August 

 5, we crossed the summit of the mountains and passed into a country 

 luxuriantly covered with bunch grass. Proceeding down through the 

 mountains, the Red Canon, we entered the valleys of the Little Popoagie 

 and Big Popoagie Rivers and passing through Lauder City, arrived at 

 Fort Washakie that afternoon, August 5. 



The valleys of the Little Popoagie and Big Popoagie seemed to be 

 taken up by thrifty farmers who, by the aid of irrigation, were cultivat- 

 ing fine crops of wheat, oats, and com j both are well sheltered, with 

 Lander City as the headquarters of all the cattle interest lying east and 

 west of Wind River, including the Gray Bull and Stinking Water conn- ' 

 try, m well as the Lower Wind River Valley, all of which is most excel- 

 lent grazing country, occupied by thousands of fat cattle. 



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