The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-09-13

Inserssssag IssesAgsups esom Wsakes's eass.
sEAKCa FOE LtsUr. BxALs-DBscRRrios OF ras
PAss-THn Dnssxr AM raE rULAss vALLkf-
TIE TEyVk AND raa Ds0ose IHseA.s o.,
Mr. Rarz, Ed~azds sotaaG Iaaan Ay.us IN ne assnee
Of Iasus Bsis, reeshsd thi. city yesc.I %s asns az
ess f e: ,. =: Il Ass.s q .ssS
Bale and his party hsd not arrived cod 9ev.ssa pest
h.sss 70 ssoe,On We g sss .rs@ ths ,.sa. Ds.ss.
through the nouDtains absut which . nucd interest
st psssent and The ohssaotsr Of shs country osow
be -Four Csseks and the TuiAss 'AAse' "'esses NV
M Edwards left Fort Miller the Upper San joaquin,
On. sspecation OF meeting superintendent Bsss aSost
tho Of July 1t Wslhsrs Pass. On his arrival toere no
found Of tbs travss. and spsot ssvsrs, days
In examining rhs surrou,ding coustry. rhs Psss 1.
g-p the Sierra Nevada leading fsen the rases Valley
TO The desert beyond known a. tbs Crest Bssta Il Is
ssnt, so DING that DOS l. scarcely oonseoa. e
After getting through the DA,n chain hu o. ss0s eus
oppo tsef but these 10 no oossy u mseiog an easy
road ugh In fact there 10 ssePer ssscet 80
be than Upon tins htghroaA fro stocst'n to
Aalipota. Ths his esher sds los but TOY era
nit. II ,hs sierra Nevada The traveller in his journey
throush proceeds up the banks OF KEN river ~nico
hssd near n. .na nS s .ea .s he
cot ths aide Of tho 5srra In fuil
Of the bouadoss deert that rstchss far Away to
the East, towa ds tho Aohsve aud the Colorado tue
level OF the deeer LIS considerably higher thaa that Of
the tn are Vale, on tbs western lido OF the Serrs-
descent from the Psss s mucu less tnsn
the rirs from this side. Inc desert Is IN unbeoksn
peDdy claim. extending % Tar rs the eye can reach,
without sign Of Vegetation save nsre and there tall co
summit Of tho fer To the southeast dtstancs OF
hundred snd itty miles, may be sesn the Stack
Mopnfaln, which the famous N sunaincer, Cooley II
formed Mr.. Edwards married me line Of the dousve
CODES had Rtemped cross toe desert from tho
pas 70 me vss eas not esas o. gas nor o,o
back and strike for tue eastern sio e OF tho
mountsips agaia. TO tsvs himself from psrishiog No
spurs shoot cut ON the sierra ato tho desert though
tbe southeast, far out the plain may be seen
isolated Iutts- and Occasionally short mouataiu -tud
Of WAFER timber norm, ssst, south Ia the pass
iuen IS 70 Dc found tee pest gauste au1 tue hs
on each zoe he 6ns prs aud oak 'or buiiog ia
the Pacific R..lr- ad shculd through this
mle OF tie top OF the pess Mr Edwards has rea 500
to believe there three four otr good pg5co in
wild Indians sipg In ras viotnity informed him there
wa much better than Weikors up the Ded oe
email stream = few miles scu o. ksrd river 0h,ch
could be passed without coy trouble wha-ever liz
lover and besides, avoiaeo the hull @hich exists
further side of Walkers GcdeS, whom Mr.. Cd Ssrds
left behind to await the arrival OF Beale intended
pio!s IL.
Afer Visiting the Pass Mr.. Edwards returned to
hsrns liver on the Ga Of July Here he took Alexander
Cooley, the celebrated m0untaineer woo had accoura-
MED Fremont In many Of his podtions
into the mountains high up on Kern river. He
north of Kern river where he cam ped two or three
days He,e he met Captain Aubrey, With his party OF
twenty med ana ABOUT 0lrty BplelNd mules IN Gue
dit Aubrey cauped for eight hours to inter roga,o
Godey about the rouse which be intended pursue. Mr.
Edwards with party of Indiana assisted him across
Kern river. which was high and rapid His sup phos
were carried in tule boat made by Gooey At this
point he bsde his rcDds eooe through
tho TETON Pass which leads from the Tulare Valley
los Lssis It hts intention TO t.ersl do IN shoot
distance south Of the TETON, and then across the
Sierra due east to the CocrscO and tic Rio Grande
fe~ days after Aubrey departed Mr. Edwards went
TO the fea The lnc,ans giving grand fesat
and Mr. Mwards induced them to 60 into the mountains
TO ceme in. The d,sgrrs camo In cautiously They ap.
peared wild and like sntsopes when they
frst saw EdSa,ds and Godey. Esen the feast they
H0.e startled EXPRESSION, and at tho least ncrion
would jump Ike rabbits Edwards enEaged them to keep
a sharp look out for Beale and 10 keep large Gro
constantly burning the summit Of the ountaio near
Walkers Pass, TO guide him The Indians at the reoa
Pass are about three hundred numcer, and ao,o OF
them are many Mission Indiana They ere the most CT
vized in the country supporting them elyes BY regular
farming in which they largely engsged Tnsy IN.
babi; beautiful country, about tsers milos 10 X sy
where the Coast Range meets the Ser Nevada Taetr
country Is watered by clear and sps k ling streams,
iocaed that every loot Of Their land be irrigated
without any TAO aba They turn these ssreams st eli
from one patch TO another, Wien Mr Ed yards co e
corn, xsteru eons, Sc. They IRE peaoeeblc ac live
well; one Of item, II fact, has large adele nou.c
Aissr staying amcng them Gig o, ton oa;s aod irtcr
es'ipg them in keepiog look for Beaie Mr. ri srIs
retuDed ba,s 10 Peso creek Hs the United Ss es
surveying party uider Cap StoneIi Lieu
RE via fs.a.ans IN tie mountains about Walkers
Pass. live Ike rest OF thor race on ,ress
Mr.. towards during bis ttaTes got oct Of PROVISIONS
and Obliged to sub-s, for several DAYS on their food
lie says grass seed steeped In wafer makes esning
srnk. As great deicacy. they cooked hi n dish 81
elder berries ana he learned from nem that tie
tdai who have for years beec IN the habit Of ing
horses IN los Angeles ard Tuie.e valley reside or tins
east sice OF the Sierra keTsdA Walkers ase Toog
are Represented as great robbers end up horse
stealing parties at s,atsd Intervals through
Nakert le-g, carly OIL drOVts OF prtncG from
rsnches and hurry back to the other the moan
taos They are said TO have great numbers Of hofses 10
Dir Edzsrds has fuEpi-hed us with rough map Of the
lower part 81 Tuisre valley, prepared BY himself and
any man living So little has been koown heretofore
with regard to it. that eketch Of its tofogs will be
of interest &c our Teederg.
Toe San joaquin river rises in the Sierra Nevada
mountains Lit le south Of tie 37th parallel of latitude
and runs through the foot bills nearly due vest and
across the valley almost 70 the range Here II
bends abruptly to the north and pursues its course in
Aorheriy direction until it sacramento The
upper po ton OF 1t before reaches tts bend IL called
TOR he sake OF DESCRIPTION the Upper San Joaa ain
South OF IT, and between the Sierra Nevada and the coast
rar &c triangular valley called the Tulars valley, in
which are located the TGlare akes and q multitude OF
streams running out Of the mountains into them From
the head waters OF the San Joaquin ia latitude 81. the
about fifteen miles to the Of tie band in the river
and almost on the same parallel Of latitude the coast
range roma in southeesesy direction Unit, II tho
Sierra Nevada at TETON Pass. This pass, it will be
coec cd does net lead through the Sierra bat from Lee
Angelica into the Tuiars valley II is very hiy and
wagons cannot DO brought through it. fhs ira Keller
in iouTreying south. down the valley from the Up
per San Joaquin, meets With streams running
due yes. across his path. f.om ths Sierra Ne
veda into the lakes In the rainy and whom the
sooS nels they are bold, ruahog torrents only TO be
crossed BY swimming In the inner they either dry
up OF the waters sink before reaching the ases Tue
first OF these south OF the San uin il Kings river
Inls is considerable stream at ali There ia
ferry upon IT, Next the Four creeks. The stream
which forms them Is undivided for short distance after
leaving the mountains. 1t then ieporates into four
c7eehs winch soesmes sink in the sands and at otnsrs
empty INTO The lakes Next TuIate rver Moore's
creek and ope or two other snail streams. Still further
south T. Kern river which takes its rise nesr Walkers
fss and after running distance 10 the west ciyidss
into three or four siorghs, Of which empty into
Kern lake, sheet Of water just south OF the fclare
skes, sId about twelve miles long by siz broad. IL
surrounded By tuies and bordersd with timber Aeoat
Ten niles TO the toutheast Of this the Coast range
IA al other Lake led BueDa Vista Here the ranges
rapidly converge, until they meet about twent We
miles below, ~ the TETON Pass 10 portion Of this
country be found some Of the finest farming ada
IA The world autifu stretches Of level land as met
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