The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-02-12

spring of cold The hunters killed two fine COWS
grove anelopes were running over the hills and on ,hs
opposite river PLAINS herds OF buffalo were raising clouds o.
dust lhe county mere nPlea,eo ,ioie Neosy ~ !
visited and It's abundance is owing o1e excellent pas
lrage and us dangerous character as Il WA gfound,
''Jaae l3,--There was snow here near our mountain
camp and the morning was beautiful and cool Leaving
ST Vraiis fork we took onr way directly oWaFdslhe sum.
mil OF the dividing ridge The bottoms oil the streams and
level place. were wooded m aSpens ana as we nea'ea
dcghiiul morning ride me ground aordg ~ an eNcei-
en bcas % @o o s s Viii vi ny anS cxo" W
ourselves once more ON the TOP OF the ROCKY noun
The rising sun twas ailluen Of the Platte, called Psl-
JAMS fork, and we descended to noon upon It, II isn pref
y stream twenty yards broad and bears the name ola rap-
per- who some years slnec WAS killed here by the Gfos
rent,e Indians,
Issuing iroa ue pines ~ me afternoon, we saw sprend
before US me valley OF me plaIr' WIN TIE pnss q ,ns
Medicine Butte heyond and s'lae OF The S~eei Maer
scured the Wind River chain
1--WE We're now about two degrees south oil the south
but that would have taken as ground already examined,
and therefore without the interest which would excite GU
ploed iowt; the approximation OF the headwafer OF three
different rivers-the Plae the Arkansas, nld the Grand
Passes a the headso these ves and The three remark
able mountain coves called Parks in which they took heir
rise. One OF these Parks was oil course, on the western
side oil the dividing ridge; and VISIT To would require
the west and then TO the east making, in ALL
with the transit we had Just accomplished three crossings
The covcs she heads Of the rivers, the approximation
of their waters the pactcaby of the mountain passes,
and the locality of the THREE PARKS, all obtcts of in
ercs and, although well known to hunters and ,ppers,
were I'M known to science and to history We lheretoe
| instead of going down it.
.'Wc crossed several snlnlaiuents and again made for
tilted camp in grove. The country had now become very
beautl--rich in water grass, and gtne and these
added the charm Of scenery and pleasant weather.
'Jne i4Onr route this morning lay along the foot OF
the mountains the long low spurs which oped gradl-
ally down. to the river forming the broad valley Of the
cry hollow ran clear, cool mountain stream and in the
s being III large @ @ ss e
swift current, and oerably deep These varousy
low. cherry and other srnbby trees Buffalo, antelope
and elk frequent during the day and, in their alum
dance, the latter sometimes reminded slightly Of the
sa ucI, valley. -, r..,.
W haea at noon on Iotet rorka clear ana sw
safeni 'oy su M.a 1 i; H., '.y ,oe oanp M
where here were several beayer dams and
en Trees racently cu down bv The beaver We gave 10
Ills The name of Beaver Dam creek, as now they arc be-
coming sufficiently to distinguish by their the
streams which they are found In this mountain they
occurred more abn'any iai ELSEWHERE IN all our Jo"F-
ney, ~ wi,lch eir Vesls, a ad nc' csN e,
Tho ~, on, I mach he .onr anne,rance excey
that e anas was more cnuty on the ridges over which
was spread scrubby growth Of sage buf Still the bottoms
the broad and afforded good pasture grounds
We had animated chase after grizzly bear This morn
ing, which we tired to asso fnehteS threw INC aiso upon
ms neck b u sipea on; ana ne III, mo NC ae
hckels OF 'ne feeki mo m'r vi 'u o s, MAIN at
49, hn, hands,nn sr,,n, VII, = unitorn breadth al
seventy yards except where ,vdened by frequent islands
1t was apparently deep, with moderate current, and
wooded W i,h groves of large willow.
ta'e no soras s though A e v
passed through gate. We entered it, and found
ourselves in The New Park--a beautiful circular vnl-
ley Of thirty miles diameter, walled in all round with
snowy mountains rich with and with grass ifinged
with pine the mountain sides below the line, and
paradise to all grazing animals The Indian name for i
sgnes eoe I Of which our own may be n rec
herds buffalo roaming over IT, naturally presenting The
gae and expected as usual to see herds Of bao but an
Anpahoe village had been before us, and not one