abou ; one hundred whites, who had made a | ju nection of Laramie river with the Nebraska, 
here in Green river | Here I heard a confirmation 
valley, or Swi ter. After! ments giv w 
spending some time in buffalo hunting in thé | which had started a few days since on the 
neighborhood of the Medicine Bow moun- | trail of the emigrants, was expected back in 
tain, they w = over e ourteen days, to join the — with which 
river waters, and return to mer e by way | their families ‘and the ol had remained. 
et Water val- 
Spacileis, 
S Wiker: ; but his 
from sur- 
pepe 
anae 
=] 
‘§ 
I 
these t. hey met a a dona reception. 
Long residence d familiar oe ce 
had given to ar. "Fitzpatrick grea 
t personal | s 
influence among them, anda portion of the 
were dispose to let him pass quietly; but 
d 
ng the ertion of saps. 
Ethie: path was no longer open, and 
whites wiiek should here- 
atv meet with cer- 
at I have been 
rn, I have ac taiie that the emi- 
grants owe their er’ to Mr. Fitzpatrick 
Thus it appear that we ment te 
Was swarming red w 
and when I heard, during the lets the vari- 
cont ty and exagge 
"ig ne ’ 
full ted the. by Bridget 
HY § ed the ‘siniae | given by Bridger 
of ite clea sta he country, and 
les above. issonette, 
raders belonging to Fort Platte, 
rged the propriety of Wi with ni an in- 
three ol the 
Fh ee and two or f 
village ; in which case, ta “te th 
would be little or no hazard in encounterin 
ny of the war parties. The siinsiiah 
anger was in —_e attacked before they 
e 
should know who 
They ha 
bring upon 
the United States. This gen 
poke the | ene fluently, fred his ser- 
vices to accompany me so as the 
a Bag as desirous to pi the large 
arty on its return, fer purposes of trade, and 
oO prevail on 
ioux to venture, on account a their fear io 
m Fo 
the Crows. Fro rt Larami e 
ttes, by the peer en road, is one hundred 
and thirty-five = 7 h 
uent faces ption 
hol 
fying me sand to trade. Occasionally a 
stalk in with an invitation to 
