Show correspondence rort PORT I 1 salmon SAIMON niter territory of f oregon dec EDITOR aniton or DESERET NEWS i dear sin sir on them ol 01 may last latt lasty our camp being then on the north bank of bear niver river ft as ns organized by president T S smith as a follows follow Francillo Pr ancillo Durfy nurry captain george W hill gilbert belnap wm win durgee burgee s jr william burch burth it F cumming sergt beret bylin gahlani erra J barnard J IV browning it J thomas Butter nutter Butt ernle erfle fled fied tied d david navid 11 II stephens win M m L brundage Il Auldwin baldwin 11 watts watt nathaniel leavitt joseph h parry P G taylor ira anies anns jr irael israel S clark abraham zundel charles charie dolton charles charlca mcgary george it grant william 11 II batchelor r isaac shepherd everet lih LI h D moore historian we wi continued our journey to snake river passing over the rif rit alvr on mr me arthur rt hur bridge for which he taxed us uarie narie eleven en dollars twe we tte arrived at snake alve r on the fth ct of may mar on the began to repair the ferit ferry boat the camp I 1 wa was detained three days before ne we got our wagon wagons and aud block stock over before ps us lay a dreary and almost trackless vate atte t of ol birren barren sace face plains continued our journey journet T I 1 up PS snake nake river about 60 miles traveling sometimes bome home times nearly a northeast north east easi coure course then turned tumid to the left of salm saim n river rats pats traveling nearly a west course some 65 miles over rocks sage face brush and sand making our road toad without even the nid aid of an indian trail we thelt theli traveled nearly a northwest north west w est course through the pass and over the divide div ide to the upper alley valley of salmon river rii riv er some CO miles liere here president eilf elif smith called ahalt a halt and selecting tive five of the caulp calup pro proceeded weded about go 30 miles further slown glown oa salmon river june IA 15 president smith made raade it selection of t land for farming and a site cite for a fort and on the we moved our wagons to our present location the valley Is small the soil foil on the river Is 1 rich and the table lands afford good staci stock timber Is 1 abundant on the tile river lter r and in the mountain we soon kad bad had a blacksmith shop up coal burnt a plow made and a corral for our stock f we continued our about the thie loth of bl kugust augut haring having in that time built our fort furt w wall wali all ail and gates pates seven 1 houses bouses and the blacksmith shop besides beside breaking and planting several acres of land and ind making a large amount offence offense of fence sence on the and irth of august twelve of the company under capt durfy were wera sant lo 10 utah I 1 for more supplies and two with the mail maii to return as soon as possible on the 15 th our fort was honored by a visit allt ill from a party of government troops and a topographical ical engineer from the settlements in oregon tild mere were in search march of forne indians who had murdered a company of emigrants inasu in 1651 they could scarcely believe that so much labor could have been done in BO so short a time tinie on the of november novembers capt durfey and company arrived at the fort with twelve wagons apon agon laden with supplies I 1 of B wheat heat corn and od other segas seeds se na hundred pounds of flour and nive five families r A large amount of hay bay ba ha i been cut the nield field enlarged I 1 much more ground broke and gome some e 1111 fifteen teen acres sowed bowed to wheat besides beides several more houses built in the th eifort rort fort respectfully four your your tour brother in the tit truth 1 D MOORE clerk of the lil irlon irion |