, 1869-08-04

:, ~, n.,,,.tis nre.e5t tnore detained sketch Of
the ps<a Of the total ccl'rse through no s.a9ss'
{Tne atated distances from tho sGTern fowha 10"
pcod tor thotr ;ccp1scy on The locations Of those
towns a laid down In Colsons &tlAs1: =
Tbs northern limit cuicrs AontAnI IN loagitnde
20 deR1s>s. znd theme ncaT1J hascc0 UAkosa as-
etonslly. erpzs1nR tho Missouri River - miles
bc1ox III Junction with tho Yellowstone; patsca
'nvs mt,rs sopth Of Fort Desthold md ton tn!'os
sou.h OF Fort ClaEk, sHa1n csossoa III &sso1a In
longitude ~ deg. - mtn-, Just abovt Fnzt lQc1a
cnts tbc uad.,tc OF Bsnd Lara; and uutct1 Iinne@
sofa in longitude AK deg; thence runs ACROSS
utora County, Minnesota, md l1avss AAt 6lAs
on lts southern t,oT1cf II mica cat OK NV
;weate1n nhe 0. Fal1hanlt oount5.
Tho southern limo cusesn lho unitnd Bsatoa 10
}pnSatuds ~ .daa1sca % minutes, CROSSES 4lk
ll,cr pear ., degrees OF 3opgltasia: cuts the nfsa
cnd u taa Ucara r4u mouuta!nsi e7oAtes the
M,.,oun River Id " degrees % minutes tf lnnE1'
auda 70 m!Ies moth OF kerCAnFAl cfJ; c1oa4os inc
YsutrRleno Jklyes II tnes nboyo ~ junction Nlh
Inwder River. and lcavcs Montana ~ Enilot nosth
Of t,s yousheaAs corner; thence crosses taEo ~
kota, cutting the Wakra Waahta IuFcr f5 n'e4
Alore ita JUNCTION with Lbs M1s2onE ~ nc" Fost
Su!ly: pasncA ahonts 10 Enilta Routn"th OF foHA
sully md Tnonpson, anu 10 4mlEs on tne aa1nc
s,.,r of Fort IsAndal; croAsea tic SohrafAa hlscF
SU n,les auoyc 1aattoH, which place II tcases
20 miles 10 tho northeast, aud passaa % mlles
southwest of Sioux CITY; then e1oaaes the Mls-
r,uri ltises, pastn4 IL mics uorthcast OF omaaa,
md about halt that Distance from Council N!uhA,
l. 10 pptn ot which places thu eclipse win DC almost
hut not exactly, total
The course OF the cenirAi line through this t1act
has tecn alrcsay gwen Tho eclipse Fill be sota
!. to section Of country embracing Ile,ooo square
pleI, bet xcGu the western llDc o! NlnnceoLa ma
Iora. and the northern boundary Of tho Cniscd
atstcA About cue-thIfd part Of this obscutcd
nrca lies IN tne Territory of Montana Tho tctn1in-
der ,lcs principally In Datota the limits taking u
but y yefS Guall portion Of knasAa On the north
| eastern corner of that State. The Pacific Rail-
eoadlc4 south OF tht band Of totnu,y but the belt
crosses tho TWO pacttc lines which span the Stnte
OF iowA
The southern limit enters the State Of Missouri
| sbout the middle Of the north Inc OF 1IAffnol
cuunty: runs oue mile north Of Princeton. In Mes
Ger County, and ona mile north OF Milan, In SuEl
| nm County: four m!lcs sonth Of Charleston, II
Ada1r County; one mile north Of Middle dsoFe, Il
Shelby County through Cincinnati and AAnison
VILE, In Rails County: four miles from Ashle1
md Doellug Green. IN Pike County, funniai
midway between those two places one nile uatts
ofSeT Hope, IN lincoln equity. and crosses th'
Mtss.ssppt at Gtlead, nltnois. The length Of tnl
ltne Ia aa7 UIlea withip the Stata Of Missouri an
The triangular plot which Ia tnclodkd By this In
* within the belt of the total cc1lpsc measure
Y about t, SEQ square miles.
.1owL
The northern liu,it cntess the State Of Iowa MN
miles east OF the northeast corner Of Emmes
I COUNTY: b.sects the southern boundary Of Wiz
penago County; thence to the common tnteFoes
Ton Of Germ Gozdo, Franklin. Butter. and F1o}
| f.onnfies. thence to the southwest corner