110 — CAPT. FREMONT’S NARRATIVE. [18438.. 
had been forewarned of thin grnstion by the | stream, where, as usual, the Indians imme- 
ide, the had a watered at ly gathered 
river, and we had vai with us a suf- | was a very old man, almost blind from age, 
ficient quantity for the nig’ with long one very white hair. I happen 
November 3.—After two hours’ ride through | of my own accord to give e this old man a pre- 
a — sage country, covered as all th 
land here appears to be with good green 
grass, we desc cae 8 again into the river bot- | o 
gg our sterile 
r miles. reached the 
. & "considerable one to the Columbia. 
Ain. ah +1 
petted character of the Columbia tao at 
the present time ; and to our little party they 
had at various points a not v 
friendly disposition, in sever tempts to 
steal our horses. ace I expecte 
to find a badly disposed band, who had plun- 
dered a party of 14 emigrant mena few da 
befo taken away their horses; and 
ingly we e the necessary prepara 
tions te our secant; but happily met with 
the Fall river (Rivigre aux Chutes), | trade 
i need e 
sent of tbacen, and w with the im- 
ing, one of them spoke a few 
words co his pieples « and, telling me tha t be 
tertain no uneasiness in regard to ou 
u 
he camp, I e 
ressed to them raion we Boe at 
pone ener accdeet: making them a pre- 
ent of some large knives and a few pos. xs 
| 
rticles 
emai 4.—The road continued among 
the hills, and, we an eminence, we saw 
before wi, wal a clear stream, a 
3 tolerably large eelies, pi which the: 
no d il pass 
as high, divided into several} In comparison with the Indians of ae 
atsieith * toaky island at its outlet into} Rocky mountains and eat eas 
the Columbia, which at this ange it ey plain, these are disagreea irty in t their 
in size, ans rentl habi eir huts were crow ith half 
but they scarcely paid any attention to us. 
bay oe very roe at thi 
opportuni: carry 
tm ut 5 gen ope into the river, 
above. ‘guide was well ac- 
eninted with the ford, and we ed i 
us; | common with t 
to us as t missionary st 
a few tiles we descended to the sical 
the Dalles of the 
beeeting features, known as 
mbi whole volume of the river at 
Ww 
Colu: ia. The 
cea 
