us that the day befoi 

 Mountains, about 17 ] 

 foot, trudging over th 



d had nothing 1 

 it as they had 



o T aphical Engineers, one of mv assistants. It is C feet wide, 2 deep, and of gravellv 

 bottom. After running 5 or 6 miles it expends itself in the small lake before referred 

 to. Willows line it. Soil of Woodruff Valley argillaceous, benches gravelly. The 

 artemisia the characteristic. Cedars cover the mountains near. 



Payte with party returned to camp just after we had pitched our tents, and reports 

 a pass 10 miles south of this, which he thinks, without considerable work, impracticable, 

 and says it looks very steep on the other side. There is, however, a practicable pass 

 20 miles south of us, but as after we get through it, according to him, we will have to 

 fro 20 miles more before we can get water, I have determined to go and look myself 

 for a pass, Lieutenant Murry, Mr. Jagiello, Payte, and Pete accompanying me. 



8.30 o'clock 2). m— Just returned from a reconnaissance of a pass, the foot of 

 which is 2 miles southwest from camp. Started from camp at 2.30, returned at 8.30, 

 just after tattoo; distance traveled about 24 miles. Found the pass on the east side 

 of the mountain quite steep, and that on the west side quite rough, on account ot the 

 rocks and of the stream which passes down it. Think, however, it practicable, with 

 some labor, and shall therefore attempt it to-morrow. 



: without 



me 2, CmnpNo. 27, Putnam's Creek— Longitude, 117° 27' 34"; latitude, o!J 14 

 Elevation above the sea, 6,325 feet. Thermometer at 5 a. m., 48°. Moved at 5 

 « of 6 a m Course southwestwardly to the base of the Se-day-e Mountain, and 

 enerallv westwardly through what I call the Gibraltar (or south) Pass, exam- 



ock\vithout doubling. The only exceedingly steep place is about three-fourths 

 ile up, where the ravine is left and a minor ridge surmounted to get over into 

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