New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-09-12

q the Deserts tam side Of the Serrsthe descent the
aey % t D. = much les than The rise IRON 'h, ~
Ire ". % -. an oxen sandy plain extending a. tir
Inc Uesei' " ;,h ut sign Of vegetation save nero an
INC q. t,h na ~ couyouied masses OF tho ese,,
From The Summit of the 49, ~, ~ - -, he a.
tsnre of one hundred andfh, Hi, mn! cI.y iof,rae
~, ~ I'll ,hN inc Of the hohaVe So1ey hl
once sits nlrscd to cross the Dssef. 10 - .,,il n
River but blade Of grass nor "a t,-n nan an
fouud On the route and hewas cotnpeoa' W -; ., sov
s,r; ff~ tho egs.erl ,i0re OF the mountains 49, -
ln,ss Il from o rising No sp0Ts shoot out iros 80 49,
into The Desert although 20 the SOUTHEAST 10" oai sh,~
lain may be Isolated Buttes AMI 30.
irourfan called by the travellers the Lost 'ivu -. a.
From tie commanding point al rag 10y ~ ~
co-cr no sign Of water sY timber norh esi OF SCUM -.
The Pass itself be found the best gFanns ana agon
Ills on each SIDE the inost pine and 0aA e< oa'ng
case c Pacific Ra-oad should ever conc thronsn .hls
point There Is plenty O. god w1ter aad X sss VIM
mile Of the top cflhC Pass Mr. Edwards has rcason o. De
rcyn q are three -four other good passes intie
lCiv cen Walkers sEd tho fion Ono o. thc Wa inies
living IN the vicinity informed bin there was CAc, n eu
letter tla Walkers. ap the bee Of snN s'rcSe Anew
mics south Of Kern River, which could D. passed fHaoa
any trouble Ehaievor e was lowsr and BESIDE sso'is s
the hill which exists a. the OF s>er Doasy
whom Nh Edwards let tehind 70 await TIE arr1NN OF
B,ale in,endei TO ext loreis
Ancr visiting The Pass, Nj Edward seiurnetto he,Hs
River on the On a Juiy Here h. i,oS Alexander Co..
G,y the celebraesd mounts Ger. who bad arcomPan'eo
Fremont IN many of his stons, sui went oteA iny
the mountains high mp on kdrns River. lie ie'ntnel
again g. Peso Gre r. stream about 81 mnes hf.n "
Kers River whor.hs camped NFo or three days Here
he Capt, Aubrey with his srty o: twenty men snd
about thi.iv srieudid mules In ia0 cOndt1on Aubrey
crmped for eight hoyyS to iniores,e Geey about the
which he Intended 10 pursue. Dir Et' ns'is VIA
ariy IL Indians ns tcF him across Kerns river which
high and rspid us'aprles ere carret over IN a
lie boat made By Cooley. AZ Ia, point he osGe h's
friends coed bye and suct down ~ onSa the logon fa
which 4 ais from the Tuarc Valley irse los Angeles IL
hs int non TO travel swn short distance 'outh OF
The eon Oud then strike the y rsa due east to the
Colorado end lhe Rio G.ante tw '"ys AMER Aaorcy
departed Nr Edwards went sown TO thc ISion. lie Ia
dams hcrowere giving grand feast anc Mr. kiwarfs IN
dvced them 60 into the mountains ana invite the wId
pggen. residing near Walkers fass 10 como IN. Inc
Diegers came IN cautiously. They appel-d as Wild as
deer and Ike antclOpes when they nrs "a" h"ads
ard Cooley Even AZ the feaa they wore ss.trlei ex
preston and the least motion would jump IKE rabbits
LGwGrds engaged them to keep sharp LOOK al tr pehe
ard to Keep large fire constantly burning on shc sama
of the mountain near Walkers lass. 10 guide him The
Indians The TETON Pass about three hundred IN NUN
her and rmong them are many Mission indWns ihey
are tie most civilized the country supporlns 'nsln
selves by regular farming, in which they are artY cgt
ged They inhabit beautiful country about ing
by four wide u't in the lower corner Of tho rmarc Valley
where the Coas Range the Sierra Nevada. Their
country wa,ored by clear aud sparkling streams running
out OF the mountains every direction and located that
every foot of can irrigated without any trouble
They turn these win from patch 10 another
When Mr. Edwards them they had splendid crops OF
wheat barley. Indian corn, watermeous etc. they are
peacoGblo and live well One Of them in fact has large
adobe house Acr staying among them eight or ten days,
and Interesting them in keeping look out for Beae Mr.
Edwards returned back TO Peso Creek. He mot the =
surveying party, under Capt Stcneman and Lieut. WI
lsm al the Four Greeks on their way to explore the
| Passes and the Desert
The wild Indians IN the mountains about Walkers Pass
live Ike the rest of their on ocorns and grass MT
Edwars during his travels got ont OF provisions ana was
obliged subsist for e,oTal days their food lie says
erass seed stoeped in watcr makes refreshing drnk AS
a great dolcncy they cooked him dish of elder berries
and acorrs He learned from them that the Indians VINO
have r wears Leon in the habit of stealing horses In Los
Angeles and Tuare Valley reside ON the east side OF tbs
Sena Nevada near Walkers Lake. They are represent
cd great robbers aud make up horse stealing parties al
stated mcry ais down through Walkers Pass carry
of dgovcs of animals from the ranches aud hurry back TO
Tie oler side Of the mountains They said to have
! great numbers of horses IN their possession
Mr. Edwards has furnished rs with rough map OF the
lower part OF Tnarc Valley prepared by himself and 90
dew who better acquainted with that country than any
man living SO little has been known heretofore with ~.
gard to Il that sketch OF is Topography vi" be ofntefest
III San Joaouin River sosin the Sierra Nevada Noun
ains little south o the sab parallel OF latitude ana runs
through the foot Hills nearly due west and across The valley
amostothc Coast Range. Here It bends abruptly to ths
north and pursucs iis course in norhery direction nnii
reaches b bend called for the sake Of description tho
Iprer Sar Joaquin South of t. and between he Sierra NO
vaa and the Cost Range triangular valley called me
Tuarr Valley in which are located The Ibare LAKES anna
multitude of streams running the into them
From the head waters of the san joaquin IN ia ~ me
Sierra Nevada almost duo south. From po'at about
Is miles 20 the west 1T the bend in the river AMI almost on
the same parallel Of latitude the Coast Range runs IN
,ntheastay direction until meets tho Sierra Nesala at
Teion Pass Thu pass will DC recoeeied does not lead
ronrh the Sierra but from Los Angeles into he inia'e
Valley II l. very billy and wagons cannot DC orou5n.
4 IL
valley the Upper san joaquin meets WIN numerous
streams running due his path from tho Sierra
Neyna into the ekcs In the rainy seuson oai when tho
snow mcts they ar bold, rushing torrents ohy I'd %
! crossed hy swimming I'm the simmer they sher dry mp
or their waters sink before reaching the lakes The 81 Oh
fhcsc south Of tho San joaquin Kings River ms u
stream all There 10 ferry upon H.
Next arc tine Four Creok The stream which forms them
md, ied for short distance after leaving the noun
ain= II then elarates into four creeks sch soiornrs
sink into the sands and nj ohors empty inc akcs Nes.
comes TUE River. Moore Creek and ono or TWO ets'
fuVflfr
teles rise near WaIkors Pas and after running some
d.tnoe "a the wcsf divides into three or sonr toagn
s.ne al which emmy into Kern Lake, sheet ~ water
irsI souih Of the Tuiiro Lakes ana anout
v * broad II Il surrounded by trles ond borred with
lmlsr Ah0nt cl miles ~ the southeast % ta near the
Coat Range is Gnn'hcr lake called Baena visa mere
tie two ranges ra, ny converge unii they meet ABOUT %
ncg below nj the iejon Pass W P"rnoh o, w IN
nv NAV be found of the finest farmng lanis IN IN"
world Heautia stretches o eel land are rset WIN GOV
cred with timber presenting tie appearance 81 regular
uarks Betw.fn the river have described however
peplbdthood il Z. thoueli tho Indian Rfseryaon Which
dc Sup rnienin j. authorized to make WIZ Oe "o"'"
! p.odrets.n Of The California Msnes- ,mount or
Treasure SHIPPED from san Francisco 4" i''s
aud Is5s-IntersstB,g Gold Satisfies.
From m elaborate compiled for TIE Prizes c~rr,n,
and SHINING I,f BY Adams Go. II appears that ths
whole amount Of gold dust nsanifesied gnd shipped
n, " the port ~ San Francisco during tho six months ehh
M June 3Otlg 1888 vas s2s 900, SO ~.
The following table shows The shipments FOR me severn"
fsJ1sU.gvBy tho searsr, Ooiln Ce Winfield scott ed ts
,ar.s H.sneis go .ae :, a c Nv
yos @li ~ lor .ss oissns si'i "a "fI''S'
,~ d. ssuAsy-By o. s-esr.ers Tsnnes.e cor,ss Pa
rams. B.D,her Ior -tien. tsi,fouia snd .le sat-
lug vessfs an AsGsdor. PehbEder Wild ~ %. ~, a,
ssou Jghz Gavin Pr Ddt and Nancy D' H' u
ofths.ap - ~ "a - 20, d .iasd @r ssS.