1843.) 
of foliage, and a. yards wide, 
trasts with n: crags that spire up into a 
blue line a pinnacles 3,000 feet. above, | 
meets rested with cedar and pine, 
some 
Namek oa bare. 
The J detention that we met with in open- 
ing the Linh pa perhaps a willingness to 
linger on 
travel a ae abo 
= 
& 
3 
3 
5, 
a 
r gate, 
and e pedo t the junction 
of a little fork pistes < wi Sat around 
hich the mountains a ners gently 
down, forming a small open 
As it was still early in ey afternoon, 
Basil and epnlgoe in one direction, and 
CAPT. FREMONT’S NARRATIVE. 
sun, T obtained here, 
gave 42° 14’ 22” for our latitude, and | 
barometer indicated a of 5,170 feet. 
. number of Indi 
ver to visit us, py several men were sent 
tc the village with goods, , knives, 
cloth, vermilion, and the trinkets, to 
eg for provisions. But they had no. 
game of any kind; and it was ult to 
obtain ~ roots from ses as they were 
miserably poor, and i but ai. hi 
from hao winter s stock of pro Sey- 
eral of the Indians drew aside ‘hee banks, 
showing me their lean and bony figures ; 
and I would not avis Coder tempt them with 
a display of our merchandise to part with 
Eres n another, set out to explore me ian wretched gs nance, wie they gave 
untry, aa ascended different perenporing as a reason that d expose > to 
Sais n the hope of seeing s indica- | temporary starv wise a pia t portion of 
tions of the lake; but though our ya Resa the region inhabited by this wens pate 
orded. magnificent views, the eye rang- aboun ded in game ; the buffalo ranging about 
ing over along e of Bear river, with | in herds, as we had fou nd het et n the east- 
the broad and sigh ane ge ~ ce 
tere 
rection 0 
n a bed of poh hk, pd 
mountains. mong the oats the trail we 
been following turne 
y to the no ar 
had | that n 
now, as we journeyed along, an occa- 
sional buff lo skull a a few mi antelope 
were all rated remained of t undance 
which had covered ye country Ee animal 
with some lightning and thunder. : 
ugust 30.— had constant thunder 
during the night, but in the morn- 
ing the clouds were sinking to the horizon, 
and the air was clear ae cold, psa re 
Elev 
pass withou 
“The bil hills on. the right grew 
entering a more open coun- 
> Ww | Maicost..2 Shoshonee village ; | mense 
desirous to oo oe i 
eA OLOL Een 
Californ: 
| Lewis’s fork of the Columbia river; the 
| meridian of Fort en forming the 
ife \ 
The extraordinary rapidity with which 
the buffalo is disappearing from our territo- 
Freaks a n 
hk tak rag spr 1824, at 
Bear river valleys, and through all the 
country tween the or 
Green river of the gulf br ia, and 
Hall th 
