, 1876-02-05
4 GRAND PROTECT.
CtcntlHd dr. tnlhnd Scn, hHd Tftns
nfaitlne Arabic over 10, 100000 Acres


Nth tho great Colorado Kvet Of tho West, OK
or,,,no f1om mar Tho Gnlf ot C.I,forp,, in a
s,...,s,. v'ah w.. =, cnsth ,.ss,,x .r,,,.,, tho
state Of California And INTO the State of Novaha,
q distance Of nearly 700 miles from tho Gnlf Of
California. Tho fitat is adjacent 10 tho Gull Of
cal,forni, and lilo moutl, or outlet OF Colorado
!!lSof, anu ~ A1o"n 10 suo u.eas .oao. on .nn
Desert, embracing the lmneoae area Of as.aN.-
doc acrrs Of agricultural land. II e wolf adapted
10 cultivation. aud for tho producing Of tho
srApeNna' .o'Ao1. ,r,.. =, a',.s H.. ,.sa" 49,
tropical ifnlt6' iho cnlhh'o III .uo 'a.so1 pol3
tion OF this valley is worry uniform tno tnet-
mometer ranging from 80 to los deg, which
W. wp.a W n"s y,t,n, ni,,rt, t. ~ tha nroaont
81 "A.ei 'u.o sA'o, ,,,.A... ".. '' a..
ttmc dfS. ano esoa "'spou' hPHna'o o' laiu'
aud possibly has boon 40 ssneo the creation.
, i," ~ "-|sn,,a ,,,at, -..tor ~ .-.,, otorflov.
amoA o. e1stc"e 80 t'kn "ntoi W sioaI o't'no"s
OF tho Colorado AiFoe, tno water mas eet bacA
Into The ssntfS a o s sFsss ssr nsse's
rnI,or.i rama ~ tbe s]errn Nevada Mounlsins.
'n,ao'A' m .auHo ~ @ -, ~. .n.;r~. aa,n,n an.
-tne1e arc ~" n'na| u na'' ep.'uke' ses ~
below tue great ahore nho, ~hlch IL tfaeeaoie oy
hy The water previous TO the draining Of this
yslinr. and nt K time vhcu tLe dcsert sas part
o5 tho pacifio Occap unou liz EASTERN border;
and At the foo. of Tie mineral range
s59 @ 9w srapsy S, au T. ssses
..a.i na liz wstss n thc Atlantic. The,n
Naters disappear Iu Tue roll as = short distance
ftoH1 t},eif fountain, They ard clustered with
Tho Edon which this valley could bo tusdo can
oc.rcoIx , hn ttnasin@l. American tourists. and
admirsra OF tic Workmanship Of God and Of
Nature. road Of tho Alps, tlo Andes, aud Italy,
s,I,an ti,c;r sonls and m,uaa should realize tho
w thst nnr nw,, nntsrn lind ia liza chlof of ali
~ ~ c,tti,'s tIh i,rJehtcst and puEost iowe,s.
"a m hack 10 liz dcsort eud lie time. on tho
otn ~ t,'n us! ~ found mvset a. Of noar
" t+sm rsiind IL rlmsanj Palms, fron, nm fnct
th.t tpstnh {hero Was = uroat number Of pslm.irees
clussering % sbont the spring | thers found
d."tly i'ai had a long nof1od Of growth, thousb
ues,t uao I. n1 n,nst tsn1aIIv ssnsitvn n w.,
,,n "ro,snr pau anl ,adsn viii Is1gx i.ut and beau
tifli Whito aud crimson biossoms dotted its great
10 tne Err,, na .ar 'ne thosc
.ra1la's1 TIN Iareor mart of this valley has beeu
ra,anea ~ tt,n ssI,;ng' Ind tha dacay of sea-
tcss Of Tnf S nnmssr t. Ssgs e arS@
ana Luz - i;r,', snnwfa1i As'o 'A' "f
peintt iIavtne nison hrief dssrr,nson NJ Tim great
rntorn1e i1oshrt. I Nttomni i dsscriutinn al
| ~ Th1Inp 49Ht fAtn ct THt1nr kn1
bos,I, vatlev. M % %Thoso yalleys show no particular
tHnrnuco atcant in tamnnrai,,a md alt,tnil0.
ria roforsdn bcacrt IL snl font beiow tho NON.
inYel. Uok Yalley, having few degress creator
hss hss'' dopth Of bO5 feet below tIo
iactAc )ccan' ahtl tamperaturo Of from 90 10
I'M aee' II nav not bo an,ss to 9yo tho
orio;n 1f that hotribIo name, Death Valley. Il
d n more than appropriate, and is derived from
naska NJ III Mlnnrnt- Sinuujhiu border. and tho
mi that a iarye number Of mon. women. aud
oIiidTa" All stnck Iisvo na,.Ied in lila toast
inr yalioy. 1LoY were al tho early immigrants
x ~ 9son.lsr1; California. Tho number OF Victims
and thoir sutfc,iug wore far proater than those
snvnivhi In lid torturinr Mountain Meadow
r,sss;cr. IN tia aun,u,nr Of 1yG5. / nlg With d
harty Iof f,fty-tw w OF whom forty.soyon perish.
Sa1 wlteh crossol Death VaI1oy from tue north
%sat tn ihc snmthonat. Ii Wa inteussly hot aot
ir,'aac1,bnh1y dr. in tho mafu ynllvv. Thgre 1,
mt thn elinhtost luilcatIou TINT it ever hal
rsinet In lila valley. Tic tncandefinr8 OF tAs
crsay en1Irtanta previous to thcir dcatt,
thoIf ttailE. tIeir wagon.tracks, whlcl
haI heS,, tnaia fourteen 10 sixtoet
xears nreyioue. were ulsinly dRccrn
;bla. thsto hnyiua been no rain 10 oblitorat,
ti,ou, *T fnm,Id nisthlifo inp,emeuta yGicL tb,
nsTtv hal icft- Hilch m montoy-wrouchos. axcg
rT,r5n.tirrR. atn.. viii charrud a{tpchuenta o
wi,st fa.i boon wood. Mich boro that sam
i'tIrh. poiiai, as v,on droppod, There Lad no
h.o,, sfic;nnt mn;s,,,rs to eorroda ar ruat them
0S, lila n,ineral beIt 10 tho cast Of Ills chain 0
v,1,ov H. hut nart NJ thn rrost mineral bcit il
wiTcb Inn fnbn)1na veaith oi Nevada is found
Thn I,ocha nmd Tnrni,nir.t Mipos aro eituste,
rnsr thn hnnH n f1edth TaIley. Inmodiatol
- tho trs.t md sonti,wcst arc found tho dja
t1,cts Of Iyennah' Nov York, aud tic dstl
U,,sfoS panan,aht. In which Beuators Jones IN
SinWart hayn invested a1oo, ,0Vo a,auy nor
nu"1 i.r"a '1,a1rirta NAV hc fmri in thh oastor
no stg1 u, ri Il II ontroly ua1nIo,ed. Tor want
s",sp saMsp I,ida valid 1ouhttca, IL mora or les
: se"oHto1 hy III" cresttnr Of M inland ee,,-th
) nun,,in1.,,r n nayiration 10 thIB remote M
= Jar,snt aeecton A. mt III noinetsi anri arri
o,i,neaI ream,1cea mnro thsn a,iinnnt Il, Indie
uatonsl sntinn ai nm ornontiiro Of 81. did. 90
~ a. mi, I'm IN Il nracticabIo Low chi,
~ sc"nmnlls,.ed f
D 'c nn.v rnt In ort ri p,sce tn oiyo hrft
a.serIns;on nU ~ tho sitent tn,nemobt now nrt
,,o,'." i,ow ~ ih6S frnaI, w.ter NJ lin III
opadn o. tho sslt wdtor Of tie Gail OF CaIforut,
i cf,ot,nel ndiii,dasing tLb Gulf with tlo Uros
0 T,ia.adn nneort wnufd hc rn,Ich mnrc ernensiy