Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1846-06-17
Extract Of a letter frOm captain Fremont.
Tcrba Buenu, Bay Of San Francisco,
Upper California, Jaa'y "a, 1916. (

Ycrba Buena, Bay Of San Francisco,
Upper California, Jany "a, 1916,
"Now as rapidly as possible, will tell
you where have been and where am
going, | crossed tho Rocky Mountains on
the main Arkansas, passing out at It's We
Try head water | explored the southern
shore Of the Great Salt Lake, aud visited
one OF its islands. You know that on ev.
cry oXtunt map, manuscript or printed, the
whole of the Great Basin is represented
as a SANDY PLAIN, barren, without water,
aud without grass Tell your father that
with a volunteer party Of fifteen men,
| crossed it between tho parallels Of 3S
and 80 deg. Instead of plain, found
it, throughout its whole extent trayorsed
by parallel ranges of lofty mountains,
their submits white with snow, (October,)
while below the valleys had none. In
stead Of a barren country, tho mountains
were covered with grasses of the best
qualify, wooded with several varieties OF
trees, and containing more deer and noun
tain sheep than we had seen 10 any pre-
yious part Of our voyage. So utterly at
variance with every description, from ou.
lheniic sources, or from rumar OF report,
it is fair to consider this country as hh.
erto wholly unexpored, and never before
visited by white man. met my party
At the rendezvous, lake southeast Of the
Pyramid Luke, aud aguia separated, send.
ing them along the eastern side Of the
frrntt g ,rrt, tbr,, ,r Cy,r Ia, ~ rItn1 ,,,il,g
in u souDherly directions where they were
to cross into the valley Of the st. joaquin,
near its head. During all the time | was
not with them, Mr., Joseph Walker was
their guide, Mr.. Talbot Qel bis mother
that he is well aud does woll) ia charge,
and Mr.. Kern, tho topographer. The
eleventh day after leaving them reached
Capt, Suffers, crossing the Stern on the
4th December, before the snow had fallen
there. Now the Sierra is absolutely i'm.
IpasSahIo, and the place Of our passage
two years ago IS luminous masses Of snow.
BY the route ! have explored can ride in
thlrty.liye days from the FoniaiAe gai
Boui~ rioer TO Capt Suuer's and Tor
wagons the road is decidedly far better
] wish this known to your father, as now,
the Journey has been ~ tie, it may be said
this too was already known shall make
a short journey up tho eastern branch Of
the Sacramento, and 60 from tho Klamath
lake into the Wahhhmat valley through
a pass alluded to in my report; in this way
making the road into Oregon far shorter,
and good road in place Of the very bad
one down the Columbia. When | shall
have made this short ex, ,loration, | shall
have explored from beginning to end this
road 10 Oregon
| have just returned with my party of
sixteen, from an exploring journey in the
Sierra Nevada, from the nelghborhood of
Sutter's to the heads Of the Like Fork -
We got among heavy SHOWS on the noun
tain submits, there more rugged than |
had elsewhere met them, suffered again
as in our first passage, got among tho
horse thieves (lndians who lay waste
the California ironter,) fought several,
and fought our way down into the plain
again, aud back to Suffers. Tell your ia.
Their that have something handsome to
tell him Of somn exploits Of Carson and
Dick Owens, and others
/ am going now on business to sec some
gentlemen on The sea coast, and will then
join my people aud complete our survey
in this part Of the world as soon as posi-.
BILE. The season is now Just arriving
when vegetation is coming out in all the
beauty have often described TO you; and
in chat part Of our libors shall CRAFTY all
my hopes. find the theory Of our great
Basin fully confirmed III having for lis
southern boundary ranges Of lofty noun.
Iains. The Sierra, too, is broader where
this chain leaves IL than IL any other part
that have seen So soon as the proper
season comes, and my animals are rested,
we turn our faces homeward, and be sure
that grass will moi grow under our feet
All our people are well, and we have
had no sickness of any kind among US;
50 that hope to be able to bring home
with me all that ! carried out Many
months Of hardship, close trial., and anxi-
cites have tried me severely, and my hair
Is turning gray before is time, But all
Ibis passes 81 Ia bon temps oieadran
-
fBoing Spring river in English. THIS
is the outside settlement on the Arkansas,
about 70 miles above Bents fort, whore old
retired huhters and traders, with Mexican
and Indian wives, and their children. have
into some villages, called bv Tia
Mexican name for civilized Indian villages,
PuebIosi where they raise grain and stock,
How THEIR NAMES ARE PRONOUNCED.
The names Of Generals Arista, Ampu.
dia, Mejia, aud Canales, Colonies Carasco
and Cafrabaial, are pronounced by Spa.
IL rda Il nnurlt r..-n-.ll.. ILL.,