. Echoes from the Rocky Mountains : reminiscences and thrilling incidents of the romantic and golden age of the great West, with a graphic account of its discovery, settlement, and grand development . DISCOVERY OF GOLD AT SUTTERS MILL. hiding places, found them within his possessions. Year by year every-thing of value was swept from the noble-hearted pioneer, and in hisold age he was left penniless, and in 1873 he removed from Californiato Pennsylvania. Often have I beheld this venerable man with frostedhead standing within the halls of Congress, appealing in his old ageand poverty for a pitta
. Echoes from the Rocky Mountains : reminiscences and thrilling incidents of the romantic and golden age of the great West, with a graphic account of its discovery, settlement, and grand development . DISCOVERY OF GOLD AT SUTTERS MILL. hiding places, found them within his possessions. Year by year every-thing of value was swept from the noble-hearted pioneer, and in hisold age he was left penniless, and in 1873 he removed from Californiato Pennsylvania. Often have I beheld this venerable man with frostedhead standing within the halls of Congress, appealing in his old ageand poverty for a pittance of that which had been taken from himunder the forms of law. Finally, Congress granted him an annualpension of $3,000. He lived but a year to enjoy the bitter little thatof life remained. Worn with lifes cares and anxieties, and thebetrayals which in his advanced years fell heavily upon him, this brave. 33 ECHOES FROM THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. 35 soldier of the wilderness, whose arms of industry flashed far brighterin the sun of civilization than wars plumed helmet, laid down hisburden at seventy-seven and went to repose in the land of shadows. Warmed back again into life and health by the old Generalshospitality, and obtaining a new outfit, Fremont proceeded south-ward along the western range of the Sierras and discovered a gap inthat range, through which he passed into the great basin beyond, andthence safely to the Missouri, reaching Washington City again on the9th of August, 1844. The same year he organized another expedition and explored thegreat basin and the maritime region of California. The war withMexico intervening, it was not until 1848 that he organized anotherexploring party. He now sought a passage to California along the upperwaters of the Rio Grande. In this attempt to cross the snow-coveredSierras the guide lost his way, and the party was subjected to the mostterrible su
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