118. 
- The Indians A hg in big horses at 
the appointed tim pages 
obtaining a nu 5 gs teen Meee nin goods ; 
but nif were relatively per higher here, 
where e ple 
ave occasion 
our jonsney you w 
Paalic. for hardihood aL peo 
partelg 
Wieaber rae ahs this place one of the 
men was gg 
r. Perkins 
spoke a few words of the English lan- 
—We were al up sanyoin in | 
rds 
the eeatag “a a Spr hom 
_ CAPT. FREMONT’S NARRATIVE, 
ceeded in| mained 
; | Cam 
f | ciduow 
(1843. 
| accompanied us so far on our wea and re 
with us during the n 
ing, were tied and laid before the fire, and 
| guard mounted over them during the night. 
he Saseeap was cold, and na a clear. 
7 26.—The 
at 10 o’clock, the road leading ‘along: 
tributaries ot ‘the Tinan ing, 80 
very good. We turned to the "right at 
=| the fork of the trail, caoeiding steep 
ascent along a spur to the dividing ro 
etween this ~— gos the w are 
river. e had pis nea 
ers rinepally with oak and sy ber 
e here 
5 
{ 
Regnier the latter a 
m, and very lofty, leading the eye far up 
sre the sky. bered 
mmenced our jour 
ney. ie little Lb whie 
This is a large branch of the’ 
Fall river. There 7° a broad of 
thiek ice some fifteen feet wide on either 
» and the nd 
river po is swift a 
bold. The night was cold and elear, and ° 
we made our astronomic ee oe 
evening with the thermometer : 
gre We travelled 
Over y land, and encamped on 
| branch of ‘ama Ema enere there 
In anticipation of coming i alship, and? : 
to spare our horses, there much walk- 
t . 
mewhere near the mouth of this stream 
en the falls from which the river takes its 
e. 
November 27.—A fine sess “ee Mount 
co 
w - trees and bushes 
a| glittering white, and the rapid stream filled \ 
with floating ice. 
Stiletsi agd the ee —— two Indian 
chiefs. who had ompanied us thus far, 
