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i d comfort, that made a rare sight for the traveller in gech a 
emote wilderness 
_ _ incomm with all the emigration, they bad been n reposing for Sean 
_ days in in this delightfat valley, in order to recruit: their animals on its luxuri- 
en pasturage afier their long journey, and + repare them 
slong the Teepe eae sterile banks of the’ 
“lower end of this extensive bottom, the river passes through an open caiion, 
en there were — serie rocks to the water’s edge, and the road here 
4 an ight. It was alread ye near sunset ; on. 
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aide he sks valley, finding the road. tolerably good, until w arrived at a point 
re it. the ridge by an ascent of a mile in length, which was so 
sep and difficult for - gun and carriage, that we did not reach the 
r animals were gathered into camp, several of those which were very 
ak being necessarily left to pass the night on the ridge; and we sat down 
againto a midnight supper. The road, in the morning, preseuted an ani- 
_-‘Mated appearance. We found that we had encamped near a large party of 
- emigrants; anda few miles below @nother peek was meee in motion. 
Here ‘the valley had ‘resumed its usual bread the river swept off 
along Side, the road coat ning divectif-g on. © 
> ot about an ‘hour's travel ‘we met several Shoshonee Indians, who in- 
. ae us that they belonged to. : Arse 3) village which had j just come into 
iain to rd, where they. hunt- 
_ ¥mg antelope 2 rabies rte mein Glad at the opportunity of 
seeing one of eee villages, and ‘in the hope of purchasing from them a 
few horses, I tarned immediately off into the plain wade their eheamp- 
. “ment, whieh was situated on a small stream near the riv 
- We had approached within something more than a mile of the village, 
yen addenly: a single horseman emerged from it at full speed, followed 
er, and another, in rapid succession; and then party after pe 
into “the ge gaa when —~ foremost rider reac 2 all 
ndians enti 5 and: Ww 
on long red een ‘ofMhelt our bonnets 
ill mingled tos 
: 3 people, is vogiicaanad emb 
e Sioux, and Fae ey Re 
"bad i bxstsin; meet the river at about 100’clock. It was late ae, 
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