Frémont and '49 : the story of a remarkable career and its relation to the exploration and development of our western territory, especially of California . ; of the Great Rivers of the West in 1837First published in 1837 with Washington Irvings work. (See footnote page 24 and Map A, facing page 2 /-^^ ^m^^Smm CHAPTER V BACK HOME AND FORTH AGAIN The Episode of the Cross—Navigation under Difficulties—Rocks, Rapids,and Canyons of the Platte—Fort Laramie Again—A Bull-boat on aSandy River—The Village of the Grand Pawnees—Cowbells and Bellevue—A Boat for the Missouri — Down the River to St. Louis —
Frémont and '49 : the story of a remarkable career and its relation to the exploration and development of our western territory, especially of California . ; of the Great Rivers of the West in 1837First published in 1837 with Washington Irvings work. (See footnote page 24 and Map A, facing page 2 /-^^ ^m^^Smm CHAPTER V BACK HOME AND FORTH AGAIN The Episode of the Cross—Navigation under Difficulties—Rocks, Rapids,and Canyons of the Platte—Fort Laramie Again—A Bull-boat on aSandy River—The Village of the Grand Pawnees—Cowbells and Bellevue—A Boat for the Missouri — Down the River to St. Louis — On toWashington—A Second Expedition Projected—At the Mouth of theKansas—A Sudden Start—A Mystery. WHEN Bonneville descended from the great peak ofthe Wind River Range, which he estimated to bethe highest of all, he came down on the eastern sidewhence he had started. Bonneville was at this time atrapper and fiir-trader, not an officer of the army, and inthe pursuit of his business he swung around the southernend of the Wind River Mountains, westward through SouthPass, into Green River Valley, for many years before andafter a
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