1842.) 
object of my anxious solicitude by ni 
a e had b on 
barometer in and 
a thousand 
broke it cai xinong the snow of the 
as felt by the whole 
iscussion —e 
rward with plea 
viel lake i is about three miles long, and of 
width, and apparently great 
depeh; ed thiehesd water of the third ‘ew 
Fork, a tribu Green river, the Colo- 
rado w n the narrative, I have 
led it Mountain lake. I encamped on the 
e, 
zomical per by which this place, 
galled Bernie ment, is made in 
110° 08° 03” weet longitude from Greenwich, 
and latitude he mountain 
peaks, as laid dows, were fixed by bearings 
from this and ot nm points. 
n the small ones 
used in sketching the soni ; but from 
azimuth, in which one | used, the 
var of the is cme east. a 
se a made in ou ork by the 
ae 
=3 
a 
4 
wn 
As I have rahe said, 
i baromete 
CAPT. FREMONT’S NARRATIVE. 
new tnier enchants Aaraceetrreners air had 
found its way into the tube, the end of which | 
remained Thad wi 
it seg thin, in order to eran. to the ut- 
ts transparency. I then secured: it 
firmly i in its place on the instrument, with 
strong glue made from a buffalo, and filled it 
with mercury, properly heated. A piece 
skin, which had covered one of th 
furnished a good 
cured with strong thread and glue, 
ss cover was screwed to its place. 
The instrument was left some time to 
and when J reversed it, a few hours after, i 
had the satisfaction to find itin perfect order; 
same as on 
immediate 
for ascending the mountains. 
_ As wil be seen on reference toa map, on 
r preparations 
of four great riv - it the continent; namely, 
_ , Missouri, and Platte 
tt bad bee my desi ign, a after hav ving 
ascended the sialon to continue our route 
f the chain, about preset mil 
present a return along tl 
across the heads of vee Yellowstone river, 
and join on ~ line pts: oo proton ee 
7, immediately at — on 
me, very reluctantly, to abandon this plan. 
mn pa se to 8st pact within the 
scope of ns; and it would have 
required an or fie sition je for the 
| accomplishment of 
ry pare worn out w 
