﻿PACKARD'S 
  JOURNEY 
  TO 
  UTAH, 
  ETC. 
  [71] 
  

  

  August 
  30 
  and 
  31. 
  — 
  At 
  Lake 
  Point 
  the 
  Rocky 
  Mountain 
  locusts 
  were 
  frequently 
  caught 
  

   in 
  recently 
  harvested 
  wheat 
  fields. 
  

  

  September 
  1. 
  — 
  For 
  considerable 
  valuable 
  information 
  regarding 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  

   the 
  locust, 
  obtained 
  in 
  Salt 
  Lake 
  City, 
  we 
  were 
  indebted 
  to 
  the 
  editor 
  of 
  the 
  Salt 
  

   Lake 
  Herald, 
  to 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  signal 
  observer, 
  and 
  especially 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Lawrence 
  

   Bruuer. 
  lie 
  had, 
  August 
  31, 
  seen 
  C. 
  spretus 
  at 
  York, 
  70 
  miles 
  south 
  of 
  Salt 
  Lake 
  City, 
  

   and 
  bad 
  this 
  day 
  returned 
  from 
  Provo, 
  where 
  he 
  observed 
  a 
  few 
  individuals. 
  

  

  September 
  2. 
  — 
  We 
  left 
  Salt 
  Lake 
  City 
  for 
  the 
  East. 
  Upon 
  the 
  train, 
  after 
  leaving 
  

   Ogden, 
  a 
  scout 
  with 
  the 
  pseudonym 
  of 
  Navajo 
  Bill 
  informed 
  us 
  that 
  locusts 
  were 
  

   seen 
  the 
  past 
  summer 
  between 
  McDowell's 
  Ferry 
  and 
  the 
  Blue 
  Mountains, 
  in 
  Eastern 
  

   Oregon, 
  living 
  and 
  also 
  upon 
  the 
  ground. 
  At 
  Evanston, 
  just 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  town, 
  Calop- 
  

   1 
  en 
  lis 
  tpretiu 
  was 
  very 
  abundant, 
  both 
  flying 
  in 
  the 
  air 
  and 
  hopping 
  about 
  on 
  the 
  

   ground. 
  

  

  September 
  4. 
  -At 
  Como 
  we 
  stopped 
  for 
  two 
  days. 
  Mr. 
  William 
  Carlin, 
  the 
  station 
  agent. 
  

   whose 
  hospitality 
  we 
  enjoyed, 
  informed 
  us 
  that 
  July 
  29, 
  the 
  day 
  of 
  the 
  eclipse, 
  he 
  saw 
  

   a 
  large 
  swarm 
  of 
  Caloptenus 
  spretus 
  passing 
  to 
  the 
  east 
  by 
  south 
  from 
  about 
  10 
  a. 
  m. 
  

   to 
  4 
  p. 
  m. 
  He 
  thinks 
  they 
  bred 
  in 
  the 
  Wind 
  River 
  Valley.' 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  F. 
  Hubbell 
  told 
  us 
  

   that 
  he 
  saw 
  a 
  swarm 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  days 
  after 
  the 
  eclipse 
  going 
  in 
  an 
  east 
  by 
  north 
  

   course. 
  

  

  September 
  5. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  a 
  walk 
  of 
  five 
  or 
  six 
  miles 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  station 
  I 
  saw 
  

   only 
  three 
  Caloptenus 
  spretus, 
  and 
  they 
  were 
  on 
  the 
  ground. 
  

  

  September 
  6. 
  — 
  We 
  took 
  the 
  cars 
  for 
  Omaha. 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  B. 
  Scott, 
  of 
  the 
  Princeton 
  Col- 
  

   lege 
  expedition 
  in 
  search 
  of 
  fossils, 
  whom 
  we 
  met 
  on 
  the 
  train, 
  gave 
  us 
  the 
  following 
  

   information 
  regarding 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  the 
  locust 
  in 
  the 
  regions 
  visited 
  by 
  him 
  

   during 
  the 
  past 
  season. 
  He 
  stated 
  that 
  grasshoppers 
  were 
  seen 
  locally 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  places 
  

   in 
  abundance 
  on 
  Bitter 
  Creek, 
  100 
  miles 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  Union 
  Pacific 
  Railroad, 
  but 
  usu- 
  

   ally 
  there 
  were 
  not 
  enough 
  to 
  serve 
  as 
  bait 
  for 
  fishing. 
  They 
  were 
  also 
  seen 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  

   and 
  on 
  the 
  summit 
  of 
  Gilbert's 
  Peak, 
  at 
  about 
  11,000 
  feet 
  elevation. 
  The 
  last 
  of 
  

   August 
  locusts 
  were 
  observed 
  at 
  Twin 
  Creeks, 
  on 
  Ham's 
  Fork, 
  Wyoming. 
  

  

  We 
  were 
  told 
  by 
  a 
  person 
  on 
  the 
  train 
  that 
  Caloptenus 
  spretus, 
  or 
  the 
  locust, 
  was 
  

   not 
  seen 
  at 
  Boise 
  City, 
  Idaho, 
  this 
  summer, 
  but 
  that 
  crickets 
  {Anabrus 
  simplex) 
  had 
  been 
  

   abundant. 
  

  

  We 
  reached 
  Salem 
  September 
  10th. 
  During 
  our 
  journey 
  we 
  gathered 
  many 
  other 
  

   facts 
  regarding 
  the 
  appearances, 
  distribution, 
  and 
  ravages 
  of 
  the 
  locust 
  in 
  former 
  years 
  

   in 
  the 
  Territories 
  of 
  Wyoming, 
  Utah, 
  Idaho, 
  Montana, 
  and 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Colorado. 
  

  

  Our 
  thanks 
  are 
  due 
  for 
  passes 
  and 
  other 
  favors 
  to 
  the 
  officers 
  of 
  the 
  Lake 
  Shore 
  and 
  

   Michigan 
  Central 
  Railroad, 
  the 
  Northwestern, 
  Rock 
  Island, 
  Burlington 
  and 
  Quincy, 
  

   Union 
  Pacific, 
  and 
  Utah 
  Northern 
  Railways. 
  

  

  