Note 111 — JOURNAL OF TRAVELS OVER THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS (continued 2)
Reading edition
The Little Deschutes, rising on the slopes of Mount Hood. See reminiscences of William Barlow, son of the leader of this party, in Oregon Historical Quarterly, iii, pp. 71-81. He speaks of the lack of good tools for opening the road, rusty saws and axes being the only implements available to the builders. They frequently reverted to firing the underbrush ahead of them.—Ed.