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same locality for a number of years. Several times straying parties of 

 Sioux have interfered with his progress, but he has always escaped un- 

 injured. Both the soil and the climate are advantageous to agricultural 

 pursuits. We camped near Faris's ranch, and had the enjoyment of enter- 

 taining innumerable mosquitoes. After leaving comparatively high alti- 

 tudes, the temperature of a region about 3,000 feet lower became very 

 oppressive. On the day following Lieutenant Cole left us to pro- 

 ceed to Camp Brown, and we marched in a southeasterly direction, to 

 reach Sheep Mountain. On the way Clymer was attacked violently by 

 mountain fever, the result of changes of elevation and atmospheric con- 

 ditions. Sheep Mountain is a high, comparatively isolated hill, composed 

 of quartzitic material. Timber and water are abundant there, but are 

 rendered less enjoyable by the presence of innumerable horse-flies, cattle - 

 flies, and mosquitoes. Game appears to be abundant, and rattlesnakes 

 may very often be met with. Camps made in that vicinity were pleasant 

 with the exception of the insects. On the 8th, our patient was able to 

 travel to Camp Brown by stage, where he received medical aid and the 

 courteous attention of the officers. On that morning seven of our mules 

 strayed off. Owing to the hard soil, and to the fact that a great deal of 

 cattle was scattered over the country, it became almost impossible to 

 track them. On July 10 I rode to Camp Brown, having examined the 

 regions of the Little Popo-Agie. That same morning the lost mules 

 reached Stambaugh, where they were recovered again. Two days later 

 camp was moved to the mouth of Twin Creek. This is located about 4 

 miles below Faris's ranch. At that point the valley of the stream widens 

 considerably, affording excellent grazing for stock. After that it narrows 

 somewhat and is covered with brush. On the northern slope of a steep 

 bluff at that locality we found what the inhabitants call " the tar-spring." 

 This consists in a spring of petroleum, which slowly oozes out of the 

 rocks. During the hot season it liquefies and flows down stream for sev- 

 eral hundred yards. Judging from the thickness of the oil-deposit the 

 flow of this spring must date back for a great many years. The sur- 

 rounding country is very much broken in that region, cut into narrow 

 ridges, and deep, waterless canons. Triassic sandstones, violently dis- 

 turbed from their original places of deposition, comprise the bluffs. 

 Leaving the Little Popo-Agie the road leads hi a serpentine course to 

 the settlements on the Big Popo-Agie. An old trail cuts off about 4 

 miles, and passes through a pleasant country. A stream (Willow Creek) 

 is crossed about half way to the town of Landers. This settlement is 

 located near the Big Popo-Agie, a swift stream of considerable size 

 issuing from the mountains into a broad valley. Many farms are culti- 

 vated there and yield good crops. So long as no Indian raids occur, 

 the settlements will probably flourish. The increasing number of settlers 

 daily lessens the danger incident upon invasions, and it may be hoped 

 that they will permanently escape danger from that source. 



On July 13, camp was made on the North Fork of Popo-Agie. There, 

 for the first time, we met an Indian camp. For a small amount of su- 

 gar some very fine trout were obtained from them. From the crossings 

 of the stage-road these streams flow in broad valleys until they join the 

 Little Wind Biver. On the day following, the party marched over a 

 lather monotonous section of country into Camp Brown, where I rejoined 

 it. Capt. J. Mix, ihe commanding officer, extended all aid in his poAver 

 to us, and afforded us material assistance. 



" Old Camp Brown " was established June 28, 1809, as Camp Augur, 

 where now Landers City is, but later was moA T ed 15 miles farther north. 

 The post is named after Capt. Frederick BroAvn, of the Eighteenth in- 



