Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-12-11

isetiia about half IN itieli, ~ II the sali
had expanded IL thu prttess Of efysiaIiEa,
tieli. estimated this field 10 l,a 1T lsass
spvei, ipiies wide and tel miles III luiittlii
How mitch fafillpr IL pstaadad ipfiii ward
| aetild iiot Tell but II u covered the plain
Ia that direction as II did where we eros
spi, It's esislii hitisi ltivp lNeii very much
greater The salt whiel, Waa vefy pure
| aud white, avpfiasd tfJin one hal 10 tlifesa
| ~fstftl,s of ai iiiui, w thickness, and was
p,utli II. All t~psttatts ttt OH tiiitst specimens
| fjf table fisn. Assuming these data, the
quantity thai here lay tipeii The ground III
| p,,e body, exclusive Of that In d deliiis
| d,ieseaiit state, aihoiiittel - over four aud
Il half millions Of Cubic yards OF about
ole hundred snilliolis Of bushels"
Af1et,a the other teeuiiafitiss Of this
region, we afe informed that the excessive
tIfgi,sss oE the air naused the Wool. work
If the watan wheels to shrink 50 tntieli
that here was areat danger Of theft falls
intf ashlldar, aud II was Gully by Striking
Them In a stream during the iitaiit Tint the
Expedition was eiiabled to preeaeti with
them. From The same Gauss, the W,totl'
work If tha mathematical instruments
was felit aiid split, IN salile Cd sas breathing
the tuliss, ati otherwise t%'aistii5 serious
damage. The mirage Ull tie sliefe ol the
lake where the around was moist tttl o5Sy
was very great. ata gase rise 70 optical u
inaIal,s The ihost a%totesqua and fantastic
The difficulties which The party had 10
encounter we're very afHai@-su That tie
tourney from Fort 1even@otth, Oh the
Missouri a distance OF less llihn 1900
miles, occupied lite Expedition about
twelve weeks. Bit the obstacles IA the
road To the Salt Lake dWihaled Into itisi!ts
hiticaAee when compared with the din
eulties in its immediate vicinity. LII ole
place, Capt Stansbuty says
tAt two o'clock, III the afternoon, we
reached the western edge of the rlHisi,
when to our Infinite 10y we belield q sliiaIl
prairie OF meadow, covered with d ttof,is
sion Of good, green grass, tifotitli whiell
meandpred Il small stream OF rttfs, fresh,
running water, among elutnns OF willows
aud wild roses, aitett15isia AMI fishes. II
was n most timely and welcome relief to
our poor furnished animals, who had now
l,eeti deprived of almost All snsteiiaiiee for
more than sixty hours, dtfit,t the greater
part Of which time they being ia constant
motion, Il was, in Iced, nearly AZ great
a Felief TO me az TO them, FOR | had heeii
doubtful whether even the best mule we
had could have gone more than half d
,iezeu miles further. Several of them had
piven out III crossing the last plain, and
we had to leave them and the baggage be-
hind, aud 10 return for ii attptWatd. An.
other day without water aud the whole
train must have inevitably persisted, Both
tnan aud beast being completely exhaust
I'd, | remained there three DAYS tor refresh.
tnett aud rest. Moreover, we were now
TO rernfe for crossing another desert OF
seventy II -, which, AZ my guide ittofihs
ed HE, still lay between us and the south
efn end Of the lake, He ha passed over
IL ia ts45, with Fremont, who had losi
ten mules and several horses IN elleating
the passage, having aiterWafa ei,cathred
on the same ground now occupied by our
little party