The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-08-28

llshment OF Fort Laramie the la,,s. -, ~
Fort ST. Vrain." BY observing tbe n. "nn III f
Congress during the winter which nr.ra Ss.sedhud
pediton, II will he perceived that tbers w.. Una
sition TO establish military post in ,ha' ap
II became, therefore, matter of ser;o,a ulieua
TO know whether or not the " Nebmsk,% Ol,@ |
used as a medium for the Transmission as e0ua
All previous accounts had Represented M 'uPpa
unnt Tor such purposes--having a Wild hs META
when It's waters were spread withon, II " On
depth, and, except when under The s,auad q
freshets, totally unit for any kind Of ne II
Fremont's account but confirmed m'lsaa
knowledge Of the river, leaving il ye,v s' psNau
navigation is not TO be improved. or 10 s'eaf Nat
ticable even for small boats. Ii La. ~ made pas
however, ito feed canal, and nrohan'' shoss
future day, the construction of canal ~. ~ 500
ders will relieve its navigation from ey;s Spoh ~
ties The following extract from H. dntsI
show the difficulties encountered. even ! 'epon wi
to descend the stream in very light boa, ~ y asas
We halted for short time on the 90.
the 9Th with village of Stony InS etno0n 4
of whose chiefs we had met AZ .rs s,ans soss'
water IN the Platte was extremsl,. III,
many places, the large expanse az low
some occasional stunted trees IN h"s wa|
gave Il the air OF The seacoast; the Isa OaAts
river being merely succession of sandhss oi hs|
which the channel was divided in,o u.s. suods
few inches deep. We crossed and rec,o 0"uss
our carts repeatedly, and at our pleasns s'u va
whenever an obstruction barred our wan
shape OF precipltous bluffs that came down.
river, we turned directly into it, and mad opols
along the sandy bed, with no other inconvs @ w
than the frequent quicksands, which sr ",a'aa
tigucd our animals. Disinterring on tS S.s % NJ
cache which had been made by our party whsavs
assembled the river, we reached without aee;a... ug
the evening of the 18th of September onr "u
campment of the ed Of July, at the junction ~ !,
forks. Our cache of the barrel Of pcrk wsa y =. y
undisturbed, ana proved seasonable addto.
our STOCK OF provisions AT this place hsS \
termined 10 make another attempt to descend 4,
Platte by water, and accordingly spent two ds,.s
the construction OF bu-boat. Men were s.o, !.
on the evening Of our arrival, the neeess,ss ' "
Der Of bulls killed, and their skins bronsI, nun
camp. Four Of the best Of them wers s,, @I
sewed together with buffalo sinew. md s,s.,'
over basket-frame of willow. The sesm. 's -.
then covered with ashes and talow. and n. s.n
left exposed to the sun for the greater mar, ~
day, which was sufficient to dry and con,,,r, ~ n
skin, and make the whole work solid and 49,.
Il had rounded bow, was eight feet long and ~
broad, and drew with four men about four III"
water. On the morning Of the 18th, we embs,s.;
IN our Understandable. Preuss and myself Win :.
men. We dragged her over the sands for ,h1,.
four miles, and then left her on bar. and ~.
doned entirely all further attempts TO nayios,. M
river. The names given by the Indians arc av,s
appropriate, and certainly mona NJ
ever more 80 than that which thew have ei,.. n
this stream---'the Nebraska, or Shallow NJ,
Walking steadily the remainder of the dav \.
before dark we overlook our people at their s,.,;
camp, about twenty-one miles below the upeii,
The next morning we crossed the Platte and m
tinued our way down the river bottom, on IN n
bank, where we found an excellent, painly.bs,u |
road.n
On the III Of October, he arrived a, Ii. .uA
ments on the Missouri, from whence he proessSI
TO 81. Louis, and to Washington--at which nhS
he arrived and reported" on the 29th Of; he An
month.
The whole report (of the frstexpedition occudu
BOT octave pages--of which, 76 are taken up n 4,
and the balance in the "cataceus \
plants,' and in the "astronomican and auetsool
logical" observations.
Catalogue Of plants. This catalogue is arransd|
by Professor Torrey, who accompanies it viii
short but appropriate preface. We find $50 speus|
Of them new, all Of interest PM
lessor Torrey says of them: "As the plants Of Lsu|
Fremont were under examination while the fs. psuI
IF the Flora of North America was in The p.u
nearly all the new matter relating to the compcsiR
was inserted in that work. Descriptions Of is|
Of the new species were necessarily omitted ovx|
o the report Of the expedition having been cld|
or by Congress- before / could finish the necesnv|
analyses and comparisons. These, however, will
% inserted in the successive numbers Of the vok|
o which have just alluded"
OF the astronomical and meteorological obeutl
ions, and Of the map, we shall say nothing al m
our observations on these m6jo|
until we have completed our views and extncs
he second expedition, which will be ATTENDED Di
our next. vi