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_ Wh _wé descended into this beautiful valley, it is three to bales 
breadth, perfectly level, and bounded by mountainous ridges, one above 
another, rising sudden enly fro from the plain. 
_Annexed is a map of ie portion of the river ‘aliog which passes the 
emigrant road. In its character of level bottoms,enclo  between:a 
mountains, it presents a type of the streams of thisregion. 
We continued our rene down the, river, and at night encamped with a 
family of ey ica men, women, and several children—who ap- 
peared to be bringing up the rear of the great caravan. 1 was struck wit 
the fine Ase hein of their cattle, some six or eight yoke of oxen, whie 
died looke@ as well as if they had been all the summer at work on some 
arm. It was strange to see one small family ylhoteg & along th 
i! a country, so remote from civilization. Some nine years since, such 
a security might have been a fatal one; but since thety disoatronk Heats 
in the country alittle north, the Blackfeet have ceased to-V isit these waters. 
Indians, however, are very uncertain in. their localities; and the: pare 
. feelings, also, of those now inhabiting it may be change ed. ia 
‘According 1 bp barometrical observation at noon, the elevation of the valley 
was 6,400 fe feet above the sea; and our encampment at night in latitude 
42° 03' 47", and longitude 11°10" 53'’, by observation—the day’s journey 
having been 26" miles. This encampment was therefore within the territe 
rial limit-of the United States; our travelling, from the time we entered 4 
valley of the Green river, on ‘the 15th of August, having been to the south 
of the 42d degree of north latitude, and consequently on Mexican seca 
and this is the route all the emigrants now travel to Oregon. 
The temperature at sunset was 65°; and at aeons there was a 
thunder. storm, with a light breeze from the wee 
Antelope and elk were seenWuring the anya re the opposite pris 
there were ducks and geese in. the river. ? 
Ther ext ing, i abput three miles from auseubant pment 
ork, A of clear water, about,.50. feet in bre 
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timbered with cotontwood, willow, ne aspen, and makes a be 
‘bouchement through a pass about 00. yentew Oy; between'n 
mountain hills, rising abruptly on either side, and forming gigantic co : 
the gate te by which it enters Bear rive rvalley, The bottoms, which below 
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500 mea wide; and during the greater part of the day we had “i ng 
toute, the river making very he ge 
and rocky and the valley occasionally so narrow as only to 
: through. 
our halt at as in a fertile bapa arte the common hee 
et ae a few giles Do low the mouth of Thomas’s * 
re ew Shine of the Titer. : aa 3 
stnoo int of anarrow spur, we descended into 
at di camps, where 1 
le which a women ii one 
d ae children playing in — and 
bottom, had an air of quiet security, 
