, 1869-09-23
IEY0Hp THE ROCKY A0ua'
TAlHS.
Little Wind River Valley.
The Hot Sulphur Springs.
The Natural OIL Wells.

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Wills ouf expsdttitn wss lytuR on Ltut Wind |
p,vsr to rest. rse1sratu7 to 1taft1ua up tho Biz
vino Fiyer valley. 'aya1ed myrelt Of IN oppos- |
tu1tsy to take run over the county. ouyparty |
consisted Of Lieutenant Aasns. General Bz1shln, |
Masor Isetsor. Natf Rnasen Majur {3ordot ten !
.oldter.. an1 Mr. cxuicner and II. Schultz ~ |
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Tha ttst object Of interest xtsited was the bot |
aulnhur sur,nrs. Tnsv arc for1v mt,ea ftou South
pass ctr and stun,ed, in tha unper nars of Little
W,nd Ri,er ya1,ay. abous ous 1ni1e from the |
river. In extent and makuinctnce shey
undannsed,y xpspass aoy .p,.naa Of she
ttpd In tho Un1ted 4sases pasaInv
eser t1sct Of land white with slxal. 70 cane to
a denress,on. or bas.u. cop;a,otuR. perhans. 100
ac1rt. and In tho centre Of this found the Springs
Ttey a1n nea1,J quarter Of rale IN extent, md
the voluu,e Of hot wAter thrown oat il perfectly
immense, Tne MIDDLE spring Il without bottom.
4nd seens to come from tho ver3 bowels OF the
earth. The smaller spt1ugs are fsufu twenty 10
forty feet deep, and ii NIL We sar ths water pub-
bic Up fspu the ee1sse, IT,
eeubIns huge boiling cau,dran.
the vntef u the edges was 10 hot one roaid
hardly noId his n.nd tn II. md The semneraturt,
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uA sP.s' sss kau1s Nssn- ~ - ~ Hes. ~ >a9
80 "aa ~. ".N., o* tea ~ ".@t ~.
assp osIp ~oS @ sops, .toos5 !mp3aeu 1,. "i.o s!'
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aSp'u " W W ."1'e isoN 4ue epi'aes ~ aos
1n.oo one sA1uneas 1o1nsns acee1 INen1y .ees
VICE ana t1otn !uuf tea 'eet aeep. 1a.S stsam
enpues l0to talue "aoa htseF TWO m'les oelor
tne spnnsA eo'n2 uoWa tae c1eeA a!e" hnuhtea
Jsfda' Ee eanped Rnefe log crossed II and some
ono h1a ou2 Noh* 1ao Web A'noapa ootJ
taHt5 ices 1soa sou f'tean. con."'ned eseAl, eo!o
, Het, n "nteo tna sa1paus eo." nasaly oe
tsaseo. a. ulsat "e IA 1ooA p4sa, suu auuaeu
ourselves By aNimutn9 up a. near TO- tho springs
~ Poss'os' soo one .. w VI oal p.Hy "ete
louna Hto akna sanseaot toa2o 70 a"lm s"Sa
tne hprnss' !ae "atet WAS se9y e1haaaIog'
ana hse1 oe1u2 IN u tea Or n1%een
mlnntes ~es neseaty !" 60
on anofe ana fseh one pefson' VINO tsnanea IN
= aes pelA 1ef aa1 N aoas' wa 70 "enk u 70 ne
barely ahle to drag hlnseI1 up the bank. IN an
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Inc cnanne4 5oot correspondent gave oos, and
only a1tex SWALLOWING nhge dran9nts OF not water.
| md ha7inH hSei5 sisiooa OF oe'nE bcAed ahSe.
| succeeded IN reaching the oppoStsa oank. lie
vas sdh:hed. ocd teaRed do"n TO me log, "nere
! he croased nye1 The caannei-
| We Tere all 50 exhausted that we cenld han1ly
! c1a~lto ouf tents, Fhesc IN . few moments We
fell into deep sleen-- In the morning. when We
| awoke, everyone rtna1sea to the other how well
I he I heller
I ton Of tollret 1ame CT mind Whether these
springs have particular medicinal qualities, au,
| not prepared to eAJ :; but do know they take on
ali the. dirt and make ore feel lively, and
they are 20 exsenslye ali the IN nxashed Democracy
Of the ULlted States might cleanse itself tners,
| ard perer 80 nach - Muyky the wtter. The H.
dams have for years bathed in these tp.tngs, sud
eall them "sreas uacdictne for sick man." 4
saptn has been built near the waters edge, and q
large number Of s,axea Informed Is VIC we.e
| sleeping In the very centfe OF "Sulphuf City, :
op]y the houses md Inhabitants were wanting
One day they will both ee there: aud who s1ow'
how soon, in this rapidly .grpw!ng count1y7
leaving the springs, We crossed the T1Ter, aad
after riding about = nile inland on til
opposite ahore, ctme to the "natutA Of
wells." They are on q p!aseau. an,
surrounded by high hits. Riding up slore, vi
entered basin and began to pnss over { bed 0
aynha1fuu. formed by tbe aua.tr1ed OIL Il ran,
beneath nnr horaes iron sho1 feet liEe biyer an,
xas "A black A tar. TIE bed Of asnaa1tuu Ia /,
some ptaces FIX or eight feet thick, and contain
mll,ons OF tons The natlses Of tie yalIey otte,
use It for fuel and 1t burns as ftlY a. pitch plre
| 9Th a hr.oht rid blazr. hut emitting m nnnleas
s,,t c1or ~ c,.i a.
A.v. annrn,rhe,t 7he sxc1,s thc asnhs,tnr,, beoo,
| >, ~, ..+,s- .nd h.,a hon-otn ma vatvn, ~ m
ho-rs. srd no ers1e w,rnrd NJ IN .ton vhtI
1T .eve,al = rda dis1an, fran The nrst weIl Dt.