Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-06

travelled 10y tho Indians. as thc fur.
bearing country II taps n given up
wholly 10 the Chilknts, who reach u by
another trail. Tho weather was vet
heavy and threatening the morning Of
the 9th, ~ we got away. The white
men had been obliged 10 repair tho
pole bridge tho evening before, the
minis having brought down driltWood
that damaged H. Il was u good
morning Tor duslSy grouse uu tho
trail and number were secured
with the Winchester shotgun by mem.
bers Of the party. The Junction % tho
two. trails proved 60 be on wide
stretch ~ broken. angular gravel Tho
proper trS FOR us-thc northeastern
here led sharply up the mountain slope.
the northern path being much the
palmer Of the two hence oar packers
mistake. These numerous gravel
slides were oNaspemtIug tn travel over.
The gravel wa " au uniform angular
churlctcras r II Ind come from o 70 sl,-
brcal,rr and Intended FOR railway
ballustiug or the macudami..ug of u
road. Hero was enough tu have
lnllasted the whole lonrth ~ tho
Canadian Pacific railway. tho longest
road Ia the world, and plenty go spare
for constructing ull tile county roads
That could be- made Ia Nuvapai county,
Arizona, the largest county in the
United states. u q railroad ever cuts
through this country which / think
not unlikely for reasons viii give
later, certainly will be- we'll supplied
with this necessary and usually cSucu.
sive material ol construction.
A. We rapidly assembled the noun
tain slope by a we'll defined trail
after the gravel cones were LETT behind
We had the best view Of the country
that the route had yet presented
between the two trails lay great bald
mountain, with rounded top crowned
with two conspicuous black objects,
looking not unlike two houses, and
these could h. seen for mile, on either
side. ] think they were huge cratic
boulders even nc this high altitude.
named this butte the "lhc Trail Split
ter from rs position with regard TO
the two trails already described. That
night We cnmpcd on the high slope.
1880 feet above the river, and where II
was not easy work 10 lind enough Hat
hpace to even make our beds, ~ as not
TO roll down the hin.
SURE enough Robert" Joined Ms as he
had promised, aud which / had hardly
expected from the great distance he
Ind had To travel. At this camp the
Indians found u small pine squirrel IN
the stuutcd spruce, aud the WY they
turned out On mls,c after II would
layc led one 10 believe that they wcra
ON the verge Of starvation After
an exciting chase NJ ten minute,
orso they secured the tyyo,ouucc affair
and proceeded 10 cook H. know a
native, at another time 10 shoot one
with l0'guagc Winchester shotgun,
the cartridge used weighing more than
the carcass, There were q great many
tnowbauks on the trail the next fore.
noon l5thl which still led upward until
the anornids showed .6ie feet above
river level They were not very bad
in the early forenoon hut later. when
tits warmer they are very rAuspcrating
10 encounter. Despite the melting
hnow through which We iiom-
dcrcd We found No drinking water
anywhere, tho gravclly and loose
boil absorbing II all ~ rapidly ns II was
formed. As We descended the slope,
however the springs rcappcarcd aud by
the time the valley was reached II wa,
quite swampy In many places. Old
moose Signs were seen everywhere
but not u hair Of tho animals them