, 1873-09-29
YELLOWSTONE LAKE.
Expedition to Find O. New
Road Thereto.
Road Found and Distance Shortenod--~
Tho Southern Routo tho
Trlo Ono.
What Capt. Jones' Expedition Saw
and Did.
Highly Beneficial Results OF the
Exploration.


Ex,,to,,+;on
CaMp srAstnAuaIr, wyo. Tor, Sept. %, 1879.
TO the Editor af 7'ac Chicago Tribune: =,
Capt. Jones' expedition l'aa rot'srnod' having
successfully accomplished ita object Of Ind
Ing now md much shorter routo from tho pa-
ciflc lsailroad to Montnan tflan nny heretofore
trnyolod. Old guilcB. Indians, and 1nountn1n-
mon Ind declared Tint no now ronto could bc
made; bnt Gen. Os! md Capt. Jonea beloved
differently; n,' tho ros'sll las proved that
THEY WE'VE connEcr.
On tho 10th of July lust, tho expedition loft
Camp Brown, OH Little Wind River, In Wyoming
Territory, md ttavoled to tle Yellowstone
Lako. passing along tho cast sldo Of it, snrvoy-
Ing tho route as they went From tho Yollow-
ssono Lako the pacls-trniu wont to Fort Ellis,
Montana, for hurp!ios. Tho oxroaItion returned
to Camp Brown, paaang down tlio "oat sido OF
the lakc, mud finding road which can 10 made
an oxcoilout Btagc-rou.e with 4 verY little out
rur rsT.ucr
...,...'.s'.,. 80. ..'..s,> ...o,4 ., ~.
OIL the routo eoshg ""a n'acn steater 'nah sno
route when returning, aud, i'll round numbers,
may be stated as follows From tho Yellow
ato,,o 13;vor Mt what IN 1,nown m tha 11inora
nS;'1o |,,, m ,.,;,oa ,,n,o,,, ,s,..x ~ no..
eo sa - ~ " ' ~
1eareb tho laKc), paaatnE doWn tue eAst sluo TO
Camp Brown, is 2f0 miles, though the distance
from, t1,e south cnd Of The lake 10 Capp Dro,pn is
7ut - hvp,,,,c, nm, G,r,,,.ar 4n;,os Tl,oro IN
~ '''s''ss ~ .s., ~" .og s,a,., ..,, ~, -
very goou sia,i alt'a'ly n!'"Ae' "4''cn eouia oo
easily converted into good wagon-road.
From Camp Drown to South pnss City ia 10
miles. and tlenco to BRYAN. on tho Union paci0c
1,,;1raod Inn ,r;,on, 10 tot tho ,r,,o,o 1;otonoo
1''isoAa' 1oo 'iltlcei ~ tnss lily "hoie o'Htnhce
1eBB than 800 miloa. From tho Point OF Rocks,
OH tho Union Pacific Railway, to Camp Brown o
staoo.rooa could ba nude which ,xould not bo
n,,,c,, ovor Inn n,;loa an +at t1,o ,a],o conld In
reached with only little over 2oJ miles BtaEo-
coach travel.
IT SEEMS ALMOST tSonEn1pLE
4hot ,,,,,, .,,u,1 =, tn ,o.o h,. +1o n~x1,-n
,: 3 a @
tton maao daflng tho pas1 summer leaVes no
reaHon to doubt it, and another ycar may Wit
ness tho establishments Of a now mnil route tl1is
tyav oror n comnor,t;volv ,oxo, con,trv
aa. ss,s... p p1,,a.sn ,.s'a lso. ..sa.1 sa -.
E1un' t.sn5 uAp'ote1h l"se s'te'! u Ee1 ~ ~
n"o;,, Il ne hco ro,,ouo ',,to, ,ran; nnu
asIfn and ;weasiLn 1n%inad a ~ NIL
%anao ;a , LIN ILL lstoenuu' Iuoou, otlo oiu Suluo
a s. tiaie ;s WI "ao at ~ na % nncn VIZ m
,.o aTu H., ,;tn o uat nv y
oua ,. ,,orsooraa an ~ ~ nn,,. H."
nr,v @ "n, ~ over H. ranuo it whnt s m,,n,,
ne;o" @ vaa s uses ~ ts .nuSe on'' VIAL ID n1ucn
pe''oe "'o ~ ts'sv " tne waana.no.n
,,o,, ,,;,, ~ ~ ,,.st3a mAJtn .nzoaa "Aoo""oAp
~ ad ~ ovar ava +r,vo,ora c,s.voa ~
w T.; tr", tho aon1}I h,t ,,,,a hnsa a,e"oe;oI
a.t,, auo,.eo ,,a,,t a,nr - tIo st'
W o Towotono n,or Eo a "
1oSaa u m ~ Ia an,,,cos 01a tS,a ao i, fror,
tIo Sa',thaoat nj Il sr.a rnaarva a. H.; ~ ~.
's t.. NV dt ~ mao % ~ ~ ..'n
~ ~ 1,;n nae;n Da;1uaaI t1a ~ H. yT
ato so uh,o 'a dae.p , a'onp ~ To o aeiow ~ "
stohe ~ Laku, Wntl, Missa ~ h.ouuks' = Y
~" ,ynr t1 hnvo 'nver sean w II" 1aio t nn -,
tr;iun t;nc oonnnc1od w;t II 10 tn foct t%ai
nxo ,u 3ot a,v oo WHO as v,cd It hnt
nat y ysnae;a ,.a ~, ~, uus
e,t;os III .;o,, a1,d oe1nrayy
at III aor u .i'Iit ,,aio thn;r erae
tnat ~ o'nei a'6n'S pa'o 'ncii '''e''ee'uaA Asea
III au1o11 ~ o9, I1nr tsaora a' y at1oes uou.a s3
ine 4eNoWstouu inth, tlote ~ NY othet AIu
eti!l moro lmpofiah9 oo)ecs ot maa'u8 hAoas
ana a'fee1 fomte 10 ~, ,n..
,,a Ink ia"Hu H1.,: or M"StHsA, ,;" r,o,
ne1uag a . g po1s, ,1n n, a,',, oy, nu eena'
aho tno e,cn ho1u nasus auu ~ btaAnls
cGmnty - 81 at Lon ona8t nnu 'aet a, ~, es Ioa1 10
TIC TIC, Hoapt Of o tho Continent % md ope one oou n new
avenues u! trauo n'n ~ uoss1so, oss'ush pIne
ine 'nso eusa.ln M Sast @ oSto''ss o' "s ''to "heas
1tu w. 40 to ,;t ~ e''e ee, ea'' 81
tanee ttos4 to Lake cap paw an
soo p pot ~. =; eusa oll sao omlon lae,c Aall
su, "G' !. ~ u eo3u, eGu suun. eo
r. pn: uu @ nnts s ~ IL h ~. 'n. ~
tno oastef ,fo'gt WI Ge % carried up ths route
tsteIu ia 81 WY on1 To- eotn..o, nehr IlG saoles
o. aals LoSg; amu ;n tnence apwaIu in1o Montana
ieI1ltoly. ~ VIZ &, canho = aonplele reYo0tioh
+. IL ill., .a n ~. ~ ',u S conaos, ~
~ tla routG tho people o. tsso north ,t, can 70
saapplea hsucn moro caeapis aaa eApeaitlonsiy
'oan ny any othef' ,,, no,,n.
TIE nouTE
Lowe: He t ett GsmH lrown WI III July; struck @
nGroas ;.. lf9ia nitt.a manu n!ser TO Ng Wlhd
MlSer; 11; thoneo W crewnGaEt hatle ahG owl
Mountain TO hluaay Crock and Owl Creek;