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 . untains next year. Then one day duringmid-October came what seemed to be unqualifiedcorroboration of the wildest rumors. In thegolden autumn doze a fleet of rude mackinaws, un-der the command of Captain Perkins of the Mis-souri Fur Company, came drifting down from themouth of the Missouri, and tied up at the landing. They had made the dangeroustrip from
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 . untains next year. Then one day duringmid-October came what seemed to be unqualifiedcorroboration of the wildest rumors. In thegolden autumn doze a fleet of rude mackinaws, un-der the command of Captain Perkins of the Mis-souri Fur Company, came drifting down from themouth of the Missouri, and tied up at the landing. They had made the dangeroustrip from the upper waters of the far off Yellow-stone, and they were laden with costly beaverpacks. Twenty-four thousand dollars worth offur! The news of their coming had travelledacross country from St. Charles on the Missouri,and all St. Louis, it seemed, was crowded alongthe water front to welcome this Jason and hiscrew returning with the Golden Fleece. Gauntwith toil and privations, long-haired and bewhis-kered, bronzed with the sun and wind of thewilderness, and clad in savage garb, these menwere received as conquerors are received. Bellsrang in all the steeples, guns roared up and downthe river front, dogs barked, men shouted and. Photo by L. T. WalterA Scene on Weber River, which Ashley Mistook for theBuenaventura - ,j3-;i»-,-
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