Rocky Mountain Trip 
looked big but we made it. Following the trail westward we came 
in about 12 miles to Sorouera where there was a small camp of Utes, 
a spring and rather extensive ruins. These are mentioned by New¬ 
berry; I had no time to examine them. Between this and the Dolores 
the gulches cut down to ITo.l but the greater area is covered by the 
shales. Ute Peak is on the left in plain sight and the Abajos are 
blue in the distance. The country is covered by sage and pinons, 
about half and half. The soil is loose, yellowish and pretty deep. 
Eight or ten miles beyond Sonorara we came to a spring, 0jo Verde(?). 
It Is by a large rock In a gulch and is full of coarse moss. The 
drainage is probably into the Havenweep. Traveling still to the 
westward we came into a valley which descended to the north. Here 
we found a small spring to which we gave the name "Yellow Jacket" 
on account of the great number of these insects flying about it. 
Following down about a mile we found the valley enter a canon and 
tum to the south. It is therefore probably a branch of the Mon¬ 
tezuma. Leaving the canon at the bend we crossed into another 
gulch which soon led us into a pretty open valley of some\ 100 
acres. A number of small gulches or canons opened into this meadow 
spot and a narrow canon some 200 feet deep led out to the southeast. 
Near the north side we found a good spring which was charged pretty I 
freely with salts - the taste was much like epsom salts. Made 
camp near this spring, which we thought to call valla , cilo spring. 
In the valley were some slight ruins and pottery was scattered about. | 
The variegated marls outcropped beneath the sandstone in a few places. 

