New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-08-13

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CAMP FLOYD, Ced.r Valley, L. l.,
July -, lcje.
l s.sr.ed fross ms c.:y or Monday morning
toward The Camp, intending 70 psss day or two
With some friends s1d then return, Bat series OF
uishsp.. some Of item lIdicrous, come OF toem
serious, will de.an NE from my journey back 10
Zion till tomorrow. BRIEFLY took Mormon sd
vice concerning my road, and was msdirected; on
arriving al the camp was summoned 10 attend
Court Martial SIS witness; and on attempting TO
return ] discovered that my pony, once ths prop
err Of Brigham. had taken a s.ra.. chute scross
he country from bis background toward the
Prophets stables.
Ever cir &c the middle Of June tie only hours out
Of the twenty four suitable for aOybody except
Hottentot 70 travel, have been the two directly
after sunrise and the three directly sf.er sunset
During the remainder of the days the hes: has been
intense, although strong wind usually begins 20
blow down from the mountains about o'clock
and lasts until ). Sometimes it bows IN eddies,
AID spreads the salt smell Of th9 Great Like all
over the country, or fills The lower part of the city
with a sckly odor from the rot suphar sPrugs
Of the valleys from the beginning Of June til the
end Of September Now and then, during the af-
terIoODs We can see dark cloud beyond the
mountains which bound the horizon the south
from the city. One or two streaks of lightning and
distant rumbling Of thunder tel us that there If
rain on Mount Nebo, but never a cloud dlstlrbs the
hot, blue sky above US. The SOL has become
parched and friabe all throughout the valleys and
the wind Gifts II into every creyce Of every house.
Undeterred BY all these meteorological considerd.
tOns, j mounted my pony last Monday morning
about O'Clock, showed pair OF reyOlvers into my
holsters and started for the camp. BY the CREST
main road the distance would have been nearly fifty
miles, but there 10 cutoff across the mountains,
leading up kanyon on the east and down kanyon
on the west Of the Oquirrh range, which was said
IL reduce the distance to only thirty miles. This
cutoff | resolved to travel, and having received
ample directions how 10 find the kany0n on the east,
| struck out toward the mountains, across the
JordOn. over the leve, arid bottom Of the Crest
Valley Three settlements, or forts. as the
Mormons call them, lay al distances of SIX or seven
miles from each other along my road they were
the most disconsoate sbodes for human creatures
that | ever saw. A thick mud wall, inclosing
square about three hundred yards IN diameter
oDe-storitd, battered GdOtts and rlckety log
houses lining t. ditch outside the wall
In which thread Of water cOgged
with mud that II seemed 10 crawl rather than
to flow, group of squaled white-headed naked
children tumblng over another ike pointer-dOgs
bt play dozen pet sheep closely shOrn, flock Of
geese some oxen aud cows, goat being MIXED by
Il bronze faced hard-hsted woman; one OF two
wagons roasting IN the sunshine the tires dropping
of the shrunken ielloes-lrnaglne these and group
them, and you have the picture. The land around
these forts, and indeed the Whole valley, is
entirely unsusceptible of cultivation for there are
no means of lrrigatDg II. The only fields enclosed
and titled are patches along the bsse of tue noun
tains in the neghborhood OF brooks which flow down
the ksnyoHs. rode past the sst Of the forts about
| o'clock. and into the mouth Of the Rose ksnyOn
1t wss very hot and dusty, and my pony Was very
tired Satisfied that | should reach the camp Ia
time for late dinner i let him jog along nbb.ing
off the tops of the higher tufts Of grass which
times were 60 tall that they nodded above the horn
of ny saddle. Wherever scythe could have fair
sweep along the strip between the road and the
alders on the bank OF the brook, the MOrmons had
been moving. and in little while i met wagon
piled with hay and surrounded by Saints on
horse back. Desiring to confirm my belief
that | had struck Rose kanyon. asked them
whether | WAS OF the right road 10 reach
Cedar Valley across the mOutalns. They replied
politely that l was not, tina. must turn back and
take the next kaDyon 10 the north; and they were
kind enough 10 show NE the way | followed their
advice, and felt under spec 81 obligation 10 one Of
them who rode with me across the slopes Il least
mile 10 ensure my making no mistake. Tne sense
of Obligation was so great that eve1 lent him nv
pocket-hssk and a plug of tobacco, tie first of
which he returned 10 NE half emptied and the Sc
coud be did not return at all. ! trotted gratefully
into the kanyoD. which hepointed out, cut switch
from scrub-sak. and thrithed the pony into c,l.
lop. and specu,ted on what should yet for dinner.
Al la,tit occurred 10 NE that had been riding quite
long enough TO have begun 20 the summit Of the
ridee. and although tie Towering shrubs around NE
were very frsgrant, and the brook wss very noisy.
and clear and cooling. and the scenery was very
picturesque, was not So far diverted from the cb
ect OF my Journey TO forget 10 look At my watch
That told me that il was already after O'Clock:
but still logged along. AT last the road dyinded
into wcod-tra with but fam, Signs Of having ever
been Travelled by wagons. This narrowed mo a
horsepath and that at last disappeared among tie
grass IN the center Of cunp Of pine trees. |
had been ascending abruptly for TWO or three
miles, and now few hundred yards above ne
could see patches Of snow and edges of rock
and the line Of the summit Of The ridge against The
sky. i. was Just after sunset wen my p5ny ..ool
knte deep in a snCS-tash, and from lie back I
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