The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-16
Letter from Col. Benton.


FREMoNT-CAPT. GUNNIsON-LIBUT. BEALE.
From the National Intsliisencer, Dec IL.
note into nsnsr xSeb TO ~ nu
concern, and requires an answer In place In which
On the 18th instant, Mr. Gwin Of California read lot
tsrs from two officers Of the army engaged In Of the
Pacific railroad expeditions the tendency of which
the letters was from Lieut. Ssonsman, Of the ORA.
goons, and contained this sentence
Lieut. Williamson getting along rem srkably we'll th
portion tho sisrI. head q Ksra ri1.s
Wnisers Pass i Of no seooun. At ali DA'
The other from Lieut. williamson of the Topographic.
cal Engineers, which contains these sentences
ton and if it were good the Others to be badly
ksIs and ~ Americans perverted nss walkers and the
Ms ru ass Of the not Of the Nsyad
in all California He Euiav chief speaks spanish ana
amongst whom williams pay him trsa.e or black mail
This is the account given OF that Pass (waker) by
the two government officers, and read In the Senate
the United States to inauence-in fact to governs
great national Now wish to oppose to these
judgments pronounced upon that pas, the description
given Of it by Mr. Fremont above nine ago, when
there was question about rival railroad routes and
before the war commenced which gave us California.
the first that opened to the 'sealed book" Of Cali
fornia to the public eye Mr. Fremont thus speaAs Of
this pass
Our guide Californian diam Joined this morning
ny and
willow; xth Ssh:s wees :SsuSsy plants: i:
United ststes and The patanu, occdentas Of
ulpEr o nv 5Sa IL e.
sss yn White and the fs..hsy seed, ans
abuniant on the mount.a and as we passed the diy
tn. Was hllsd WITH perfume, as We we're sntsiins
hishy .Slsiv,,sd garden; and instead Of green sgS
fields Of yellow acwers-yei,oy bent hars the pre-,
s d.1 SSH,F: t. s ;nay Es s. hsd left Al
which iroyIea down upon n: right sut Ieheld il
Ssns spring air the summit q tins
and obtained view into the eastern country
color but green Tsns sa the nature Il
the Sierra Nevada found this sssssnt for
the localities. il might be made
msy onara that Of last thd .
min lon Us deg IS min s '.S only fey miles
cade making too troublesome to halt before night whom
pass he not educated at West Point yet
he knows hawk from handsaw," and can tell what
mountain is When he sees it. and what is gap whom he
goes through It, The government officers say 1t Is Of
account at a"-thAt 1t Is "almost out of the quss.
ton "-snd is badly situated" Mr. Fremont saysit il
beautiful lex celent for horse-and good for "wag
ons with little labor His descriptions have been
found correct By all but government ocars and Ainst
them think viii have witness subject to mistake
and ch.sge-the mountain and the pass ITSELF durable
as time, interchangeable rs nstures
And This is called by Lieut. Williamson the Walkers
Pass OF the Coast Range" must repeat that Mr., Ere
mont knows " q hawk from hsndeaw' and consequent
y the Sierra Nevada from the Coast Range having
tal expellina him from the army for hAving
tered it without coming through the West Point gate
f.. s.1en sns Of .1s pa
Taos n M has published letter uader date of October
22, 1853, in which etays;-
During the lassyearI have .aken d;o,s sheep from
Cd have the wiasrof 5l ~ a. the time Of his
days STRIVING WIZ ny ssssg IN good order s.? i
good plenty WOOD water grass every night
during The HhOs trip TLs route i At least four hundred
sSuth f.s From Santa Clara springs q. Santa
soad and q. way A. soS he: goes
Little sal' Lake and Santa Clara there are a0urshins
they sasisd Gsssass
~ 20 per 100 pounds, and groceries st fair prices
Mr. Beale did not go by Walkers Pass, his duties
superintendent of California Indians recurring him to go
to the southwest to examine the No have and Southern
California for Indian Mr.. Fremont intends to
go that this winter and to examine the Sierra NORTH
ard the country between Santa Clara and OVENS
the of the Sierra in the full belief that he
vii avoid the desert get direct line to San Fran
cisco and save much distance BE will be Ia the gorges
and detes Of the ssrras gaugns depths of the SHOWS
when those who undertake to discredis him viii be
dom OF the latter DAY saints.h
this pass (waisers is badly situated. think ii wen
tuaed Al the head Of the beautiful valley OF San Joa
qun II s certainly badly situated to go to San Diego
with Railroad where, understand, diagram Of city
is laid off, four miles square, to upersede SAP Francisco
by help Of fedora. legislation and public plumber and to
situated 10 to San Francisco where God and has
said the emporium Of The north Paeih, is TO be.
The Utah chief g! whom go low AZ account Is given
namesake Walker, and is thus described by Mr. Free
mtnt-
Sewer river corrupted from the Spanish severo and
named BY irono At on bis map N.os well as tho lsis
Western exploration and practical astronomy north
sa
hss sSs S se s sT,, . Ia SSn
and
:sssss y; II.
yes ss3s could
English Of walker ~ which Be !, quoted and wei
nss w ~ iss
/. ss y h STa
the great aforna CARAVAN tss ys,r abou. 5000 horses
essr order ~ = ~ @
toll for passing through i cir sountry Instead attaching
and killing they affect to the horses they
quit. sS .:'s..y :;sss.a.sS Win H:
hnew Of M espedon Of iss and as sfens Of friendship
and proof shaws had mss proposed an esehAng Of pre-
We had great store to choose out Of lie
mo Mexican blanket and gave him very One which
had obtain ed Ut Fort Vancouver
Tbis Ia the who Is called the most expert horse
thief in all California. He Is not Of California at ALL but
OF the Great Colorado Of ths West not horssths bat
the mos, powerful Indian chief in the world, carry
ing with three powers ut onse-the Mormons the
Msxieans and the United States He is mt Indian
chief with policy In bis measures and heart In his
bosom. BE has ION who also has . heart. Mr.. Ere
mont with three panions) fell in with him after
the great aster in 184s the for foot in
70 their breaats the latter on horse conducting .
party 70 tbs frontiers of New Mexico Fremont spoke to
him-told his name. The young chief asked him If he
the Fremont that had exchanged presents with
the Utah chief at the Vegas some years before Being
anavered yes the young chief raid am his son and
friends He then gave Fremont ard his three men
the Of four horses and guided them 10 the frontiers Of
New NJ xco ard then left them 10 his upon the
United States There heart In this and shows there
sa way TO touch an Indians heart II the white
knows how.
Fremont bad met the Utah nation. and tna hA