. Marcus Whitman, pathfinder and patriot. Our next effort to reach thehighlands was more successful; but, after spending severaldays wandering around in the snow, without making muchheadway, our guide told us that the deep snow had so changedthe face of the country that he was completely lost and couldtake us no further. This was a terrible blow to the Doctor,but he was determined not to give it up without another effort. We at once agreed that the Doctor should take the guideand return to Fort Uncumpagra and get a new guide, and Iremain in camp with the animals until he could return, whichhe
. Marcus Whitman, pathfinder and patriot. Our next effort to reach thehighlands was more successful; but, after spending severaldays wandering around in the snow, without making muchheadway, our guide told us that the deep snow had so changedthe face of the country that he was completely lost and couldtake us no further. This was a terrible blow to the Doctor,but he was determined not to give it up without another effort. We at once agreed that the Doctor should take the guideand return to Fort Uncumpagra and get a new guide, and Iremain in camp with the animals until he could return, whichhe did in seven days with our new guide, and we were nowon our route again. Nothing of much import occurred but 1 This letter was written to Rev. G. H. Atkinson, and wasfirst published in an address of his delivered before The Pioneer andHistorical Society of Oregon, Feb. 22, 1876. It appears in theBiography of Dr. Atkinson, p. 272. A very similar one to W. is found in Grays History of Oregon, p. 324, dated Novem-ber 6, LOST in tin; snow National Work 15 7 hard and slow traveling through deep snow until we reachedGrand River, which was frozen on either side about one-thirdacross. Although so intensely cold, the current was so veryrapid that about one-third of the river in the center was notfrozen. Our guide thought it would be dangerous to attemptto cross the river in its present condition, but the Doctor, noth-ing daunted, was the first to take the water. He mounted hishorse; the guide and myself shoved the Doctor and his horseoff the ice into the foaming stream. Away he went, com-pletely under water, horse and all, but directly came up, andafter buffeting the rapid foaming current, he reached the iceon the opposite shore a long way down the stream. He leapedfrom his horse upon the ice and soon had his noble animal bybis side. The guide and myself forced in the pack animals,and followed the Doctors example, and were soon on the op-posite shore, drying our froz
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