APPENDIX A. — TABLE OF DISTANCES. 



273 



Outward Journey — Continued. 



Date. 



1849. 



Prominent Points axd Remarks. 



Inter- 

 mediate 

 Distance. 



Day's 

 March. 



Total from 



Fort 



Leavenworth. 



July 9 



10 



11 



(< 



11 

 12 



18 



19 



" 21 



23 



(< 



24 



the top of the first hill. Robideau 

 has a trading post and blacksmith' s- 

 shop here, but the post is to be re- 

 moved to a creek south, and over the 

 bluffs. 



Ceeek — Affluent to Horse Creek. No 

 timber, good grass. 



Horse Creek — No wood on this creek 

 below the hills. The road now passes 

 over rolling ground, leaving the Platte 

 some distance to the right. Much 

 of the way but few scattering trees 

 to be seen. 



Camp — On the Platte 



Fort Laramie — Camp half a mile above 

 the fort. Cross the Laramie Fork 

 below the fort about one mile. 



Warm Spring — The road taken leads 

 over the Black Hills some distance 

 south of the river; it avoids the 

 Kanyon passes, and usually has bet- 

 ter feed for cattle, except when it is 

 consumed by the multitude of tra- 

 vellers. 



Bitter Creek Branch ; Cold Spring 

 — Leaving the Warm Spring Valley, 

 ascend a pretty steep hill, and pass 

 over ridges to Bitter Creek. 



Bitter Creek — Main branch, up which 

 the road lies ; fuel and grass abund- 

 ant ; stream 10 feet wide and 6 inches 

 deep. 



Horse-shoe Creek — The road follows 

 up a dry branch ; no water until ar- 

 riving at Horse-shoe Creek. Timber, 

 grass, &c. Cross at the forks, and 

 rising, pass over two ridges, with 

 dry beds of streams. 



Spring — A spring and bed of creek, the 

 water in pools. 



La Bontb River — From the spring rise 

 to a high, undulating ridge, the road 

 very crooked. Descending for 1^ 

 miles to dry bed of creek, follow this 

 half a mile. 



Branch 



Camp — At the head of a spring branch. 

 Road over hills, the wheels require 

 frequent locking. Cross branches 

 now dry. But few good situations 

 for camping. 



La PR]gLE River — Stream 16 ft. wide. 

 We have crossed two dry beds of 

 creeks, and a spring containing wa- 



18 



13.062 

 1.504 



13.062 



609.268 

 610.772 



19,970 

 16.264 



13.423 



21.474 

 16.264 



13.423 



680.742 

 647.006 



660.429 



10.469 



6.720 



13.490 



16.189 



670.898 



676.618 



690.108 



7.059 

 10.085 



6,000 

 8.284 



7.250 



20.549 



24.369 



697.167 

 707.252 



713.252 

 721.536 



728.786 



