TRIP THROUGH NACHES PASS, 1841 



The two next days it rained almost constantly, but 

 they found the road much less difficult to travel than 

 before, and the streams were fordable, which enabled 

 them to make more rapid progress. 



On the 1 3th, they passed the Smalocho, and on the 

 1 5th reached Nisqually, all well ; having performed a 

 journey of about one thousand miles without any 

 material accident, except those that have been related 

 as having occurred to the instruments. They tra- 

 versed a route which white men had never before taken, 

 thus enabling us to become acquainted with a portion 

 of the country about which all had before been con- 

 jecture. They had also made a large addition to our 

 collection of plants. 



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