New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-08-16
AN OVERLAND JOURNEY.
XIX
FROM BRIDGER TO SALT LAKE.
SALT Lane CRY, U,aa, jay II, 1853

bs, =, Bn"ger IT. character sis'b cbaog-s. Tue
Aihs We here spprosch ave ttiny covered With
t'sesing erosib of io~, .craggs C.dr; t1e
b s,tusb continues even INTO tbs valley, bat 1t l.
~ longer universal and almost alone; Grass ~
more Fl, quebt aud far more .bapdsot; Bt'css
Folk, WHICH, . fea mlts bs'os, runs "tilSo "lto
tb~ clay nah If the DESERT Is se'e clear, spark
hing m"upt.in ioJreot d'si1sd int' hal b d"zeo
streams BY the q IT. posby lssts ou Which t6s hide
vihsg.-or rather posts lVcs'ed; while, tsriVo
nile. up lite cour.e, an improvement OF 900 scfrs
beat soae years sioce by tue Hormon., has THIS
ses.p b-.b put uOcer cultivation, s1ib 6',torisg
PRO. rects Oats. Barley, potat-., Peas, &c, ara
the crops sougtt and the euterprising growers
k.se contracts FIR the supply Of Fort Bfdger at
ppc.s ~bien will insure them liberal return IN
cSse they rea ize even a m0'er"'s y"H
This Dsy seem small matter; bot d"aos
that there are, IN all so acr-s Wore under cult
yssi ID tbr go coo sqasre niles or more lng
bet~e-n the forhs Of toe Piatre the eat, The
SIT Lex. Basin on the west the Settlements of
Nes-Nelico on tho s0.tb, aud the yellow S'ooe
Cd the north. Yet in this radius are INCLUDED
several military ports ut alb ch every basbri oi
Gpsis consumed casts on average vi 50, w1i'e
Potsisss AID other edible Roofs would conm 'nd
pesry a. good prices, could they be had. Inero
are b. Id,DeD ut intervals throughout all tbs 1o-
s,On ~ ave each their baaireds OF heads Oi Cat
III, but who hardly know the t,sts Of p,,4s, or
tuJpip, wbo have never planted nor soSed anacr-,
asd never copr ~ plated this possb'l''y of growing
90 apple OF cherry though they expect " lave aud
DIE in this region. i trnst, snesefofe, that tho
Foi Br,dger enterprise wIl succeed, and th,t It
viii ineite lO hhe experiments Ia the V'cUitJ OF
oseh wilderness post. The present enormous cost
Of cur Military service IN this immsnse de-ert mas
thss be slightly ,mpebsa'ed by proving tce great
desert Lot sbsosuteiy worthless, aud creating
b.sIs Of csD,xation for it's rude, nouadc, lawess,
but baId,, bold, aid energetic pioneers.
Fnm Fort Bricger (osined sftr an Indian
tr.orr who frrt settled here; then settled az 80
outpost ssd rshef station by the MorWons when
thu, bryan 70 people this valley, bo. sband"ned ~
tssr, on the sppioach, late in 81, ~ the Army! ny
which 1t bas sDce been reid) the Salt Lake trait
rnss o,er bigh broad Iidse, teen des;ends g
very steep, roxy, ficu't OIL 70 Big Muddy.
n bJalch If Blacks FoIk, where--I2 Wlies from
Bird ser-,s The Mail C-Dpauys slstiou, at ~aico
W had expected to spend the night Blu. the next
drive il 20 niles, AID our new conc uet,r wisely
decided 10 cut piece of Of sbar evening. the
H..d at the other end Ras hazardous Ill a dark |
n,.bt. So We moved 90 ltts after saDdo~n, |
riipe over another broad ritse, aod, After narrowly
escaping an upset ~ gully dug in tho trail by that
1sy's violent shower, camped 10 miles on, .'s |
as~r II p. N. The Ky was dsnsely cioided; shs
moon seaIly down; " wa, raining little aud |
blown more, a, We 10y down 10 rest, most Of ns
sUder ihe su,l, Thy An hour or more thereafter,
our mule. bich We're Dply tied 10 pairs by long
rcres and thus turned on, To srazr) wers so mellow
6i.tu, bed aid cur stage challenged and stood
wsoy 10 repsl The supposed depred'tor. lie
proved, however, to be q FREUD travelling on mule
bssk irou Brdger Ia ,hi' Place whohad wandered
Of the ,rsn 10 the cesp darkness, perhaps been
c.,ri.d among our animals by the fondoess OF his
swB T. r ocogealsl society; 50 all WAS so,u rgot,
spd the Dew Conner uDsadS'ed, pulled fl his bl4n
leis, and ~as soon couched amoOe us. A.daylsht,
We were all asiir, and drove down u Bear River,
only three fur miles distant, for breakfast
We halted before crossing, beside what is here
called grocery, the only Other structure on that
sise Of the Ii'es being blacksmi'hs sooP (coo-
si.tine, believe, OF u bellows aud anvil uader tae
open sky, to which some part of our r'gsirg ras
sent Tor repair, while we prepared aud ats brea'-
fast There were two or rnte- men sleepi0g 10
wet tlssketa on the grsss, who rose and made
f,s 90 our appearance. The grocery Was irregu-
hrl, CONSTRUCTED of boxes ~bch bad
tanned goods, but bsylug fulfilled that cod, we're
thus mace useful afre.h suppose II WAS SIX feet
hyh. and bvr by eight In diameter, though ~ 40
Of IT. sides we're of the same hight. Al old tent
slo,h for covering completed the edifce, from
~h.sh We obtained s-rdin.s, canned lobster, aud
prepared coice which was sand To contain sugar
and or, au, but which was voted by our drinkers
swindIins humoug. believe these articles
hsu,td the capabilities of tue concero; but, as Se
hid breed We n.eoeo no more Some Of our
party thought otherwise, however; they called for
wbisk, UT some Kindred beverage, AMI were u-
Senaptly cislusied q, It's n"n-prcductl"n. They
had become INJURED TO e., cerrs contaiong nothing
thai coulo b, possibility ac eaten, but grocery
DEVOID of some kind ~ "rot," as the fer, beverage
wss currently de, gnated, was to them a novel aud
po.t distsst, tul experience. Ho~ver, man
vs., a. once dispatched across the creek to a slmi
lar estaoshm, ut, bat more happily furnished,
whence be soon returned with the indispens ioe
fluid (p'ire S3 Tor flax CONTAINING perhap.
pint snd halt of some daeoc alcoholic couccc-
tin, ~teIeiD the sms modcam Of genuine whls-
BY tas taken To itself seven other devils verse
than he tr',), and breakfast was finished TO