‘of the last night. The road to-day led along | « 
the river, which is full of rapids and small 
falls. Grass is very scanty; and along the 
are scattered cedars, with an 
rocks and sage. We travelled 
14 miles, and encamped in afternoon 
iver, on a rocky cree 
which was entirely mt os with boulders 
or 
CAPT. FREMONT’S NARRATIVE. 
at | ma 
evening was at 55°, the sky almost wie 
and 
[1843, 
— could r 
their route lay through a country a ab- 
ited by wild and badly dis Indians, and 
in game; but the “on Ww 
cast, the barometer indicated an e eleva- ness and decisi 
tion of 4,400 feet. meantime, Mr. Chiles had passed a en the 
Se er 26.—Rain ee soot night, Columbia with a of ten or twelve men, 
nie ‘temperature at sunri with the intention of reac’ the settle- 
‘elling along the sae: in near 4 pore. at me: Sac direct 
a picture nate to which we | course, which indefinite information from 
gave the name of “Fall reek. It is - ters had indicated in th on of the 
able for the many falls which occur in a | head waters of the Riviér heurs 
posed of a | and having obtained there a reinforcement 
ealeareous tal, -~i le rock, composed | of animals, and a supply of provisions, meet 
principally of remains reeds the wagons before they should h hed 
om resembling that at the Basin spring 
€ soadal along the river — had been 
e rection 
At the time of their 
ing to Upper California ander: the 
: oe 
the Sacramento a great 
mass of mountains, eg 85g Sierra Ne- 
vada, here ri 
as the Great 
Californie mouhiain, wiser were at this 
ting 
t| give you e information of the 
which stesdal sae nodule of these ad- 
a | venturous traveller: 
upon. 
ur — we mel be es. to 
fortune 
course 0! 
Having discove ire Tror, we imm 
diately regained the the ‘sae the Geen 
which the pe quitted about noon, and en- 
camped at 5 o’clock on a stream ca 
river (Riviere aux a ne having travelled 
nly 13 miles. In t orth, the Salmo: 
aft river 
rocky, and tolerably 
sunset 44°, with a a clwudadsaky a vo 
ovat wind from the SW. 
ember 27.—It was now no — pos- 
to travel 
