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the course of the river ; but we were evi- 
dently at a great height above the va 
mere Fret ween us th 
an e plains extended 
" eth of snowy felis: and broken ridges of 
/ pine-covered mou 
f 
} 
was late in es day when we turned 
siliaeds the camp; and it een rapidly cold 
as it drew towards night ne of the men 
prirdgdr Aighercsg ch of 20 
into P, oe after another, at — 
mber excessively fati 
only two o f the party having ever aavelied 
on-snow shoes before 
All our energies were. now ee 
getting our animals across the 
CAPT. FREMONT’S NARRATIVE. | 
to 
; and|r 
sent to ascend a higher peak, 
fati ‘ ig con- 
n. Two 
ighs arrived in the Goinics i 
the = ae ont I gave them all tea 
and si Sn 
the SSW: ; and 
which would destroy ou 
people back to Mr. F itepatriok, with direc- 
orning. 
ss, Mr. Talbot, 
) 
Elevation of = camp, by the boiling 
point, is et ,920 fee 
February 9.— = Durin ng the — ae ag | 
er changed, the wind rising e, and 
o snow befor 
rai 
coming weak from insufficient food 
ebruary 10.— = > tie! sent 
with a few i pedal 
said continuing on with nr icigts carr 
ing a part of the ea we had va satis- 
faction to encamp within two a half 
foot of the last mountain ridg 
S| large trees had Pye — on fire, and 4 aa 
holes, where the w had been melted 
t . 
at The st has a € appearance : 
bring our horses. Mr. the cedar is abun rae greatest 
another party, remained behind, to form an| height being 130 feet, and circumference 
intermediate station Te the ani-| 20, three or four fee ve the ground; 
mals. and here I see for the first time the white 
Fe 3.— night has been ex- $i mens of which th e magnificent 
tremely cold ; “ibe: snags still, and baa es. Hemlock spruce is among the tinr 
tifully clear. Befo sun ap is | ber, occasionally as large as 8 feet in diam- 
morning, therm aaa go Soe eter four feet above the ground ; but, in as- 
zero; 1° a whew: his rays struck the | cending, it tapers rapidly to less than one 
lofty peaks ; and 0° when they reached our | foot at the height of 80 feet. I have n 
= en her t and 
oo hte 
se 
enery and weather, combined, must 
render these iicane pti “tbe ful in summer ; | the wi 
the sky 
the me are sunny 
slightly fr from those of the 
de of the con vith 
tion of the camp, by the boiling” 
We are yt“ 
pr tart 
point, is 8,050 feet. 
feet above 
das lovelel then ae 
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Bernier and Godey, who yesterday inorn- ; 
alley, | ing had been 
ost of these trees — to peg ; 
miles of the inca: of the —— ea . hs . 
Her 
