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Show 168 JOUHNAL or A VO\AGl·. d Marched early, with an 25tb November, Tucs ay.- · but was only able . f ding the mountam, . expectation o . ascen . over tnany small hills . b e after passing to encanlp at tts as ' c • h . Our encampment d pltc pmcs. covered with cedars an l , ter for several miles l 1 re we founc no wa f was on a cree ( w 1e . b·tsc foun<.l springs su . . but ncar Its ' ' l. fronl the Inotmtmn, . . l bservat ion, and the a 1.1· . 1'ook a tncnd IOn a o . D' qq fi.Cient. . Killed two bufla1o. 1stance .,., tude of the n1ountam. miles. 11.r b T!Vcdncst. l ay.-T..i xpectinrnr to return to 9-Gtb rvovcm cr.' · we lef t a ll our bl'a nke.ts. and pro-our camp that evemng, . . Killed a deer of a £ t of the mountam. . vision", at the oo . k' a tree wilh some meat. . d hunrr 1us s In on b · new speCies, an n . c l . t very difficult, emg d ·cendmg !OUlll I d' We cOinmcncc as t ' • , 1nwst perpen ICU· . b rocks sometimes ~l obliged to clnn up . . .' . r we encamped in a cave, lar . and after mar clung d.ll d,l)' "'\r ll''Ll a fine clear ' ' · . 1. · \Yater. ' e n c without blankets, victu.t s or On the ~ide of . · ·at the bottom. sky whilst It was snO\Hng ' l · tch pine. Some ' · ~ 1ul only yellow an( Pl · the mountam, we ou . rhcr ::,till tlw llL'W speCieS distance up we found buffalo, hig of deer and phea ants. . . 1 n<Tn dry, auJ b Tl. _ lay -.At os 1n b • ' 27tb Novcm cr, JUJ sc • . f the rocks, on e'·tremcly sore, f.. the ineq uaht Y o .I ·"" I om · 1 b t were a. n l})ly· compcnsatcu which we had lain all mg 1t, u . b 'low. The un· . · f th ~ 1)rospects c for toil by the sub1nnity 0 e . ~ d . rhich appeal'· · · h ng with clou s, \\ 1 bounded praine was over u '1 ,J n wave anu . . 1 . wave PI c o ed like the ocean In a stor n ' . ·1 . . where we 1 perfectly c c~u · fomning, whilst the s '-Y was he mountain, and 111 were. Conunenced our Inarch up .t f I . . chain: here about one hour a.rn. vcu·' at t h e sumnut o. . t liSf beast or bn. · d C found the snow middle deep ; no sign o 1 . h stood at w . , , l , . ncter w uc inhahiting tl is regiOn. 1 he t lCl mo~ I ere f('ll to 4o be· go . b ve 0 at the foot of the mountam, 1 h' h v,:as en· d o . G ·' Peak w IC 1o w 0 . '1'1'l~~' summit of the ranu ' 'fO THE SOUR.CES OF THE ARKA~SA " ' ' &c. 16 ~ tirely bare of vegetation and covered with snow, now appeared at the distance of 15 or 16 miles fr01n us, and a~ high again as what we had ascended, and would have taken a whole day's march to have arrived at its base, when I believe no human being could have ascended to it~ pinical. This with the condition of 1ny soldiers who had only light overalls on, and no stockings, and every way ill provided to endure the inclemency of the r egion; the bad prospect of killing any thing to subsist on, with the further detention of two or three days, which it Inust occasion, determined us to return. The clouds fr01n below had now ascended the mountain and entire] y en vel oped the summit on which rests eternal snows. We descended by a long deep ravine with 1nuch less dilliculy than contemplated. Found all our baggage safe, but the provisions all destroyed. It began to snow, and we sought shelter under the side of a projecting rock, were we, all four, made a meal on one partridge, and a piece of deer's ribs, the ravens had left us, being the first we had eaten in that 48 hours. 28th Novr·mbcr, Jiriday.-Marched at nine o'clock. Kept straight down the creek to avoid the hills. At half past one o'clock shot two buffalo, when we made thE' first full meal we had 1nade in three days. Encamped in a valley under a shelving rock. The land here ve1·y rich, and covered with old Tetau camps, 29th November, Saturday.-Marched after a l:ihort repast, and arrived at our camp before night; found all well. 30th November, Sunday.-1\tLtrchcd at eleven o'cl~ck, it snowing very f~lst, but my impatience to be movmg would not permit n1y lying still at that camp. The doctor, Baroney and n1ysclf, went to view a T etau encampment, which appeared to be about two years old ; ~ |