68 CAPT. FREMONT’S NARRATIVE, [1843 
Li ape in was made extremely rough by the ~~ 
cert TT tough i of artemisia tridertata,* 
with the brighter — of aspens, and | this;country commonly called.sage. > 
i ts like lawns between ane; evplizab now began to make its ap- 
patches among the pines, and here mpa ids; and we were, 
and agp ppd a haiganns Our route sialeen! sheut to quit for a long time this try of | 
lay ov excellent pasturage and brilliant flowers.| 
e plain, covered with 
the ine  beiiest pai and the da 
} 
rage. These were tim 
willow ane aria cotton-wood, mi 
as we approached the 
nearly towards n S- 
parcette a nigag se flax. oc- 
eurred _ Shae in bloo e halted at 
on the most tay oy or ea : i 
river—a han stream about sixty feet 
eep, with gions water 
airs: pg the 
e| The 
sionally places 
old aequaintance, with a 
ings as much awakened — we had come in 
sight of an old farm hou He proba- 
bly his: escape from some y of 
2 ts on Greenriver; and, witha vivid 
jremembrance of some old green field, he 
ad scape 
t Elm grove, near a fasten, hav 
ing Acom in that 
ey were on their way fire and saw occa- 
ween re e had eaten and Tain 
own to rest; but d ace see him for about 
oe rave oe: ee to the fort, having 
untably e d Indians and eve ry 
mischane 
sian ening on the princi- 
pal fork "of Medicine Bow river, near “sing 
easure in offering to 
Ss 
te flavor soup. It grows more 
abundantly, and in greater luxuriance, on 
Bebe SG. Bee eighboring tributaries of t 
acl on 
iting the country, 
he | and red willo ow; and 
species. onion was very abundant } 
e e an immersion of the first satel. | 
night ; os morning is clear 
* The greater portion of our submequentjour- 
region whero tnis shrub cop~— 
which appeared to be about 1,800 feet 5a 
ys 
ny beat: quantity of sno 
timbered w 
the afternoon a 
I ob- 
16”; ; elevation 
part ee ee ven ot last 
and cool. We 
streams were | 
h the long-leavnd itemdceod | 
BE latitude, oe 
