Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-09-13
From the National Inteligencer
CAPTAIN FREMONT,s SECOND ExPLO.
RING EXPEDI rlON.


and his hardy and adventurous companions on
their homeward route ; and in doing so we ha rd.
ly know whether the courage which never qua i.
led before the dangers of that route, the perse.
verance which never failed befpre obstacles ap.
parently the most unconquerable or the pronp-
titude and never failing resources which fur.
nished the means by which courage and perse.
verance attained their ends, are most to be ad.
, mired. ii is sufficient that their happy comb.
n,t,.,u in this instance led to a successful and
most valuable result-We are confident that.
whn,ever success may attend the third cxped.
tion, those engaged in It will deserve to be sue.
cesstul We look for lis return with increasing
interest; confident that the aggregate produc
ton of the three expeditions o, Capt. FREMONT
will be source of more than common honor
and fame to him and his worthy fellow ltbor-
ers, snd rebound to the credit of the country.
We took leave Of the expedition, in our last
notice, at the "Dalles" of the Columbia. about
fifteen miles below the fails of that river, where
Capt, F., had collected supply of provs'ons
sufficient for hs party Ior not less than three
months. also some live cattle.
The number Of horses and mules mustered bv
the expedition was l0i, for "the sustenancc of
which, our reliance (says the Captain) was up.
on the grass which we should find. and the soft
porous wood which was to be It's substitute when
there was none
The expedition commenced is homewatd
march on the 25th Of November AT the re-.
quest of Mr.. Perkins" one 0! the missionaries
at the Dallcs-
"A Chinook Indian, lad Of nineteen, who
was extremely anxious to see the whites aud
make some acVua uanance with our institutions,
WAS received into the party. under my sp' cial
charge, with the understanding that would a.
gaia return him to his friends He had lived
for some time in the household Of Mr.. Perkins,
and spoke u few words Of the English IAN
gusge."
The first object which attracted Capt. FRE-
moNr's at'ention was the Klamath lake the
ioute of the expedition vas therefore almost di.
rect'y south. After travelling distance of2J0
miles from the Dallcs of the Columbia, prnci.
pally through sandy pine forest, on Deccm-
Der 10
| II is simply shallow basin, which for short
/ period at the time of melting SHOWS, is covered
with water from the neighboring mountains !;
| bat this probably runs oil, and leaves for
! the remainder of the year a green savannah,
through the midst of which the river Tlamath,
which flows to the ocean, winds its way 10 tue
outlet on the southeastern side"
| December live have the following in
testing particulars relative to the Klamath indi.
ans ...-r . .....I ,. ..s... .. .r.
| "When we had arrived within half mile oi
the village, two persons were seen advancing ia
meet US and, 10 please the fancy of ,nr guides
we ranged ourselves into long line. riding a.
breast, while they gaoppcd ahead to meet the
strangers.
I'VE were surprised, on riding up to find one
of them woman. having never before known
squaw to take any pnrt in the business uf war.
! They were the village chief and his wife, who,
/ in excitement and alarm at the unusual event
and appearance, had come out to NEE, their fate
together. The chief was very prcpossess ng
gularly soft and agreeable voice--so remarka.
BILE as to attract general notice.
"The huts were grouped together on the bank
of the river, which, from being spread ont in a
shallow marsh at the upper end of the lake,
was collected here into single stream They
were large round huis perhaps ~ feet in diam.
etec, with rounded tops, on which was the door
by which they descended into the INTERIOR
Within, they were supported by posts and
beams. nd
"Almost like plants, these people seem to
have adapt ed themselves 10 the soil and To he
growing on what the im,nediaie locality atf6rd
ed. Their only subsistence at this time appear
ed to be small fish, great quantities Of which
that had been smoked and dried, were susprn,
ded on strings a bout the lodge. Heaps Of straw
were lying around A; and their residence in the
midst of grass and rushes had taught them pc,
culsr skill in converting this material to use
:ul purposes.-Their shoes were made Of straw
or grass, which seemed well adapted for a snowy
country and the women wore on their head q
closely woven basket which made a very goot
cap. Among other things, were parti-coloret
mats about four feet square, which we purcha
sed TO lay on the snow under our blankets, anc
TO use for table cloths.
"Numbers of singular looking dogs, resem
bling wolves, were sitting on the tops of the
huts, and of these we purchased young one
u,h;ch aGar ito birth. nlare u,s n.,oa1 'pt,