New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-07-26

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into ,b,ir channels - Dc gradually earned on a, %
much has already beer. In s1ch places The But'es
A.. nearly uer,eadculsr ani sqlare-i,cei bat 'hey
arc mare aot ~ be eir-uar. and sleeper near tie
,rr,,o, than below N some instances The earth y
of brgst yeru,illon color; in Others, partly taus
s,d nart, bite; giving ,he But'es 7ariegsted snd
fantastic Appearance. Ike thu: Of the P.ci1red
Rocks Of Lake Superior When frat seen from a
distance tie ers,mJis 0fshsse Red Blttes IS Tery
,trkibg Bs. the white clay, as Il is gradually
washed away. leaving surfaces almost or quite PEI
pepdlculsr exposed 10 the acton OF SUI, ar ana
water. il. b. some occult agency gradually hard
en.d into kind Of rock, Of which long ranges OF
perpebdcu.sr bluffs are composed, sometimes
milo, IN extent. but broken snd disturbed st inter
walls by the Intervention of wateEcourses or other
Influences.
After leaving Box Elder, our road srsd Islly ss-
,erded winding among the rounded and less
regularly arranged Buttes first described ABOVE, but
passipg no water bu, single spring and little
available grass. Until il descelds long bill to
part of Hoesrds Creek, twenty miles from Box
Elder Here Ne stopped for dinner at } P. NJ,
be.ide two or three wagons of Pixies PeaEers,
frum whom we obtained generous supply Of fresh
brsad and another antelope ham, very much to the
improvement of our edible resources. II may 90
well explain here that all the enigrants We met
going into the Ksnsss dggiDgs, had started from
the Mi.touri, on the north side of TIE Platte, and
had failed to cross at ShiDns ferry. siIy-tive miles
up that stream, supposi0g that they could do so AZ
Fort KearDey, or some other point below the iOrhs;
but in the absence of ferries, the high wi,er bad
headed themon aId forced them clear up TO Laramie
whence they were Dow working southwark, having
lost fuy two hundred miles by neglec.,ng 70 ero's
the Platte were they might have done COZ. In All
this r. gon, il is settled maxim that you must
cro.s stresm directly upon reaching II, II Jour
way lies across it, never camping before you do 80,
lest sudden nse should obstruct your psssa2e Tor
dave Many have lost fortDights weary travel By
filling 10 heed this Iue in spirit with regard to the
Platte.
We moved sgain at 5, passing over high ridge
and into broad valley, with rounded bills on the
west and range Of such PERCEPTIONS cIay-rocs
bluff as / have tried 10 describe on the east.
These blUfs were broken through at intervals, and
the streams that came down on the bills on the
west ran out AZ the brooks, after tra7ersing the
valley for 'wo Or three mles, and flowed away east
TO ion Howard's Fork and the South Platte Our
trail here bore considerably west of north, evi,
IDENTIFY to reach the mouth Of the Cheyenne Pass.
We bad hoped to make our next camp az that
point but night fell upon US before reAcoing 1t,
and we stepped on little run where We found
water and good grass but close under the moun'-
AIMS and in one of the loneest spots ever 6eheld
Not tree nor shrub was visible, nor had been for
miles; yet it VAS not difficult TO gather dry sticks
enough to cook our supper proving what have
elsen here observed, that wood was formerly more
common in all this region than nov. We lad all
turned in by 9, and were doing very well, when
rush by one of our mules apprised us that lie was
loose having broken his lariat; but he was soon
caught and made fast; and We all addressed our
selves to slumber again. In an hour, however,
there was fresh alarm, and not without reason,
for three Of our mules bad gone, We could not tel
whittier The first impression was tna! band OF
Cheyepnes, who were known To be encamped IN
the mountains very near US, had been atching our
progress from their nights unsupported by rs, and
had stolen down under cover of the deep darkness,
unfastened and started our mules with intent to
run them Of This was not an agreeable view of
the case, as We could hope neither to reco7er nor
replace our faithful animals for az least week.
However, a little watching of the mule still fast
convinced our conductor that the others had started
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a route the Cheyennes were most unlikely 10 take,
while so near their hiding places in the Mountains.
So two of our men started on the back track, but
returned in an hour unsuccessful. Then the re-
naming mule was saddled and brijled-and he had
to be thrown down twice before he would submit
to the operation-wben our conductor mounted
him, expecting TO be instantly thrown by tie per-
verse beast, unused 70 the saddle but he was hsp-
PLY disappointed, and started down the road on q
bri.k trot BY this time, there was moonlight;
and he found al the missing mules little beyond
the point TO which he had proceeded on foot, and
brought them back in triumph IL was nog break
Of day, and We resolved to feed and breakfast for
once before starting. We did so, and moved on At
4 VI, reaching Camp Wolbach, at the Chey-
enne Pass, in less than half an hour.
Let me halt here = moment 70 illustrate the
Military ard Public Land systems of the United
States Ii last year entered the head of some
genius connected with the War Department that
the public interest or safety required the establish
ment of Il Military post 81 this point, and one Was
accordingly planted and maintained there through
gu. last Winter OF course, buildings we're re-
quiIed 10 shelter the officers, soldiers and animals
in that seyere climate, aud they were accordingly
erected; some Of the timber being transported
from this post-a distance of fully eighty miles.