1844.] 
Rocky mountains, and, according to the best | w 
information we could obtain, separated only 
by the rocky wall of the ridge —_ the head | not for us to inter 
nsas te iB 
of the main A: 
e had 
a ou rk of th 
as which, you will find it laid down 
But descending it _ eeonan 
rtion of its course, we hav 
able to gts this point iinheies * 
nthe evening, a band of buffalo furnished 
“ i ELAN naa by charging through the 
a the following day, we “pi the 
mountainous range, crested wit 
na on . | a aks; and below, i it -y go 
e character an age le 
ee oo rsed amo low woode 
openly with pine a quali spy contrast- 
a gg 
As soon as they had give 
formation, they filed the air with cries and 
ntations, whi hich - m: s and 
as 
e Utahs had very injudiciously 
yee their ville which, ace to 
n, numbered about 300 rose Ad- 
CAPT. FREMONT’S NARRATIVE. 
oe ul | fiel 
_ prairies, | i 
uae ae 
with 
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ould immediately have provided us with 
the best horses at the village ; but it was 
fere in such a conflict. 
Neither party were our friends, or under our 
tection ; an was ready to prey up- 
n us that cou ut we could not hel 
i at bei 
oe or este ig wi 
upon us ; and, gearing up immediately, w 
ept peek along the pines of the rid ia 
ing it between us and the village, and keep- 
ing the scouts on t give 
passed by the mmedi- . 
~ below us, horsemen were galloping to 
fr ro, ve gtr npeae of ip. were gathered 
wounded and dead, 
ya ought in from the 
We scaled to press on, and, ¢ 
ing another fork, which came in tices the 
right, after havin a es from 
the village, ed ourselves strongly in 
the pines, a short distance from the 
During the afternoon, Pike’s k had 
been plainly in view before us, and, from 
our a pe 87° com- 
pas his was a fa 
miliar elgeet, and it 
had for us "4 face of an old friend. At its 
e next day we 
continued its course towa 
and taking a southeasterly direction, 
crossed a 
about ten miles -<— 
ro the South Park, 
left the river, which 
s Pike’s Peak ; 
in 
fips 
found 
y rugg 
sting, ome well Watenid y nume: 
e Arkansas river, ~~ ag 
sas valley. 
followed were dispersed among 
crossed over into the more’ open valleys 
esi but always at night we 
