, 1873-07-19
From Our O.pn coyrespondc,,t.


PROMISE Gu1ou, Wyo. Ter, July II, 1873.
Within tho last few days, tho mountain-region
In this direction has resonuded with the clangor
Of, armed mon and scientists, who aro Bcaling
the heights to see what can bo found. An expo
dltion has boon fitted out to discover If possible,
A PRACTICABLE wAooN-noAD
from tho Shoahonoo Indian Reservation, on Wind
River, across tho mountains to Yellowstone
Lake, and thence onward to Fort Ellis. Ono
great thing will thon bo accomplished, by which
tue wonderful curiositica in that region will be
rendered moro accessible, mud people can visit
tho National Park without haglng to go to
Corinnc, thencc to Ho1ena, mud thon down to
the Yellowstone; or to tako tho still moro Cir
cutious and longthy routo by way Of tue Missouri
River. Should this road DO made, tho whole
trade Of Montana will DO carried on from somo
point OH tho Union Pacific Railroad, up through
Wyoming Territory to Montana, passing by so,ne
of tho grnndest eccnery the world contains.
Tho engtneorB will meet with many obataclcs
in the Wind River Mountains which arc both
high and rugged, one chain Of which. an old
guide says, crow cannot 1ly over OH account OF
ita magnitude But these engineers are de-
tormiued to SEQ what can be done, ind to make
THOROUGH EXPLORATION,
which may result in great donl Of benefit to
tho pcoplo. Tho usual number OF sofontiflo gem
tlomon arc going along, to examine into tho
geology, f1ora aud fauna Of this magnificent re-
gion. Gontlemen Of undoubtod capacity havo
Charge Of tho tlifforont Departmental and I'LL nro
act1ated by desire to do everything in their
power for tho succeaa OF tho expedition.
A company OF cavalry acts as escort, and there
are Bevoral experienced guides, mountainous,
md hunters, who aro ouly really at homo anlid
tho sublime scenery Of tho Rocky Mountains.
After lowing Wind River, tho provisions, blnn-
kotB, forage mud 60 forth, will bo carried on
pnck-muloa, a. thoro las mover hoon'a wagon up
into the mountain-rcgion, and 1t il not known
Oh yet whether wagon-roal can possibly bo
mado.
FOR A Bun1MER-Tn1p,
this will be pleasant enough, and nll connected
with tho expedition will como back toward the
eul Of summer, VOL tanned and weather-boaton
though hearty aa a lot Of bucks, and capable Of
enduring almost any amount Of fatigue.
visited their camp on tho Little BcaYor Crock,
and there, stretched under sholtor-tonts md
common tonts, was tho personnel Of tho o1podi-
tfon, enjoying their lclBuro,, aud preparing for
an onward movement. paloontologlAts, or bono
huntora;" ontomologsts. or "bug-sharos !"
goologiata, or rock-breakers "-as tAoy are call
cd by tho mountan-meu,-woro thoro In full
glory, aud seemed to make tho most they could
out Of the occasion.
On tho march up from Fort Bridgor, thoy had
4 VATIuu1N0 TIME
on account Of tho unusually high Btago of Wa
tor, most Of The streams having oyorlowod their
ba,uku. Tho crossings wero quito dangerous,
and soyolal animals woro drowned at tho Zig
Sandy Crock. Guue surveying WAS done Oh the
oastcrn sidc Of tho Wind River Range, near the
baso Of Fronont's ponlt, whol, ID said to be ono
OF tho lofticst mountains in North America.
Union Peak, In tie sanso range, much farther
wost towers fur above 1t, loweyor, aud will I
think, be found to be tho highest summit Of
thom all. The
WIND RIVER RANGE
iu magnificent ohaiu Of mountains. and all Of
tho principal atreamH OF Western America Aayo
tllor Hourcos therein. Thia range Ia looked upol,
with groat awo by frontiorssnon aud lndians, md
tllore ia 10 ond to tho number Of Btorioa they
toll about it. It alornlB In tho larger Varieties
Of Rnlnot and, M q consequence, iH Vowed al 4
kind Of Paradise by tho AuuterY,
Wllou tho first exploring expedition yisitod
this reEfon tho members tllercof wero only ablo
to mako a few general observations In rogaru to
1t, and Boyoral errors Woro made by toln, which
hayo not silIca leou corrected particularly aB to
tho
HEIGHT OF MOUNTAINS.
Several mountaineors with whom have con-
yorHed have informed mo that thoy hive beou OH
elevations In tho raugo several hundred feet
lghor than Fromont'H Peak and, in fact some
rnen who yera ont with Fremont la1trhs1 ut thu