Pioneering the West, 1846 to 1878 : Major Howard Egan's diary, also thrilling experiences of pre-frontier life among Indians, their traits, civil and savage, and part of autobiography, inter-related to his father's . d. We began to descend a long steep hill(*Little mountain), bearing a southwest course. The most ofthe way we had to chain both wheels. As we descended theabove hill Ave saw an abundance of service berries. At 5 p. encamped at the base of the hill, on the banks of a smallclear stream of cool Avater (*Emigration Canyon creek). Itsbanks are thickly skirted with quaking asp and
Pioneering the West, 1846 to 1878 : Major Howard Egan's diary, also thrilling experiences of pre-frontier life among Indians, their traits, civil and savage, and part of autobiography, inter-related to his father's . d. We began to descend a long steep hill(*Little mountain), bearing a southwest course. The most ofthe way we had to chain both wheels. As we descended theabove hill Ave saw an abundance of service berries. At 5 p. encamped at the base of the hill, on the banks of a smallclear stream of cool Avater (*Emigration Canyon creek). Itsbanks are thickly skirted with quaking asp and cottonwoodtrees. We have come this afternoon three miles, and duringthe day eleven and one-half miles. A short time after our arrival at this place, the sky be-came oA^ercast with clouds, and a strong wind, setting in fromthe southwest, gives the appearance of a very hea\^y storm. Thegrass here is rather tall and rank, though iu places is prettygood. The sick are gaining strength as fast as could be ex-pected, considering the fatigue of the journey. The day hasbeen the hottest Ave have experienced since Ave left WinterQuarters. There Avas not a breath of air in the ra\ine, andthe dust Avas almost PIONEERING THE WEST 103 SEC. III.—WHAT WAS DONE AT SALT LAKE AND RETURN TRIP. Saturday, July 24th.—The morning was pleasant. In get-ting up our horses we discovered that some were missing, twoof Brother Whitneys and two of Brother Smoot s. The campstarted, leaving Brothers Whitneys and Smoots wagons be-hind. I rode ahead about a mile and could not find them, norsee any tracks. I then returned and went back about threemiles and found them. After I got to the wagons. BrotherWhitney and I got on our horses and rode ahead. The roadwas rough and uneven, winding along a narrow ravine, cross-ing the small stream, which we last encamped on, about fif-teen or twenty times. We then left tlie ravine and turned tothe right and ascended a very steep pitch, where we beheldthe great
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