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The road crosses and recrosses that stream forty-four times; then crosses a ridge to the 
valley of the Wenass, with an ascent of about 800 feet; but from Captain McClellan’s 
observations this might be avoided by following down the valley of the Nachess to its mouth. 
Four miles below the Wenass is the first ford of the Yakima, which, during the travelling 
season, is there about one hundred yards wide, and not over eighteen inches deep in mid- 
summer. 
From this ford to the bend of the Yakima there is barely a sufficient supply of water along 
the road, except at stated camps, and at them it is disagreeable and injurious, being strongly 
impregnated with sulphur. 
Fuel for cooking purposes is also very scarce, but there is abundant grazing. Near the 
mouth of the Yakima is an excellent point for a recruiting camp for emigrants coming from the 
east. The remainder of the route to Walla-Walla is over the level sandy bottom bordering the 
Columbia for seventeen miles. 
Lieutenant Arnold urgently recommends that an additional appropriation of ten thousand 
dollars should be made, which will give the work a permanence and stability that it justly 
demands. 
Distances ее by the odometer on the military road from Walla- Walla to Steilacoom, constructed 
by Lieutenant Richard Arnold, 1st lieutenant 3d artillery, United States army. 
From point to | From Steila 
point. coom, eastward. 
Miles. Miles. 
To Puyallup river b 224 224 
To first crossing of Whitewater...-...------------- 9% 314 
To last prairie on Whitewater 6} 38 
To second crossing of Whitewater-......----------- 114 494 
To sixth crossing of WAE с E 5$ 554 
To La Téte егде a аттана, 34 59} 
To first crossing of Green river ... 1} 61} 
To Bare prairie EERO 2% 63% 
То western base of mountains. .......------------- 10} 73% 
To first prairie on the summit... ......------------- E тті 
To last prairie on the summit .........-.---------- 2% 79% 
To first crossing of Nachess river.......------------ 54 843 
To crossing of Papat valley 103 95} 
To mouth of Bumping river 99} 
To last crossing of Nachess river-....-------------- 1% иң 
To Жетеге e 10 * 121% 
To turn off from Wenass valley 16 137} 
To first crossing of Yakima ............-.......... 4 141} 
To water in crossing bend of Yakima...-.---------- 18} 159% 
То 2d water in crossing bend of Yakima............ 7} 167 
To Brackish spring, (undrinkable)-...-------------- 16$ 183} 
To Yakima, below bend....---- —— ا ت ا‎ 18} 202 
To Yakima, near mouth 15} 217} 
To end of road, opposite Walla-Walla....-..-------| 17} 2344 
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