Frémont and '49 : the story of a remarkable career and its relation to the exploration and development of our western territory, especially of California . e asspeedily as possible an understanding of the western regionand everything connected with it. He was, therefore, pro-foundly interested in the several Fremont expeditions; hewas, in fact, the prime instigator of them; expeditions al-most entirely through territory which was either absolutelyforeign, where no American expedition had a right to go,where in fact they had been expressly forbidden to go, orin territory that was disputed. The
Frémont and '49 : the story of a remarkable career and its relation to the exploration and development of our western territory, especially of California . e asspeedily as possible an understanding of the western regionand everything connected with it. He was, therefore, pro-foundly interested in the several Fremont expeditions; hewas, in fact, the prime instigator of them; expeditions al-most entirely through territory which was either absolutelyforeign, where no American expedition had a right to go,where in fact they had been expressly forbidden to go, orin territory that was disputed. The expeditions were,evidently, a part of a great game—the game of question was, Who wins California? War withMexico was expected. Texas and Mexico were nominallyat war; it required only the annexation of Texas to theUnited States, already urged, to bring about war againstthat country; indeed Mexico intimated that annexation ofTexas to the United States would be considered a declara-tion of war. With this review of conditions and prospects,we will follow the fortunes of the young explorer, so ad-mirably equipped for the work before CHAPTER III TO ST. VRAINs and FORT LARAMIE The Lure of Free Land—Fremonts First Expedition—Kit Carson, Paragonof Mountaineers—Outfitting at Chouteaus—On the Oregon Trail—?Numberless Buffalo—Dividing the Party at the Forks of the Platte—TheMountains Sighted—Wild Horses and Wild Arapaho Warriors—AtChabonards Camp—Jim Beckwourth, the Mulatto Scout—Fort Platte—Arrival at Fort Laramie. THE productiveness of land is the basis of all prosperityand all valuation. People having no ownership inland in one locality will always gravitate towards theregion where there is opportunity to secure it. Dangersand hardships will be cheerfully discounted for the possibleprize of owning a home. Exactly as in the earlier days thebarrier of the Alleghanies was overcome for the free landsof the Mississippi Valley, now the several b
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