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Show the ( Rocky Roelcy ) Mountains to 122 convenient points ( upqia up-Qu upQu ) the Missouri ( Elver River ) and ( from froin ) there to the City of St . Louis , from which point their furs eventually reached the ( eastern easteria ) markets . ( Vol . 9 , p . 1670 . ) These men were experts upon the ( subject siibject ) of western transportation and their nonuse of the Green and Colorado Rivers for trade and travel must ( he be ) counted against the navigable capacity of . / the rivers . See ( Delleiibaugh D-ellenbaugh Dellenbaugh ) , Exhibit 13 , page 108 ; Freeman Exhibit 81 page 82 . , , Chittenden says in The American Fur Trade of the Far West ( Francis P ( , . ) Harper , N . Y . , ( 1902 19-02 ) ) : It ( was -was was ) the trader and trapper who first explored and established the routes of travel which are now and ( always alivays ) will be , the avenues of commerce in that region . ( P . 9 , Preface . ) Expedition of John C . Fremont General ( John Tohn ) 0 . Fremont occupies a peculiar position in the history of the ( "West West West ) . He was known as the ( "Pathfinder" Pathfinder ) ; he was an Army officer and a ( man mail ) of education . The purpose of his expedition ( was -NNras NNras ) to ( discover liscover ) , investigate , and report ( what vhat ) was in the country . General Fremont , by reason of his education and his profession , knew the importance of ( transporta transporta- transporta ) tion for trade , travel , and military expeditions . He saw the Green River at various points . He undoubtedly knew of the existence of the Colorado River , and yet at no place does any ( commentator cominentator ) |
