Frémont and '49 : the story of a remarkable career and its relation to the exploration and development of our western territory, especially of California . ve served to extricate the party of emigrants, de-scribed above, from the Utes, many of whom were his friendsand with whom he had often, more or less, affiliated. Fremont, retracing his outward line of march, left hiscamp on the Little Sandy and in three hours was in the passwhere the waggon road crosses. In 1812, as previouslynoted, Robert Stuart came practically to this point before heswung to the south-east, and then to the east. Fremont
Frémont and '49 : the story of a remarkable career and its relation to the exploration and development of our western territory, especially of California . ve served to extricate the party of emigrants, de-scribed above, from the Utes, many of whom were his friendsand with whom he had often, more or less, affiliated. Fremont, retracing his outward line of march, left hiscamp on the Little Sandy and in three hours was in the passwhere the waggon road crosses. In 1812, as previouslynoted, Robert Stuart came practically to this point before heswung to the south-east, and then to the east. Fremont ledhis party immediately down to the river where he stoppedand took a meridian observation of the sun which gave hislatitude as 42° 24 32. Continuing eastward along theOregon Trail, over which they had come out, they arrived onAugust 22d at Independence Rock, where more astronomi-cal observations were taken, and where this active young It must not be forgotten that the rival fur companies induced the Indiansto obstruct the operations of rivals, and their obstructing often went to thelimit of scalping, with the tacit approval of the white Chief Running Deer, a Crow The Crows were defiant at the time of Fremonts operationsPhotograph by F. Jay Haynes The Sign of the Cross 91 officer in a burst of enthusiasm for exploration, and emula-tion of early predecessors, performed, all unknowingly, oneof the eventful acts of his life—a trivial act that was to beused to his disadvantage. He says: Here, not unmindful of the custom of early travellers and ex-plorers in our country, I engraved on this rock of the Far Westa symbol of the Christian faith. Among the thickly inscribednames, I made on the hard granite the impression of a largecross, which I covered with a black preparation of India-rubber,well calculated to resist the influence of wind and rain. It standsamidst the names of many who have long since found their wayto the grave, and for whom the huge rock is a giant gr
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