 and perhaps if they had known the difficulties that were ahead of them, they would have wanted it to be many weeks. I have seen the Rocky Mountains for the first time today. They look stupendous in the dim opaque of the horizon. There is but a faint line marking their existence and altitude. Martha Spence Haywood. October 2nd. Arrived at the South Pass, the backbone of the American continent, and drank at the Pacific Springs.