Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1857-06-27
The Honey Lake Trip.

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In the Record of Saturday we left the
Honey Lake Pioneers at the place of their
destination, and promised our readers that
we would relate the interview between the
g Stage boys and the Marysville Commits
sioners.
About half way between Rocp's and Las
sons Ranch our pioneers met eight or ten
Of the Commissioners, among whom weer
Doctor Carr, George Thomas, Mr.. Sweeney
and others. The note book says, they
didn't have much to say at first, but after
short and sweet argument. StceeSy Gchnoacl-
edged the corn and admitted the Or0uWe
read to be the best, bat that 1t didn't suit
them as they ,canted road to .MarysriHe
anyhow" They afterwards qualified this
admission by saying they had found road
over which they could make better time than
our boys could make over the Oroville route,
whereupon Alex. Brown pulled out the
"spondulicks'' and offered to bet five hun
bred dollars on the 0roville stage road,
against the trail to Marysville, but they
saw he was in earnest, and weakening''
said, "we never bet Alex. asked them
Il they intended returning by the same
route they came, to which they replied,
g No, it would not be policy Bill Gamble
(who never :. says no:hing'D offered as his
opinion that +" if you do 20 that way you
will break your id necks"-end SO the
Commissioners seemed to think.
" Old Pete Lasson'' who was with our
boys at the time, remarked very justly, ad-
dressing himself to the Commissioners
"you may build q thousand roads gentle
men, but you can't possibly turn the immi.
grant travel from the great natural road tC
Oroville." There's opinion as is opin-
ion,'' for old Pete Lasson has been "thal
and tharabouts'' for many long day, and
knows more about it than any other one
man.
DR.. Carr says the note book, "acknowl
edged when at Roop's Ranch that ours wa;
the only feasible road, but Stoeezy held Out
against it, but it was no use, the other:
couldn't concientiously agree with them ,
They started off to find another road, (prob
ably the one by way of Rabbit Creek ani
our boys saw no more of them.
Game was found in great abundance, ant
for two or three days the party employed
themselves in hunting and fishing. During
one entire night they were obliged to seeI
the shelter of their coach by most violent
thunder storm. The grass was SO fine an(
nutritious that the horses preferred it to bar.
ley, and the climate is described as being in
comparably beautiful.
Honey Lake, which is about twenty five
miles long and twenty in width, has no ap,
parent outlet, and is supplied by severa
rivers and creeks, which empty into it.
large boiling spring bubbles out on til,
west side of the lake, and several smaller
ones were found on the east side. The water
is salt and very shallow, so shallow that thu
Indians wade out into it for miles, seeking
for fish. During high winds the lake be
comes very rough, probably more so thar
otherwise being so shallow. All the stream
running into it abound in trout, and at Ger
tain seasons of the year, its surface is GOV
cred with myriads of ducks and geese
These facts were learned from actual obser
walton, and from the accounts given by Mr.
Thompson, who has lived for some time il
close proximity to the lake.
The note book contains the particulars 0
the return trip, which we shall furnish to
morrow.