The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-11-12

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8, 1857.
Tie Aa0rur WaGom Road-7ne Indians the Track,
de-, dc.
Through the Kindness Of friend have been permitted
TO make few extracts from private letter received yes
tcrtay giving interesting Of the wagon road
.xiedtcn under tue superintendent OF Msgraw and
6hief Engineer Lander appears from this letter that
the exploration has been highly successful The Chief
Engineer and the Superintendent shortly 10 start
for Washington and report the result OF Their sbors The
following the Letter -
Sor1H PASS, Sept. cS, 1857.
Fred W lander, the chief engineer Of The expedition,
has just returned from explorations in advance In
the short space Of seventy days he has eSainne',
WIN Is.,y OF ilye men, the ,S wh1 tfe, ~
consist OF four immense sncwcapped ranses The
,ntiic country Of the South Pass embracing the
upper valley head streams o the grand Colorado hal
been surveyed and mapped between salt Lake aud 20.
lumbia or Snake river. Two thousand nine hundred ani
seventy miles had been ridden by the explorer since
starting from Independence, Missouri in eighty eight days
an average including hats and camps, OF tart! hse
miles per day--over forty, travelling time, wth s"H'
an mais.
The expedition had been disorganzed previous 10 the
arrival OF lander by the withdrawal from of the rest OF
the engineers, anG Messrs AMMAN and Cooper the dis
bursiEg agent aud physician On his return preparations
were TO be made place IL in winter quarters The super
intendent, W + hagraw, ana the Chief Engineer would
return to the United states the latter refused to accept
the command Of the expedition tendered to him unani.
monsly by the disaiocieG men The whole matter VIII
be inauiroo into by the interior Department The Su
rerntendent il accuse Of brutality and drunkenness ana
as being Gilaiory in moving the train
Four excellent wagon routes had been discovered by
the Chief FEginccr OF them shortening the present
road seven Gays IN distance o; 500 miles
very practicable aud well wooded railroad route hal
also been explored. Some Of the OF the exploring
party had been disabled by inanmatoy rheumatism, and
two had been wounded, but the general health of those
Who returned excellent.
The Western shes homes reported very hostile
Nearly twenty emgrauts had been killed by them, ana
much stock driven off ia the vicinity Of the Ma ae and
iarmache rivers. The Cows had also assaulted em
grants and killed the wife trader
The Chief Engineer and his party would strto the
States without escort hoping safely 10 run the gluaiie.
u the Cleycnnes who moving in the ycinry OF Ash
Hollow and attacking freight trains and killing the
<ters.
Col johnson had not arrived at the South Pass The
Momons had forbade his entering the valley. be-
ieved hy the officers oil the army that the explorations
of Engineer lander had been performed under tho
direction Of the department. of War, they wou; have
proved of the utmost service TO their advance the
Lake and that the wagon road should he butt I'm Ter MILF
try supervision None, however deny the ability the
eminent charge Of these explorations and the
ue Of result gained at less COS, than any hitherto pre-
sented to the country.