New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-09-06
Central or Benton's Route.

The NqonaI IaaHgeneer publishes the following letter
in regard to the Central Railroad Route to the Pacific
- { STREET September g. 1853.
CFSTLNyS: send you two letters just received from
Superintendent Beale and Mr. Harris Heap and giving IN
formation of their having reached the Great Colorado OF
the West and found the country good Railway and Tor
settlement all The way out 10 that river which they reached
in ii, dayg after crossing the divorce line of the waters
dror,ia GquGrAmbowoen the Atlantic and Pacific IN the
middle Of that pass, Coo chaOpe, which Fremont went 10
cnd which Leroux said was there and which Beales party
has gone through 1t is not merely pass but valley
between two mounain with distinct name OF its owa
Deh nGLc Taiy some forty miles long, good Tor hal
n adj, and settlements and only wanting the hand oil man
10 makeit Perfect garden and this in addition To the
Valley Of san Lni, which connects whit no ihat prop
Ian solved, at eaAt so Tar Us summer travel cohcerheu'
nd Fr,mont has gone out 10 solve il in rlRter
At the crossing OF the Grand River fork OF the Grea
Colorado they ost thtir arms amunto' ana plJ' b
La he usottng OF glrog on her fourth trip and Beae
stut back OF the party to the laos sgeheht, TOT
supIles, he remaining with Delaware inWan 'icAs
can md lad from hester Pennsy snsIlyJ i y!
coyrai which they had built d e. strong pen 70 hoi W.,
animals He would lose two weeks by this accdoht
but he did not turn ack and would have gone on without
arms or provisions ii he had felt himself at liberty u ea
other peoples lives as he would his own
But tie sending party back had one good consequence
they were Instructed into another pass almost as good
Hs Zoo cha tope and one days shorter. This pass
Il called CaJneT0 tie spanish word for sheep or ram
and in that Ioss hey met hosPtaDie tan lHan' VINO
cave III mule load OF dried buielo meat IL - buffalo
rr.znc ground. which proves II good country Sth
yafvire liz route Dir Heap would return through the pass
Il at when lie Dur- tul fttil'ut
In the SHOWS OF the STrd san Juan this route De1ng W
shorter than the CqTmro but not 80 good 80 that m
oouseoucnCc ii this bek at the riyer beale party Wh
Cross tie Rocky Mountains at three dereht PAGES 81 'Ao
The Coo oha tope Pass ascerained to be prmeya
buao route and tie only which they no" ta'ei IN
Going from the Del Nogte TO the Great Colorado waters
TACT which has two values with me; INST az Deins PROOF
that il the beet route the buffalo having an instinct az
fuding BIZ way unerring than the seem oi INC
schools which awGys lead. him the nearest ana Dest Iul'
when he wishes % travel from one country 10 another
setord., as being proof that IL good country WIN
ore.s and water and shade the said buffalo having an
etLer instinct which makes him escew toe coun.es ~
which requires science 70 make the grass gro" HNl wei
dicees to get water. He hates desert and never goes
T. was tho eeo.on Of HIGH waters when Beale went out,
which are reri1dcol and made by the melting Of me
srnvsop the IN sech and the Rocky Mountains Iho
streams commence swelling Of the vernal equinox ana eou
tinue til the solsice when they nDslde am aie
al fordable except the Upper Colorado called seel
Tie.e letters from Beae and Heap cover tis ol-y u
hat bic ground On the Central Route Inc Wh"' ,OIle
hre now been SEEN FOR Fremont knows TIE OFehi isSr
and all bevord and the passs trayerseGf ana az iDuh'
10 be rood for roads and settlements, ana hYhhs me
hand Of the farmer TO improve L. Noihing . 40" Wan'
ig Int the nfar exploration which Fremont has set gu,
n Give He Is not afraid Of SHOWS in the mountains Where
there aresyaeys and passes, and weeds ne ma s'oou
urou mountain in killing snow storm ana i'OAeI u'nn
into valley Thousands 81 IL Delv" "heie lS ~"
wa. shining green grass covering the ground an the
surfate # tie water free from ice and named one :.
tho.e rlaces IN the dead Of winter Summer Lake. ne
las 20 cd In valley looking at snow s1orIn raging ~
mountains head while the mules were ieedns az Ie
case round IL valley camp lie hss been safe m ~: camp 10
ctoye Of wood during storm which killed eli tni
rnss On the nrairies Witnessed the los 81 aDout
head If Government returning rom new lcxiO y
1912 While be- IN the stOr0, sheltered Dy Ot
lcst NOT an amin a. and his men amused themselves
hunting and killing bufal.es. He Z nj aifald oi $40
where there are passes. valleys, " wood ana moan,
stand N the most eleva 81 Of these passes on he s
Roue in January next. lie win have win Inn iftaAh
and n unts L men wi0 arc Llo.s AFRAID Of snow
/ himself ~, r ia ~,
from Mr. Jsmes H. Quinn, Of Too, by the saIn- ih.A
vhish be says. Mr. LeEoux and my.eiL ana eAel /.
-uu he Rio Grsnde nsS. Veek letter daie1 Ny -
sfone tie different passes between the Af.' =. 90
and the C0cehe t0Fe byancE q the OfanH 49, -
ne Great Colorado and VIII send you re2r o. vaf q
rloraiOa. Carson has 90 70 Cali9rn, - .s oApc'
/ lin. hack coon. should he come lNM -o1 lAS Iey'
"uuon tie route laid d in your sli1 y vac Peoe
| Missouri Another letter says; Lea FreHllHt eom
I've ri al 90 WITH him" Thus, there are many pase
some net vet seeD by our mountain zen ~ .All arc
TIE Utah lndiaFs say there are i've through tne Ser
Blanca alone, rrovng Fremonts theory that the mod
tain in that zion are continuous ranges bat dac
sd blocks n table land Of six seven thousand fe
high betv cen which blocks the fst Of topogrsPAc&
gireers- the old buffslo bulls lay out their roads
P.ss7ee,iEliy, yourA thoAA' IL BENNY
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