Frémont and '49 : the story of a remarkable career and its relation to the exploration and development of our western territory, especially of California . on the pointof land at the junction of the Laramie and the North Platte;an unfinished adobe affair belonging to Sybille, Adams, andCompany. A few hundred yards beyond Fort Platte wasFort Laramie of the American Fur Company, sometimesthen called Fort John. It stood on the left bank abouttwenty-five feet above the river, with an imposing militaryair derived from its lofty walls, whitewashed and picketed,with the large bastions at the angles.

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Frémont and '49 : the story of a remarkable career and its relation to the exploration and development of our western territory, especially of California . on the pointof land at the junction of the Laramie and the North Platte;an unfinished adobe affair belonging to Sybille, Adams, andCompany. A few hundred yards beyond Fort Platte wasFort Laramie of the American Fur Company, sometimesthen called Fort John. It stood on the left bank abouttwenty-five feet above the river, with an imposing militaryair derived from its lofty walls, whitewashed and picketed,with the large bastions at the angles. Mr. Boudeau, in charge, received the travellers with ahospitality that was all the more complete from the fact thatFremont bore letters from the company in St. Louis forhim. The other branch of the expedition was encampednot far away, having arrived, in good condition the daybefore yesterday, the 13th. As they had come along themain Oregon Trail they knew more about present condi-tions to the westward than the smaller party, and Fremontwas suddenly confronted with several difficulties in the wayof further advance toward the goal of this M^^»|i^^HM^»Mi%t^^M^M^%»»»»<i

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