is watered by many small streams, and is
settled. The camp is on the pretty stream of San Gabriel,
where there is a good camping-place.

14.25. City of Los Angeles.--The road passes the Mission of San
Gabriel, then enters a ravine among hills and broken ground;
it then descends and crosses the river which waters the
valley, and enters the city. There is a good camp upon the
point of a ridge on the left bank of the river.

23.00. San Pedro.--Good camp.

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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 "