The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-06-16

II WAftNtAta SAet aoetfe ttAN hA0uottlOuA nus
bandman explores the land and digs oui
the treasures Of the earth yea, thp yery
bread Of heaven from the hidden wilder.
mesa
/ After crossing THE divide, j We com
msnced our descent, and soon entered
Caterpillar Kanyou. The namo i most
appropriate On every side this DIES.
tractiye insect had made III marks Their
spiderweb nests were to Is sesn ali
around; and tho leaaess shrubs, dead and
dying, gave full evidence of their presence
and industry.
What q vast field opened out, id Vi
entered Cache Valley.
'eThs world seemed all before us, where 10
choose
Our place u rest. and Providence our guide !.
The first settlement III Cache Wells
yillc- was reached at 4 pm Of the 7th.
Elder Maughan, the presiding bishop
IN Cache County, met as here, and, In the
name Of tho citizens Of Wellsyille, and in
Edeed Of the whole county, gave US not
onlyahearty but most substantial welcome.
a sumptuous dinner was prepared al
bowery had been erected by the citizens.
and long, broad tables groaned under the
weight Of carried joints or fatted bectes
and mutton Nor were the more rare
Eluxuries Of life wanting. The most criti-I
cal epicurean could scarce have been
disappointed as lie scanned the board
Passing through Logan, Smithfeld,
Hydesville, and Richmond, We arrived at
Franklin on the evening OF the 9Th. This
is at present the frontier settlement Of the
North, and as yet Is but IN course Of for \
nation. But the fences and ploughsd
fields adjoining testified to busy hands
and hearty enterprise. a lively noun
tain riyulet furnishes al tho water neces-
Esary for the wants Of q largo settlement, |
winding around the village on the north /
and cast. A little farther north Ii bold |
broad river called Cub River. Its narnc
originated with small party Of trappers
who passed there not many summers
since. On arriving on its banks they
pronounced i Bear River; but on reach
Ing, tho noxt morning, the maternal
stream itself, they corrected themselves
and insisted that this stream was worthy
cub. II .i..5 III
Franklin, though 1t nrst sight, rather
torbidding, bids fair TO be among tho fore
most Of tho settlements OF Cache. Tba
oenchcs and mountAin-Biies arc rich with
he finest grass. Tho lowiands seem tol
beg for the plough md seed-graiu, aud
promise rich returns
An almost interminable sea Of land an.
pearcd TO open ont bcforeus. But home.
business forbade The lengthening out Of
our tour; aud on the morning Of the 9th
sc headed our teams for home. h
Saturday night, Sunday, and Sunday
night we're spent At Logan; and the Presl. i
Dent his Council, and some Of the Twelve /
addressed the people under very neat 5
and connections bowery prepared for the
purpose +.
Leaving Logan on the morning Of
The llth, the company diyerged from the 10
regular line Of travel and made a passing Ii
call at Providence, a small but very
lourishing and promising settlement; and l
formed camp for tho night at WellsYille IC
Time did not permit call at the three ii
other settlements of the valley Paradise In
Mendon aud Hgrum. Reports, however n
we'll authenticated, satisfied US that they I,
we're at least up with their neighbors.
Here we are about to take our leave v
or the present of Cache, and cannot de- n
y ourselves a word at parting. Wohaye d
raEelied through the most, If not all, Of Il
he valleys Of the Territoryi and can say p
onscientiously that for natural advanta- Ii
IS, Cache Valley is far ahead Of all that Is
9 have seen. Industry, patience, and d
nrseIerancs alone arc necessary, with IN
e favor Of a kind Providence, to pay b
lck, in the rich bountics Of the soil, the b
l,ers and tolls Of the farmer. The name
the valley is scarcely appropriate. In A,
cad Of being called Cache, from the cir !,
Of the burial of government i
g-chains and brandy, it should bear the .,
Eleit descryes=-the Valley ola Thousand -.
prings. In Que small settlement, eleven Ia
rms are laid out, side by side; and on :
ch farm . spring sends forth water
ough for the land and owners.
II il also peculiarly favored with spring
ins, and hence the labsr and expense Of -
80 l. 4 ~ 4 III