. The back-woodsmen; or, Tales of the borders; a collection of historical and authentic accounts of early adventure among the Indians. KOCKY MOUNTAIN SCENERY. ROBERT McCLELLAN ON THE PLAINS. 149 serted log-huts which formed the post, they remainedat this place for about ten days, and then, leavingtheir horses in charge of two Indians, they embarkedin fifteen canoes which they had made, and starteddown Snake River, a stream formed by the junctionof Mad River and Henrys Fork, hoping to accom-plish the greater part of the remaining distance bynavigation. For a distance of about a hundred miles th
. The back-woodsmen; or, Tales of the borders; a collection of historical and authentic accounts of early adventure among the Indians. KOCKY MOUNTAIN SCENERY. ROBERT McCLELLAN ON THE PLAINS. 149 serted log-huts which formed the post, they remainedat this place for about ten days, and then, leavingtheir horses in charge of two Indians, they embarkedin fifteen canoes which they had made, and starteddown Snake River, a stream formed by the junctionof Mad River and Henrys Fork, hoping to accom-plish the greater part of the remaining distance bynavigation. For a distance of about a hundred miles their voy-age was made with fair expedition. But soon, totheir dismay, they found that the river, instead ofbeing navigable throughout its course, formed numer-ous rapids, and that the voyage could not be pros-ecuted without imminent danger. But, rendered des-perate by the circumstances in which they wereplaced, they resolved to continue, thinking that theywould before long pass the rapids and come to apoint where the navigation would be safer and moreconvenient. Pursuing their resolution, they found that fortunewas still against
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