1^8 
JOURNAL. 
At dark we halted at a spring on the top of a moian- 
tain ; killed another colt, and encanriped there all 
i[iight. 
IVednesday This was a clear cold frosty- 
morning* All our horses except one were collected 
early : Six hunters went on ahead ; one*man to look 
for the horse ; and all the rest of us proceeded on our 
journey over the mountains, which are very high and 
rough. About 12 we passed a part wh^re the snow 
was.,ofr, and no ap.pearance that much had lately fal- 
len. At 3 Y/e came to snow again, and halted to take 
some soup, which we made with snow water, as no 
other CQukl he found. Here the man, who had been: 
&*icat for the horse came up, but had not found him. 
Except on the sides of hilis where it has fallen, the 
country is closely timbered with pitch and spruce 
pine, and what some call balsam-fir. We can see 
iio prospect of getting off these desert mountains 
yet, except the appearance of a deep cove on each 
side of the ridge we are passing along.. We re* 
mained here an hour and an half, and then proceed- 
ed on down a steep mountain, and encamped after 
travcihng 18 miles. We had great difficulty in 
getting water, being obliged to go half a mile for 
it down a very steep precipice. 
Thursday \9th. Our hunters did not join us last 
iiiarht, which was disasrreeably cold. About 8 this 
morning we set out, and pi oceeded on m our way 
ever the mountains ; the sun shining warm and 
pleasant. We travelled »a west course, and about 
12 o'clock halted at a spring to take a littk more 
soup. 1 iie snow is chiefly gone except on the north 
points of the high mountains.. At 2 P. M. we agaia 
v/eat 01);, and descended a steep mountain into a cove 
tm our left hand, where there is a large creek, which 
hcJ^ runs towards the e^st. The hills on each side> 
along wrdch the trail or path passes, are very steep. 
Que of our hordes, fell down the grecipiee about iO0- 
