ee ee ge ee a a 
owt a a 
‘holes. During the da 
roasted 
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A man who appeared to be a chief, wi 
two or three ose forced himself into camp, 
ors he fing 
and said he could not h “ Why,” sai 
he, “ there are none of you Counting the 
people the camp, and including in the 
number a mule which was shod, he 
made ou * Sch e; showing 
the number, “and wi a great 
many ;” and he pointed to othe ‘hills ¢ and moun- 
tains round about. “If you have your arms, 
- Said ve * 
a more res nsible being. “ Don’t say 
zat, old man,” said he; “ don’t you say that 
—your life’s in danger *—speaking in good 
English ; sree probably the old man was 
mee’ ic 
5. 
e camp last n 
in the morning, before the indiins made thet 
appearance, several men were sent to brin 
them in. When I was beginning t 
easy at their absence, they spa with in- 
on that they had 
fi en off from 
the trail. by Indians 
the 
Many of these Indians had long sticks, hook- 
ed at the ao, which they used i ir hauling out 
lizards, other small animals, from their 
y oy neal 
and ate lizards at our fires. ‘These 
in which the stones 
secen'the aiai aes: to six or 
the forma- | 
CAPT. FREMONT’S NARRATIVE. 
| given out, were killed 
bu 
nd than he will be before he 
t 
Several animals had been seta p Be left | with v 
behind near ight; and e 
to be elt 
g 
d Poe ale ~ ce nd, was — 
one, alternating with | T’ 
| convenient ford im the givOr, and Moros 
the trail on “he other side. : 
[1844, 
where lizards were the only animal, and the 
a of the lizard eaters the principal sign 
human bei i 
have ever seen—a deep rapid stream, almost 
a torrent, passing swiftly by, ol nigel 
gainst obstructions. The | 
i) 
itis 
a ready mentioned 
(Garrya elliptica), gro tig in thickets, re- \ 
sembling wilisy; sind | Beasiag a small pink 
on the 
® 
“ 
md 
oq ~ 
s 
ree remaining steers, ae entirely 
here. he boiling 
point, the ‘elevatio on of the river here is 4,060 
feet; and latitude, by a n, 36° 41’ 
33”. The stream was running towards the 
southwest, and a rom 
and to come fi 
no: 
1g how: vered with 
ollowed us stealthily, like 
rought into camp after a 
ment. ning | “ ve 
brevetiod 28 wiles 2 ae fy? 
One 
ther side the valley is bounded by ranges of 
mountains, everywhere high, rocky, 
broken. The caravan road was lost and 
Seldtaied in the sandy country, and we had 
been following an Indian trail 
reconn 
about a mile farther up, where we found @ 
oe little patch of grass. There bei 
ficient : 
oe pa with a 
abeau to a ab Sera hollow, where they 
pasture di 
mi the day; and, = be 
reli nee the mgt Bact should mak e any 
a ge oner several of the best 
{tempt on 
horses were icketed at the camp. Ina few 
honre tine iniutars found a 
Serpiers iar 
ori heat of the day, Tl 
not awake 
came te 
