Frémont and '49 : the story of a remarkable career and its relation to the exploration and development of our western territory, especially of California . ind a rock, kept up a dangerousfire of arrows, driving the whole Fremont force back out ofrange, till Carson crept around on his flank and shot himthrough the heart. Carson presented the bow and arrowsto Lieutenant Gillespie. The trail had been leading into arough canyon, but Fremont foiled the enemys purpose byavoiding this defile so admirable for an ambush. After this there was no more trouble with Indians andthe caravan travelled back to
Frémont and '49 : the story of a remarkable career and its relation to the exploration and development of our western territory, especially of California . ind a rock, kept up a dangerousfire of arrows, driving the whole Fremont force back out ofrange, till Carson crept around on his flank and shot himthrough the heart. Carson presented the bow and arrowsto Lieutenant Gillespie. The trail had been leading into arough canyon, but Fremont foiled the enemys purpose byavoiding this defile so admirable for an ambush. After this there was no more trouble with Indians andthe caravan travelled back to the Sacramento Valley, reach-ing Lassens once more on the 24th of May, 1846. HereFremont wrote a letter to Senator Benton, a guarded letter,chiefly to call the attention of Mr. Buchanan to the Indiansamong whom I had been travelling, especially to the factthat they were unfriendly to us but friendly to the English,by whom they were supplied with arms from a Hudson Bayspost on the Umpqua conveniently near to the coast. Here who were much more warlike and troublesome, as they had seen more of thewhite men. ?The table of latitudes gives42°, 21, Storage Basket, California Tribes Size about 2 x 26Collection American Museum A New Prospect 325 is a charge that the hostility of these Indians was due to theinfluence of the H. B. Company, a charge that was oftenmade during the power of that company in this region. TheKlamaths had perhaps mistaken the Fremont party for atrapping company. The arrival at Lassens practicallyended the exploration programme of the Third FremontExpedition. The Captain, in his letter to Benton, speaks ofan intention of now proceeding directly homewards bythe Colorado, though he had before renounced that planfor the northern tour. If he actually had this intentioncircumstances directed his course otherwise, but it seemsprobable that the talk about exploring the lower Coloradowas merely a ruse to kill time till news should come thatGeneral Taylor had provo
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