were of and, 
ig = PE Pig the 
ians having robablyn adet wild. 
teesioe in fishing, 
A skunk, (mephitis 
t 
an in- 
app sieeiNes a lake country. 
e had frequent showers of rain during the 
with puniet 
rainy clouds m e horizon; ; rain 
ad n 
squalls and ce sunshine by i intervals. I) these 
h Basil to explo - 
rode ahead w 
ree marked gaps in the bor- 
| range, where the untains. ap- 
wate cut through to to their yee towards 
clnaper the river plain rose gradually. Put- 
go wines into a gallop on some fresh 
a. whic shamed. rae pa in the 
wet path, we cam enly upon 
mall | reac 
of Sho souce indians, who had fallen 
into the trail fi the ‘nort e could 
only commun ce signs; but they 
made ws understand that the road through 
the chain was a very e excellent one, ged 
y ch ran 
CAPT. FREMONT’S NARRATIVE. 
e thermometer at sunrise | ed 
shelving point, to pace: the shru 
were obliged in es 
road for the dere e oe thee h the wo 
ua 
and so wii of the Gre 
and such s animals as chance and great 
good fortune sometimes bring within their 
are miserably 
We halted to noon i th are gathered together in 
what may be called the guia of the mes villages. ‘Those who live together in vil- 
on either aide of which w uge lages, ai Seem d by association, are 
tains of rock, sila ‘ebich ae a “pita exclusive possession t ore genial 
pure water str with a margin just suf- | and sie parts of the country; while the 
passage. <From the | others are driven to the ruder mountains, 
gradually risen to an|and to the more inhospitable 
and, by meridian | country. y acrate observing, in ac- 
obs latitude of the entrance | companying us along our road, you - 
was 420, come better with these Ah se 
In the interval of our usual halt, several | than we could make you in any other 
of us wandered along up the stream to ex- 
amine more at 
leaving a very narrow, but most 
valley, thro which the little stream 
wound its way, hidden by different kinds of | 
re s spen, willow, 
cherry, and elder ; a fine verdure of smooth 
short read over th 
ould 
a very ee berpickirc and you will find 
imal thing, 
Nearly sptenchiag to the lower ani- 
mal creation, their sole e eg tebe is to 
obtain fe and t eS iy 
Standing reik: which has fallen from 
the cliffs adore, 2 nd s' standing ndic ularly 
near the of the ey 1 agestinnyi it- 
+ | self like h pass. It 
will give you a tolerably sete "jie of be 
character of the sce. in this count 
a 
