 | United States. Congress. House - United States - 898 pages
...characteristic ; but where there is so much water, there iiiust be some oasis. The great river, and the great lake, reported, may not be equal to the report ; but...eastern part of the Basin, containing Sevier, Utah, and thu Great Salt lakes, and the rivers and creeks falling into them, we know there is good soil and good... | |
 | John Charles Frémont - America - 1840 - 290 pages
...characteristic ; but where there is so much water, there must be some oasis. The great river, and the great lake, reported, may not be equal to the report ; but...creeks falling into them, we know there is good soil and good grass, adapted to civilized settlements. In the western part, on Salmon Trout river, and some... | |
 | Robert Smith - Society of Friends - 1846 - 434 pages
...characteristic ; but where there is so much water, there must be some oasis. The great river and the great lake reported, may not be equal to the report ; but...creeks, falling into them, we know there is good soil and good grass, adapted to civilized settlements. In the western part, on Salmon Trout river and some... | |
 | John Charles Frémont - America - 1846 - 402 pages
...characteristic ; but where there is so much water, there must be some oasis. The great river, and the great lake, reported, may not be equal to the report; but...sands to swallow them up. In this eastern part of the Unsin, containing Sevier, Utah, and the Great Salt lakes, and the rivers and creeks falling into them,... | |
 | John Charles Frémont - Discoveries in geography - 1846 - 200 pages
...lakes to hold the accumulated waters, or sands to swallow them up. In this eastern part of the Busin, containing Sevier, Utah, and the Great Salt lakes,...creeks falling into them, we know there is good soil and good grass, adapted to civilized settlements. In the western part, on Salmon Trout river, and some... | |
 | John Charles Frémont - Discoveries in geography - 1846 - 326 pages
...characteristic; but where there is so much water, there must be some oasis. The great river, and the great lake, reported, may not be equal to the report ; but where there is so much snow, there must he streams; and where there is ito outlet, there must be lakes to hold the accumulated waters, or sands... | |
 | John Charles Frémont - California - 1849 - 478 pages
...there is so much water, there must be some oasis. The great river, and the great lake, reported, Tnay not be equal to the report ; but where there is so much siow, there must be streams ; and where there is no outlet, here must be lakes to hold the accumulated... | |
 | John Charles Frémont - California - 1850 - 476 pages
...streams ; and where there is no outlet, here must be lakes to hold the accumulated waters, or sands 10 swallow them up. In this eastern part of the Basin,...creeks falling into them, we know there is good soil and good grass, adapted to civilized settlements. In the western part, on Salmon Trout river, and some... | |
 | John Charles Frémont - Discoveries in geography - 1850 - 472 pages
...characteristic ; but where there is so much water, there must be some oasis. The great river, and the great lake, reported, may not be equal to the report ; but where there is so much mow, there must be streams ; and where there is no outlet, here must be lakes to hold the accumulated... | |
 | John Charles Frémont - America - 1852 - 466 pages
...there is so much water, there must be some oasis. The great river, and the great lake, reported, <nay not be equal to the report ; but where there is so much mow, there must be streams ; and where there is no outlet, here must be lakes to hold the accumulated... | |
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It is called a desert, and, from what I saw of it, sterility may be its prominent characteristic ; but where there is so much water, there must be some oasis. The great river, and the great lake, reported, may not be equal to the report ; but where there... 
