| Show gip athe the homestead of the late H henry enry clay at ashland ohio has been sold at public auction 1 the farm contains acres 67 A correspondent of the jewish chronicle states that a small jewish degation exists at singapore who claim to f be descendants of the exiles of the first captivity and are ignorant of the second dispersion they embraced him as a brother and were glad to find that he be although I 1 h a european could colv converse rae with them in the hebrew language the people are described as handsome and deiy intelligent vik g men are hired at or a week with victuals and women at in ies shire fr for j harvest work this is more aging than 6 or as to the editor of the news sir believing for some years that a grind road to california could be made in a westerly direction from great salt lake city culling short about miles miler of the old route I 1 was determined to explore the country 60 miles south of hastingss cut off con on the 31 st of october I 1 left Grants grantsville ville I 1 40 miles west went of great sa salt it lake city taking with me F four our ute indians tra travelling in a southwest south west t direction about 30 miles to the summit of cedar mountain where I 1 found water and grass and about four miles faither fui fu ther ither on the west side of the clip mountain mount nin I 1 found water but no grass I 1 then bore a little south of southwest south west and ami after velling travelling tra a descent of about seven miles even ground I 1 found a spring and grass grasa near some sand ridges at the edge 0 of f the desert I 1 then travelled idest west sou southwest south th west eight miles and found a spring pring and plenty of grass I 1 on the desert still continuing in the same direction about nine miles I 1 came to a granite rock in the mid t of the desert standing as a sentinel over the vast plain which surrounds it it is about two wo miles one way and one and a alf miles another anellier towering about feet in this rock I 1 found a kanyon which I 1 travelled up about a mile where I 1 found a large spring and some grass here L found some indians camped who informed me that the pah were preparing to attack attach the settlements in tooele thoele and cedar vallies I 1 thought it best to i return and inform the inhabitants 1 the indians also informed me ine that 8 miles further west was a stream I 1 cotton woods on the banks and containing fish of a good inze they said thattie that the stream flowed west and that it was six days travel down it to the emi erni I 1 grant road near the sink of carson river As far as I 1 have travelled I 1 have found it a first I 1 rate grond good wagon road with the exception of about yards on the cedar mountain where it was ai a little sidling but not half as bad as I 1 have travelled over on the goose creek router route the desert on 1 I 1 this route is not like the one on fl tasting asting s as it is is mostly hard gravelly ground I 1 I 1 also wish to say that I 1 found a valley about I 1 nine nine miles southwest south west of grantsville Grants ville and at the south end ot of lone rock valley about the size size of tooele thoele it his has the greatest amount of pine and cedar timber that I 1 have seen in in these mountains i it is my intention to start on the dinst and i make a thorough search and explore the route to the mormon station station in carson valley which h I 1 confidently confide itly believe is is not over miles respectfully houi your obedient sei servant vant JACKSON REDDING I 1 I 1 to the editor of the sir As you suggested that a sketch of my late journey south with a numbers number of 0 men as guard for the purpose of ase ascertaining staining the best site for the lo location pation of the utah penitentiary would be interest to your readers with great pleasure I 1 respond although the hurried manner in we passed from one place to forbids sj 4 minute examination of the country that we passed through aney were only the general outlines that we noted we left this city on the evening of the I 1 ItI finst and stopped the first evening at Neff here we formed our little company consisting of of sheriff ferguson surgeon kay E K hanks jqseph joseph Thomp soni Bon allen all huntington brigham young jun 0 P rockwell arid and john sweeny we had nine horses and mules and two carriages we made rather a forced travel the day we left neffs geffs mill for the burp purpose ose of reaching provo city to join major bedell and major rose hose Indi indian agents who A ho we understood were to accompany us with their guards guard as far as the city of fillmore a and nd san pete or manti we failed that night to reach the point of destination and at a late hour hoar we ar rived arrived at battle creek fort some forty miles from salt lake city here we procured so some me refreshment for ourselves and animals and being somewhat w hat fatigued the men retired to one of the lord s big bedrooms bed rooms between some wheat stacks for tile the night during the day we passed through dry creek fort and another called the american fork fort these places I 1 believe have generally been called settlements and from the looks of the farms and the relies relics of buildings that have been torn down for the purpose of removal they have been very flourishing but at present they thrown throw over the mind a land kind of gloom like all other oilier places and countries where the effects of war are to be wit hessed the manner in which these with other settlements south as well as north arp are forted do not in our opinion add munh much to the safety of the property properly from indian depredations from the fact that the grain and forage of all kinds as well as ih the cattle are eoral cored led leJ inside ot of the fort the houses are not as yet bomp compacted acted and many streets run out at differ different eni points which would require a very large and attentive watch at night to guard it 11 only would require the sa skill ill of but one or two brave 1 I 1 VP V P F F 11 I 1 indian n warriors carfi ori to creep C ee pa to the stacks of grain and touch the snatch match to Ahem and all would be fire and confusion the cattle would bellow and break from the coral and run ran in in every direction the women and children would be in in consternation and what might be saved from the flames would have to be removed to other places for safety however time if accident does not occur may remedy all these defects W we e left baltic greek creek fort at day light travelled to provo city to breakfast and were kindly entertained by our old friend the honorable joseph b kelting here we found majors bedell and rose and tile honorable judge read and for causes un known to us major bedell returned from gat point to salt lake city major rose immediately gave marching orders and continued his journey ey south after afier refreshing ourselves and teams and taking a short walk in in the city we continued our journey the city of provo was the only settlement south of big cotton cottonwood wood that was not attempted to tobe be forted I 1 sup poe she stands out upon her known strength and vigilant police as does this city we were much pleased with the location of provo excellent land and abundant water power and must in in time become a point of manufacturing inter interest from fr provo we proceeded 0 ded on to springville Spring ville fort some sex se en miles we found this place in better i order in appearance than any of the forts we stopped but a few moments and continued on to the spanish fork fort here we overtook major rose accompanied by the if honorable ono rable G A smith it being late in the afternoon we made but a short stay the wind blowing blow irim considerable and the dust very annoying the ford fort being built on very dry and sandy ground bul on our return we found the country well adapted to farming farm ing and grazing grazine purposes pos we proceeded that night to payson fort where by bv J killing a beef and lodging as the night before among the hay and wheat stacks we found ourselves in the morning in good spirits for tra velling at this place the adjutant general mr Fer ferguson gitson had to review the militia and some sometime time was as spent in accomplishing this part of his mis mission sidn they were reported I 1 believe well armed and under comp tent officers about midday midday we m e continued our journey to summit creek and from thence to nephi or salt creek fort before leaving several indians came into the fort from as they reported summit creek they said they wanted to be friends and that several wick a ups were at the creek after a short parlance we left them we baw a few miles from payson a lone indian running along the sine liae of the mountains for several miles evidently a picket siard guard for those who were back in the mountains on n our arrival at summit creed we found neither indian nor white man the whole settlement vacated the houses either removed or burned by the indians and we ve think bat no one will dispute with us in saying that it is one of the finest locations for a small settlement in the mountains mount eins we arrived before dark on the night of the at the fort at salt creek major rose and company having started in the rear arrived soon after herece here we procured an empty house for camping and obtained meals at private houses at eight ock the following morning the militia were called out by their respective officers officer and after giving us a efrom a fine fide piece of ordnance they were examined arid and addressed by the adjutant general the honorable G A smith and after which we xe continued en route for fillmore city at the time of our leaving the fort major rose and company kompany took the back track to great salt lake city for what canse cans P we know not unless it was that we were about ab 0 at to pass or near that of indian 1 on the severe river where the lamented captain gunnion gunni Gun nihon on and ano company fell by indian barbarity we were well ivell satisfied with our visit at af salt creek fort a place that is is bound to 0 o thrive we camped on the night ol 01 the on the north side of the severe and made our place of defence and shelter with some of the lumber taken from the bridge acress the river river we left this place about three in in the morning and at day light overtook 79 78 wagons of mormon emigrants at a place called lone valley we tork tock breakfast with them and continued nud to fillmore city now tort fort where we arrived on the before night at fillmore we had an interview with ich several pah vante indians among others was their head chief ka nosh a we held quite a lengthy talk with them some of the number that massacred captain gunnison and company were pres pre nt when the thief chief was asked why lie he did not pr prevent vent the wv act ile he replied that he be could not that h it some emigrants on their way to Cali fornia furnn had killed one man and bounded three he had three sons all great braves and that they excited other braves and that he became powerless pow erliss the they expressed ased a desire to be friends friend 8 hereafter and when interrogated whether the they v would sell their land to the great council at wash ington they eA presed a desire to do so for blankets and farming firmi rg utensils they expressed a desire further fertl er to retain the lind on en corn creek for their own 0 n use and to live like the whites I 1 entertain not a doubt that if the general government would give unto the several tribes of indians in in this territory a small annuity for the lands that are arable they would become reconciled they well under stand that the indians east of the mountains are re ceiling presents for th alf right of tra velling through through thir th ir hunting grounds and for cutting timber and nd killing game and they cannot tell w why 11 y there i is 8 a difference made between those tribes and them selves I 1 trust that the attention of the govern merit ment will be called to the indian affairs of this territory and that they will not only do something for the future peace and prosperity fy odthe of the inhabitants but also remunerate them for their losses the true condition of affairs have not as yet 3 et been presented but if all the services and losses of property were registered and presented by the territorial delegate to congress they would be as ready to appropriate a sum sufficient to pay the same as they were to pay the exper ex pences ices of I 1 he ca cayuse y u se war in in oregon even under her provisional 1 dovci grovern ment let our legislative council take t 6 ho hold idol of the matter as did the lie legislative council bouncil of oregon and memorialize congress con gres and in in due season their memorial will be heard there can be no good cause shown wh why the inhabitants of these vallies living in the midst of and attempting to establish civilization among the wildest natives 11 aliat a t have for centuries inhabited this continent shou should id not have a portion of the money appropriated for the support of the indian department laid la id on out t for tabeh benefit as well as new j 1 mexico and other territories but to return we learned from so some me of the pal pah bantes that walker had gone south and cast to winter among the Nava hoes that walker was not md mad but that i his brothers were madana ma dand did not want wani to make I 1 peace they further Irn informed formed us that ore mari man could now how travel from fillmore to where our great chief lived without being interrupted I 1 on the morning of the the militia militia were I 1 I 1 called out and examined after which much in instruction trues was given them by the adjutant general G A smith abid others and after viewing the c capital ta I 1 and its advantages advantages we started en route for illume 1 e wr wf met the e emigrants gra its about eight miles from Fil fillmore linore we eraca encamped ernp ed at night in lone valley and thence drove to severe river where we stopped soni time for refreshment it being daylight day light and having a fair view of the country w we e could not help thinking that colonel fremont and colonel benton must have been in a night vision and carried to fairy land when they daiv saw and described the fat vallies of severe river for certainly i theold tha old colonel had aw awakened in us a great desire to see those fine find a and nd fertile vallies through which the severe runs we arrived that night at the f fait or I 1 on salt creek and G A smith who accompanied cota compa parilea nied u the whole of the route after the major left addressed the people and gave them much valuable instruction touching the progress and defence of their place the next day we returned to payson the follow in ins lr day to I 1 battle creek and on the evening of the ibe we all returned to this pity city in good health and well satisfied with the short tour we had bad made we have since our return home located the penitentiary tent iary about four and a half miles frona from the city of great salt lake CBS as in may ay be seen in the I 1 adver ement sent with this communication and we are satisfied that it is the best location for the territory and can be built at less extence than at any oth er i point all things taken into I 1 consideration yours truly A W BABBITT nov 28 26 1853 I 1 I 1 |
