ve 
who end 
ss than ourselves, and believed 
any further effort; and, for pees e, 
were brought to a stand. = 
- one that we were entering the dee 
d here began the difficulties of the 
inouatahens and to hi t to all, 
ome enterprise seemed hope I returned 
short distance back, to the break in the 
hollow, ——s I met Mr. Fitzpatrick. 
CAPT. FREMONT’S NARRATIVE. 
141 
his blanket, and began to weep and lament. 
“] wanted to see the whites,” said he; “I> 
|came away from my 
whites, and I wouldn’t care to die 
m; but h ed eerste 
into the cold night and gloomy forest, and, 
drawing his — over his head, began 
again to lament 
Seated iosad the tree, the fire illumina+ 
fing the rocks and the tall bolls of the pines 
d been eee the night be 
oe level ground, protected 
0° 
sprang up ms sundown, made it 
d, which s 
is was one of the bit- 
wi 
intensely cold; and thi 
- terest nights during the jou 
mey- 
Two Indians joined our party here ; ; pe 
one of them, an old man, immediate 
was a si 
phrases inde eonnes f 
rendered his speech striking, and aa un- 
Tousical. 
We had now begun to understand some 
words, and, with the aid of signs, easily 
led the old man’s simple ideas. 
‘ituation hopeless, covered his head with 
‘cold, I threw 
]| had deserted. 
at cates | 
ow; and| w 
and the old Indian ha aranguing, 
Our guide was standing by the fire with all. 
on his shoul 
kets. We missed on 
afterwards, and never saw him again. 
His bad faith and treach 
perfect keeping pe ger vor 
es 
his finery on; and seeing = reg in the 
of my 
a 
= 
a) 
e wor minutes 
He 
were in 
of Indian character, whic 
course with this people had geaileatty ‘ected 
upon my mind. 
While a gontiea of the camp were oc 
ied in bringing up the baggage to this 
point, the remainder were busied in making 
sle hoes. I had determined 
to explore the 
sledges were = be used in transporting the 
geage. 
The oe here consisted wholly of | 
granite. 
a white 
‘The aie: _ wie porieaily clear, and, . while 
the sun was in the sky, warm and 
By o Goicrindini our latitude was 380 42 ra 
26"; — elevation, by the boiling point, 
7 ,400 fee 
Fe ri 
—Accompanied by Mr. Fitz- 
patrick, I set sa to-day witha eat 
in 
party, on snow 
prairie ; > 
traced with t 
