Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-09-01

night, having tfhFeitH uuiluB ihc Nay
twcnty-eight miles.
Friday, 9TH. Our forenoon drive
consisted OF crossing q camille stretch
VI "bad lands" Of desert, without
water but Astounding with cedar
covered rldgee, rocky gulches and
dangerous dugwAys. On one o. the
latter which was very steep our young.
EFT driver came near emp,ying tie
contents Of his wagon, consisting Of
two women and half dozen children,
into the rocky abyss to tine left, from
which there would have been no hopes
OF escaping alive. With both man
and animals painting with thirst, we
finally reached Strawberry Creek,
which takes n different course through
tie Mountains to the one mapped out
for the ROAD, and here VIZ stopped Tor
noon, expecting trout f0t dinner, hut
our captain, who was also our chief
hunter and fisherman, Ind had luck;
tho dsh rufueed TO "ho0k on" ~ we
made our dinner on bacon AMI bread,
and ~ the loaf u bread, which my
friends In Heller City had kindly fur
nishcd mo for the trip was all gone 10y
this time, | had b. invite myself 10
partakc Of the h0spitnlltyof my tiavel.
Ing compauions. In the afternoon
we travelled seven miles over tough
county, including a divide which
travellers have chosen 10 nickname
"Niggor HeaveuD - n steep, rocky
ridge with rocky slope, crossed by a
rocky dugway. IL has no resemblance
Whatever with what 10 locally known
Hs HNiggcr Heaven" "a The Salt Lake
Theatre. After crossing this ridge we
found ourselves on the bank 0f the Du
Chosne, where we cAmred for the
night, finding plenty OF good feed for
animals, and aiso plenty Of water wood
Gnd mOsquitOaE--the latter I shall
never forget. Ordinary mosquitoes
generally Test after dark, anu thus also
allow travellers 10 rest; but that Inrtis-
ular species Of mosquitoes who live on
the Du Chesue seemed only 20 vpew
their exettiom 10 get u square meal,
alter We had made our beds In the
beautiful grass. And Instead Of yet.
ting good nighpe rest, ~ we fondly
han expected In 10 lovely place as
this was--a striking contrast 10 the sur.
rounding "bnd lnndB"-we found our
selves slowly but surely being eaten
alive by these unmannetly posts.
Finding that we could not sleep In the
edge Of the willows near the banl,
Of the stream where We had encGmpcd,
we NIL got up, one alter another,
"took cur beds and Walkudn out
into the open meadow; but, alas, the
mosquitoes did the same, and out there
where the moon shown brightly down
upon all, the increased light seemed
only 10 Increase the appetite Of our tor
mentOrz, Rnd We either had 10 leave
ourselves 20 their mercy or fight for our
precious blood which was slowly leav.
ing our own veins aud passing Into the
combinations of the insects. Some Of
my travelling companions partly sub
mitted for the snke Of little sleep, aud
the consequence was that when day
light cane they could mot see out OF
their eyes, the swelling " the eyelids
IA consequence OF mosquito bites hav-
ing closed W their vision.
Being somewhat combative by
nature, | chose TO fight ant for this
purpose walked about the most OF the
night, realizing, as always have done,
that my corpulence was nothing b
brag on and that positively had
neither flesh nor blood 10 spare for
hungry insects; and when daylight ut
length arrived from beyond the "baI
lands" on the eastern horizon, 1 was
the first In camp to announce that fact,
10 prepare for another days Journey,
anu leave Mosquitoland behind.
Consequently, bright and early, on
Saturday, the 9th, we broke up our
encampment )nthe Du Chesne, crossed
on very diiapidattd fridge,
assembled q steep hill, crossed u sage
brush bench, descended "BluD Hin"
"a very steep aud, IN wet weather,
slippery point and finally reached
Lakes Fork, fifteen miles from our
encampment on the Du Chespe, when
We halted for dinner near an Iudian
lodge. Again our captain tried his
luck at llshing, but TO no purpose.
Perhaps our LamAnite friend who
wanted 10 sell us half dozen very
small trout for 81 In hard coin, had
caught the last tieh In the creek. As
he refused flily cents for the lot we
again had 10 contend ourselves with n
Ordinary dinner Of Chicago cured
bacon and fresh bread, lust cooked by
one OF the ladles Of the company.
The crossing VI Lakes Fork ON huge
boulders instead OF bridge tried our
horses mud wagon timber to the ut.
most. came out with my buggy
twisted out OF shape, and W in one or
two irons broke, but finding that the
wheels would sliil revolye We con.
tinued the journey twenty three mile.
further, down Lakes Fork, up
the Du Chesne river anu across
the desert TO Fort Du Chesne,
which IL situated on tho
Uintah River. Thege / and my part
Of the company, who had gone ahead
OF the rest stopped for the night, with
a family belonging TO the Church, who
were very kind TO us,and on account OF
storm which was threatening, they
would not permit us TO sleep in our
blankets outdoors, but invited us into
an unoccup!ed log dwelling, where We
expected to get good nights sleep,
10 mako up for the previous night
that had been such an eventually one
to us because OF the mosquitoes, but,
oh, how We were again disappointed,
Bei.bugs-yes, that Ia the common
name for them-but in this Instance
they by no means confined themsalyes
TO the bed, for they issued forth In
almost countless numbers from every
crack la the door ana In tho logs Of
the house, tho particular spot In the
room where We hal laid down being tho
ceatre Of attraction. The mosquitoes,
the night previous had announced
theIr approach by their we'll known
"whistling," hut the bed bugs marched
right on IN profound silence without
warning whateyeE and commenced any
their meal ia dead earnest before the