APPENDIX A. 



TABLE OF DISTANCES MEASURED ALONG THE ROUTE 

 TRAVELLED BY THE EXPEDITION IN 1849. 



OuTWAED Journey from Fort Leavenworth, on the Missouri 

 River, to the City of the Great Salt Lake, 



Date. 

 1849. 



May 31 



June 1 



«' 2 

 u 4 

 " 5 



u 7 

 " 8 



Prominent Points and Remarks. 



Fort Leavenworth — Latitude, N. 39° 

 21' 14", according to Lt. Col. Emory; 

 Longitude, W. 94° 44', according to 

 Nicollet. 



Spring Camp — Good cool water, and 

 fine grass for the cattle. 



Noon Halt — Near this point the road 

 has since been abandoned for the 

 ridge between the Missouri and Kan- 

 sas Rivers ; the directions are there- 

 fore made succinct until reaching 

 the Big Blue. 



Branch — Fuel and water plenty 



Small Creek — Road difficult on ac- 

 count of deep gullies. 



Indian Creek — Cross three small 

 creeks in the first 12 miles. 



Independence Road — Crossing of the 

 St. Joseph's and Independence Road. 



Kansas Branch — Travelling over the 

 ridge ; rising ground 6 miles, then 

 descending, to branch creek. 



Creek 



Creek 



Creek Camp — Here we defiled to the 

 left, leaving the road almost half a 

 mile, for fuel and water. 



The Groves — Fuel and water ; small 

 creek, running north. 



Neemaha — Tributary of the Missouri.. 



Neemaha Branch — Road has wound 

 along the ridge between two branches 

 of this creek. Noon halt. 



270 



Inter- 

 mediate 

 Distance. 



6.480 

 7.443 



4.742 



7.383 



18.437 

 3.000 

 9.500 



6.858 



5.335 



14.900 



10.790 



6.984 

 8.870 



Day's 

 March. 



6.480 



12.185 



7.383 



18.437 



19.358 

 20.235 



Total from 



Fort 



Leavenworth. 



17.774 



6.480 

 13.923 



18.665 

 25.048 



43.485 



46.485 



55.985 



62.848 

 68.178 

 83.078 



93.868 



100.852 

 109.722 



