. The back-woodsmen; or, Tales of the borders; a collection of historical and authentic accounts of early adventure among the Indians. up their encampment they jour-neyed slowly and with difficulty. It was now nearlythree months since they had left the Arickaras; thefall season was far advanced, and the weather grewcold and very inclement. A number of horses hadbeen lost on the way ; the remainder were, for wantof forage, half-starved; the men, obliged now, for themost part, to journey afoot, were weak and discour-aged, and the prospect was gloomy in the greater part of the distanc
. The back-woodsmen; or, Tales of the borders; a collection of historical and authentic accounts of early adventure among the Indians. up their encampment they jour-neyed slowly and with difficulty. It was now nearlythree months since they had left the Arickaras; thefall season was far advanced, and the weather grewcold and very inclement. A number of horses hadbeen lost on the way ; the remainder were, for wantof forage, half-starved; the men, obliged now, for themost part, to journey afoot, were weak and discour-aged, and the prospect was gloomy in the greater part of the distance had been accom-plished, but the travelers knew that, before reachingtheir destination, the navigable waters of the ColumbiaRiver, they had a region of country to traverse whichpresented far greater obstacles to progress, andwhich was far more dangerous than any they had yetpassed through. Foot-sore, exhausted and despairing, they arrived,on the 8th of October, at a post on the Mad River,which had been established a year previous by aMr. Henry, but which had been abandoned by himearly in the spring. Taking possession of the de-.
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