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:“Broke camp on the 15th at daybreak and marched to Dunshea Spring – distance of 35 miles… Broke camp on the 16th at daybreak and | :“Broke camp on the 15th at daybreak and marched to Dunshea Spring – distance of 35 miles… Broke camp on the 16th at daybreak and marched to Jackson’s Ranch – distance 25 miles, plenty of wood and water… Broke camp on the 17th at two o’clock A.M. and marched 30 miles in a northwesterly direction, attacking the Indian Camp at Sunrise…” | ||
marched to Jackson’s Ranch – distance 25 miles, plenty of wood and water… Broke camp on the 17th at two o’clock A.M. and marched 30 miles in a northwesterly direction, attacking the Indian Camp at Sunrise…” | |||
Dunshea Spring is likely Donna Schee Spring. | Dunshea Spring is likely Donna Schee Spring. | ||
Carlson writes that the [[Donna Schee Peak]] was likely named by people from Scotland for their resemblance to hills near Aberfoil named ''Dun Schie'' or fairy mounds.<ref>"[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Nevada_Place_Names/7GyVDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Donna+Schee+Nevada+Place+Names&pg=PT215&printsec=frontcover Nevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary]," Helen S. Carlson. 1985.</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Latest revision as of 04:43, 8 November 2023
Donna Schee Spring is located east of the Jackson Range.[1] [2]
Osmer's November 1865 statement:
- “Broke camp on the 15th at daybreak and marched to Dunshea Spring – distance of 35 miles… Broke camp on the 16th at daybreak and marched to Jackson’s Ranch – distance 25 miles, plenty of wood and water… Broke camp on the 17th at two o’clock A.M. and marched 30 miles in a northwesterly direction, attacking the Indian Camp at Sunrise…”
Dunshea Spring is likely Donna Schee Spring.
Carlson writes that the Donna Schee Peak was likely named by people from Scotland for their resemblance to hills near Aberfoil named Dun Schie or fairy mounds.[3]
References
- ↑ "Donna Schee Spring," GNIS 647168. Alternate names: "Dunnishie Spring, County Base Map Series, Nevada Department of Transportation, current (from 1950-60's).", "Dunnisher Spring, Soil Conservation Service, Bureau of Soils, Soils maps; various edition dates."
- ↑ "History of Use for Roads in the Jackson Mountain Area, Nevada." archive.org
- ↑ "Nevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary," Helen S. Carlson. 1985.