| From | forks of road as above, to Big Sandy, striking it near its junction with the Republican Fork of Blue river, with intermediate camps | 42 |
| " | Sandy to Republican fork of Blue river | 18 |
| " | up Republican fork, with good camps | 53 |
| " | Republican fork to Big Platte | 20 |
| " | up Big Platte to the crossing of South fork | 120 |
| Camps can be had at suitable distances, with wood for fuel upon the islands. | |
| From | lower to upper crossings of South fork | 45 |
| There is a road on each side of the river, and but little choice in them. | |
| From | South to North fork, at Ash Hollow | 20 |
| " | Ash Hollow to opposite Solitary Tower, on Little creek | 42 |
| " | Little creek to opposite Chimney rock | 16 |
| " | Chimney Rock to where the road leaves the River | 15 |
| " | thence to Scott's Bluffs (Good Spring) | 10 |
| " | Scott's Bluffs to Horse creek | 12 |
| " | Horse creek to Fort Laramie | 24 |
| " | Laramie to Dry Branch and Big Spring | 12 |
| " | to Bitter Cottonwood | 10 |
| To | Willow Branch | 7 |
| " | Horse Shoe Creek | 7 |
| " | River | 8 |
| Thence | to where the Road leaves the River | 8 |
| To | Big Timber creek | 16 |
| " | Marble creek | 5 |
| " | Mike's-head creek | 12 |
| " | the River, crossing several streams | 10 |
| " | Deer creek | 6 |
| Thence | to crossing of North fork of Platte | 25 |
| From | crossing of Platte to Spring | 10 |
| Thence | to Mineral Springs (bad camp) | 8 |
| " | Willow Spring (good camp) | 5 |
| " | Independence Rock on Sweet Water | 22 |
| " | Devil's Gate | 5 |
| Up | Sweet Water to South Pass (good camps) | 104 |
| Over the dividing ridge to Pacific Spring, the waters of which run into Green river | 5 |
| Here, Hail Oregon! |
| From | Spring to Little Sandy | 20 |
| Here the road forks, the southern trail going by way of Bridger's Old Fort, and thence to Bear river. The northern (which is two and a half days less driving) strikes Green river about forty miles above the southern trail; I will give the distance on both routes. | |
| The | northern route, from Little Sandy to Big Sandy | 6 |
| From | Big Sandy to Green river
(No water and but little grass between.) | 40 |
| " | thence to Bear river, (with good camps,) | 64 |
| On the southern route:— | |
| From | Little Sandy to Big Sandy | 12 |
| Down | Big Sandy to Green river | 24 |
| Cross | Green river and down | 8 |
| From | Green river to Black's fork | 15 |
| Up | Black's fork to Bridger's Old Fort | 30 |
| From | Old Fort to Little Muddy (poor camp) | 8 |
| " | thence to Big Muddy (poor camp) | 10 |
| Up | Big Muddy to the dividing ridge (good camp near head of creek) | 32 |
| Over | dividing ridge to spring | 10 |
| From | spring to camp on Bear river | 6 |
| " | thence to where the northern trail comes in | 10 |
| To | Smith's fork three miles, to Narrows four miles, and thence to crossing of Bear river three miles | 10 |
| Here the road forks; the nearest is to follow up the creek two miles, cross and then go over the ridge five miles to foot of Big Hill, where the roads again unite | 7 |
| The other road crosses the river, follows up the bottom about ten miles, re-crosses and is then about seven miles to junction. | |
| From | foot of Big Hill, to top of ridge is about | 3 |
| " | thence to Big Timber on Bear river | 4 |
| Here is a company of American traders and trappers | |
| From | Big Timber to Soda Springs | 36 |
| " | Spring to Soda Pool seven miles, to Spring Branch three | 10 |
Upon reaching the Columbia, emigrants should have persons in advance to select suitable places for camp ground: as the country along the river is extremely barren, and the grazing limited to small patches.
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