Excerpt from Report of a Reconnaissance in the Ute Country: Made in the Year, 1874Mr. Henry G. Prout, civil engineer, was placed in charge of the sur vey. My previous acquaintance with him convinced me that he would faithfully carry out his instructions, and his high idea of duty gave the confidence which that alone can give. I can only add that my choice has been one that I could not have regretted. Soon after returning, and while working up his report, he accepted a position as major of engineers in the army of the Khedive of Egypt. Though regretting to leave his work unfinished he felt that it would not be wise to refuse the offer, and I accepted his resignation. The report, as here furnished, is partly his own, and has been completed by assistant, formerly recorder, Donald W. Campbell and myself. Being almost entirely from notes taken by Mr. Pront, he has received the credit of the report itself.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.