, 1866-12-23

1neven auttsce Of t6e country |
,carsy all OF the great avers Of the West [
1ave their sources 1nd fouutaln.heaM. Fiat
be Missouri, with ITS lnnumcsable branches
md tributaries, among which are the Yellow
,tope sud the North Fork Of the Plhtte, the
Arkansas, tho Red River, the Rio Graude, all
lowing nom the eastern and southern slopes
If the Rocky Mountains and finding their
Way through Thousands Of miles of country
10 the Gulf Of MEXICO. On tho western slope
b the Rio Colorado, which cmpties into the
Gulf OF California, and which Is formed By
the union of the Grand and Green Rivers, the
kources Of which are also within theteErt-
tory above mentioned. Tho came statement
Is true Of the Columbia. River fowtng*l
through the State OF Oregon Into the
Pacific, and Of the other great streams aud
rivers which foR notthward and westward
Into the Pacific end the Northern Oceans.
Thus the knovledge.we already possess Of |
the surfhce stresms Of this great extent Of /
territory al tend to demonstrnte the truth |
Of the theory in relation to the water pro-,
dacing region, Its locationr extent aud Ca !
pacIty, and also that On the surface there ts |
hut comparatively anal amount Of this |
water which finds its way into our Great |
IAkes, !
It is vel. known fact to travellers on our
Western Plains, that large streams. often ris-
e1s In size. suddenly disappear, falling away
into great assures and chasms, sometimes rc-
appearing, but more frequently lost forever
where and inwhat manner does this water find
m Outlet Haat becomes o1 Inc mAAS or
water which falls upon the earth andiis alb
sorbed by the soil and the rocks below the
neoA OF t1Sets ana stscans tne cTost OF ehe
esttn "ooouos ~ ""Aes W unAnoHu oep1ass
eho t1om tne NATURE o. tne e1eHen<, II nnst
efeate 'of nsen Ways sna COURSES o. tfave.,
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-. =. 49, - sa,ra,s. =. ..trs,1 epa eps
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,h,sa % ,.te. d,.chsTrs. r AN enormans ] nn.nt,,r ~
ofwater the visIh1e ,1lrta are merc tr;f,e, n
comnarIson-and thus there seems To be
M other couclusIou on the subject but that
The supply comes from below the surfacc Of
the ground. THIS water probably finds
fnlets at different points On the bottoms of
the lakes. md maintnEns the supply with
as much certainty and regularity as u the
streams were ruuntnE on The surtace Of the
ground, This theory Ia further. and think
| morr par,icnlor1r demonstrated by ths crcst
mass and volume of water which ia now h.
lnr DISCHARGED bv the Chfeapo artesfan scl1s.
These arc over scyen hundred feet deep
i nearly penetrating the Garth tn a line paral.
lei with the bottom Of Lake M,cbiran-are
! locnted in no t1ent valley ar f7enressifn e,ch
as the has5ns Of Par, or London. The rater
has a hpaa ot nearly one hundred and twentr,
ave feet abova the level Of the lake. i
mueh calder than the mean tcmperatnrc n,
,be belocatton of the wells, being now 81 1ecree,
F.hrenbclt; these facts tending 10 s.,x
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