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f Canon.--Wood, water, and grass. 24-1/2. Cascade in Canon.--Good camps at short intervals all along Timpanogos Canon. 4-1/4. Mouth of Canon.--Wood and water. 6-1/4. Battle Creek Settlement.--Purchase forage. 3-1/4. American Fork Settlement.--Purchase forage. 3. Lehi (town).--Purchase forage. Grass near. 2-3/4. Bridge over Jordan.--Grass and water; wood in the hills 1-1/2 miles distant. 14. Camp Floyd.--Wood, water, and grass. Total distance from Fort Bridger to Camp Floyd, 155 miles. NOTE.--Captain Simpson says this wagon-route is far superior to the old one in respect to grade, wood, water, and grass, and in distance about the same. * * * * * XXIII.--_From Fort Thorne, New Mexico, to Fort Yuma, California._ [Distances in miles and hundredths of a mile.] Miles. Fort Thorne, N.M., to 14.30. Water Holes.--One mile west of hole in rock. Water uncertain; no wood. 9.19. Mule Creek.---Water at all seasons a little up the creek; wood plenty. 12.00. Cook's Spring.--Water sufficient for camping; mesquite bushes on the hills. 19.50. Rio Mimbres.--Water and wood abundant. 16.30. Ojo de la Vaca.--Water and wood. 12.00. Spring.--Constant small streams two miles up the canon; water at the road uncertain. 44.40. Rancho.--Pond of brackish water one mile to the right, four miles before reaching here. 13.90. Rio St. Simon.--Constant water a few miles up, and mesquite wood. 18.40. Pass in the Mountains.--Water on the left about two miles after entering the Pass. 6.40. Arroya.--Wood one mile up; water uncertain; small stream crossing the road 1-1/2 miles from last camp. 26.30. Nugent's Spring.--Large spring.--Excellent water one mile south, at Playa St. Domingo. 17.20. Canon.--To the left of the road. Water 1-1/2 miles up the canon, two miles from the road. 17.00. Rio San Pedro.--Water and wood abundant. 16.30. San Pedro.--Water abundant; wood distant. 20.80. Cienequilla.--Water and wood abundant. 7.30. Along Cienequilla.--Water and wood abundant; road rough. 21.80. Mission of San Xavier.--Large mesquite, and water plenty in Santa Cruz River. 8.00. Tucson.--Village on Santa Cruz River. Tucson is the last green spot on the Santa Cruz
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