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Show 80 TEAVELS AND ADVENTUEES LN THE FAE WEST. CHAPTER XIII. Sand-hill Pass-San Louis Valley-Natural Deer-park-Smoked Venison-Last sight of Game-Rio Grande del Norte-Sarawatch-Cochotope Pass-First Snow in Mountains- Gunnison's "Wagon Trail-Summit of Pass-Waters commence to flow towards the Pacific-Encampment-Immense Rugged Mountain-Impracticability of ascent by Mules-The Author ascends on Foot-Col. Fremont accompanies him- Daguerreotype Panorama from its Summit-Col. Fremont's Consideration for his Men -Sublimity-First View of Grand River-Reflections-Return to Camp. WE entered the San Louis Valley through the Sandhill Pass, and camped at the mouth. Travelling up the valley about twenty miles, we ascended one of the verdant and gentle slopes of the mountains, along which meandered a stream of living water, fringed on its banks with cottonwood and elms. We selected a camp-ground in an immense natural deer-park, and raised our tents under the shelter of wide-spreading cedars. Scarcely were we comfortably fixed, when a herd of black-tail deer came down the mountain to water within sight of our camp. Cautiously our Indian hunters sallied out, and ere many minutes, the sound of one, two, three-a dozen rifles were heard in.quick succession. Every shot brought down a fine fat buck, and our supper that night, consisted of as fine roast venison as ever graced the table of an epicure. Col. Fremont determined to remain here for several days in order to have a quantity of the meat cured for our use in the mountains. I exercised mv skill in rifle |