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APPENDIX A. — TABLE OF DISTANCES. 



Outward Journey — Continued. 



Date. 

 1849. 



Aug. 9 



10 



11 



Prominent Points and Remarks. 



10 



17 



18 



20 



21 



Ford of Green River — Good camp 

 grounds on this river. Ford crosses 

 diagonally. A ferry is kept near the 

 ford at high water. 



Camp — On right bank of Green River.. 



Green River — Road leaves river, and 

 crosses to Black's Fork. No water 

 for 15 miles. 



Black's Fork — 100 feet wide, 2 feet 

 deep. Grass and fuel. 



Camp — On Ham's Fork 



Ham's Fork— Cross the stream, which is 

 50 feet wide near camp ; good bottom. 



Black's Fork — Strike Black's Fork 

 again ; cross the stream three times. 

 Grass and water, for camping pur- 

 poses, along its entire bed. 



Smith's Fork — Tributary of Black's 

 Fork. 



Fort Bridger — Camp, one quarter of 

 a mile east of fort. The road, for 

 several miles, leaves the fork to the 

 right, but it can easily be reached 

 for making camps. There is a road 

 from Ham's Fork, on the west side, 

 to be used when the creek is swollen. 



Muddy Creek — Empties into Black's 

 Fork below Fort Bridger. The road 

 is the same as is described in the 

 homeward journey of 1850, as far as 

 the mouth of the Red Fork of Weber 

 River. 



Bear River — The road winds up a 

 ridge, and crosses a mountain. This 

 can be avoided by striking up Muddy 

 Creek a few miles, and crossing over 

 to Sulphur Creek. 



Red Fork — In Red Kanyon, below 

 Cache Cave. 



Weber River — At junction of Red 

 Fork. 



Camp — On right bank of Weber, at 

 "The Obelisks." 



Weber Ford — Ford good, but current 

 swift, over pebbles. Good timber, 

 and feed. Leave the river here, to 

 avoid kanyon. 



Long Hill — Here you ascend a hill, 

 winding along a rivulet of good water. 



Summit — The descent from this to 

 Bauchmin's Creek is on a side hill, 

 and dangerous. 



Bauchmin's Creek — 18 feet wide, clear 

 water ; fuel and grass plenty. The 



Inter- 

 mediate 

 Distance. 



11.778 



1.000 

 2.260 



15.500 

 3.875 



2.000 



12.125 



18.727 



14.830 



Day's 

 March. 



12.778 



21.625 



32.852 



Total from 



Fort 



Leavenworth. 



999.487 



1000.487 

 1002.737 



1018.237 

 1022.112 



1024.112 



1036.237 

 1054.964 



I 

 I 



14.830 1069,794 



19.032 



19.032 



18.754 



18.754 



16.540 





2.000 



18.540 



2.000 





1.500 





4.750 





4.500 



12.750 



1088.826 



1107.580 

 1124.120 

 1126.120 

 1128.120 



1129.620 

 1134.370 



1138.870 



