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Show IN MHIIIII.IIN UTAH. I Trovrltt'. tiiriculllea sunny Ulilc. Hit ISeilrrllhrr. irffor ;rcl .cu 1. I'ioui tuy eai rleuiu durlui; the paat twelve da)M I have come to the coll-ilualou coll-ilualou Ihtt a winter trip ftom halt Lake City to the extlelile routhetll I art of ourTeriltory It anything hut pleaaaul, tut that it iieMttliehit tun liu nicomfllalicd, evtn witii a oni-horau oni-horau tarrlage. In the motuliiK of I'elrnary 10, ISO;, which happened lo be. a cild, mltly da), Hell the 1 ii Hal of Utah, whlth waa iuveloa.d lu n thick, 1I1III) foil, while the ground vat coteitd with auotr,itband frtixeu luuJ. Ilitlavelliiic throua.li Halt Lake and Utah countlea I fouudthe roadt tolerably Kotxl jrt cf tho way, nllhouili muddy anj broken up In i-iauy placet; but after lta-liU lta-liU Hatitaiiiln and 1111III I rt ached Ho nolitt Cedar Itldso which dlrldea Juab from Haniiete county (about tin iiillre of l.evau), I found my-eelf my-eelf ttileavorlnjx to make heailwa) under ixtreuieditllculthj. Tho mud In plucia ttat eimply awful and at t tlur polnta, where euow a-1 1 1 1 coieied the greuiid, I had to break Hat k for nillia loiitthtr, Iher-i UIiik but a very little travel on the road I took part of the way. To a til to my dtrcomrori, 1 lott my way traveling after daik from Nejhl to l.ivnn, andlnileadof arrlvltti al llin lath r I lacu at th-, -.a. lacttHj time to litilvoa kind leceptlon lioui old flltuds I found mytelf at n deteilttl ranch mar tho foot of the motiutalnt, but finally made mr way toatheep herdci'i lump wliltlur thu road ltd, and there h arm d what nave nieHdeKleeof lliclllelitaiy tatUfactlou, hat beahha intteir aome thirty or li ity othria of tho travillnir publlti had hem there lifolu mo havln,:-laken havln,:-laken the wronir road, .Now, if the road commlialonere of Juab county would Juatiri to Ihoamall ex-tia ex-tia of putlloi; up 11 itulde lioaid uf aoaiokludat thepolnt where tho road fork a few mllra toulli of Kephl, they would not Incur the lint Itnaautmaa of betlljr called toctl liaid liamia at aume of the teamklera on tho road.wht 11 they liet angry urdltappoliitid.arutapablo ofvliluftntterame to. After croaalni Cedar ltldgo 1 1'uiiuJ in)ettr lu a warmer country, and the roalt dry on.IUui.ly neatly all tho way; and uu iinKIng at Uuuulion I wltneiil the i0le eintiKed In al lln plowluji. riuhlnn op over n ttlll letlir ro,d, I nnlvetl atltltliHeld hi tiuiotoaliiul tho late tonfereuco held nl that plate. After the conference, I heldajeclai inoallliit with the Hcnudlavlaii Halnta In Itlciitleld, l.lalnor and Monroe, amteabletolhe wlahea of A0lh A, II. I.uiid, llefore kavlmt Monroe on the mom-Imr mom-Imr of Kelruary Wth, a tnotr atorm ret in and while ctoailuic the niouu-talnain niouu-talnain irrliiijoTer In Mirytvlllo, the atiim wot ulte lllnjloe, and II10 tratiliittf nlto tieiame heavy aud ttdloiie, nntl I had to make a new irnck through the newly fallen mow. )'r m MaryavlllovlaJuuitloii tu l.'lr. tlevllle, anl alel lhlouKli the long (anym alolt the latttr plate, the route were noarl) all inlre an I litul, hut bttauie teller at I 1 10. teeiled towaiJt l'anituluh. From thla place tho roitda contlnura 11 p Iho eolith fork of tho berler for ovi 11 mltet to a 1 olnt where a left hand rood tekeaotr tolhoeaatanl ha J. tlireuuli lied Canyon and the "I. an J ork" to t'annoiivlllt and l.aialante, while the light-hand ru, I cuullnui a up the river thrtu mllot foilhi r to Wllaon't ranch, where 1 elopped ovtr nlht and n cilwid kind Irralment from one of the fltnll) whoroalloatheto. E. I ho next nurnluiil elarted oir f r, what I IhotiRh!, ninnj Unit l.Ul.t mtUe over u muddy aud tut-up road liruiiitht mo lo llatch'a ranch, which cuuilate nt a clutter of houioa uliel) e,t mini at the Jtinttiuti of Mammo Ii ami Vol' neeaa, whl h two alleem-fo,.j alleem-fo,.j liieA-vler liver. I'loctodh it five 111 Lea ft -'he. n tho 10a I paa.ng tip Ml rmnlhelniiUllUlli wioMa.llilolieh mud nud nilr kiite-deep In hen, 1 nocheil Aaay'f much, auotbiriltii tir of houiea itilateil at the juncllonof Aia)' and Minnie ireev.. rheao threi" placla ( Ha ,n'a, Hatch a and Aaay'af lottetbir Willi a few foinl Ilea who live III a eralteret col dillill , ve , dlflerrut air-nma utilnif mtu tho main tilbtttaiiea of the Holcr ilvri, Ulonit to the I'anuultch waul, lmtexectfooii to have n wardornaif liallou of their own, at tboriilnteoto now tiiimerout euoujii toau taluauili an orraulaatlon. At prtariit meitliua and Bunday aihia,l. at well at da achoola, are belut: lifll In all thru, ihcit, nnl the icot!u at em to te healthy ami cheerful, iiotwlthataudlmc tiit.tr accluded altuatiuu, to mar the tort of thoniotiiitalna. I have now, on thltanU former trlw, fillowod the main wlmiluire of the Hevler liver, and from Ha luail tu wheio ildliapiiait lu lltehovler tlnk, or lake, lu Millard county, uml have learned from actual nltrr atlont that thai, faimua tlieam la Ihe Inll7at anj lu wt Impnllaul river that Utah ..m. at her ix-clualve ix-clualve 1 rorty. All II euther nolid atieama, except Jordan, Welnr aul I'rovo Hlvir, which niethownon Iho map of Utah, rite loyomt thelltnllaot nur Tenltot) (Snake anil Hear Itiver, ett',),wtillo the lariiear ol all, Hie (Jinn, Grand ami Colorado Itivera, timely tiaaa through oil then way tolliel'a i-illo Uctaii. Hut the Hevhr Illver, which rl, 11 ou the liollhilopeuf the teuth rlui oflhabaaiu I'll illy 101 un-tun un-tun chalne, manhrr with in trllti. tarlea, IU plica more ettllenu I.U tll'.ll watt r for ciillnai) and InlKullon put-iioma put-iioma tlialinny olhet tlitam In Utah, the Webtr not exctod. ri.ua wo fln.l oil the eouth fork, bealdra the Ihliv email tetllenienla that I luteal, tiady named, I'aujttilUh aud Click villi; ou Hie eeat folk them la Marlon ward, luiludluit a number of rtnehoa above, on tiller 1 rat Lttt litch la a ttihulaiy of tho 1 ail 1 oik, la lluir-vllle, lluir-vllle, Kooahareuialid Iwotitln Itmalkr tlttlrmeiita (til III (Haa Vallc), laj. eldet talichea. At the ilnt whern Hie l'.kil mid Houtli lurk utilluntetho tu lilliltloni(iait and will), Iho lounty rent of l'lule count), aud Mnljtvale, further down the river. Then, In the lower Sevier Vnllty wo find the follow-itiil follow-itiil ttrluK of eetllemaiila which all wntir landa from the mm Jtib, Monroe, l.hliiure, liivorurr, Anna-U.lle, Anna-U.lle, Hkhileld, (llennock, Vermillion, Auroiu, Hallnt and ItedmunJ. Uullle Mtullcli Itiver (and Iti Irltutarlee) which pula Into the Hevler, ntar tlou-lilaoll, tlou-lilaoll, we htvo the aetllemenU of Mlllaun, Kalrvlew, M nut I'lrauini, HirlnirClty, 1'eui.lalii diet n, Moroni, Walea, Chtaler, l.phralm, Mautl, 1'eltyMlIe, Mayfleld and liuiililluli. Ilelow the latter I lace la f till layelli, and farther down "Murker Town," In Juih count), aud luamluitton, Deitrtt, Oaalt ncd ltlnckliy lu Millard count), not lo mtttlui the fututu "City of tratiemli," which la lu comae of ereitiou ou that 1 xtetulio ItMlaiul f, rtllu tract of count!) lylru noitliol Dercret. Thlamakiilipwarda of foltyiettlrmtntlof tbebalnti width Ucpvllt ou the walrra of tbtHeler river aud lit numtroiia trllutailei fj their exlateuie. From Aia) ranch, nlnut twenty-lllteo twenty-lllteo mllea a ulli of I'aiiKtlltth the main road lea la up Minnie ( reek, two tullce tu l.ttlle'i ranch. Fniu Ihla point II it flvoimlea to the muiuill or dlvldlni; tlilfc, or Ihe Ultu of 'he llaalii. ThltdMincel In, I lo travel lliroucli mow three fitt deep, tut 1 Until) naihed Ihe lop if lid lu) liorre In n very fatUuet coudlllou. Hero I hidexieited to laihold a Lew laul cato openlni; up to tho aoutli, or n kin 1 of n'ump oil', down to a Dixie land, almllir to the 1 lite wlieru I waa "dumped tir" from 11 mall call lait iter In Kolint down In Cannonilllo. lint III Ihla I wnt Ulia lailnltel; Inttead iiflahoUluiElheluuny H.ulh, I wnt hammed liiun all ldta hy tnow.iov-itcd tnow.iov-itcd motiutaiiit, and In ivlndluit dow n a canyon throuuli which I toon law a email itn am lea) Inn over Urn Ire and rockt, which proved to IV tho In ad-water ad-water of one cflhe tllbulallet ot the itlo Vlriiiu. I wnt aoou to dhoover that Dixit, white the tleetalo alttadv lu Lloom, waa )it a lomr way on, and when I arrlvi d at lllihop Graham .MoDiiiiul.l'a ratuli ecviu tnllti down the Iod from tho rim of the hailn I waa vtry thankful for tho irlvllmo of tittluj; up for Iho ulirht, allhoui;h ttlll within Ihe llinlla of the mow and lu'tiutilii plnea. Tliltuioriilmcl conllnutd my Jour-nty Jour-nty tlowu theuiu)ou for ndlittmeuf tin mllea and niutiod the ctry little town of tllendale, where 1 commmcid my historical Ittaitt. A.Miltrw JlNfti.V. (Il l-Niiti f, Kane County, Utah, I'ehriiary U. UtIJ. |