ITINERARY XXI.
XXI.--From Fort Yuma to Benicia, California.
From Lieutenant R. S. WILLIAMSON'S Report.
(Distances in miles and hundredths of a mile.)
Miles.
Fort Yuma, on Rio Colorado, to
6.51. Pilot Knob.
5.06. Algodones.
11.18. Cook's Wells.
21.11. Alamo Mocho.
14.16. Little Laguna.
10.29. Big Laguna.
12.92. Forks of Road.--The left-hand road leads to San Diego,
139..94 miles, the right-hand to San Francisco.
17.62. Salt Creek.
28.94. Water in the Desert.--Below point of rocks.
12.60. Cohuilla Village.
15.82. Deep Well.
10.62. Hot Spring.
7.36. East base of San Gorgonio Pass.
18.29. Summit of Pass.
27.10. San Bernadino.--Mormon town.
17.60. Sycamore Grove.
14.00. Qui-qual-mun-go Ranch.
26.60. San Gabriel River.--At crossing.
6.70. Mission of San Gabriel.
9.00. Los Angeles.
10.20. Cahuengo Ranch.--At the crossing of a branch of Los
Angeles River.
10.70. Mission of San Fernando.
5.90. Summit of San Fernando Pass.
7.15. Santa Clara River, southeast fork.
15.80. Summit of Coast Range.--In San Francisquito Pass.
18.00. Eastern base of Sierra Nevada.
6.70. Summit of Tejon Pass.
13.10. Depot Camp in the Tejon.
31.00. Kern River.--At the crossing.
10.80. Depot Camp on Pose Creek, or "O-co-ya."
24.30. White Creek.
14.90. More's Creek.
5.10. Tule River.
22.00. Deep Creek.--Deep Creek is the first of four creeks,
crossed by the wagon-road, into which the
"Pi-pi-yu-na" divides itself after emerging from the
Sierra. These streams are commonly known as the "Four
Creeks."
0.29. Cameron Creek.--The second of the "Four Creeks."
3.30. Kah-wee-ya River.--The third and principal one of the
"Four Creeks."
0.89. St. John's Creek.--The last of the "Four Creeks." At the
crossing.
28.13. Pool's Ferry.--On King's River.
12.32. Slough of King's River.
25.73. Fort Miller.--On San Joaquin River, in the foot-hills of
the Sierra Nevada.
9.40. Cottonwood Creek.
7.72. Fresno River.
12.15. Chowchilla River.--Sometimes known as "Big Mariposa."
10.39. Mariposa River.
6.03. Bear Creek.
18.33. Merced River.
18.87. Davis's Ferry.--Tuolumne River.
28.85. Grayson.--A ferry on the San Joaquin River.
27.54. Elk Horn.--The distance is by the wagon-road, and is
circuitous.
6.90. Summit of Livermore Pass.
7.20. Egress from Livermore Pass.
40.42. Martinez.--On the Straits of Carquives, opposite
Benicia, California.
Total distance from Fort Yuma to Benicia, 800.45 miles.
   
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