140 CAPT. FREMONT’S NARRATIVE. [1844 
ae wested permission to kill it. Leave 
cass Spread out on the snow, the 
bat looked very go atts 
ry vant 4 t made a| was so Pasi in th 
strengthenin. a for the eae part of 
the dians brought in two or three 
rabbits: during the ‘day, which were pur- 
chased wie 
nar o 70 feet Arete and 
now tively ye over. os e 
with large eat aa willow tox 
wig a By observation, the "atitu e of 
‘5 
February 2.—It had ce ased snowin eg, 
were rapidly di h . 0 
Indian shook his head as he poited to the 
icy pinnacles, shooting hig gh up into the sky, 
and seeming almost immedia ately above u 
e n the ice, and leaving 
it immediat tely, we commenced the ascent 
of the mountain along the valley of a tribu- 
ple were —— 
tary stream. e peop 
’ silent ; for every man knew that our enter-| th 
prise was 
rdous, and ‘ins issue @ doubite 
Phié-enow deepened rapidly, and it soon 
became necessary to break a road. For 
service, a party of ten ormed 
aaeas on the strongest horses; each 
man in succession opening the road on foot, 
_ oron kivecback, ae himself and his horse 
became fatigu ued, he steppe 
a little hi hie athens a 
itt igher wre on 
its banks i in ‘alia four feet depth of snow. 
found — an open hill side, where 
a the wind and the sun had melted the snow 
‘ saitibiont bunch grass for | 
ee nl 
elite mene eee 
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w 
ve extraordinary 
the 
river, a. be eer to the Indians, issues 
from a n to the south. The snow 
were 
e opened our soa be the same 
maou only sev 
wa es 
miles ; and encamped by some springs at 
bo foot of a high and pi ‘hill, by which 
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8 
a 5 
Se eage2 
+ 
° 
Oe a Rice ele 
—— was 120 to 130 feet, and one that 
easured near by was 6 feet in diam- 
ing no grass exposed here, the | 
s. "Ther e bei 
horses were sent back to that whic h we had. 
the w: t of the day, and then hard 
frozen g ade a foundation that 
would bear the weight of the animals th 
next ae a. he day several In- 
dians joined u ow shoes. These were 
made of a siesta’ sen, about a foot in di- 
ameter, — eee -_ being filled with 
an open network of nese 
ont t ahead reps with 
wo or three men, each with a led hor 
road. 
g\t 
break the We were obliged to aban 
the 
on the hollow entirely, a and work along 
ch w 
e| mountain side, whi very steep, and 
the snow covered he a an icy crust. We 
and led 
in summer, the — aaoaeek over a small 
precipice. Here a short distance of 
dividing ground ‘ion the two ridges, and 
be e in, s across, 
w. m presented a field of snuw. At 
the noms or western side rose the middle 
crest of the mountain, a dark-looking ridge 
of gr roc rag 
ee? was covered aa coher of 
T ould paiecwhieh the guide indicated 
here, we attempted in the afternoon to force 
fa road; but — a laborious ae 
Vest  paety a. out, cnsirely secusinds ingen 
