. Life, explorations and public services of John Charles Fremont . t day. The provisions which Carson had broughtwith him being now exhausted, and our stockreduced to a small quantity of roots, I deter-rmined to retain with me only a sufficient num^ber of men for the execution of our design ; andaccordingly seven were sent back to Fort Hall,under the guidance of Frangois Lajeunesse, who,having been for many years a trapper in thecountry, was an experienced mountaineer. We formed now but a small family. WithMr. Preuss and myself, Carson, Bernier, andBasil Lajeunesse had been selected for the bo
. Life, explorations and public services of John Charles Fremont . t day. The provisions which Carson had broughtwith him being now exhausted, and our stockreduced to a small quantity of roots, I deter-rmined to retain with me only a sufficient num^ber of men for the execution of our design ; andaccordingly seven were sent back to Fort Hall,under the guidance of Frangois Lajeunesse, who,having been for many years a trapper in thecountry, was an experienced mountaineer. We formed now but a small family. WithMr. Preuss and myself, Carson, Bernier, andBasil Lajeunesse had been selected for the boatexpedition—the first ever attempted on this inte-rior sea; and Badeau, with Derosier, and Jacob,(the colored man,) were to be left in charge ofthe camp. We were favored with most delight-ful weather. To-night there was a brilliant sun-set of golden orange and green, which left thewestern sky clear and beautifully pure ; butclouds in the east made me lose an summer frogs were singing around us, andthe evening was very pleasant, with a tempera-. GREAT SALT LAKE. 121 ture of 60°—a night of a more southern our supper we had yanipah, the most agree-ably flavored of the roots, seasoned by a smallfat duck, which had come in the way of Jacobsrifle. Around our fire to-night were many spec-ulations on what to-morrow would bring forth ;and in our busy conjectures we fancied that we•should find every one of the large islands a tan-gled wilderness of trees and shrubbery, teemingwith game of every description that the neigh-boring region afforded, and which the foot of awhite man or Indian had never violated. Fre-quently, during the day, clouds had rested onthe summits of their lofty mountains, and webelieved that we should find clear streams andsprings of fresh water; and we indulged in an-ticipations of the luxurious repasts with whichwe were to indemnify ourselves for past priva-tions. Neither, in our discussions, were thewhirlpool and other mysterious
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