Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . n of tlie Sierra Nevada, and of that Wonderful Gateway in the Rocky Mountains, theSoutli Pass.—Plants the American Flag on the Highest Peak of that Lofty Range.—He EnrichesEvery Branch of Na
Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . n of tlie Sierra Nevada, and of that Wonderful Gateway in the Rocky Mountains, theSoutli Pass.—Plants the American Flag on the Highest Peak of that Lofty Range.—He EnrichesEvery Branch of Natural Science, and Illustrates a Remote and Boundless Country Before Entirely Unknown.—Fremont, a Pioneer of Empire.—National Objectsof this Tour —Enchanting Record of Adventure.—Surveysand Researches.—Humboldts Tribute of Admiration.—WildGrandeur of the Route.—Scenes in this Vast Domain.—TheRocky Mountains : First Glimpses.—Formation of the SouthPass.— Kit Carson, the Intrepid Guide.—At the TopmostPeak, 14,000 Feet —Startling Boldness of the View.—Over-powering Quiet and Solitude.—Evidences of Awful Convul-sions.—Unfurling the Flag of the Union.—Appearance ofGreat Salt Lake.—Eternal Snows of the Sierra Nevada,—Inthe Sun Joaquin Valley.—An Immense Circuit of Travel —Fremont, the Modern Pathfinder.—Honors from His Country-men.—A Kings Gift and Prominenttj dewrvlng of diktinjcutihed recogDition la tho »??{£• r«nd«r«d toer(,icr*[)hiral fcienrc bv the Ainencsn explorer, FrcnioQt. — Kivo FllKDBBIO WILLIAU IV., or PltlilllA, TU B& lltMBUtUT. \ERY American reader is enchaiitud with the narrative tliose intrepid and heroic explorations of Fremont, thePatlifinder, whicli, in tile language of Humboldt,— himself the greatest scientifieexplorer and geographer the world has ever seen,— enriched every branch of naturalscience, and illustrated a vast country before entirely unknown, and in
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