1844.] 
} elling nes, and the narrow trail 
caravans can find sare stence for their ani- steep qsine avon allowing the eo > 
mals ; and in military operations any num- | one animal at a time.. From the summit we 
ber of caval Base be moved, and any num- a fine view of the y Bear River 
her of cattle may be driven ; and thus men| range; and there were alning 
and horses be supported on long expeditions, 
tions. 
Saieigiale the value of the Oregon 
ae even in winter, in the sheltered situa- | the 
v 
ch e Ui 
about 1,500 Yok aie the pass, a 
country must great, washed as it is by 
the north Pacific cean—fronting Asia— | vation, oF ne boiling point, of 6.900 feet 
producing many the elements of com- |} above the 
ae peor ld and ‘healthy in its climate The ae) Pe we descended along the 
and oming, as it naturally will, a tho-| river, a ut noon reached a point where 
conghiee for the East India and China| three forks come t Fordin 
trade. these with some difficulty, we continued up 
: middle braneh, which, from the color of 
ere our faces once more eastward, | its waters, is nam ed river. The fe 
on the 
Jake, an eaakaged for tivo as 
the Spanish fork, which is dispersed in nu- 
merous Picket among very rugged moun- 
mies 
ns, which afford few passes, and render a 
necessary | wit 
hem 
eam can scarcely |'s 
pe to havea eos the eine asd 
sien bruptly from the re 
ood trail facilitated our travelling, and 538 
ack ae a bottoms, covered with excel- 
Hent ite streams are sarily and 
I Yanaualy, Ww ; and ste Chae the 
i | mountain hcg uraee and timber. 
At our age Ales thet evening of the 
' g6th, ne the bead re of the branches 
we had d ascended, strata of bituminous Time- 
rugged natur 
rage give toit i grea strength 
the Utahs from the intrusion of their ene- 
i a ae 
plae 
with are: on. fh cs hill 
sides, we encamped at evening on another 
ban to the intahy called the Duchesne 
Hl yater was very clear, the stream 
sere ag ; 
It 
ai being yet swo ion by the 
and w e for rded it without any di 
by islands, the largest ing about a 
un t wide ; and eit yuu 
is probably that of some old Fre 
per. 
P The next day a paar down 
river. whic h we were obliged to cross ; 
iver ag ge in : which were Posies a vari- 
ety of fossil anole te new 
It bered, Oats in crossing 
this vides e abou v120 pees the northward 
‘n August last, str of f erous rock 
were furasaray w hich “Ye been referred 
to the oolitic per 
rg rocks also hood te the same forma- 
‘rd few miles girs this encampment we 
the str cr 
ye ot its waters, fa, received. 
8 White river. The sno 
eginning to melt, and all). 
tha little rivulets were running by in rivers, 
ming difficult to ford. Con- 
rmiles up a ant o 
+7 
os a dividing ridge Bibel 
of the ‘0 the Uintah. The | 
the night, 
ied ti to it fas the Indians si 
Arent swiftness, and thé same which they 
ey to ilo a. s of a racehorse. 
an uninterru 
ise from the large rocks which are rolled 
along the bed. After infinite difficulty, and 
the cist of a day, we d in getti 
the st ape ae 
and got over with: the 
Continuing our 
