The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1850-02-09

ma ie II out TO be an srpreNouneee6&e nama
MI TsAsHrL, and about 90 Iniles distant and nsaj
the vally of the Sacramento There Il ssanA =,
silent majesty, apparently alone. guide he ~
traveller IN this wild and barren region Dsnhg
the day We crossed the river twice, which has IN
creased much in size with widened valley. ..
bounding in grass and travellers comforts such a
sage and mud hers, ducks. hawks, ravens, and
owls al OF which have been used by emigrants
destitute 81 meat to supply the place Of bacon
We ca1t even bake gridde cake now for want
Of greese To put On the griddle. At our noon halt
three pack men came up and informed US that the
tide oi emigration had turned this way again, in
consequence Of the failure Of grass on the old road,
and the sickness occasioned by the stencil arising
from the putrd carcasses of dead animals ON the
desert from the Sink TO Turckee River aud that
much distress existed on Mary's River in conss.
quence Of cattle becoming exhausted by hard dri-
wing and poor fare, ard that families were left
without the means Of gong forward II there IL
much selhshness shown on the road, there are
occasional cases of benevoiencc which stand in op-
position
These packers told us Of n family where there
were several small children, that their cattle had
given out entirely and they were left with death
and starvation staring them in the face when
sorne Young men pity ing their helpless condition
gave up their own ca.tle to this unfortunate faini
ly and they were now ccming on could not
learn their names or should have been glad to
have mentioned them. They were indeed phil
anthropists. Our road is excellent. down broad
valley bordered by moderate hills rather sparsey
covered with large pines and ccdsrs but as vet
nothing of an auriferous character has presented
itself
omitted mentioning Yesterday singular peak
of Natures forming, where our train halted for
I yvus n SIn, mt nf IL
forty or fifty in number, in the shape of perfect
cones, ten to fifteen feet high standing isolated at
the base Of the hill bordering the narrow valley.
So perfect were they that at little distance they
appeared to be the work fart. Contiguous to
our oncampment tonight Is another singular for
nation in u rock that clearly resembles powder
magazine which sc named Magazine Rock. Dis
tance l6 miles
| august Sl.--The character Of the country con.
tinues much the same until within five miles
southwest Of our noon halt, where We entered
a cannon which we followed over a rough road to
n small valley three miles below. The banks Of
the river rom Nagnesia Hill where we first dis
covered il, ARE frequently composed Of msgnesia,
though generally not as pure as the former; and
this predonIinates more or less with trap and oc-
casional out-crops OF sandstone. We find many
beaver dams as well rs those made by the In
dans for fishing, along the river Distance 10
miles.
SdptemJer I've still continued through tho
cannon. the road leaving the now narrow valley to
avoid high cliffs, and turning sharp heavy
hill and descending to the other side by one still
more steep; by noon we had made only miles.
We were obliged to ford the river dozen times
at leas in this distance but this was not difficult
hove had n,vch ;n,era., f,r ns s,r occ.s;onailv
ua,,ar,d;"',iar ,. ,rr. ,a, s"n n,",
hnva ,bo r;,ar ,"b;.b ,,, hal ,le;r has.
( rho NJ oo,',,v ,r.;n ,,h;,b a,',,r,,o1 II,
H.. Lnlo,y rs Last ,3,bt had nm NV sbn, Win a,
.rrou, L,, on r,I;,n rinu, Ia,,T,b, IIa wns IL.
covered md instantly ,ur,ied and being hard
r,o.soI la d,,,,,od H. lou, c,;,ar c,,',,;n;r,,
rver tL;,tv orrdws two tom.hawL. and bnIl.t
Mould. anl Ius Trhtan.J Io olf,..,.l lis ..e.',,
ITb. InJi.,,. are iecon,in,, mcr. Hold a',d nnr
ru.~is oro Jo,hl.d nnd tl,s Utmost v,,T,ncs !.
evo,csaJ I, Loc,,,n., ,rnore,t ,j., ,La NV .n,ld
ma, i've a,d be uas lor,ib,.red a, our ron, hoI,
nnd ws war;. oc,,in ,eyoleJ with f,e.h besf W.
are occos;nnafIv aLIe to LIN f.w .ag. b.ns
which holm thc toste of orr rracLers svcee,I;nolv
Tb,,s n,ies fro,n o,r encamnm.nt a, mon va
cam, % ,h, ore,,o, road so tho. ,ra now know
tba,e 10 f.asihIa road from C.lforni. b,,b IN nr
e,,on and IN tho STATE, From the apnearnnc. a
70 rood no tra;ns LoJ ,assod ,l;. sIi sn ,,, ,nr
homes of srn,..s .rr iru.trt.J ,iIl ,e raach tls
ssttIersr,sr D;.tancs II 1n;ies
.Scnt o-ALnut three miles f,orn our Mich,
con,n ,re ,eoched sn,c;os all at ieost ,,y.,ty
mil. across the width of which we corld nat a..
,erninc ss The weather was yerv smol;v bu, |, !,
dac;ladIv the finest vli,l we have seen in Cali
cr,i, Tgbos,iI 10 r;cb ur,,y;,r, ami II /, ,,,J
ha ;,,.i,,tsd uorld ,ni,nbtaClv r,oduce FIN,
cr,,,,
Il. have ,hse-voI = dec;loa aI..rot;o, !, tle