sted muscles and acorns; but though 
he po diligently, he did not there suc- 
in findi it He had collected 
for ght, when he heard 
some distance from the river the barking of 
what he thought were two dogs, and walked 
in that direction as quickly as he was able, 
hoping to fin me Indian hut, b 
re t 
met only two wolves ; and, in his disappoint- 
ment, the gloom of the forest was doubled. 
Travelling the next day feebly down the 
ve or six es ce the _ 
of which we have spoken ere pai 
ing rhage soba Ao gs and “thers omting 
acorns. Bein one , they did not 
off, but ise Vg Kil, and peere 
him a eeeone — roasted a 
gave pa knife in return, 
and stretched 0 oe ie b cry to one of the In- 
ians, 
_ 
m, not certain as to what he 
ebay on, he came to the place a 
hi Ws eek he found 
th 
he oti continued on our road, 
thro the y beaatiful 
country, nook a acgutied for the pastur- 
of stock thing ever seen 
horses now 
Sa" pe ude down the right bank of the 
=. a for a while over a wooded 
where we had sigs 
CAPT. FREMONT’S NARRATIVE. 
the ev 
e 
ae = nee ied to 
1844, 
into broad groves on atl ape consisti 
ergreen, and a 
oak with a large tufted ts top, a 
Amon 
the grassy surfac 
ie A arks in an old gate 
ng rate tracks o horees 
a in Crap the ese w 
“papa 
ee 
sowie. llow 
and cattle in Be of p 
a small village of I 4 eo 
don shirts of civilized manufacture, but 
were otherwise naked, uld under: 
stand n mis appeared ene 
nothing from ms 
ae iain asteh iB _— 
made sak 
haittied a on; the: atin by 
ers, and some of the ban 
e grass was sey 
ng of 
a See of white 
ople, we discovered | 
ith fi 
8 yee absolutely 
— 
and green, and t rags oves very open 
faeg cable shravihg a broad shade nog 
sunny spots. Shortly afterwards we gav 
shout at the appearance on a little blu iF of : | 
neatly built adube house with gl ine. | 
r p, but, to our disappoint- 
pant found only Indians. The n 
no cattle, a 
een abandon e sri As 
eagerly than n ever; the river swept ro 
a large bend to the right ; “the hills lowell 
wn sr i 3 and, gradually cto . 
road valley, we came unexpectedly in 
large fons village, where the people Tooke 
ed cle pe teat cotton shirts ‘and var 
Sei artic h 
g 
soo 
° 
oe ee 
owded around us, and 
praciiia delight to find one who spoke a lit- 
re indifferent Spanish, but who at first con- 
und 
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“ee 
n these distant parts, is 
the eltizene of the Uni 
municative ; on 
to say that Capt. Sutter was a very rich 
man, lways glad to his country 
ple. e asked for his house. He an- 
swered, that it was just over the hill before 
; and red, if we would wait a moment, 
nl ee od his horse and conduct us a it. We 
eadily | sone ee civil offer. In a 
j! passing o on a the We way fl ; he hoibeet a. settler on 
