Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1806-11-14

and Apostlei rivers, lischarine itseli
into the Columbia, ia5 miles from Il.
entfance into The Pacific ocean. 4 CON.
siderthis track across the eontinen, AZ
imtnense adsantage 10 the fur trade. N
all the fhfs collected In nine fen,hs. az
the nAcst valuable fur country n Ana.
rica, may Be conveysdto the mouth sc
the C6lumbia and shipped from thence
10 the East Indies BY the FIRST of Ane.
IN each year md win Of course, reach
Canton earlier ,hsn The furs which are
.anuually .expo1ed from Montreal. n.
rive ID Gfeasb Britain. Up w II 49,
4 lnsoir Onintfd bound vCyare we ~.
rendell 20 ~ ttoti0 the vsufdS. helov
the ssetr fss Sof the Missouri, where
We sTrited 6n ne 'l4th June, 1905. Not
having met with any Of the natives of
Rocky Monntain, We were, Of course.
ignofa6t ofthe passes by Land which En-.
isted through these mountains 10 the Co.
iethbia river; and had we even known.
the route, Wewere destitute Of horses,
Shieh would hayebeen indispensibly a..
- >tfysse enable as to transport the re.
quA xquaptity ofammunition and other
stcfe-, 20 ensure, the remaining part Of
orr voyage down the Columbia We
therefore determined TO- navigate The
Missouri - far - It was practicable, or
unless We met with some Of the NATIVES
from whom We could obtain horses and
inforAation oftlie country. : According.
ly wsaadeFssok most laborious portase
II the iallsof the Missouri, Of ID niles.
which, We effected with our canoes and
baggage BY the Sd Judy, From thence
ascending the Missouri, we ipenetrated
the Rocky Mountain at the Distance of
n miles above The upper part of:the Dor.
rage, and penetrated o iar q the three
forks of that river, 4 distance of iSde
nAiles further Here the Missouri de.
vides into 8 nearly equal BRANCHES Il me
same point. he two largest brancheS
are sonearly Of the same diRnity. tint
We DID nor ecrceive that either Or sh<m
could With PtoPriety retain the name Of
the Missouri ind therefore called these
streams JeffersSn's, Maddison,s, and
Galatin's rived. The confluence of
those rivers isi284S miles from the
mouth oftfe Missouri, bythe meanders
Of that river. We arrived 1t the three
forks ofthe Missouri the arb Of Iuly.
Not having yst been 50 fortunate a 10
meet with he natives, Although had
previously made several 'exertions, for
that pdrpose, We were compelled Elm 10
continue our route By water. !. =
:. The most northerly of the 8 forks,
thatto which we had gisen the name Of
JeHersoh's fiser,s was deemed the most
proper for our purpose, and We accord
ingly ascended Il 24e miles % the upper :
forks, and sextrsme nayieable point:
making the total distance 70 which We
had nayigated the waters Of the. Missou-
i; 1925 miles, Of which 42e lay within
.he Rocky Mountains. On The ,nosainr
If the l7th Of August, 4 sos, u sffived
Il the forks Of JeffsTson's river, where Il
net capt Lewis, who had previously
with party of s men, 20 the
waters Of the Columbia, discovered Z }
,and of the Shoshone nation, and had
o1nd means % induce SIS Of their chiefs
md warriors 4. accompany him to that.
lace. From these people re learned
hat the river on which they resided WAS
,avigabie, and that passage through the
10 thar direction was impracti. :
able j. being unaiiling to con6de IN thi.
aceoant OF the natives, il
vas concerted between capt. Lewis and
myself. that one of1s should 60 forward
immediately with I small party, and ex-
lore the river while the 6ther In the
Interim would lay mp he canoes IL thae
lace, and engage the natives wi.h tkeir
lcrses 10 assist ntransPottting our stores:
md baggage 70 their camp. according.
7 ! set our the NEXT day, passed'tke al
'iding mountains between the waters of
he Missouri aud 0elambia, aud descend
d the river which I since call the east
ork Of Lewis's river. about 70 miles.
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