Overland Pass Route

Long divide; fuel plenty; no grass nor water. After 10 miles the road branches to the right hand to Gravelly Ford of Humboldt River. Cross a dry bottom . Cross Smith 's Fork of Humboldt River in Huntingdon Valley; a little stream; bunch-grass and sage fuel on the W . end . Ascend Chokop's Pass, Dugway, and hard hill ; descend into Moonshine Valley. Station at Diamond Springs; warm water, but good.

23 miles 8 am to 1:45 pm  Oct 8, 9

The Yutes

The Yuta claim, like the Shoshonee, descent from an ancient people that immigrated into their present seats from the northwest. During the last thirty years they have considerably decreased according to the mountaineers, and have been demoralized mentally and physically by the emigrants: formerly they were friendly, now they are often at war with the intruders. As in Australia, arsenic and corrosive sublimate in springs and provisions have diminished their number.

Spring Valley to Schell Creek

Road over the valley for 2 miles to the mouth of Shell Creek Kanyon, 6 miles long. Rough road; fuel plentiful. Descends into Spring Valley, and then passes over other divides into Shell Creek, where there is a mail station ; water, grass, and fuel abundant

18 miles 6 am to 11 pm Oct 5

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