1843.) 
around which the hills oe 4 ares a man- 
e. Pe to give it the a of an old 
Cc Here were strata a rcke 
of f black éorkited rock, and ‘ils composed | Ri 
f the sam 
e summit of one of which 
We travelled to-day thr a country re- 
ges pe the that hes Bean wh where, ee 
hilly, the road was good, be- 
a Mhevi"® np entity ree from rocks and 
artemisia. ‘T’o our left, below, was the t 
sage plain; a on the right we Ne near 
mountains, nted oothly 
broken sheittter: or rather a fariaae wave 
into numberless hills. bi road was occa- 
sionally enli vened Be 
ies extremely beat fa 1] and pleas- 
we were set fe to be free from 
When we had tray- 
es, we were nearly opposite 
the highest porand' of the mountains bi 
the left side of po Smoke river reget 
prtdactd Boisée 
ear the e where it de- 
bouches into the plains, with high i ene 
of basalt, between walls a which it pass 
ountains. 
pea 
confining its valley in a very ru country. 
endin ng the hills, after travelling a few 
miles along ug 
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aS 
ce) 
3 
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n 
rnoon to tosmneke a pleasant camp under 
here were several Indian 
‘On the 8th we ee 26 miles, the | m 
t having 
scattered pines on 
the upper ; and, continuing the next 
Se net cratere 
day’s travel of 24 intel 
CAPT. FREMONT'S NARRATIVE, 
ing Indians, and | our vo 
101 
arrived at Fort This is a simple 
Boisé. 
rer, alt | on the right bank of Snake 
ut a mile below the mouth of 
uu 
again surrounded by the sage; artem 
dentata, and the different shrubs which ‘ai | 
raisin 
oo d 
which was abundantly supplied, come appear- 
in rive ; and we had an 
ve extremely “tind 
i of fresh butter, 
During the soaps: the only “rong 
is deri 
ved frou the 
Printiag? tie group of Indians who tad 
the mountains on the left 
just arrived 
‘side of the valley, and who were regarding 
of civilisation with an 
: a or tomiinel eam 
| formed me that, every year since bi arena, 
