This however is not the case from
the east, as there is comparatively no
snow at all on that side of the Rocky
Mountains ; and teams can leave
Cheyenne I>y tlie middle or 20th of
March, and encounter no ditficulty in
reaching to within from 15 to 20 miles
of the mines before coming in contact
with any snow whatever.
Tire route for them to follow is, to
come to the North Platte ; cross tliat
stream, and five or six miles from the
river, turn to the right; and traveling
in a north-westerly direction strike
Blunt’s Station on the old emigrant
road, at Devil’s Gate on the Sweet
water stream.
Seven sleighs started for the mines a
few days since from a point on Green
River, but tlie last heard from them,
they were encamped on one of the
several streams known as the Sandies.
