, 1873-07-19

A'Y, JULY. 49,, 1873, 3. y
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ridica>bua' story which haa boon rut1iahel 10.
/ gnrdinE tho discovery and nHcont Of this motln-
fatn. 1jut 1t In \ splendd mountain-ponls, never
t1looBn, though otliors aro known In the ra,lgo
mud gublinity.
arc frequently aeon II, md 1lonr tho fallon tim:
bor which onvolopA tho bnAo Of tho range anil
shillcd hunters apenl happy days looking for
Is s good es s s1m e n si beor 4 as
always appoarod strange to mo why oll-ll,1itorA
should 10 ouch tau mon. know several Of
tllom, apd they aro "atr1lng out" to II most
othor feot }ncl.os tail. Wien they Jet sight
OF III oi]l; he may as we'll hind in hfn checks at
oncc for they follow him with deadly certainty,
md Ills hide md horns are Bura to Graco tho
proclnotg Of t1loir cabin.
"nEp JOHN"
aH tho Indians aro called by tho frontier mon,'
has boon prowling about Of late, and trying to
commit several doprodationa peculiar to himself.
party atolo some horacs belonging to tho oiti-
zenH, and subsequently nrod upon party Of
toAmstors wlo woro crossing stream with their
ox-wagona. Tho tcamstors pulled out thoir ritles
and returned tho fro, and, rs noar as Gun loarl,
ono Indian w9s but by them /. ut all .ovcnte, ono
tino.loolking bull-whaokor told mo ho = drew q
':' coau s' ~ ~ ~ anah, ana nfed tnIoe Times 81
lin, Will toli ihtont OF Bending linn to honr COM OF
panlonBhlp with osters who have gone to "Illo
Happy iiunting tronnua OF Tue ueroatter" a
party Of soldiers followed up tho trail, and tho
Eot-slins wore go closely pEoseod TINT thoy throw
away several artclos, and among the rost,
A "oour-srloK,"
with which tho 6avages have q playful why Of
to Lii. Tiais iii % :: eoap-ssiek," duly ernsmanted
With ar;eagle's plume, was brought n by tho
beon bettor satisfied If It had boon aealp. It is
all very we'll for sontimontalsts to toll about tho
wickedneBB Of soalp-taking, but frontier men
hnve overcome groat deal Of false lelicaoy, md
talk about raising the hdo " Of an Indnn--us
they call Bcalping-with foongs Of mingled
forocity and delight. 1t would do somo Of our
eaintb good to 1.-Two for few ycals Oh tho oxtrome
frontier.
Tho groat interior mountaIn-rogion
80 far as tho numbor Of Inhabitants il concern
cd; thcre are not 80 many people horeabout as
thoro wero six years ago.. II is roaly difficult to
aay whnt is to keep up tho Territories and pro-
won't thcir dwindllng into decay. There is little
or no farming land ; 1t requires immense atrotcll-
es Of country to support tho cattle; and tho
mines have not much vigor at present. Two
hundred milos Wost OF tho Missouri River tho
desert country Ia reached, and thence to the Sac
ramento Valley there is no good farming land at
all. True, there iH quito sostlcment III tho Salt
Lake Valley but tho growth thereof is a1to-
'Eother artificial, and, ahould tho supply Of wator
tho valley would DO depopulated within two
years. The American DoAeit
IS A DESERT,
sure enough, and building railroad across It
docs not alter tho fact In tho loast. Thoro arc
some little towns nlong its course but, away from
1t a few miles, everything ia barren waato Of
rocks and gravel with here aud thero q tree.
Those truths nro by no means pleasant, nor do
they 1latter our national vanity; but the truth
must be told occasionally, and the truth is our
aottlors hayo already roaehed tho westorn verge
Of the good agricultural country belonging to
tho nat!on,-said country being about midway
aofoaa hontasRas "hlen 10 aeetlhea TO DO nnc
state. - ..-...--.
y y III charge OF Capt. William a; Jones, OF tho
c2Fps o. Ln9inoo1s, AMI ho Las With him several
sgionuAc gentlemeh sho afe Woi1 Rnowh, among
"nom may po mentfoncd ". =. .. larry, Dot
sto9k, of New York, goologiat; Thoro aro GOV
eIal other gentlemen out WITH tho expedition,
VINO nFo maltiing their first trip, and enjoy tito
out.aoof Ile WIN oAceoaln8 aost.
capt. Jonss han made s0ye1al oxplorntione u
wyoming lo1tratory' anu Il ne aueccsas n ind
LIZ Toao thto'ugh Irom tno fallloaa 10 Yellow
stono LnKo, VIII ceFthln1y hchioyc Gfea5 1onor,
~ tno tninB nas poen pIonouncod lnpfaoticab!o
" luoIo snn'l oue Explorer through tnla country.
1he oaptaln ls u young man, ~ 1nuuatrloua
,wofKer, and eeema 70 pc tnof9ngaly n n earnest
III sho %ofK when ne ~ nas IN nand. Inc aamo
naay W sa.u u mact. Dlu1., tne assronon9r M OF
tne otIeotlon. 1ne cscofs ~ composeu OF oon1-
pany !. becona Gavaliy, Capt: Noyos, with
eGApeIloncea nioun5ain-.nah, n"s enaree OF tho
eeaaflor1nastofs Dopaft'nont, a4a Asaistant-
surgeon gharioS L. Melzmamh, United statos
army, 10 lug 1neacal olleor. 1na parry rs htart-
ing ons , nnaer 1aEot9ble auspices. and thelt ro-
tarn VIII W h"lloo WIZ l1easufo ~ e1oy afo sue
ceEht9l, tno eSrea1t1oh WI provo one OF Inc