Ab-sa-ra-ka; or, Wyoming opened: . ffalo grass were scattered betweenthe sage brush and cactus, so that the herdsfound forage without any considerable departurefrom the camp. June 25th. Marched fifteen miles, and campedon the South Fork of the Cheyenne, where thereis plenty of grass and timber; but the greatbody of the water, in extremely dry weather,passes under the sand and needs slight diggingto start it to the surface and secure an abundantsupply. At the middle of this days march, justat the summit of the divide, there is the bestview of Laramie Peak, showing its peculiarformation, where c
Ab-sa-ra-ka; or, Wyoming opened: . ffalo grass were scattered betweenthe sage brush and cactus, so that the herdsfound forage without any considerable departurefrom the camp. June 25th. Marched fifteen miles, and campedon the South Fork of the Cheyenne, where thereis plenty of grass and timber; but the greatbody of the water, in extremely dry weather,passes under the sand and needs slight diggingto start it to the surface and secure an abundantsupply. At the middle of this days march, justat the summit of the divide, there is the bestview of Laramie Peak, showing its peculiarformation, where cone after cone rises graduallyuntil a central shoot overtops them all. June 26th. Was enlivened by a successful at-tempt to open a shorter route to Wind River,avoiding Humphreys old camp; and after amarch of twenty miles we found wood, grass,and water, besides realizing a gain of over fivemiles in the general line of travel. BIG HORN MOUNTAINS. 89 June 27th. Marched twenty-one miles, to theDry Branch of Powder River, finding wood,. LARAMIE PEAK—FROM THE NORTH,5900/eei above sea level, grass, and water, though the grass was largelyintermingled with the inevitable sage brush andcactus. Early in the morning we obtained our firstview of the Big Horn Mountains, at a distanceof eighty miles, and it was indeed sun so shone as to foil with tull blaze uponthe southern and southeastern sides as they rosetoward Cloud Peak, which is nine thousand feetabove the level of the sea, and the whole rangeso closely blended with the sky as to leave it indoubt whether all was not a mass of bright cloud; 8* 90 ABSARAKA. while many, even with the aid of a glass, in-sisted that they were immense gleaming sandhills, with no snow at all. In half an hour theair itself was invigorated by the currents fromthe snow banks; and even at that distance shawlsbecame necessary, the ambulance side curtainswere closed, and it seemed as if a November daywas to succeed the summers morning, -4n front,a
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