exploration— -the Opening of a now and 



[ short 





he Great Ba 



Floyd, and thus facilitating the mails a 



nd emi 



igration. El 



icamped am. 



pines at the foot of the Sierra Nevada, 



just 14 



,'nn the sontl 



tern edge oi 



on a gushing stream of pure water wlii 



Ch con 



rses down in 



millieinonn 



tion is so high on the base of the mom 





iat we can o\ 



erlook a larj. 



valley; and a beautiful one it is, fence* 



1 off, r 



is it appears, 



into inelosu 



with cattle. The sheen of the river (C 



'arson) 



, in its prese 



nt lu h st.-i. 



course along the valley. 









Genoa, at the present time, has 2H 



! dwell 



There are i 



stores, 2 h< 



mi£ h ?M«"^ 







d L50 and S 



was commenced in 1N.V). It is now 



in con 



nection, by 



electric teleg 



Maj. Fred. Dodge, 1 

 s and refined gentle 





giver). The largest portion of the nation is generally to he toond m the vicinity ot 

 the principal rivers and lakes of the Great Basin, viz, Humboldt, Carson, Walker, 

 Truckee, Owen's, Pyramid, and Mono. The Pi-Utes resemble, in appearance, manner, 

 and customs, the Delawares on our Missouri frontier, and with judicious management 

 and assistance from the General Government, they would equal in three years their 

 brother Delawares in agricultural or other advancements made by them toward civiliza- 

 tion. The Pi-Utes are poor, but honestly inclined. They are also the most interesting 

 and docile Indians on the continent. 



"The Wa-sho nation number about 900 souls, and inhabit the country along the 

 eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada from Honey Lake on the north to Clara River, a 

 1 .ranch of Walker's, on the south, a distance of 150 miles. They are divided into three 

 bands of about 300 each, commanded by three head-chiefs. Deer Dick's band is on 

 the north, in the vicinity o f Honey Lake and Long Valley; Captain Jim's band is in 



Platte Kh 



i reached at Fort Ker 



