, 1873-07-26
kopt IN tho south Htdo. Wo Hoon ro-crosacd tho
river, md oncnmpod on anRly. D1Gnrslb grags. .

-. TIE Rla-K1.fAh, ~.
IL SMarohoa -.1I,.'. a. =. IT., gotg qp so
Unr course in now northwoa.' thq otneT e1 6fal'o @
OF tho Lotlp turning OF GottEtt y 10 e11,1 qnite
inareo,@772o y3tds wiao, should tnihk; Ino,his-
nl.-lHG rapidly dilnin,sh9a III axo a.ter lgav1E
Is sandy and ,l'ltin,bcrot. saw como anto!opoi
qsanes' olrlew and pioyor' IN npnn"aheo. M rosnn M
iI naan camps, propably toh yoarn ns, b, e1mo o1
W. Mhien lnnst haEo oonshnca nnaiuus @ y. tousen
INC river 'a now 9,ilto Hnlal', "ta "n na noas
to appear, somo Of them 9nisG exsehhYo. . ootrsc
nofh end Wcat which wou!a 1nalEa.e ~ =, 5s. VIC e5o
9di;o oloao to tho source OF lug Alh-K'-pan. Ho
timber, not oyon willow TO DO seen: u!aaa la
pretty good hna wo enGamp: .n,sn ovy t,yo 1nuwst nr
ns noon nu 1aot 1vn ora ,4iti,,a
sergeant irwin ana Anppy JaoR wno are Win us,
Wont ~ river nios nDos" @ w. H. T.t,
tney say room4ns X a ~ ar 80, ~ 80
sneY eaw noIe 9t pun,o ous 10 rair9
1n 20 he ass"cRco oolofo iao'n'ne' As'a '"'''s
JY In me aaaale . Ss r,a.19,oa, H. H., anu ,, 4Is
eoaI1G nearly north aong tnG Apa,.pan, "lon fana,
1s ma ss G,o a.rong auo ,a ,s non nrd ona Gni
ue2 oanpy informs US and .1' W. aro roae to
Of mon At NoTh IT, Ros sGa
9nlmlls Nal Gregg Mtll 81 aena Daok Aappy ~
1oA Halta eu swo rn ~ Vii aonv hmt 1nnoh % IN
9p. xauey nhitowt aola r. W., ~ ~. naaaa5
ana grnss f 1 N se"oonn{ III irwin and
torKs 'opo1sea ihs1 % ~ Sya,nr - nnir oo,,.
kops up tho hoftn famoa. "n1ee n,, Su aona ou,
tnu9s ono 1o, and ,I rnGn onn Privo+o Htfan. f
antelope, ano trwln aeu "ao nao ~ 'ot snd
dnn hgh1ea n Tue vonns @ Ro' o IL aont a
twonty,tlvo strong, md to tho eastward. Our
course through tho hills noIthwest with no i wood
or "aso ad put LIZ sslc gIHsS on1 fonna LILA
sass ase srse eJ pona q by Wheh
to have been On heaa Of LONG Pine, but ssy =,
nothing Of It: Ono Of the mon picked up an .1 cd
army somo yeara ago. Troops must have boon
hore BEFORE but we SEQ no trail mado by thom.
Wo had tonight for supper buifn1o-stehks and
antelopo-ohops, with Band-lill orailoa' and plov-
ors' eggs.
DISCOVERY or TIMER.
JuLr "A lovely morning. Marched at z
o'clock Dvor a beautiful plain, which stretches
out ~ far AZ tho eyo can reach. Courao still
north, and over small, sparBoly wooded crock,
which VIC supposed ut first WAS Lone Pine, but
;loarnod afterwards was Evergreen Rum. Good
grass aad water hero, and 1t has oyident1y boon
once famous resort Of buffalo. Bones arc
everywhere and tho ground indentod by
marched through aand-hillB. and struck
a stream with stoop banks. II is covered
on both siles by a donso growth Of pfno timber.
Thero isn considerable body OF pino hore, and
this is aa astonishing and valuable discovery, as
It was nit known boforo thoro woro .ptne-loa9 ID
this pnrtof tho country. Soil sandy huro, but
was oxcelont on tho largo plateau ee1oso o Gfoss,
ing Eyoreon nn H. We, mo eAw s1,c lic 90 opv annoao @
POI OF .oeI H. 20 so hoFt' ,,'d rnt crnae nono
to 20 on ;ho Ntopfara w coula ~. ot9nf atcnG
Pine Wh'Ie We struck y On eei,es to fir,i
bankn, atd SO 1olloWoa u Up, W hv dier;nr dn,n
crossing which we a a,oG q casy rar,id nd cod
tno apptmchea. 9'toal teat daon camne3 m Tn',3
Tg pae 'oo5 ut, Mo pentv anu Of w wator, and grass
No pino hoos whore wc e&anPoo' ou' flon1y OF
oak. o4a. n,.: coureo norths,eat over
J9IY ;,3 2.-VM q. ..anoe Ont croaaod nn,nj croo1x
sana.lills. wsnd heavily ti1nbnre]. IL nroaao1
Fnnnsng eaas NTH rood erass. and fo,lnd nnnthor
level p!ateaa hi a. fiohar , ~, W y $1,000 ~,
o.'sii e1u uka Tt In branch of thc othnr nrootr
at'1,'ted HAS mt far hcow rim cTouu;,,1 ~ ~
ana a,,gfs eg very bad, and wo canned ov Il, MAI
esae g aont ont soouta' WIN rott,rncf1 in IT,
~ tho Niobrara, fifteen milos below. Mos
.aitoes Very bad in camp. -,
COL. MILLS AND rnoF. MARSH.
JuL9 4.-Our national independence day. and
wo celebrate it " now discoveries Of valuable
pino forests in tho northwest portion Of the Stata
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