Show a I 1 hii haars PARIS az idaho idabo august 1 1872 editor deseret news I 1 bevery E very city alt y town or village has distinctive fed fei features tures thab that crop out in general outline eim cir 6 to that wat degree that thai the most molt casual observer cannot fail tf te be attracted thereby and these distinctive tive features when raced traced to tc their legitimate origin we find to b only odly the reflex of an active brain poo poa by some individual whose feel ings lead him to impress himself surroundings settlements and country towns especially indicate this idea and the of build and make up are to a certain extent traceable to tais thia cause the cleanly streel street and tasty house as surely indicate the moving spirit in that direction as does the neatness of the house bespeak a clever housewife one cannot canoot but be impressed by the general air of thrift aud and progress that pervades all the settlements of these northern valleys and the well ordered indications that are to be met with wilh on all sides the waving fields of grain of ca he co stamp something agricultural upon its iti entire surroundings surrounding from the mansion to the lowly thatched cottage its teams and wagons are heavier its improvements are gre of a more solid character its foundations arg are laid down deeper apparent apparently than in most places speaking be a settled purpose and permanent investment apropos of things that are down deep bishop L lin in informed me mb that he in thinning out a carrot patch pull puli pulled ed one that measured three feet two inches in length and added the energetic bishop there was plenty of soil i still farther down for it to graw row through gh this certainly indicates a solid agricultural basis whereon to build future prosper ity A large stone tabernacle and a commodious schoolhouse school house hoube of similar mat material brial at franklin indicate the character of the public spirit of its citizens but just over the way the stately stone mansion of bishap hatch seemed to me an index to point to the reasons why things were so 0 the ini int steps have been taken to finish up a twenty two mile ditch for the purpose pose of irrigating an brt immense tract of unoccupied jand land landfear near Ff frankiin franklin anklin and as we crossed over the long level bench stretching miles and miles eway away before us the thought would intrude itself la Is the government dealing out justlee justice to its citizens rc requiring quiring them thum to pay gayso BO heavily fo foi lands that to all intent intents sand and purposes are utterly worthless without the aid of years of toll toil on the part of these hardy bardy pioneers leaving bear river clarkston and newton to the left pasing parsing pa sing fine meadow lands with here and there a ranch streams of pure limpid water vater skirted on orl either side by a fringe of cottonwood whose leaves rustled shivered shi Ehi vered glistened nud bud glinted in the afternoon sunlight wu we commenced the toilsome meent ascent of the mountain range divid dividing iLig the valleys of cache and bear lake thie the first few miles were over a suc cession of rolling hills covered with fine herds grase grabs on which fed countless flocks of tittle cattle sleek ald bid fat that lo in many ma uy instances bounded off down the billy bills at sight of our pa ty showing too plainly their tebuu origin turning ever and anon abon to uptake take bake another look upon the ot of quiet fastness A young man of tha parry party well acquainted witti the locality informed ua mi that it was jett fet fun to see bee an indian go through that part of the country with his red blanket on ori owing to te the fact that the cattle usually manifest an arilous anxious desire to become very familiar under such circuns circumstances and poor lofs ibos fate is often uncertain unless lie he has a reasonable start ili iii and nd is the p assessor barof of a nimble pair of feet all this while we are up and up the vegetation exhibiting the gradual change of climate the leaves on the cottan cotto woods growing growling smaller the wild wila flowers on either elther the bide aide of the road growing fresher and anit brighter the grass greener the thel atmosphere more and more ramified rarified ra rifled the water lu in the little stream at our side colder and colder until almost under the brow of a towering mountain we halt for a rest preparatory to a climb for the summit divested of all bur bui pius plus clothing on foot we wd make our way up the side of the mountain every few moments to take in a freab tresh supply of breath and then tolling upward again two hours of clim elIm climbing bing and aed the second bench I 1 ia reached whore where we can have a resting spell and look down upon the beautiful panorama of nature spread out before and below us supery threads of streams go bpark spark sparkling liuk down the mount mountain ain aln bide side to the valley thousands of feet below crags and rugged rocks are all around and tower still high above trees dwarf into in below our trail looks like a thread of dust ill in the distance that could be threaded upon a cambric needle lle lie while away arayoff off to the west loom up range after range of snow capped mountains with here and there a lowering towering peak reaching its glant giant head heavenward until lost loat in the dim distance seemingly a grim sentinel placed by the mighty baud haud of an unseen but not unfelt power to guard the vales and valleys below from the tread of strange feet surely burely these grand manifestations of a superhuman influence bear with them their lp lesson isson and if they teach us tle nothing else serve to remind usaf tife th e puny efforts of even giant human intellect higher up yet yat in our track lowers the bum eum covered with wilh forests of tall pine whose cone like tops sway awny to aud and fro in the evening breeze casting lengthened shadows down the mountain side not so abrupt but up and up we continue to go until the chill air from the snow above and around us changed august heat into a raw april coldness but the ille suns buns rays even at this altitude attitude had their genial influx influence ence enee and 16 the modest crimson tipped flowers flow ilow prall peeped from thelt sheltered ered nooks and corners while the air was fairly lai laJ ened with the perfume of hardy roes ropes of varied hues with here and there a stately mountain tulip rich and rare within a few paces of the summit mita a beautiful stream of snow water starts on its course toward tow rd bear lake and makes merry merty music as aa it leaps from rock to rock in its rapid course couise the descent is not so steep hut but gradually abd and steadily descends exhibiting the same bome change a of clim climata A found on the other side only of a more gradual character As we go down crossing the brook time after time its pure waters entice Us uis to drink if only to tas laate teof of its purity after quaffing quaff ing time ald and again kneeling by its side we raise ourselves to a sitting posture and our gaze guze involuntarily falls upon a huge mass of drowned dro ned crickets heaped against the bank I 1 directly above us and in direct lile line with the water we have been drinking lets change the subject bear lake and valley come in sight and our weary team is soon resting and we enjoying the hospitalities of kind friends J MORGAN S EXPLORING oring orina music temple ool col river utah july 10 1872 editor despret bews news j dar dear brother since writing my last letter we have run 72 miles or of river ara riving at the famous music temple on the ah of july ad the lith of june we le lert left the arge fail fali of big boulder took an easterly direction along the slope of the wab Wah wahsatch satch mountains tor ton 12 miles and camped on the jast last end of the mountain at a fine clear t E tpring pring we had bad a fine view orthe of the dirty devil mountains and in fact all the country around here we are feet ab ve the sea and can see east and south for hundreds of miles tures here llene we camped for two days to reconnoitre lor tor trails to ac capt dodds and prof thompson took a north direction while F S Dillen baug took an easterly course after traveling about an hour found an oid trail with tresh fresh indian sign on it followed it up for eight miles and found it took the diree tion we wished to go when we retired revil ned nod to camp our camp proved to be annne anine a nine fine one well weil supplied with wood water and grass next morning started ou on the old trall irali and followed it with much difficulty for eight miles over sand hills bills and among cedars passed pasted two water pockets pocket la the solid rock on going four miles further we came nto into a nice little valley that was waa full of a illy called seo sego by the ind indiana vani the toe bulb la is very ivery nutritious sweet and very pleasant totne to the taste here we found the lindlau indians had stopped and gak gAt gathered therod a lot of the sego bulbs to eat eata they relish them as much as white children do candy or sweetmeats sweet meats here we came near losing the trail but found it after awhile went four miles further over rough sand stone ridges and gulches and thick cedars which made it dilli difficult euit cult for the pack train then we traveled for two miles over the bare sand stone without a vestige of vegetation we afterwards found it was the tho only dav to get into the valley wo we called pleasant valley ley we came 1500 feet down into the valley in which we found a large stream of water toe soil is of a reddish cast but very rich there being large beds of gypsum sum in the upper end ot of the valley it ws four miles wide by ten ton or twelve miles long filled with wild oats and grass nearly waist high and had bad the appearance I 1 of a large field of waving grain camped for tor the night on this creek saw a largo smoke in the lower end of the val I 1 ley 0 which runs runa east and west ivest supposed yb t to 0 be indians camped ad after traveling nour four miles fo the morning wa we eime cime came to fo camp jamp of indians s without their knowing or ol dur our being in the country they tha y all ran away way boll holl errig with tha the exception of an old indian who could not tj travel Avel avei I 1 never saw fear so plainly depicted on any ones features asit dagort was wad onn oni his ahls bis old In findlan indians dlan he ame camb 1 towards us trembling an fn every limb and nd pale a ah a white man haq I 1 was afraid tile tiie old feli feil fellow W would would actually aie dle of offe peat pest arbes be fore we could convince him of our friendly intentions all he could conid possibly utter was how H ow do d o do we went wont up to his wick i up tin and amok smoked edwith with him etc ete until he became quite calm then lie he called the others back and after much coaling they hey came in to camp camp they proved to be ba red bed lake ittes camped with them the re the day arnd arld traded with them tried to set ket one of thew them to take us to the dirty devil mountains but was 8 ful fui the band baud consisted of seven indians s two and two papooses oses oyes next nezi mor morning took the old trail and started for the mountains anner afner traveling even beven miles came to an abrupt dip in the stratum of the cretaceous period also found fossils of artrea and grapp hla in aban dance then went up a fortio nor for two miles and lost the trail and could not find IL 11 in inthis this kanyon found lound fine specimens of coal and iron we were two days hunting up every gulch and kanyon for miles around but had to climb out on top or of the cliffs tha the second day and camped at two large pools or of water in the solid rock in want what we called lost trail kenyons we found places where the indians indiana had kept stock cattle and horses and killed as they needed this explained the cause of the timidity of the indians we also found that the Nava joes had bad driven horses through here from frum beaver and the settlements along the sevier river one of the party found a government canteen in the trail with water in it two or three years olard old oid and supposed to have been lost by the Nava sava ava joes next day after traveling twelve miles we reached the foot of the tho dirty devil mountains they were steep but at the same timo time clear of underbrush which made the ca climbing I 1 m bing r comparatively easy Wee We limbed climbed 2000 2900 feet fee t and camped on pine alcove creek in a large grove of pine and aspen timber there the caterin water in the creek was 10 1 below zero P F and the weather was cloudy and quite chilly for the last few days dais we have been in a warm sandstone country now we are in a cold one and the mountains are covered with trae trac hyte a kind of igneous rock this range Is ia composed of five mountains running nearly SE and NW the first being the largest they taper dowa to the east which la is small for a mountain on the of june P S Dillen Diller ibaugh baugh and myself aftem attempted td to climb the first mountain we W took t P ok our maps mapa canteen and dinners and started at 7 in the morning we wa traveled six miles afoot aroot aroot afoot to the jhb foot of the mountain then ascended some or feet above camp were caught in a severe snow storm we climbed within feet of the top and found we were feet above the level of thelea the sea bea the soil at this place is bleak and bare with stunted brush and moss and any amount of snow the year round during the storm and after it w was very tery cold indeed so much that it ben benumbed our fingers while sketching the surrounding country the thermometer stood at 30 P F at I 1 while the sun was shining as it had quite done snowing while coming down the mountain I 1 found some fossil which proved to be of the tertiary period thus verifying the date of the upheaval of the mountains we got back to camp precisely at 7 pm having been gone 12 hours and worked very hard next morn moral t ng wp we crossed the divide between the and aud 2nd stid mountains and went down into bear park here we found plenty ot of bear sign the park is quite large and filled with large aspen timber with a clear stream of water running through it at this place found some ot of the finest loles loies poles I 1 ever saw otly oily 6 to 10 inches at the butt and 70 and feet high with a turn tuft of limbs at the top the park was bullof ruil full of timber grass grasi and flowers and was indeed a pretty place after traveling twelve miles down grade over gulches and benches benchea and through thick groves of cedar we came to a clear creek which we called creek from the amount of pebbles in the creek being composed entirely of clamped for the remainder of the day three fourths of a mile from this crek found the trail again and followed it the baxt diky for ten ton miles then lostia alto rether gether followed Follow cd six miles further down Trac hyte byte creek and camped in a deep gorge next day traveled in an easterly direction for five fire miles then north nive jive five miles to get got south two miles down grade over the base sand rock some places so steep that the horses slipped and fell a good many times dhen then went down into a large deep gulch had a very rough time getting down followed down the gulch for one mile and camped in a large grove of cottonwood cotton wood trees tree 9 witti with two large pools of water the gulch guich here was very narrow and walls about 1500 feet high vertical it was a grand camp and wo we all enjoyed it hugely next morning we followed down the gulch until we came cadace to a creek coming in from tile tiie north ibeth lle ile hero r 0 the canyon became larger lar Jar gerand and wider vider but the walls b higher gher we traveled fourteen mies miles down th the e bed of the creek and cam cwm came a to td the grand chloi r |