REPOSE AND JOB 



May 29, CampNo.25, Reese Rwer.— Altitude 



variation, 16° lo' E. Thermometer at 4.50 a. m, : 

 batli here, but the grass not being of the best ki 

 lovely, though cool. The mules more and more 

 tiieimproTed condition, caused by the nutrition., 



north and south, and bounded bv the Se-day-e or Lookout range, on its we 

 t„ o „.:i,^ r, ulll „ ltl ;t ,,.,„.!, w.'-st tout of nass in vallev by :i tolerable desce 



rhis vallev is exceedingly forbidding in appearance. To the south the bott, 

 extended Vlav Hat, perfectly divested of vegetation, terminating toward the sou 

 miall lake. In the distance it all looked so much like a sheet ot water that I K 



I concluded it was passable ; so gi 

 60° W., to the green spot across the 



ad on going to it passed over a portion of the clay flat re 



n , at ;; , ,„., , liW ; ; j(llll ,ev of 21.2 miles, come to a creek, where we encai 



b EZable gLs. The creek is f, feet wide. 2 deep, and, running with consideral 

 rapidity, spreads out in many rills, and sinks in the lake referred to. Abundant gn 

 can be found at the mouth of the canon of this stream. Both the stream and cafioi 

 call after my assistant, Lieut. J. L. Kirby Smith 



, Corns 



lo mil*. 



lv at th 



mountain, some 12 miles otf, and at the south by a ran-,, which seems to admit ot 

 egress at the southeast and also the southwest angle. Its altitude above the sea is 

 6,000 feet. Road to-day in Reese Valley, for 2 miles Irom camp, heavy- remainder 

 good, except a little rough going down from the pass m the valley, on account ot some 

 gullies. A couple of wolves noticed in the vicinity of camp, the first we have seen. 



May 30, Camp No. 26, Smith's Creel; Wwlnitf Vallry.— Elevation above the sea, 

 5,960 feet. Thermometer at sunrise, 35°. Our guide told Sanchez before leaving 

 him day before yesterday that he would meet us at this camp last evening. I his lie 

 has not done ; and as he is alone, contrary to my orders, which require him always to 

 come in with the last man of his party, I am not gratified, though doubtless his zeal 

 has led him to this unauthorized venture. We have therefore remained in camp to-day 



