New-York tribune., 1867-07-17

prairie II quite large stream. and the most north
ern of the leading tributaries OF Salt Lake. found
il most remarkable for the size, quantity and yigor
of its musketoes We took square meal down un-
der its high banks and the musketoes and gnats
so thick that we could scarcely see each other
windows in their persistent efforts TO get inside and
dev0ur us while we were taking tea need not say
that we broke bread briefly the host
css of Bear River and reOced to get out on tne prai
re again But north of the river found that we mad
only escaped from several billions of the winged var
mints to meet with million or so, and there was Dut
little in favor of the plains. Fortunately we were
all provided with coarse yeils-an article thas no
traveller pretends TO dispense with on the northern
roue-afd we all veiled ourselves closely, inc ludng
the driver The poor horses suffered intensely. for
the musketoes and gnats literally covered them, and
they had to be driven at galop to keep them man,
ageable Twelve miles distant we reached Mound
Springs on high ground, ana stif, chilling breeze
settled natures bloOd-letters for the night
Some Is miles north of Bear River Is the line be-
tween Utah and Idaho and thenceforth there are no
more seen orchards or cultivated fields AT Mallade
City saw the last field for 300 miles. 1t is settle
ment of the Josephtes lantipoly gamy or Smithte
branch ef the Mormon Church,. They crossed the
line to get away from the Dominion of the Brigham
ties and but for the higher attitude and colder Gu
mate would compare fayorably with the Brlghamites
Settlements s tier in Idaho. one at Mallade City, and
another at Soda Springs. From Mallade north there
is nothing that invite the settler unless tine
precious metals should be discovered in the bluffs ana
Qulches Devils Creek" Robbers Retreat" >"
Desert Wells" Rattlesnake," and Shrinking
Water are the euphonous titles OF as many sta-
tions and no one who travels the route will deny
their appropriateness Robbers Retreat is memora-
BILE as the place where the stage was robbed some
two years ago, and seven passengers murdered. lt
is in Port Noeuf canyon, of the most repulsiye
dreary passes | found in mountain trip OF 100
miles The weather in the region between the north
ern and southern lines of Idaho is universally de-
scribed as consisting of nine months OF hard winter
and three months of very cold spell In the entre
200 miles across Idaho saw nothing but the most
sterile prarie wild mountain passes, and the bleak
est of bluffs.
This evening we reached Snake River before sun
set and had several hours to rest. lt is large river
and at this place known Eagle Rock the main
channel is sixty feet in depth, and the current
very swift 1t is unusually high and great fears are
entertained for the rude bridge that spans it, the
coaches could not be ferried it at any point at
this time. Ii is of the main tributaries OF the
Columbia River, and heads at the base of the Rocky
range near the Montana line, and has many tribu-
taries from the east, but from the west. Some
seyenty miles north of this, the summit OF the Rocky
range is reached and there the waters start for tho
Missouri-the two great rivers which drain the far
northwest and their ways respectively to the
Pacific and the Gulf there have their sources within
a stones throw of each other.
But the coach is about to start, and L must make
my second effort to climb the Rocky range tonight
| hope TO find il at least moro agreeable than was
Bragers Pass, where warmed myself by the hire on
burning stations, with the fresh tracks OF the Sioux
thick around me in the snow. A. X. U.