Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-08-21

with or interested in the overland
mai and pony express and | had no
such advantages for taking in the
events occurring on the road. espec-
lally where ! was not employed, and
none of the officials "froze" to me eX-
cept Mr.. Bel. He and ! We're warm
freinds and he married d girl was
counting. But Of those things | my
SELF accomplished. | am certain and In
going east from this city with the OK
press that wandered away with Mr.
r." / met Joe Sarrish coming to the
city with the expires from the east
ana 1t was this express that Lucas
took west In Fishers stead. And the
night after l arrived at Echo with the
express that had lost Mr.. r. | re-
turned TO Salt Lake City with the ex-
press from the east and met no ex-
press going east. Mr.. Sarrish was i'm
the city when | arrived. and went
out TO Echo by the first mail as was
ms duty TO do as two riders on The
same route could not remain nt one
emu without deranglng tile system
under which 1t was run.
II ~ prorered ~ MI. Fisher's cores
pohdrhoe TO procure aiiidavlts Of living
witnesses IL support of scenes, incident
event" ana circumstance so brilliantly
portrayed In his narritives aud thai ia
very thoughtful and considerable in him
a some INSCRIPTIONS persons would nor
hesitate to Introduce the testimony of
deceased persons whore the facts to he
established are OF such tremendous mag
hituds and to prompt the witnesses un.
til they become as befudded as the
prompter
In mentioning Incidents connected
with the western road | referred to that
portion OF the rDut that / supposed
Nh Fisher was famlliarwlth. and had
no reference to western Nevada and the
Sierra Nevada mountains, and will say
that bel Wppn Tho Jordan aud
river on that route exist not u stream
that one cannot jump across and that
four hundred miles with the exception
Of Diamond mountain and the Schell
crgk range there Is an elevation
that will compare with the Little Noun
tain out in migration canyon. and
that 1t Is well known that there Is
scarcely day In the year when that
part Of the r9ad cannot he Travelled
with heavily loaded teams with ease eN-
cept it be some alkali flats at certain
seasons. while on the eastern rout we
had the Big and Little mountains the
Yellow creek and Bear river rangs
the bactboneof the continent 10 pass
over not to mention a score or more
OF elevations difficult OF ascent, and In
ms distance we mad nfteer streams -
cross some OF them, Echo for Instance.
thirteen times. all Of them turbulent in
springtime and many of them raging
rivers and with the exception of ono
that was ferried and three or four
rider came to them he plunged in and
landed on the opposite bank wherever
the current took him, and In the first
eighty miles east OF this citywith Par
leys, Echo and East canyon there is
oTcr hfty miles Of mountain gorge
which was filled with almost lmpassa-
BILE snow and which we had to keep
stakcd TO maintain trail over II
rhe central portion Of the western
route was more subject to Indian
raids than was this end OF the eastern
road and So stated in my correspond
ence but those that are familiar
with tho country and those that have
been employed on both roads wlllagree
with me when l state that the obstacles
encountered between here and Fausts
Park or Fontainblcau compared