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Which seems to be hmh. It Hows quite strongly toward Walker's Lake in whirl, i 



.inks. Its ,-olor is very much like that of the Missouri (a rather dirty yellow >, and i, 



tasto is quite suit ami palatable. Its hanks which arc vertical arc ahont four feel at>01 

 the surface of the water. The name Walker, applied to this river and to the lake int 

 which it flows, first appears on lYcmontfs map of 1848, and was doubtless given I. 

 him in honor of Mr. Joseph Walker, the leader of the party sent hy Colonel |».„,m, 

 ville in IS::."), to explore Croat Salt Lake, and who subsequently, on his way to tfoi 

 terev, Cal., passed l>v this river. Walker, after this, in 1846, was Fremont', grid 

 alonV'thi. same river and lake. 



1 have sent Mr. Reese ahead with a few men to construct a raft to enable tl 

 partv to cross Carson River when we shall reach it. After attending to this, he is I 

 Lc'eed on to Genoa and brin* hark our mail. Some Pi-Hes from Walker's Lai 

 have eome into camp to sell or' trade salmon-trout, caught in the lake. The large 

 they have weighs about 20 pounds. These Indians talk a little English and dres 

 some of them, like white people. In condition they are superior to those we nai 

 seen. 



liaise camp at 3 p. m. Sun scorching 

 left or north bank of the river, being forced « 

 to the sand-bench. River-bottom from one-t 



loam, very rich. Grass quite abundant and of go,., I quality. i;ottonwoous K sparse, v 

 and willows (abundantly) fringe the river. The riv,r-l,.,tt,mi ronld he readily and copi- 

 ously irrigated and made very productive A rang, of low mountains run parallel 

 to the river on north, and another also on south side each a .out eight or ten es 

 distant. Not a tree or shrub is to be seen on them. The contrast between the per- 

 fectly barren, sandy, thirsty-looking country to be seen on every sale and the vallej 

 of Walkers River, fringed with green cottonwoods and willows, very retreating. 

 After marching ten miles, at 7 o'clock encamped again ,.n the river Koa«^go<^ 

 except on banks of valley, where it was sandy. Pete came m from gm< e s pai \ , an, 

 reports bend of Walkers River six miles ahead, where I expect to camp m-im.mm 

 June 8, Camp No. 33, Walkers i*tt*r.-Ix>ngitude, 118° 40' 00"; latitude, 39 07 



urse northwestwardly along tie 

 IK- by the river from the bottom 

 one-half mile wide. Soil, a dark 



