, 1857-10-02
The Territory Of Utah.

~THE SALT LAKE COUNTRY Salt Lake is
situated between the 4Oth and the 42d de-
grecs Of north latitude, and is not less than
irty miles in length from north to south, va
rylng in width from Eve to thirty miles,
: Its elevation above the Gulf Of Mexico Is
two thousand four hundred feet, and it
forms the bottom of a vast basin, surroun-
ded by mountains five to six thousand feet
high. Part of the banks and bottom of
: the lake ore composed Of rocks and salt
springs, and the waters are entirely impFeg-
mated with saline substance, so that evap-
oration shows thirty-three parts in one hun
dred oil. salt, while the water Of the sea
shows only four in one hundred. The wa
ters Of tue Salt Lake, therefore, are Of an
extraordinary density. No fish can live
there, and the borders Of the lake are ste
rile. Happily, in this accursed lake there
is passage leading to another lake, called
Utah, 1.-THE name Of an Indian tribe, the
level of which is one hundred feet above
the surface of the first The water Of Utah
Lake is driHkable, fresh aud hmpid, sei55
The richness of the country in the neigh
borhood of these lakes caused Brigham
oung 70 resolve upon settling The Nor;
mons az thls spot. he thought with wis
dOm, tnat ~ was better Tor him to become
exclusive master OF this great basin, where
the distance and nature offered an impreg-
nable fortress, 1hau to go to California, and
encounter the hostility Of q crowd Of gold
seekers. The resemblance Of Salt Lake to
the Dead Sea could be presented as prov
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