Arkansas intelligencer., 1849-01-20


3 to mo South and mast theroror, -.
! distance some hundreds Of miIos "S'ease
81 Spanish TRAIL 1t, after crossin,, as Tor
aWest OF the Rio Grandc and the Lo.I "0onlal 1
athe Colorado fall, upon the hiub,onJ, "13'ars
3talns which bound the CARR p ,,', u.a mo !
5South ;--thenco through rugged monn,ai. on
3terminatlon near the Coast dis..;. " 70
I 'ast part ot this route may be found in H..
i report. Fremont followed this irgv 4 ~ "on
yand speaks Of it thus: It was d.s.-.p ~
.toIoruby good sandy road, with 50 l,,,I. .'oou
scarcely to require the animals To b., ''~
1--WE found it the roughos: aud rockies ro,,'O'
ieVer seen In the country; and Mil
destroyed our baud of fno mules ,nI ma
iMany animals are DESTROYED on il go. "oI
"a disease called the Foot.eyiI: ard = 519
Should never venture on il vilbo,,
animals we'll shol and also carrvip,, ing
lFfom where hs left ihe trail IL uasses l''',
iChain Of tho Wah-Satch Mountains. and
3taIllng upon the waters ofthe ColoradoopJ..
ithai river proceeds over a mountainous con-,
santa Fe." On lhIs route there are lopr,,,..
3of from 40 10 60 miles without water Sr'T
places scarce Of grass sor auinals,-npd NJ.
,SaCages who always piundar the Carayon'
iwhat they can.
Of the route pursued by Gen. Ee,fne,, i;
.uformc iioA may be obtained from the " reno.
of Ii. EuoRY, oS :hg Typographical Engirn"I
who accompanied Gen. Kcarney to Ca6lo,nI
4 extract the following from tho Report Of 7
Secretary of War in regard 10 General KS marI
!. Going down tho Rio Grando more than d
hundred miles. from Santa Ee,) he passed o.
Ito the river Gilu, and followed It's course n 7
junction with the Colorado Of the West disan
'of five hundred miles. His march was con.p
.lorty miles down The Colorado thence sixty m
'across the Great Desert. On the second of M
comber he arrived a, settlement on the front
Again. "Ilore," (al San DIED
+. terminated most arduous march Of oas a
Ind ard iony-.aree miles" (irom Santa "a
i. through country never before Iuverssd by I
.4rmeI force. nd bcset with tOrmidlbe diaicuIi~
'only 10 be snrmoun,cI by Extraordinary enc
.aud perseverance" Ertracl, Doc. NJ. l. ID
.55-56.
Would it no. bs wei for some one Of tll c. 4
.mit,ec or o.har person 10 bo,tov some sge-1
Study upon .h5 routes and disiagcsl Our Sem,
iln Congress would furnish them with all the Il
.cossury " Reports aaI Maps, published by !.
give 1t as my humble opy 4
,hu. the distance By ay route Is 20. less than "a
.miIes. viz TO Albuquarqn, 7JO-,hen,e !
iGeneral KS route 1000 to San Diego, and 4
.more to San Francisco Those going to "A
francisco would suppose, follow he Colst rou 1
.but those Inpking for The ''God Region" m L
find it adysubie 20 turn or al Cudal do los N
'gelss or San Fernando aud falling upon Eremoaa
'traU through Walkers pass in Ihe Sierra NoyaA
.enlor valley Of the san JOaqtin-which Fvm1 4
describes as very fertile auI obouaIing in ia
game and thus by iho nearcs. route mase d
sway 10 the American fork OF the SACRAMENTO
iwhere every man is helping himself 10 as ma
,of 1.-The shining dust" as he chooses.
With the necessary delays 10 recruit the d
linals, and the unavoidable deteu,ious on 50 d
ia road, The trip from Fort Smith TO San Franc
icanRol be made with safety IN less than frs mJai
send you this with the hope Of dra"Ius II
'o.hers such Information as may 10 Useful 10 q
,iaieudIHg 10 emigrale.
am very truly yours,