1844.] 
; shrubs were Purshia tridentat, 
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CAPT. FREMONT’S NARRATIVE. 
a occidentalis. merous 
shrubs wack constitute zs vegetation ef 
our intolerable thirst while jo 
try, where the heated air seems to be entire- 
the plains are now ia bloom, with flowers ly deprived of moisture. We ate occasion- | 
\ white, ree red, Aad purple. The con-| ally the bisnada, and moistened our mouths — 
tina aal ro and want of water and grass, | with the agid of the sour dock (rumeax veno- | 
Ag r mules and sus). Hourly expecti find water, we) . 
horses ; but the principal loss is occasioned | continued to press on until towards midnight, 
by their c joalet fee greater part of | when, after a hard and uninterrupted march 
e lef g in “excellent order, and | of 16 hours, our wild mules began running 
scarcely a wi some loss; | alead ; and in le or two we came to a 
and, one by one, Fuentes’s horses are con- | bold running stre so keen is the sense 
stantly dropping behind. Whenever they | of that animal, in the regions, in 
give out, he dismounts and cuts off ee aed scenting at a distan ce this necessary of life, 
and manes, to gla addle rune rths ; ast According to the information we 
vantage one can gain fro ceived, Sevier river was a tributary of 
The next day, in a or ba rough ride ae and this, accordingly, should Ses 
4 hed miles, we crossed the mountain; and, | been one bs affluents. It proved to be the 
ding 3 s smal] ere: plain, encamped io de eles (river of the Angels)—a 
creek, 
where we ioe guod 
quantity, and e of ae in holes. 
The ridge is extreme! So broken, 
presenting on this side a ait precipice, 
asses. Many 
dians fe vis ‘ble. 
—After a day’s journey of sori 
ina piesa direction, we enca 
the m 
e starte 
a Sasa ey 
branch of hi Rio Virgen (river of the Vir- 
n "puficlesh gin). 
ay 5.—On account of our animals, it 
necessary to remain to-day at this = 
rotate crowded namerous ly around us 
morning ; and we w obliged to vee 
_— in hand all day, to keen them ote ° 
e cam ey began to surround 
seb g r the convenience of pio 
we were uaring a big above, on the river. 
ere immediately driven in, and ke’ 
ose to the ca 
se the mien of the night we had a 
a very bad encampment, our fires bei 
commanded by a rocky bluff wibin 50 rr 
mis notwithstanding, we had the ri 
mall thickets of igh on the bet a 
the day the camp was 
e could comprehend them very well. 
i] pon ere the sa who had mur 
dered the Mexicans; and us 
