venient emgerancmet Ee 
no aes 
. ee 
mE 
102 
at this post, he had unsuccessflly endeavor- 
ed to induce to | 
of salmon for their winter provision. 
the summer w e salmon. lasted, 
ao lived Bentontedly raed happily, pibcgacin 
rent streams whe re the fish wi 
WAtilLOd Sil 
found ; 
et to fall, ‘ttle smokes would. be seen 
rising oO _ y 
would be found in miserable groups, starving 
out the winter ; metimes, according t 
the general belief, reduced to the ho f 
canni he strong, of course, preying 
on the Certain it is, pd sph rive: 
to any extremity for food, and. eat every in- 
sect, every creeping thin ~ howeve 
I and. repulsive. Snails, ems 
nts—all are rome Reais = readiness 
greediness 
~ In conimon ete 9 ia ‘other Indians we 
the Pacific 
co 
tive, is the universal eaies over @ very 
a ae re 
On 
10! ps . 
ongitude® of the fort is 
6° latitude 43° 49! 22'', and 
elevatio above the sea 2,100 fee 
Sitti the fire ie ae ips vat d 
ting vy ' 
waiting for the immers tellite, 
aig ae did not take cee alg Pa ssavight 
wi e ca gy RO song of the In- em 
dians, with 
ae week, they are 
y accompany a certain 
Of th 
are very 
poetry we could not judge, but the music was | 
Cie! 
yi 11.—The morning was clear, with | ing 
breeze : 
at 11 cs ea we re- 
sumed our journey ; - and ttivectiy, oe the 
river, and crossing the 
CAPT. FREMONT’S NARRATIVE. 
to lay upa store Matheurs 
While 
[1843. - 
about pagent we reached the Riviér 
unfortunate or att Ae, 4 
a pate ale stream, with an average 
breadth re 50 bie and, at this time, 18 inches 
depth of 
The ands were generally one and 
a half mile ‘broad, covered principally with 
is dry grass; and we had difficulty to find 
sufficient s for the camp. it 
ct 
point of "ha to gts the ford 
the road during the day had been very good. 
ctober 12. was clear and 
calm, and the thermometer at sunrise 23°. 
mil e mornin 
My at 
right side of the ie a little below ye ford, 
ank, nea 
- | white = oe," nd fine-grain 
r5 miles up a bro; road dry branch 
the road ente ‘ge a 
urface was ren- 
ixture of i a tek: 
near the 
es ho 
of ls cheat aig aux Bo airs aux 
level spot to be seen ; e we descended 
to Snake river-—hei looking stream, 
with a large body of water and a smooth 
pbe ced although we hear the roar, and see 
be t of rapids where 
ement 
it enters among the hills. It forms here a 
sand island in the 
the day 
nam fine hot; 
had- 
‘oat as usual, £0 soon as the sun went down, 
| was necessary to overcoats. 
T obtained this evening an ems 
| servations of the evening place 
i coe freamrremtrels 17 2, a and 
of non 
