The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-05-29
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W.. Ellington Correspo"dense.

WASHINGTON, NJ ny ~, 1910.
tn. o,.x,,rJ r.. gramis to the Gold Regio~.
The eo,o-;r e Of distances from In1e-
pendence. missouri; 70 N, eva HeIvetia, or Sui
ter's Fort, in California nv ;. dwin Bryant, which
we find in bs volume or I. w, 1t Saw in Cali
fornia." The distances are accordA ~ 10 the oaiiy
estimates of the marches Of the comps W OF whisa
he was member in lSl6 The rem,rks 10 Paren-
thesis are our owH
OVERLAND Tar y uLss.
From Independence. Mo TO Fort Laramie, (ths-
buffalo Iegion-rich prairie-) ...... ~
From Fort Laramie 10 Pacific Springs, South
Pass, through r. q tent mountain gorses-
From The South Pass to Fort Brdser west Of tn:
Rocky hountxips- rough. ............ 13s
From + ort Brdgsr T. the Salt Lake. ........ l0S
From Salt Lake to slary's River (desert). -. SIS
Down Mary River to the Sink. (desert) 49,. IA
From the Sink tn Truckee Lake (desert). LA
From Truckee Lake eastern base Of Sierra
Ntvada) to Johnson's, ION the western side
grass. wood. and water) III
From Johnton's to Suffers Fort Through tho
goid r'g'"n) '...... .'..'.. ..'.'... %
Total. from Independence to Suffers Fort. 3ooi
From all the Information we have received, tho
number OF enligIa that will go out by this route
this season, from Independence, Fort LeavenwOrth,
ST. JOseIhs, and other points. will amount u .
force Of 10000 men and 10000 animals, nearly
every company beng encountered with wagon
train
For the first seven hundred miles the journey
will be II carnival $4,000 men and their animals
could be subss'ed on the praires. Butfaloes, an.
teiopes. &c boundess plains OF rich grass, broad
rver Che flatte) defining the llne OF IN arch, and
no obsfuctions To- the wagons, the advantages
OF this sectcn OF the pilgrimage.
The next hive hundred miles among the
mountains, with steep ascenis and descents, mar
and rocky detiles, grass scanly, and in patches
remote from each other; good Water, beng the
only offset 10 the formidable obstacles for Wa
gon tram.
From the Salt Lake to Tuckee's river-that is to
say, from The eastern side OF the Great Desert
Basin, by the devious, though the most direct,
foot II the Sierra Nevada-here are some 700 miles
OF absolute, lrreclanaole desert, of volcanic RUNS
and deposlres TO be crossed
by This route party of fifteen or twenty mea,
with nothing but their pack mules, may push
through the desert. A laager company wSuli
probably lose portion OF their animals tor want OF
grass. How, then, are 900 ANIMALS to be sub
sisted on this desert jo,nada OF 100 miles!
We seriously apprehend, that although the mules
and oxen Of this iiIlmens emigration may Improve
up to the "Soulh Pass" they win be exha lst-
ed thence in the hard service and scant pasturage
to The Salt Lake, and that nearly all the wagons
the Great Basin will be left there, To say nothing
OF the chances of human life. We have the most
serious apprehensi Ut the most dreadful disas-
ters among the multltudlnOuS caravans pushing
forward to reach the gold mines, or to perish IN
the desert. The Warrington City Company, from
It's excellent organization and experienced captain,
cannot fail to get through for they will promptly
sacrifice their wagons when II Is necessary, and
dash forward but there are others who will
the leIhant in his worst sort of temper and God
grant that they may escape with their lives W.