| Show the devil liei ils tea hettic there is is probably no portion of the continent C Onti nent which affords a wider field for geological research than the great basin in of Ds Da seret or utah in 1 that solitary unexplained region are many man y curious salt lakes the lestiges of a lost ocean the waters of which are so strongly impregnated with saline matter that they are little less than immense immense r reser doirs airs of salt in in solution vast rivers meander for hundreds of beag leagues es through sterile solitudes and at length byte myrten ria bously disappear in the thirsty deserts im immense tense dep deposits of soda cause the water in certain localities to seethe and of cf fer senesce like boiling cauldrons caul drons springs of sulphur and springs brings of boiling hot bot water mountains of snow and burning plains sm illing alleys and vast ast deposits its of subterranean ice these and a th thousand sd other wonders are to le be seen in in the great american basin san sawtelle telle of the ath infantry while on 1 1 the recent march across the con continent t at a point about forty miles from where the overland route first strikes the hum boldt saw a very ery singular natural curi curiosity which per compliment we will name the devils teakettle tea kettle lettle I 1 Ont on the hevery ery apex ape of a conical shaped mound about eighty feet in in height was an unfathomable miniature lale lake of warm water which inch had no apparent outlet or inlet the water was quite tepid and perfectly 1 y translucent a and nd its surface was nearly lyon ly on a level with the top of the cone which contained it various attempts w were ere made to to fathom this curious curious basin but no bottom could be found at the die distance of forty feet from the basin of the mound w were ere a number of gushing gushin fountains the water of wb which ch was in intensely hot can any one explain the mystery of the devils teakettle tea kettle lettley 7 placerville erville democrat it re requires q aires an early start nowadays now a days das for a man to get around aj aund his wife HEAD QUARTES expedition against northern Indi indians ins camp I 1 at the four lakes IV T september 1858 J ORDERS so NO 8 1 the colonel commanding expresses his thanks to the officers and soldiers of this command for their ga gallantry and good conduct on the battle field this day we ave have met the hostile indians in equal numbers in a pitched battle on ground of their own selection and we have signally defeated them with a loss of seventeen killed and a large number wounded accomplished without the loss of a man on our side 2 commanders of corps will make to these head quarters special reports each in in what hat concerns his own command and naming such officers or soldiers as may deserve special mention for cond conduct act in this action by order of signed COL WRIGHT P A owr as ath infantry try A A A general |
