Frémont and '49 : the story of a remarkable career and its relation to the exploration and development of our western territory, especially of California . never chose the easy path. Inexploration, however, it is not desirable to plunge in withouta complete preliminary examination of all existing dataon the subject, and especially of that obtained by otherson the spot. The Lieutenant does not seem to know aboutthe remarkable journey of Jedediah Smith across the GreatBasin in 1827, nor much of Joseph Walkers in 1833 (he isjoined by Walker on the return from California in 1844),nor of Bonneville
Frémont and '49 : the story of a remarkable career and its relation to the exploration and development of our western territory, especially of California . never chose the easy path. Inexploration, however, it is not desirable to plunge in withouta complete preliminary examination of all existing dataon the subject, and especially of that obtained by otherson the spot. The Lieutenant does not seem to know aboutthe remarkable journey of Jedediah Smith across the GreatBasin in 1827, nor much of Joseph Walkers in 1833 (he isjoined by Walker on the return from California in 1844),nor of Bonnevilles map, nor Gallatins. The map made by Thirty Years View, vol. ii., p. 580. 178 Fremont and 49 Captain Wilkes, facing page 44, this volume, is dated may have had a copy of it with him, though it wasnot published to the world till after Fremonts return fromthis second expedition. He ought to have had Gallatins,which was published in 1836. Perhaps he thought themincorrect, or, at least, incomplete. It is plain to see thatthere were some hard days in store for the resolute and en-terprising Lieutenant before he should arrive at Bents
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