1843.] 
common plants d 
journey, oceu 
the — of 
af the aren near the coast of the Pacific, 
and nea among mountains | 
vada. 
During this excursion, we had surve 
o th 
rtion of the river which 
belongs to the plains, and heads in th 
ken hills of the Arkansas dividing ridge, at 
the foot of the ‘mountains. ‘hat portion of 
+} 
CAPT. FREMONT’S NARRATIVE. 
| near this 
very varie iy wa: 
of situation. I noticed it on ‘the lowlands | 
their were out 
ome been nearly a years in the co 
pe’ oe rena as nee had 
grown gray am ang th : 
Through this potion of the mountains, 
re the custo oads of the war 
parties going out agains the Utah and 
Shoshonee Indians; and ooeasionaly par- 
tie Ss from the Crow nation make ‘thei — 
mountains jit was hoped to explore on our 
— 
Reacisae St. Vrain’s fort on the ne 1 
found Mr. Fitz 
tzpatrick and 
with the ssary pack-saddles. Mr. 
Bitxpatrick, ahs = often — every 
i urse of his 
and ner 
soars in tis country, ha be d watched over 
tock with jealous vigilance, and there 
oO” 
a week, during which time 
been occupied in esa the camp; and 
the repose had been very beneficial to his 
animals, 
which sees now in tolerably good — of 
dition 
had been able to obtain no certain 
order and excellent health, | 
e | though better kno 
of the Columbia. 
expectation 0 of par hiro Far andy 
es oftheir enemies. Shortly before our 
ttacked 
hot pursuit, in which the 
-pelled to abandon the animals they had dds 
and escape eir war horses. 
Into this uncertain and dangerous regi 
three or four trappers, wno 
s part 
now could collect ne rarely ventured ; 
and consequently it seldom visited and 
little known. stim try 
the passage by a pass through a spur of the 
made by the Cache-d-la- Poudre 
The latter name is there 
reigsiic: grand” 
one ef the 
river. 
POG OD 
to return to their homes, it became necessa- 
ry to provide this party with a good hunter ; 
i in that capacity 
Alexander _ Godey, a young man about 25 
years of age, who who had been in 
race | six or seven years, all of which 
been m actively employed * hunting 
of the posts, or 
this country 
which time had 
for the 
