16 CAPT. FREMONT’S NARRATIVE. {1842. 
reek, a clear handsome m, a mained up to take herpes 
ning through a broad valley. In its course | cal asec te which made our position 
— the ome ae it has a —— breadth | in — 40° 51717", and: nogbate 103° 
-two feet, and six inches 
A few wilowe on the abies ati pleasant- 
ly om the eye, by their so in the 
warm colors seem most 
of n sands 
We turned in towards the river at noon, 
and gave our horses two hours for food and 
had no r the cep than the 
d to barometer, which stood 
o, the height of the clan in the ba- 
pi being 26.235 at meridian. The sky 
was clear, with a high wi i from the south 
ly. In f the afternoon, the wind 
rose s lew hard from th- 
west, with > ade and lightning, and squalls | proa 
of rain; were blown against us with 
violence by the wind; a alting, we 
turned our bac. the storm until it blew 
over. ntelo: = tol cine: 
prey: sade 
akg. edt omy latter hardly worth ake delay of 
them ; so, as the evening 
mg near, we again had ree 
bull, and encamped 
the 
t sunset on an island in 
7.—At our camp this a eenines at 6 
0" ey the barometer was at 26. 183, ther- 
mometer 69°, and clear, with a light wind 
from the southwest. 
morn ame dre: 
except that rd marly clay 
the sandy soil. Buffalo absolutely covered the 
plain on both sides the river, and whenever 
we ascended the hills, scattered herds gave 
life to the view in every direction. Asm 
drove of es made their appearance 
e ma 
of the hoveesy’i in e si —ap- 
ching within a hundred yards without 
boing discovered. The chase — few 
minutes was interesting. My hun tor nally 
e hindmost * the wild 
ich the Indian did not 
or’ 
capture of the 
the horse, weaken 
ishment of grass, failed in a es stig * the 
fils escaped. We halted at noon 
bank of the river, the aig at dint time 
and the t 
We ate onr meat with - bac ine boing. 26.192, nee, 103°, 
health th a light air from the south, and clear 
had ric all of a long summ pas 
Ly, wi cheng In the course of the afternoon, dust ris 
sands. slept rolled up in ng hills at a particular place, at- 
their ted to Tadans lay inthe | ted our ion; an ing up, w 
grass near the fire ; ones my sleeping place | found a band of eighteen or twenty 
— had an of more pretension. | bulls engaged in a despe t. 
rifles were ti nea’ muz- | butting and gori ere bestowed liberally, 
ale, the resting ‘the ground, and a | and without distinction, y i 
knife laid on , to cut away in case | evidently d. ne—a huge gaunt 
of an Over this, which a kind | old bull, very ~~ while his adversaries 
of | y wn a large India, rubber | were all fat a r. He appeared 
cloth, which we ee very weak, a y received some 
made a tent sudieianthy large to receive unds, and, while we were looking on, was 
seats onc taaden place of | several times ked and badly hurt 
I a very few moments would have put ar 
him. Of course, we took the side of 
the weaker party, > aipeaeaggpening bus 
¥_ were so blind with rage, that they 
fought on, utterly regardless of our presence, 
on foot and on horseback o were 
in open view within twenty yards of 
But this did not last long. Ina vony 
few seconds, we ¢ 10ti 
One or two, w. 
hich were 
sled ean rn | 
