* 35 F ne T: 
ns... Along t 
Be oS appear domes and slender minarets raetly or yg Feet high, giving 
it every appearance of an old fortified t On the peo ‘White 
tats, ex ran 
river, where this formation exists in el oeivt “it a¥beedts 
which excite the admiration of the solitary voyageur, and form a fr 
theme of their conversation when speaking of the wonders of the country 
Sometimes it offers the perfectly illusive appearance of a large city, With 
aga streets and magnificent buildin Be among which the Canadians 
ver fail to see their cabaret; and sometimes it takes the form of a soli- 
tary house, with many large chambers, into which they drive their horses 
at night, and sleep in these natural defences perfectly secure from any at~ 
_tack of prowling savages. Before reaching our camp at Goshen’s hole, in 
crossing the immense detritus at the foot of the Castle rock, we were in- 
volved ; amidst windin; Z passages cut by the waters of the hil; and where, 
with a breadth scarcely large enough for the passage of a horse; the walls 
rise thirty and forty feet perpendicularly. This formation sup lies the - 
discoloration of the Platte. At sunset, the height of the rested uf column 
* was 25,500, the attached thermometer 80°, and wind moderate from. S. 
ee? Fi: “Clouds covered the sky with the rise of the moon, but I succee 
in obtaining the usnal astronomical Heath ame which placed v us. in| titu 
41° 40' 13" ° , and longitude 104° 24’ | 
y 15.—At 6 this morning, the serorden was at 25.515, the thet 
e day was finé, with some clouds looking dark on the: south, 
. fr eeze from the same quarter. We found that in our ji ya 
| ot ee base we had kept too much to the eastward. This morning ; 
: mare hot and among = ills the w wind s t | 
» from an oven. ~ Our hor: “much > sed, as we f wii at 
a and it was with Sofie lifficult ty that Heys ‘rere al brought to the 
; which we reached at 1 0’clock. In riding in kage ther 
we fund the trail of our Carts; whieh appeared to hav y 
_ two sinc 
~ After having allowed our animals two hours ar ir tg 
“resumed our our journey, and towards the close of the day came in Sit of 
~ Laramie’s fork. Issuing from the river hills, we kd first in view of 
Fort Platte, a post potato wate Sybille, Ad: aks » & Co, si ga 
~ammediatel in the point of land at 1 retion of Tia th 
Platte. + tie® the us tne Ct 2 eu e Son h fork. it as ho 
1, and still unfinished, being. intend with ‘walls (or rather houses} on * 
three of the sides, and to ts i on the fourth” ‘to the river. ei 
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