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Show 60 MORE ABOUT FORT BRIDGER into bread, as it would go much further if converted into a liq" uidU. nclIesJaiadckt, o ihs ithme ownaetedrayin, Smith's Fork ( where he lives) as good as we have it here in Black's ?" u Indeed, sir, I can't tell you. I don't drink water. I never tasted it. You see, sir, I am getting old, and it might freeze up in me." But such remarks as these are made only to amuse a con vivial party. He would never indulge in such to a stranger, or to any one, unless encouraged to do so. He has made a good deal of mo/ iey trading with Indians and emigrants, and years ago at trapping, but has lost a good deal, also. His means, however, are sufficient to support him comfortably for the balance of his life ; and while he owns a farm in Missouri, he is so well pleased with his present way of living, that he prefers to end his days on the frontier, notwithstanding the urgent appeal of relatives in the States to spend his declining years where he can have more of the comforts of life. CHAPTER IX STORM. THE Government reservation upon which Fort Bridger is located ( there are always reserves about military posts),, is twenty- five miles square, and embraces some of the rich est and most desirably- located lands for agricultural purposes that I have seen on the western slope of the Rocky Moun tains. Some parts of it are now cultivated by the sutler, who has permission to do so from the War Department, and his crops demonstrate clearly the productiveness of the soil. The great drawback to this, as an agricultural |