Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-09-22

, day from necessity. Tho Little Sandy j.
40 feet wide and from 3 to a feet Deep
We have passed the Salt Lake Road, ane
are now on Su,lel's Cut off am quite
sick to>day.
July 8. Drove IL miles 10 Big Sandy
led our teams ill P. NJ and then started
across the desert, after cutting grass and
filling our kegs with wuter. Distance 81
miles, sand deep, We drove all night faI
the reason that our teams would not suffer
so much from thirst as in the day time.
Halted about 2 o'clock in the morning, FED
some hay and water. Al 4 A. NJ. we har.
messed and drove to Green River. Al
neon nothing for our team to cot, forded
the River, swan our horses across 80 rods
below the Ferry-pa:d 81 90 for ferrying
wagon. We grnzed our horses on the
bunk while wai'iIg our turn OF the ferry.
We dare not let our horses eat much. no
the grass was covered with salsrntus. We
hnrnessed and drove to small stream call
ed Black Fork, ten miles distant. Found
good grass and water-l have been sick
with the mountain fever for four days past.
had bed made in the wagon on which |
travelled since the 9Th inst, am quite smar,
this evening.
July 10Th and IL. Remained in camp
Here lie large number OF dead horses and
cattle, killed by over driving. We left
one OF ours being unable to to travel. My
health improving slowly.
July l2 Travelled ls miles encnmpsd
on the side Of Mountain, water and wood
pleau,y. grass poor: All in good spirits.
| July l3. Drove 15 miles encamped on a
small stream called Hams Fork-grass
excellent.
July IA. Remained in camp. Here is
an Indian settlement; one of their men
died last night. The Indians arc now
dancing and whooping around the corpse.
July Is Drove 90 miles-encamped
wilhin mile Of Bear River, good accono.
dntions: Snow IN sight, and has been for
IL days pnst.
July Is. Drove Is miles-enc,mpe on
Bear River, plenty Of grass, water and
iced. Weather pleasant.
J1ly II. Travelled 20 miles: encamped
on Bear River-road billy but smooth
AL we'll. ~.a---.
July 1s. Drove 25 miles: encamped
bet~ cen two high Bluffs-lefi the River
for some i0 miles-passed an lndian set.
llerneu..
July 10. Drove abou, miles, enca mp
ed 10 res, our team and 90 some washing;
we caught some fish to-day and ate some
for supper. The musqueto's persecu,e Us
without mercy.
July 90. Drove Is miles. encamed with.
in I of mile Of the Fort Hall rond which
lends To the right: The other road is call
cd Head~pe,h Cut OF 80 miles moro than
.h., by Fort Hall. The Soda Springs nre
situated here; our company visited he,n to-
day. The springs are situated ola mile
to the right OF the rond: The first two
springs that attracted our attention, issued
| from the tops of two mounds, from 80 To
100 feet high. The water is of a yellow
cast. and resembles Salt Petre to the taste
The Mounds are solid rock: But the spring
that mos, excited my curiosity is situated
abou, Is rods to the right Of the mounds,
this is III reality Soda Spring. |, breaks
out in spopsy rock 3 feet below the top
We filled cantsen with the water and
tried the experiment, of putting vinegar vi i,h
| it, which had the desired effect. a short
distance from this, are two other curious
springs, nbou, 3 feet npnrt ore OF which
is colo and clear, the other 10 yellow and
warm, the smell Of which resembles hnris
horn. There is another still more remark.
able cnI ed tho ''S,eam Bout Spring, this
issues from solid rock on the bank Of the
river. The rock appears like cas-. lron.-
The hole from which the water issues is
round, and about 6 inches IN diameter. he
wa,er is clear cnd quite hot, it spouts up
from the rock from : to ten fee, high -
George Raymond and myself attempted ,c
stop the water by plugging the hole with
grass and standing upon il. But in spite
If the weight of our united corporal sub,
stances, the water WINS forced up our pants
with such violence that we yielded the con-
lest n, once mud set the nffair down as any
hing but n ''cold scaid."
| Jn,y 9, Drove 20 miles, encamped on q
high Bluff, good grass and wo.er the
whole day.
July % Drove 20 miles encampsd on a
sn all stream of water in the Mountains
our teams look finely having impros OF
much since we struck Bear River. Boy.
all we'll. .s. -.-
jay % Drove 25 miles, sncnmped in /,
ravine miles long; grnzad our horses Oh
the side Of mountain mile above US -
All we'll.
Ialy "a. Drove % miles, encnmped OF
Bluff. Iced good, water plenty, weathe
pleasant.
/ July Is. Encnmped in gap IN ,h'
mnuntains, no waier within miles OF tn,
place. grass and wood plenty.
| July 26. Drove Ia miles across valley
many slonghs difficult to pass, encnmpe'
within one mile Of the junction of the For
Hall and Cut Off roads. c,ld and rainv
100 teams enc,nped within mile OF us
In camp with team that lett Soda Spring
!, days befors Us
July 27, Remained in camp so>dav. los
one Of our horses this morning. ed OF poi
son; we have four good horses left. Thes
are in good condition, bu. move slowly
Bows in excellent spirits.
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