Duck Creek, .    .    .    .    7    350

Lone Tree,..... 30    380

Ancient Bluff Ruins, ...    44    424

Chimney Rock,    21    445

Scott's Bluffs, Capitol Hills,    .    23    468

Raw Hide Creek, ....    41    509

Platte River Ferry, * .    •    .    11    520

Fort Laramie, ....    2    522

Miller's Peak, .    .    .    .    51    573

Gravstone Bluff, .    30    603

Sandstone Bluff,    .    .    .    9    612

River Fourche Boissfe,    .    .    15    627

Avenue Rock, .    .    .    64    691

Willow Springs,    ....    9    700

Rock Independence, .    .    21    721

Devil's Gate,..... 6    727

Ice Springs, ....    45    772

Three Lakes,..... 23    795

Quaking Asp Creek, ...    8    803

South Pass, .    .    .    20    823

Junction op Salt Lake Road,    24    847

Big Sandy Creek, ....    8    855

Clay Mound, ....    3    858

Green River,..... 47    905

Lost River,    .    .    .    .    14    919

Quaking Asp Grove,    ...    40    959

Fort Bridger Road, ...    12    971

Two Bluffs,..... 8    979

Cold Spring,    .    .    .    .    12    991

Bear River,.....16    1007

Same, via Fort Bridger Road, .    63    1034

Deep Creek, .    .    .    .    .    5    1012

Indian Creek    .    .    .    .    12    1024

Beer or Soda Spring, ...    20    1044

Junction op Oregon Road,    6    1050

Or, via Salt Lake City,    .    .    1074

Head of Humboldt River, .    .    279    1329

Sink of Humboldt River,    .    .    331    1660

Summit of Sierra Nevada, .    .    211    1871

Sacramento City,    ....    140    2011

San Francisco,    .    .    .    .    150    2161

NUMBER AND LENGTH OF THE SEVERAL
DESERTS WITHOUT FEED OR WATER, OR
EITHER.

From Big Sandy to Green River, without

water,.....  49

From Big Sandy to Green River, without

grass,......53

From a point on Humboldt River to a point

on the same, without either, .    .    28

From Sink of Humboldt River to Carson

River, without either, ...    69

From a point on Carson River, to a point

on the same, without either, .    .    26

TO SALT LAKE CITY.
Same as above to East Junction of

Salt Lake Road,    .    .    .    847

Junction to Fort Bridger, .    .    Ill    958

Fort Bridger to Salt Lake City, .    113    1071

Salt Lake City to West Junction of

California Road,    .    .    .176    1247

TO OREGON.

Same as above to Junction of Ore-
gon Road,.....1050

Or, via Salt Lake City    .    .    .    1074

Fort Hall...... 49    1099

Pannack River .    .    .    .    12    llll

American Falls, .    ...    10    1121

Raft River,.....19    1140

Rock Creek, ....    78    1218

Chute or Salmon Fall River, .    28    1246

Crossing Snake River,    .    .    40    1286

Fort Boisse,.....130    1416

Malheur River, .    .    .    .    29    1445

Burnt River,..... 43    1488

Powder River, ....    40    1528

Grand Ronde, ....    28    1556

Blue Mountains, .    .    .    17    1593

Walla-Walla, on Columbia River,    78    1651

Uinatillah River, ...    25    1676

John Day's River, .    .    .    .70    1746

Falls River, ....    20    1766

Dalles of the Columbia, .    .    20    1786

Cascades,.....51    1837

Fort Vancouver, ....    53    1890

Oregon City, ....    34    1924

ALTITUDES OF THE PRINCIPAL POINTS ON
THESE ROUTES, ABOVE THE OCEAN.

Ft.

Council Bluffs, about ....    900

Fort Laramie......4100

South Pass,......7100

Fort Bridger,..... 4500

Salt Lake City, .    .    .    .    .    4100

From Salt Lake City to Sink of Carson's

River, ....    4000    to 5000

Summit of Sierra Nevada, .    .    .    7200

Sacramento,......100

N. B. The distances from St. Joseph are about
128 miles greater. The distance of Council
Bluffs from New York, via Chicago, Dubuque,
Galena, Cedar Rapids, and Fort Des Moines, is
1511 miles.