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February 11.—High wind continued, and our tral this morning was 
nearly invisible—here and there indicated by alittle ridge of snow. Our 
situation became — and dreary, requiring catny exercise of pa- 
tience and resolutio 
‘In the evening I cing eda message from Mr. Fitzpatrick, acquainting 
me with the utter failure of his attempt to get our mules and horses over 
the snow—the half-hidden trail had proved 7 tbo sight to support 
them, and they had broken through, and were plun it or lying half 
buried in snow. He was occupied in endeavoring to get them back to 
his camp; and in the mean time sent to me for further a elo g I 
wrote to him to send the animals immediately back to their old tures ; 
and, after having made mauls and shovels; turn in all the strength of his 
party. to open and beat a road wey g the snow, strengthening: it with 
anches and boughs of the pines 
A Febru e made mauls, and worked hard at our end of the 
road all the day s:! The wind was high, but the sun bright, and the snow 
thawing, We worked down the face of the hill, to meet the people at 
the other end. Towards sundown it oo to grow cold, and we shoul- 
ma our — and trudged back to 
3.—We continued to Lebioe on the road; and in the course 
ofthe day bad the satisfaction to see the people working down the face of 
ihe opposite hill, about three miles distant. During the morning we had 
the pleasure of a visit from Mr. Fitzpatrick, with the information nat all 
was: ing on well. A party of Indians’ had passed on. show shoes, who 
said th ey were going to the western side of the mountain ~~ fish. This 
$ an indication that the salmon were e coming up the streams; and we 
nid | restrain our impatience as we thought of them, and worked 
with increased vigor. 
‘The meat train did not arrive this evening, and I gave Godey leave to 
kill our little dog, (Tlamath, ) which he prepared in Indian fashion ; scorch- 
; ing off the hair, and washing the skin with soap and snow, and then: cut- 
ie it up into pieces, which were laid on the snow. Shortly afterwards, 
the sleigh arrived with a supply of horse ee and we had to-night an 
2 acaetpae std dinner—pea soup, mule, and 
“cil hartg 14:—Annexed is a view of the dividing ridge of the Sinem 
taken from this encampment. With Mr. Preuss, I ascended to-day the 
nig es rt ipeait to the right ; — which we had a beautiful y 
n miles s in length and so € 
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