Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-06
WASHINGTON COUNTY

Leaves from the Jour nal of Survey
ing Party in the Mountains
of Colorado and Utah.
UN1TA1I AGENCY, UTAH.
Jan.22nd. 1891.
Editors Herald: following Or
der will explain itself.
UN1TAn AGENCY, UTAH.
Jan. 9Th. 1891
MIR. e. T. uarmston, Supt. Schools.
Sir:-Having learned that parties
are probably tresspassing on the east
can border of the Uncompahgre reser-
walton, but claiming to be on the col
orado side of the line; you are hereby
directed to proceed to said locality in
company with a force of police and
ascertain the facts in the case 10y ac-
tual survey, and if found on the res
ervation, dislodge them forthwith.
Very Respectfully,
Maj. Robt Waugh,
U. S. Indian Agent.
January, 9th. Left Unitah agency
accompanied by j. NJ. Smith. Chief
Clerk OF Ouray Agency, for the purpose
OF resurveying Coloradc-Utah boun-
dry line from White r. to Evacuation
Creek, a distance OF twenty miles.
Stopped at Ft. DuChesne, by order of
Major Randlett, U. S. A. Commandment,
and got set of War Department en-
gineering instruments, consisting of
theodolite, field glasses, chain, range
poles, etc. Arrived at Ouray Agency,
7o'clock P. nj.
January 9TH. Spent the day in ex-
aiming field notes of previous sur
veys and making a skeleton map of
boundary line.
January sth. Left Ouray Agency
with the following party and equip.
ments, John McAndrews, chief of In
dian police; Mr.. McAndrews was mas.
ter of transportation quartermaster's
department U. s. army during the HI
owa-Comanche campaign of 1874 in
the Sioux War and the Sioux campaign
of 1S77.-McClure Wilson, Boss Farm.
er; and Newcowree and Archoop, two
Indian cowboys; each of the party
armed with "a caliber Colts revolver
The outfit consisted of seven cayuse:
one blackboard, one spring wagon. iv,
saddles, two pack saddles, set of in
struments. and two weeks provisions
Forded Green river six hundred fee
wide and three and one half feet deep
Went up White river passing Butte
st. Mary, and Adam and Eve.-Stoppet
for the night on White river at tn,
cabin of Chippeta's [Ouray's widow
Mpxicon sheep-herder, who was absent
Fed the horses oats and cut down cot
ton-wood trees for hay.-Snow fou
inches deep.
January 9th. Most Of today's jour
CIV lay over the desert. Passed Ante
lope Springs. Camped near ceda
grove three miles west of Colorado
line. Made a bed of cedar boughs OF
the south side of a sandstone cliff
Made big cedar fire and broiled beef OF
the Goals.
January 10th. Sent Wilson and Nj,
! 4 Newcowree] with teams to make ;
camp on White river, while Mean
drews, Archoop, and myself took horses
to look for boundry monuments. Fount
a monument of boundry survey OF
top of cliff north side White river
Owing to presence of magnetic irol
ore, the needle would not work
Archoop scared up large deer in tn
cedars but it escaped. Had to descen,
a cliff seven hundred feet high, yer,
steep, to getto camp on White rive
at the mouth OF Dripping Rock canol
in Colorado. The boys had suppe
ready and rousing campfire of DIR
cottonwood logs. Made bed of rah
bit brush. A bitter cold night. Whit
river here passes through a canon fron
! six to eight hundred feet deep for sew
eral miles. Formation, horizanta
sandstone strata with layer OF blac
shale saturated in petroleum, near th
top of the cliffs, it burns, giving GU
intense heat and an oily smell. Tw
companies are locating large tracts an
prospecting at present.
January 18th. Went up Dripp:n
Rock canon and spent the day search
ing for boundary stones. Moved cam
down the river to the state line. Al
other cold night.
January 18th. Found two mon,
ments in White river valley and starte
south from thence. Cached part {
our supplies and being joined by Atche
one OF the Indian police, sent Wilso
Indian name, Carawassa, (bald head
and Mic with the pack-horses to max
camp in the cedar on top of the mon1
tain range called the Rabbit Hill
while tina rest Ct us produced the tai
> gent, over cliffs and canons on whds
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