52 DIAMOND SPRING. 



would leave a furrow beliind ; until at last 

 the perplexed master would wrathfuUy ex- 

 claim, « A mule will be a mule any way you 



can fix it !" j j j 



All's set!" is finally heard from 



some 



teamster—" All's seV is directly responded 

 from every quarter. « Stretch out !" immedi- 

 ately vociferates the captain. Then, the 

 heps ! of dnvers— the cracking of whips— 

 the tramphng of feet-the occasional creak 

 ot wheels— the mmbhng of wagons— form a 

 new scene of exquisite confusion, which I 

 shall not attempt further to describe. " Fall 

 m. is heard from head-quarters, and tlie 

 wagons are forthmth strung out upon the 

 long mchned plain, which stretches to the 

 heights beyond CouncH Grove. 



After fifteen mUes' progress, we arrived at 

 the Diamond Spring' (a crystal fountain dis- 

 charging Itself mto a smaU brook), to which, 

 m later years, caravans have sometimes ad- 

 vanced, before 'organizing.' Near twent>-- 



th^^tW f r?" ^T^^^ ^ ^^^^k «till smaller 

 than that of Council Grove, and our cimn 



waspitched immediately in its fother vXy"! 



When caravans are able to cross in the 



evemng, they seldom stop on the near ^de of 



cZ?^ ? .if '^w' 'V^^>' ^"^^^^ ^^^^^^> ^"d 

 though t?. t^^""^?^ ^^^ ^^^^^l^-' ^Win, 

 rafn^^ ^ f ^^"^ ^^ '^^t impassable afte; 



tn::n.^^ '^iJ-^?'^^ "^PP^^ ^d difficult 

 to ascend. A third and stiU more important 



