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4 foe ae The 
Ss position 
on on the Lower Platte 
the 22d w Pace at the village of 
and P: ances, o oe the right bank of the 
river, pace thirt above the mouth of 
the ing in 
m avery 
welcome supply of vegetables. 
The morning : the 24th we reached the 
Loup fork of the Platte. At the place where 
we forded it, this stream was four hundre 
and thirt rds broad, wi swift curre 
of clear water ; in this respect, differing from 
€ opposite b 
agate peer pc and descending 
e bed he river in order to avail our- 
sun, which gave for the latitude of the mouth 
Loup tork, 41° 22’ 11” 
ive or six days previously x had sent 
forward ©. Lambert, with two m 
vue, with directions to ask fro om 
Sarpy, the gentleman i in charge of the ve 
rican | 
miles, according to our rp we 
from the junction of the forks, and five 
dred and twenty from Fort Laramie 
From the ju netion we had fouritl the bed 
— oWfthe Diait tele nea. 
CAPT. FREMONT’S NARRATIVE. 
are a 
oursel 
dictebiag the Missouri, n 
ve | cal observations 
_ ‘many of them very large, and all well tim- 
[1842 
bered ; possessing, as. well as: the bottom 
lands of the river, a very excellent soil, 
With th SC 
ber. 
of low grounds, covered with a profveien of 
fine grasses, and are ndated in 
e spring ; the re maining par ni is “high river 
prairie, entirely bevond the influence o 
ds. The b 
floo the river is usually 
three-quarters of a wie except where it is 
enlarged by is - yoo That portion of i 
course which is occupied by Grand island 
has an average breadth, Lain shore to shore, 
of two aS a half m 
Ociober 1.—I rose this morning long be- 
fore daylight, t, and heard with a feeling of 
pleasure the tinkling of cow-bells at the set- 
Early in the day y arpy’s 
residence ; and, in urity and comfort 
a his hospitable mansion, felt the pleasure 
of being again wit om of civilisa- 
n. We wer at on the stocks; 
a few days sufficed to complete her ; and, in 
the afternoon of the 4th, we barked on 
the Missouri. All our equipa rse 
arts, an materiel of the camp—ha 
ansas, exactly four months since we 
had ie ee trading post 
houte: n the 
re ni 
ves in meena and 
regularly at “tight and at 
midday, whenever the oe r = permite, 
ions on 
our 
These 
operat 
nued until our ge na tthe ro igeie 
“Loni the 
m- 
Missouri, on the i 
ery respectfully, sir, 
; ient servant, 
r& me she pas 
2d Lieut. Corps of T: ‘opog’| Engineers, 
