The splendid wayfaring : the story of the exploits and adventures of Jedediah Smith and his comrades, the Ashley-Henry men, discoverers and explorers of the great central route from the Missouri river to the Pacific ocean, 1822-1831 . (now called Lodore),the sides of which rose gloomily to a tremendousheight. Says Ashley: As we passed along be-tween these massy walls, which in a great degreeexcluded from us the rays of heaven and presenteda surface as impassable as their body was im-pregnable, I was forcibly struck with the gloomwhich spread over the countenances of my seemed to antic
The splendid wayfaring : the story of the exploits and adventures of Jedediah Smith and his comrades, the Ashley-Henry men, discoverers and explorers of the great central route from the Missouri river to the Pacific ocean, 1822-1831 . (now called Lodore),the sides of which rose gloomily to a tremendousheight. Says Ashley: As we passed along be-tween these massy walls, which in a great degreeexcluded from us the rays of heaven and presenteda surface as impassable as their body was im-pregnable, I was forcibly struck with the gloomwhich spread over the countenances of my seemed to anticipate (and not far distanttoo) a dreadful termination of our voyage, and Imust confess that I partook in some degree ofwhat I supposed to be their feelings, for thingsaround us had truly an awful appearance. Wesoon came to a dangerous rapid which we passedover with a slight injury to our boats. A milelower down, the channel became so obstructed bythe intervention of large rocks over and betweenwhich the water dashed with such violence as torender our passage in safety impracticable. Thecargoes of our boats were therefore a second timetaken out and carried about two hundred yards,to which place, after much labor, our boats were. Down Green River 193 descended by means of cords. About fifteenmiles farther down stream they passed the mouthof the Yampa, which Ashley named Marys River. Within the next few days the party succeededin reaching the mouth of the Uinta River (which,according to Ashley, the Indians called the Tew-Inty), having run the rapids of Whirlpool Canyon,* where the mountains again close to the watersedge and are more terrific than any seen duringthe whole voyage. There, near the site of thepresent town of Ouray, Utah, Ashleys men cachedthe cargoes of their boats, as the General had de-cided to ascend the Uinta River to its source onthe return trip to the place of rendezvous. Theythen continued the descent of the Green River,passing through Desolation Canyon to a po
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