REPOET AND JOURNAL. 



the south of Devil's Hole. A Uto Ind 



ian at the mail-st; 



water there, and I have therefore instni 



cted the guide tot 



examine the region again in that directi 



ion. If water is tV 



road accordingly on my return from 0; 



irson Vallev. 



Took up march at 6$ o'clock. In 



S.5 miles paiWai 



Soon after starting it commenced to i 



•aim which Boftem 



much as to cause the wagons, (j miles t 



rom Fish Springs, 



tance of one-quarter of a mile. Detail 



led an hour on tin 



road doubles the point of the range alo 



ng which we have 



on the plain of the desert toward the C 



io-shoot or Tots-ai 



mountain range. After making a jouri 



iey of 29.7 miles. 



to grass, the mules beginning to give o 



lit, we were oblige 



without water, except that in our keg 



s. I however foi 



which we will move to-morrow. The 



journey to-day has 



of the sandy and, in some places, ho« 



rgv character of tl 



places the ground is perfectly bare of everything, and is as smooth and polished as a 

 varnished floor. The first grass we have met with is that in which we are encamped. 



The Go-shoot or Tote-arrh Mountains have been nearly all day long directly 

 ahead of us, and appear very high. The peaks are covered witli snow, and some 10 

 miles quartering to the left from our camp may be seen a towering one, which I call 

 Union Peak, on account of its presenting itself in a doubled and connected form.* 

 The geological character of the range is sedimentary, intermingled witli quartz-rock 



Our teams, considering the hard winter they have just passed through at Camp" 

 Floyd and the short forage upon which, of necessity, they have been fed, have thus 

 far done remarkably well. 



May 8, Camp Xo. 6, Great Salt Lake Z>^r/.-Altitude above the sea, 4,51)3 feet, 

 Bugle sounded reveille at 4. Morning bright and clear. Thermometer at 4J a. in., 

 33°.75. Moved at half past live. In one mile, pass on our left an alkaline spring. 

 Water not drinkable. In 1.2 miles more, come to a sulphur spring, where there is an 

 abundance of water and grass, and where we encamped. It being Sunday, and the 

 animals and party requiring rest, we have only made this short march of 2.5 miles to 

 get to feed and water. The water, though sulphurous, is quite palatable to man and 

 beast. 



The shrill whistle of the curlew and the harsh croaking of the sand-hill crane 

 indicate that we are in a better region than that we have been passing over for a few 

 davs back. The view from this camp, in contrast with that we have witnessed since 

 we left General Johnston's Pass, is quite refreshing. Grass can be seen for a consid- 

 erable stretch in the valley to the south of our camp, and the mountains, among them 

 the Granite and Go-shoot Mountains, hemming us in at distant points, make up an 

 agreeable landscape. 



Just before dinner a Parvai U I'te) Indian (Black ilawklrame into ramp. This is 



(») This peak was again seen on our wturn route, July *>, and still, in its recesses, it was covered with snow. 



