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altitude animals ascending August Banks low barometer basaltic Benicia bordered branch bridge bunch grass bushes cañon Cascade Range Chutes river Chutes valley computation construction course crossed Dalles depot camp descent Dry gully east eastern encamped escort examined exploration fallen timber feet high feet in height feet per mile flowing followed forest fork Fort Dalles Frémont grade hills horary Inches Klamath lake Klamath river Lieut Lieutenant Williamson miles from camp morning Mount Hood Mount Jefferson mules nearly Nee-nee northern numerous observations taken October Oregon party pass peaks pine Pit river prairie precipitous RAILROAD ROUTE ravine reached Reading region rendered rock rocky Rogue river Sacramento river Sacramento valley September Shasta Butte short distance Sierra Nevada Siskiyou mountains Small creek steep stream summit survey to-day Topographical Engineers travelled trees tributary Tysch creek Umpqua Upper Klamath lake Vancouver vicinity wagon road Willamette valley Yreka
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Pàgina 60 - We passed many pits six feet deep and lightly covered with twigs and grass. The river derives its name from these pits, which are dug by the Indians to entrap game. On this account Williamson always spelled the name with a single t, although on most maps it is written with two.
Pàgina 9 - Mississippi. 1. To make such explorations and surveys as will determine the practicability, or otherwise, of connecting the Sacramento valley, in California, with the Columbia river, Oregon Territory, by a railroad, either by the Willamette valley, or (if this route should prove to be impracticable) by the valley of Des Chutes river, near the foot slopes of the Cascade chain. Along Des Chutes river the character of the country is such as to render it improbable that a practicable route can be found.
Pàgina 14 - ... Two maps, constructed upon the polyconic projection, have been made to accompany this report. The first illustrates that portion of the survey which lay in California, and the second that in Oregon. The scale of each is one inch to twelve miles, or 1 : 760320. Two other illustrations of this report contain profiles of the most important portions of the routes travelled over by the surveying parties, and also of the most favorable railroad lines found in the vicinity of the trails. The horizontal...
Pàgina 11 - Williamson, Topographical Engineers, for duty on the explorations and surveys in California and Oregon, with which he is charged. It is understood that you are second in rank of the party, and that, if sickness or any accident should disable Lieut.