Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-06-28


this banI has been allowed, by every one
vino know them, To be by far the best behaved
of their tribe, it was only by that una|tera-
bic Differentiation Of the gentlemen to AVOID
!jeupardizing the sa ely of che party without,
at the ssne moment submitting TO INTENT
on;,i insults. that ,hey left This camp quot pos
sesslns a greaieriorce than the whi.es) with
utceE.inS u blows.
/ Ere distance from the Aricoras to this
npuntaA, is about $50 miles over an ex-
/ UeIely ragged tract, by no means iurn'sh-
ilngsa spiScient supply Of water; but during
the csenty siyht days they were getting e
Tie base Of he nountaiFy' tney were only1in
Ncry few INSTANCES without abundance o.
8ufaloe meat,
Three days took them owes TO the plains
Of Mad river Che name given the Big Horn
above this m0ui:taia) which following ior a
number CO days they left it where il was re
duced to thirty yards in width, and the same
! evening reached Die banks of the Colorado
or Spanish river. -hilding fiocks Of ButfIloc
at the end Of the third days travel on t'''s
! stream, the party passed a week III drying
| Bu.taioe meat for the rcsiauc of the voyage,
a in all probability those were the last AM
mails OF the kind they would rect with -
From this camp. in enc day, they crossed
| the dividing mountain and pitched their tents
ga Hoba,k's Fork If Mad rive where 1t
WAS rear 15G feet broad, and iii eight days
more, having passed several s}ppendous
ridges, they ercamped in the vicinity Of the
est enlistment made by Mr.. Henry, in the
| ia of 1910, on a fork about ~ yards vide,
gearing ths name OF that gentle nan having
travele d from the main Missouri about 300
miles in 81 days.
| Here abandoning their horses, the party
ctn.tfucted canoes ard descended the Sud Ike
or ky-cye -nem river (made by the junction
Of Mad river, south OF Henry fork) 400
miles, IN the course of which they were
| bged by the Intervene of impossible va
! pitis 10 MAKE a number OF pCrtaGrsss. TIL ar
| length they fouud he river confined Cts cen
| gloomy precpiccS at least 200 'ect perpen-
| dicular, whose banks for the most part were
washed BY this turbulent s:ream, winch for
| 80 miles was a CONTINUAL succession CT falls,
cascades and RAPIDS. M. Cuok's canoe had
! pit anu upset in the middle of a rapid by
| mich one man was drowned named Anto
| M Ciappn, and that gentleman save ed him
! elf only Icy eXtreme cxertipn in swimming.
sr9m the repeated losses by The upsetting
| os canses our sock IF provisions were now
I tcdICed & bare sJiiicieUcv for five days,
| totaiy Ignorant Of the country where they
| we've, and unsuccessful in meeting any OF the
natives from whom they could hope for in
| formation
Unable % proceed by wafer, Messrs. NJ.
Acrzle. M( lei!an and kecd, Ct GU ia off
Itereut direction, iuciisiug down the ri' er fnr
be purpose IF finding Indians AID buying
! lUiscs. Ny Crooks Win few men return
| ed 10 Henry's FORK for those they had lett,
While Mr.. Hun, remained with the main bo-
!y OF the men n trapping beaver for their
! sapporS. MIR. G. finding he istauce much
h,r Il tir - -
! retained Al the end of three DAYS, where,
waiting hvc move expccting relief from be
.lw, The near approach OF w.ntermade them
determine on depositiEg Ill superhuous ar
| -iCleS and proceeding on foot Accordingly
on the 1Cth OF November, Messrs Hunt aud
Crooks set cut each with is men. one party
IN the north and the other on the south side
OF the river.
Mir. Hunt was fortunate in finding Indi-
ans with abundance of salmon and some hor-
ses, bu, MIR. Crook say bat few, and in ge-
neral 100 miserably poor to afford his party
much assistance; thirteen days travel bret
tho latter to hign range # mountains thro'
winch the river tered a passage, & the bar k
being ,hcir only guide they SSH by climbing
over points Of rocky ridges projecting into
the stream, kept as near it a possible, till
10 The evening of the 81 December imDassa-
Die pfecipiccs Of immense height put an
end TO ali hopes of following the margin oil
this watercourge, which here was not more
than 40 ards wide. ran with incredible We
locity AID was withal So foaminsY tuuuitu-
Gus, that even had the opposite bank been
st for their purpose, attempt at rafting
would have been perfect madness, as they
could only have the Involvement of ending
in a watery grave Il series of hardships and
prvations, TO which the most hardy and de
termined Of the Euman r.ce must have found
himself inaedquaic. They attempted To
clah the nruntaibS, still bent rn pushing
On. bu, after ascending for half day, they
, tiscoye~cR 70 their sorrow that they were
, no; half way 90 the summit, and The snow
,.ready TOO dcep for Gcn ih,hCr emac;ated
STATE to pr cecil fur.her
Regaining tie river bans, they returned up
and ON the third dsy met witl, NJ Hunt ard
party. with one horse pro .ccjns d0wnwards
q came was soon madc ola borse hide and IL
; 7 il transported what meat they could spare 3,
= sir CrUuks's starving followers, who Tor TN,
ffst 70 days after leaving he place Of deposit
5 bad subssicd ON half a meal IN twenty fou
hour, aud IN the isst nine DAYS bad eat oul,
one beaver, dog, a few wild cherries and ole
' | mocka.in sosls, 6sNng travelled during these
!, twenty seven days at least $50 miles For th'
I ! next four days, bo.h patties con nucd on ~
the river vi hont any other support than villa
Gt;,e rose BUGS and cherries they could End, on
p ! here they luckily fell IN with some snake In
dams, from whom they got FIVE horses, givins
| ,bcm three .aas and some other articles Tor h.
! same. Starvation had bereft J. u. Provost O
MS scnses entirely, and, ON seeing the hors
4 oh o, the onnostte shore. was so arItated N