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although the guide-party had spent two days in looking tor it, they had nor beta able 

 to find it. The consequence is that we are obliged to push on farther tor a good camp- 

 ground. The route we have come from Tyler's Springs, evidently a crooked one, in 

 Colonel Thomas range; and besides, it makes too great a detour to the north. The true 

 route should evidently pass the range 4 or 5 miles to the south of ns, and the indica- 

 tions are, there would be no difficulty. The guide, though he has examined these pastel 

 twice, has bungled a great deal to-day. At half past it a. in., being about 5 miles in 

 advance of column, hurrying on alone over the desert to the east ot Thomas range to 

 examine a pass ahead, I heard a halloa from some one in rear, whom I found to be .Mr. 

 McCarthy. He brought me the intelligence that Stevenson had returned and reported 

 a small spring and some grass to the right of the route we were pursuing, and about <» 

 miles from the train ; also another spring, or rather a couple of springs, <! miles beyond 

 that again, in the mountains. In consequence of this, I immediately sent word to 

 Lieutenant Murry to divert the train to the first mentioned spring, going there also 

 myself. I found, however, at the locality two trilling springs of no value, the water 

 even by digging not being sufficient for half a dozen men. Besides, it had a very poor 

 taste. .... 



These springs proving of no value, after resting the mules and putting m fresh 

 ones for those broken down, we attempted to reach with our wagons the springs reported 

 by Stevenson, 6 miles farther on. The teams, however, were too much tagged out to 

 accomplish it, and the consequence was that late in the afternoon, after proceeding .» 

 miles, we were obliged to halt and encamp for the night in a locality near some triple 

 peaks, where there was neither grass nor water. At about sundown the mules were 

 driven to the water and grass supposed to be 3 miles distant, mtwo herds; Jr. Keese 

 and Privates Shelton and Schwartz with the first, and Private Kennedy. Lambert, and 

 one of the Mexican herders ("the old man" » with the other. M e have been traveling 

 since yesterday at half-past 2, or for about 30 hours: the weather has been warm, and 

 the mules have had no water. The consequence is that all are tagged out and we tee 

 that we must reac* water soon, or the expedition become d.ncrahz.d and we fail ot 

 getting through to Camp Floyd across the Great >ak Pake Desert by a np ivtui.i- 

 route. as I had hoped. My dependence, however, is ma higher power, and asitt .as 

 never yet failed to help me in the straits of life through "iiu-li haw- ^^. l ^ |j*|j 

 still encouraged to believe that He will yet conduct us sate j t troog 

 difficulties. ,,. Mim i Tllli > 



Country to-day and yesterdny unuM.-lly ^'l^^'^lj. „.l 'h"-M 

 range a combination of tracliytir mid diormr ^ ll |'" ll> "" N " '"" ~""" '■ ' ^^ j ^ ,, 

 stratified rocks. Jonrney from Tyler's Spring :Sii.:> miles. '-'•" -"'" " ^"V '''""'' 

 miles, which have been unnecessarily hud and Inly on account of our not JW^ 

 route from the springs slightly farther to the lett over the -•»-■' ' 



come We had, this afternoon, a very copious sho^ei ot ram. btevenson, as soon as 

 be had pTint'd out to one of our men the next spring, left us to jom the gmde-party 



aUead ; , so r. ». 30 near Trwk P«flfe.-Elevation above the sea, 5,750 feet; 

 My 30, Ca,»p No. J^^T am. Kennedy came in and reported that the 

 thermometer at 6 a. m., 62 . adoui a a. u 



