1843.] 
be applied to these two 
-such sudden and iitiotes 
proximate places of 
ntrast. 
as i 
We were now munbdatly on the verge | 
of the forest land, in which we had been 
travelling so many days; ani, L soaking for- 
ward to the east, s o be 
seen. Viewed fr rom our r eloration gn face 
of the. country te ks and 
ted agin in which the 
CAPT. FREMONT’S NARRATIVE. 
| the grass was. 
certainly as 
mee Pi but the mu 
from a hing amped n 
the eastern point of the lake, where there 
ween the hills a 
, 
all game which minis- | the bed of 
ters to their hunger and nakedness. Broad-| nected the lake with other waters in the 
ly marked by the boundary of the mountain | spring. 
wall, and immediately below us, were the| The observed latitude of this encampment 
first waters of that Great Interior Basin | is 42° 42’ 37”. 
which he Wahsate d Bear t| December 19.—After two sie ride in 
edge 
of which w ered upwards oe three 
tale betes, at he. Great Salt lake 
Wh ciently admired the 
o think about 
ways along the roc 
on for four o or five miles, making ineffectual 
attempts several places; and at | 
ct 
eho 
Hohe fires to ight on 
r and over two 
obgervation, the latitude of this eneampm ment 
ntil near | a 
rsh, or dry 
| panding waters of the stream. 
an easterly direction country, | 
the van aaige with pine a ‘til to our) 
right; @ a rocky and bald but lower one | 
n the left, we moe a pepe egy fresh- 
aise stream s from 
mountains. 
judge, betw 
had Sree sie 
did appear 
nnection, as 
any < © 
no ays 2 ys 
might e sd Fo the i ements condition 
h| of the lake water 
The rapia stream of pure water, roaring 
along between banks overhung with aspens 
d og was a refreshing and unex- 
pected sight; and we 
ered with high reeds and rus! 
every thing in order; e only | here. It was evident that, in other seasons, 
2 short camp along the western shore of the | this place was a sheet of eons 
e, which, in the summer tempe we | this een * t the eastern hills, an 
—— to-day, Sussiest had ng over a bordering “plain of Seery | 
give urse wou! n us| sands, i? with artemisia, we encamped | 
to Ti yee shat iets over the highlands | before sundown on the son which here | 
beyond ; but I distr e of | was ve aving lost its water in the 
the country, and decided to follow a plainly | marshy We found here tolerably 
beaten Indian trail is side | good wind to-night was high, 
of the lake. digs w ina and we h our huge pine fires, 
where. t water and of grass | but were driven to our old resource of small 
here 
mare mals erous, and great cau-} dried ws and artemisia. About twelve 
Fae ling fin iles ahead, the ord appears to be 
ae jer 18.—We continued on the tal in by a high, dark-looking ridge. 
eee ogy gale anh Ares the ember 20.—Travelling forafew hours 
sane ae and the lod dwn , from which pons stream this morning, we. a 
We had ro _ before. Al-| point of the hill on our left, and came sud- 
we crossed a little | denly in sight of another and 
omen erery dat, of pure cold wacer ; and and |lake, 
which, along its eastern 
