Frémont and '49 : the story of a remarkable career and its relation to the exploration and development of our western territory, especially of California . softer climate of a more southern latitude, ourhorses might find grass to sustain them, and ourselves besheltered from the rigours of winter and from the inhospitabledesert.^ He relied on Marys Lake and the Buenaventurato recruit the animals and repose the party. They are nowsetting out to discover these unknown charms, and perhapsfrom that point of vantage the Lieutenant meant to re-connoitre the whole California situation! How differentwa
Frémont and '49 : the story of a remarkable career and its relation to the exploration and development of our western territory, especially of California . softer climate of a more southern latitude, ourhorses might find grass to sustain them, and ourselves besheltered from the rigours of winter and from the inhospitabledesert.^ He relied on Marys Lake and the Buenaventurato recruit the animals and repose the party. They are nowsetting out to discover these unknown charms, and perhapsfrom that point of vantage the Lieutenant meant to re-connoitre the whole California situation! How differentwas the reality from this enticing dream of soft breezes andlanguorous repose! The boat party left Fort Vancouver for the Dalles onNovember loth, 1843, and they found going up the Col-umbia quite another story from going down. The nthand all the following days till the afternoon of the i8th wereoccupied with laboriously working the boats up-stream;towing, paddling, portaging. Views of the several fine peakswere frequently obtained; of what he calls Mt. Regnier(Rainier, now known as Tacoma also) (14,363 feet), Mt. St. Report, p. 275. ^ Report, p. A New Start i8i Helens (10,000 feet), and Mt. Hood (i 1,225 feet). St. Helenshad been mildly active the year before and from one of themissionaries Fremont got some of the ashes thrown outat that time. He also states that Rainier had beenactive. Arriving at the Dalles, everything was foimd in goodorder under Carsons efficient care, and William Gilpin, aguest of the expedition, had arrived in advance of Fitz-patrick. He intended to examine the settlements and wentdown the Columbia the next day in the returning seems to have discovered little in this remarkableman to interest him, though the fact that he travelled withthe Fitzpatrick supply train may account for the lack ofmention in the report. The new party for Klamath Lakeand the Buenaventura paradise was twenty-five in number,several being under twenty-one years of
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