{"newspaper_name": "Delaware journal.", "edition": "01", "page": "p2", "byline": ""}
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.nnewt,a,t.rtiie. : inhabited by great many Ii,
a,nns mnsity na.g,,, and destitute ot fire arms, and
,yho s,bsist upon fish, roots acornS and grapes ihe
Ia,ian, umke, 10 this respect, TO any others that
have seen, cot their hair 10 tie length OF three
inches.


Iaferwarls arrived at river, which | named
laer tribe OF Indians residing on its hank>) Vim
melche. | found here faw beaver and elk, deer
and antelopes in abundance. made a small hunt,
and then attempted with my party, to cross Mount
Joseph and Join my partners at the Great oait Lake
In this, however, was disappointed. found the
snow so deepin the mountain, that my horses cohld
not travel. Five otny horses having already per-
shed for want ol'ood, was compehetl to return 70
the valley. Here leaving my party, set OUT on
the Goth May, accompanied by two men, ana taxing
with us seven horses and two mnes, winch W.re a.
den with hay, and provisions Tor ourselves, ana 10
eight ,lays we succeeded in crossing Mount Joseph
with the loss of only two horses and one mule. ha
snow on the top Of this mountain was irou tour to
eight feet deep, but 80 solid that our horses on'y
sunk into it from six TO twelve inches


After travelling twenty days from the east side OF
Mount joseph. struck the S. W. corner Of the
great Salt Lake The country between the moun-
tain and this lake is completely barren, and entirely
destitute of game. We frequently travelled two
days without water, over sandy deserts, where no
sim of vegetation was to be seen. In some OF the
rocky hills we found water, and occasionally smali
bands of Indians, who appeared the most misera5 !
of the human race. They were entirely naked
and subssted upon grass seeds, grass hoppers, &c
On arriving at the G reat Salt Lake, we had but on,
horse and one mule remaining, and they so poo
they could scarcely carry the little camp equipag'
we had with us. The balance the horses we wer'
compelled to eat as they gave out