CONTENTS. 
CHAPTER I. 
From Great Salt Lake City east to Green river, and back, by the Weber and Timpanogos rivers, re¬ 
spectively — April, 1854. 
Page, 
Explorations resumed.—Advance of spring.—Winter of 1853-54 at Great Salt Late.—Timber near the city.—Im¬ 
practicability of the present wagon-road over the Wahsatch mountains in winter.—Winter mail-route.—Weber river; 
its lower canon; fine grazing district; condition of cattle grazed during the. winter, during which they crossed the 
mountains.—Cattle-trade in Utah.—Rocks of lower canon; its passage by railway.—Snows in canon.—Wagon-road 
possible from Ben Simon’s creek-east.—Second canon of the Weber; its crossings, railroad practicability, and char¬ 
acter of its rocks and dikes.—Valley of Weber fiver from the head of the second canon to White Clay creek.— 
Emigrant-road.—Conglomerate sandstone.—Snow.—Character of White Clay Creek valley; game; snow-banks.— 
Uinta mountains.—Porcupine Terrace.—Timber.—From White Clay creek to Bear river; its character and valley 
where crossed.—Snow-blindness.—Sulphur creek.-—Muddy creeks.—Black’s Fork.—Greatest depth of snow encoun¬ 
tered.—Extensive view-—Greatest altitude of the line; its railroad practicability.—Black’s Fork valley.—Beaver- 
dams.—Smith’s Fork.—Fort Supply.—-Fort Bridger.—Railroad route thence eastward.—Snow-storm.—Crossing to 
Henry’s Fork.—Sioux war-party.—Henry’s Fork valley.—Ascent of mountain at the end of our eastern course.— 
General description of the country from this point.—Snow-blindness of party, and of “ Ring.”—Plains crossed in 
returning to Smith’s Fork.—Black’s Fork.—Muddy creek.—Bear river.—White Clay creek—Nests of edible bugs.— 
Attempt to find a direct passage to Kamas prairie.—Mountains and fields of snow encountered.—Country seen from 
mountain summit.—Impracticability of continuing the passage.—Timber.—Return to White Clay creek and Weber 
river.—Fine grass-fields.—Impracticability of this route for roads:—Rocks and soil.—Weber River valley above 
White Clay creek—Kamas prairie.—Timpanogos river.—Round prairie.—Timpanogos canon; its railroad practi¬ 
cability.—Utah Lake valley.—Railroad line via the foot of the Lake and Cedar valley, or by the valley of the Jordan 
and north of Oquirrh mountains.—Return to Salt Lake City. 9 
CHAPTER II. 
From Great Salt Lake City to the valley of Humboldt river — May 1 to 23, 1854. 
Receipt of orders.—Explorations performed in anticipation of the receipt of these orders, and extract therefrom.— 
Leaving Salt Lake City.—Valley of the Jordan.—Grass and springs.—Railroad line by the south end of Great Salt 
Lake.—Snow-storm.—Scenery in entering Tuilla valley.—Mormon settlements.—Old shore-line.—Formidable pass.— 
Goshoot Indians.—Indian guides.—Salt and warm springs.—Character of rocks.—Water driven over marshes of the 
lake.—Birds.—Springs in conglomerate rocks.—Fish.—Spring or Lone Rock valley.—Fremont’s route of 1845, and 
Stansbury’s of 1849.—Railroad route.—Gophers and grass-seed as Indian food.—Passage of Cedar mountains.— 
Scarcity of water.—Pass not suitable for a railway.—The Desert to Granite mountains and Fish springs.—Storms.— 
Mirage.—Railroad route to the south and west of Pilot Peak.—Miserable condition of Goshoot Indians.—Exami¬ 
nation of first range of Goshoot mountains.—Rocks; grass; timber.—Fish creek.—Railroad route.—Shoshonee In¬ 
dians.—Striking contrast between the Shoshonees and Diggers, (Goshoots).—Passage of successive ranges of Go¬ 
shoot mountains.—Vegetation and rocks.—Gate of Narrow Pass.—Rain; hail; springs.—Wretched condition of 
Indians.—Frost.—Goshoot lake.—Digger wick-ey-up and its occupants.—Digger language.—Topographical sketches 
of railroad line via Pilot Peak.—Franklin River valley; its lakes, rivers, and vegetation.—Old lake-shore.—Hastings’s 
road.—Route for packing-parties.—Pilot Peak railroad line.—Remarkable formation of the basin.—Humboldt Mount¬ 
ain railroad pass.—Country as seen to the west of this pass.—Snow in the pass.—Rocks in the pass.—Valley of the 
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