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Miscell.

Little or no mining has been done on the Trinity below the South fork on account of the Indians.  New River was discovered in the fall of 1851 by men from the Salmon.  They first called it Arkansas River.  Arkansas [[underlined]] dam [[/underlined]] is 4 miles above Cañon Creek.

The Indians on the Salmon are almost all extinct.  There are none on the north fork, in the South only one small band & on the main river but one down to Woolleys Creek.
The upper Salmon Indians belong to the Shasta tribe, that is from the  forks up, though on the South fork they are connected with the Trinity Indians as the passage is a short one over and they intermarry.
Below the forks they belong to the Arra Arras.  The remains of houses and their own report show very considerable numbers here at a former period.
I noticed a drink at the head of the South fork of Salmon in use among the Indians made from the berries of the manzanita.  It was acid, but whether from the natural taste of the fruit or fermentation I did not learn.  The men said it tasted like cider. 

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Distances on Salmon.

From [[underlined]] Orleans Bar to Gullion's [[/underlined]] or to Crapo's bridge. 15 miles.
Over summit range, steep travel trail forks in coming down one branch running to Gullion's the other to Crapo's

[[underlined]] Mouth of Salmon to Woolley's Cr. [[/underlined]]
7 miles.  four miles from the mouth the trail leaves the river and takes up the mountain, (Mule trail) at Indian Bottom.  three miles beyond it comes down on Woolley's Creek about a mile from the mouth.

[[underlined]] Woolley's Creek to Burnt Ranch [[/underlined]]
6 miles.  The road from Woolley's Creek takes up the mtn. again, keeps along side hills about two miles from the river and comes down again at Burnt Ranch.

[[underlined]] Burnt Ranch to Gullion's Bar [[/underlined]]
8 miles.  From Burnt Ranch keep along the river a couple of miles to a creek, up there & up a mountain & thence again down on some bottoms, cross another large creek two miles below Gullions (Morehouses) & thence along not far from the river but over a hilly trail to opposite Gullions.