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to their friends the White River Utes. They have clung more tena- 

 ciously to their typical mode of clothing themselves, and their weapons 

 are more characteristically Indian. Tomahawks — manufactured in Con- 

 necticut — are frequently seen among them, while the Southern Indian 

 has almost entirely discarded this weapon of offense. Bows and arrows 

 they often carry, besides rifles, with which they are well supplied. About 

 their habits little can be said ; they differ but slightly from those of other 

 Indians, and are, as usual, greatly modified by the imitation of and 

 proximity to white men. Their religious exercises and beliefs are strictly 

 carried out and carefully guarded from the knowledge of white men. It 

 is "bad medicine" to allow them to become common property, and many 

 a superstitious fancy is connected with the fear of the evil that a pos- 

 session of their knowledge by whites would bring the Indians. 



SETTLEMENTS. 



A numer of settlements occur within the district we surveyed. They 

 were organized within the past 12 years, and OAve their origin to various 

 pursuits. Mining and agriculture have attracted the largest proportion 

 of settlers, while hunting and the establishment of stage lines has been 

 productive of isolated habitations. 



Mining settlements. — The settlements produced by the prosecution of 

 mining industries are located in the vicinity of Camp Stambaugh. South 

 Pass City, 6 miles southwest of the post, was started in 1867, and during 

 the early mining excitement of that region a large number of houses 

 were built. The town is located in a narrow gulch on Willow Creek, a 

 tributary of the Sweetwater. Since the mines have largely been aban- 

 doned the inhabitants have gradually left there, seeking localities where 

 either labor or merchandise were in greater demand. At present the 

 place looks very much deserted. A few stores, two hotels, and a. small 

 number of dwellings unoccupied comprise the city. Atlantic City, two 

 miles from Camp Stambaugh, was started at the same time as South 

 Pass. It had reached a smaller development, however, and, owing to 

 the vicinity of the post, it has suffered less. In case the mining pros- 

 pects should become brighter, both of these towns may rapidly increase 

 again. North of the post is Miner's Delight, a small mining town located 

 on a tributary of Twin Creek. Mining is still carried on there to a small 

 extent, but the first flush of success is over. The location of this place 

 is very pretty, high up in the lower foot-hills, commanding a fine view 

 both to the north and east. All of these three places are on the stage 

 line from Bryan's Station on the Union Pacific Bailroad to Camp Browm. 



Agricultural settlements. — Following from Miner's Delight the stage- 

 road northward we first reached Bed Canon. Here some farming is done 

 on Tweed's ranch. From there we reach the Little Popo-Agie. A " gar- 

 den" established by Camp Stambaugh, Faris' ranch, and Murphy's 

 ranch occupy the narrow but fertile valley of this stream. They ex- 

 tend downward to the junction of Twin Creek. To the southward Ave 

 find a ranch located on the Coltonwood, a branch of Twin Creek. Con- 

 tinuing on the stage-road for twelve miles from Murphy's ranch Ave reach 

 Lander's City. This town is established near the point where Old Camp 

 Brown was formerly located, on the Popo-Agie. ExtensiA T e farms are 

 worked here, and a bountiful supply of timber, for A T arious purposes, is 

 obtained from the neighboring foot-hills of the Wind Biver Bange. The 

 farms are in a flourishing condition and bid fair to prove a good invest- 

 ment of the labor bestowed upon them. On the North Fork and on the 

 Little Wind Biver, below Camp BroAvn, are a number of ranches. On 



