The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-04-07
Col. Fremont and-his PARTY.

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nuni which hnyr 30 pHinhliy rarit.I
plil,lie H4iHd l.l s'iti''-- 'HyT TIsFI, lryr ,l-
rd us 10 inquire 90 tho ruurre most rf,l--
10 hive HE best Information, OF lle L..
UiHTuTIEi N TriHIiun In'yiH position TIr.
sult ofihis Inquiry nirllbrizrs tiic helrr A..
rnme Of tho moot puiuiul 0f lhp.e f.,.,.
musi be uiGanded, All lhal remie r,u
perishlug pflhe pnuy hy hunger aud sia,.
lion ars certainly 20, Colonel l1frluoul ,,,..
from the PueliloH, near lIe head Ollie A.
kansas, when about 10 crosB llIs Grt rtt..
Of mountains, tie last Of Nnyruber. llstt
suppies we're ample 20 carry him lhrouI
ilial ho bad more -four lliHn ho wanted A..
lrll soufe brhiud--pleniy Of meat, end 4. !,
serve nfsuFHr and c0iiur, aud niaecHru. H..
Msfd trhrr, und for tho SEX or disabled
Thus be- had abundant provisions, bf,Na
the resource Of above ono hundred hb,..
aud mules, which, dead or olive, would 4.
long support loibiityfve men, lfrolsns
lralh, lhrsc uuimnls WOuld roniuin lu M,
state until sprinR, lud continue .ouud. d
uWi there wNE n0 danger ot death bS tapi
liou, Thai tigey perished of cold 10 anuut,
oflle painful rnmoTs. Thus n lmptolmb,
though the cold must linys been dfe6dGI
nn1l The SHOWS .G,nrlully deep. All account,
an lac hpprnnfhc,fNte uounlnius, from ndi'
NllH NlNAi llhNNNF lFlNHNFfNi'N WV MlllfT
pfcuulure aud unusunlly severe "a much
SNOW, % tprly IN tho senson, aN rlfeed had
unref hreh'reru II was ~ ll's tr-, dnys Of
Notouber dat lac l'cgnH 10 climb she Wou,..
min rHugG tHtoto Tho Spanisb Peuk'I WNcn
divides tho valley ofIhe Upper Arlnuta' from
the head of the Rio del Nnrtc, HlOut hl2
iaHHilude hhuul lGl Tie snn ~ was etug
Illu.44l lrril la Alas hufsra whun the puriy Wa
lnrI seen, about G,o ulen from the sumui.
I 'u To tbs point The accounts are nulhcnit
two men from the puuhlus huNmR .tdllWd'
10 Ioin Cob Fremont, lat whom lac did rg
cNe-prohaily knowing thcn, itlt,
ing his rulr ~ TAKE none hut reliable uff
whom hr knew, IN these dangerous eNlst.
iious. There II 10 doubt but that Cot lg,
mont got over lids first ruuPo of moubl'.u
aud thus entered tho valley of lhr D,l NurJ.
uenr the hcnd ofthc river, aud lnbohu llu
degrees ndrlh of Sauna l'c, A gremp a.
Alnrie WINS still hrfrrr liW--Ihc great r.r
irul chnin Of The Rocky Nlnurinlns the.
called Sierra Mndrc-M1llicf Mountain. n,
knew tie difficulty Of crussiug this great Ian
ticr, there reaching lhc region ct .pcrpolrI
snow, iud, II unable 80 dn h, oNrcclcd o
" ,utrr in rolnc rove ur valley where ilrir
uiIhi lee luNrsis ufcVrrFrrcits cedar rsprral.
IS, which Nould furnish slirFcr, Dbd Lfuhr.
Ills game, with some dried rrn,s md ,oN
wood for their horses i6 live ulOu. lhr tr-
count of h,r roiulng 10 Inos. wtiirhis hh',s
% drgrcr Mouth Of -. Lnuts, |'n'ui u.i lr
did not ctu-s tlr Suta Made Huj' t it
CuWD 90 for ,1s's, O." hpd' -rtorrlH' ~rff'
ids ly hoe culd md deep SHOWS Wi'cl ..Hn.
ruuu'trr,i uiirr getting 'uip tho vu'iryrur
Del Nour
.aa-.l'o judge ofilc degree orcoii, mud '',.
of SNOW, 10 j. urccssHtN to refer Geo What NfI
were. kuow'i 20 hr 90 Srntp -, ou llr lHH
ui Drrcuhrr, INV $40 weeks utter VIZ ~,
rou had crossed iuo ihc valley of a., D.
Noilc. Tho SCUBA l'o Brpulhcou locoH,
uu 90 tiWt day, Gays HAT the Ihrruunrp
{ Eulucuio,li WHs iwcWy degrees ! go" "1o
-liuy.tvu degrees below thr irc'Iis luIUu
-lhul tho SHOWS were over ihr bacht % Vr'
horsl, boo tho rutgr- of tle lnouhiaius--liml
% Lrl.,iW,ruI ul uuops' wii four sud".
which hgd gone n pursuit ui come ua'owH
ug ludnit-, had hrc,wG Involved iu l..'s
suuva arI Wi,n Glfliculy cNlriral,d, tl,t-
's,ly,s-jlUt all ,rn,oliug wu. stopped -lU#
p,,suu- had hoI.n.to deatlf--nud tb1''trr
pr'mUiuriiy and iulvnsiiy of cold, aud 'Ui'U
90 -l.au bnd never hlru Witnessed. Toe
wu- 10 santa Ec. about hGrlh laiunde 51is
Longitude 100, and a. MA elevation ui rNt,r
ihousard zee, G'-''vo tic level oi tie ~'a..-A
ihrt raur timU Mr,l rrmupt and ils lan!
must have been about lhrec degrees uNlu
uurlh. and about hdfa dcgrcc further west
aud ar an elevation (supporinG thc valley ig
ess'',itipe rising 90 near its gorge IN Tie Slcfa
Al6SrC1 Gf pear eight thousand feet, Ibr
cold. ihcrrturc, must linvr been greater, and
lJr SHOWS deeper, tb0n az Santa Fc--etrHtrt
and deeper lhHu tie cold Hnd tuows WHtR
killed the thirly thousnudhnrsc oiihc French
Srniy in ON night IN Russin. II isAE'hh'r
- L N..rN "a
killed near lhe head of The Rio Gfunde d,l"
y orlr. Bul the same probability does ,u9'
hold with respect TO his men. They hA@
rA...I.st- which tire fcer rtrtrrTafS ind t','
Besides they knew their danger. hnd see,
prepared for il. MIR Fremont Nsoic. AVE
lBpurs Fori-in sight of the mpuulngcs=.- ls-1
HCNfd his pnrty in the, pioet perfect ,ortt
aud every prccnutiun taken Tor tltcir- sqFl.
They kurw What cold was. PuT1 Of ihrms
had tiitrrt,rri ti1u- SirrrU NGyHfU win mo
" hen half tho horses persisted. bat 30 'mtn-S
Para had crossed the Snula. lEithar0. noun
l..t., tir-T-trrr's r'Hy, 1T, 5vfT!I'
hove one hundred horses (CAatOrEIa Np'so'I
persisted IN u day, but no tn'iI II IS ptobs,
bile, then, that none of his men ,tgfS'ea 10
this terrible cold, aud That - The belief siIhe
lsGsG Nl1LAOyitE4aa the subject, 'Thn tRcahic.
alone, ms il was said to Taoss, Is no sign "'i
his men were dead.
II wns his custom, When Ills parry welr =,
danger, and needed relief, TO 20 Himself a5' =.
hiring il, fret ntusiug them safe as ins-.nt'
linking two or three men wirh him. l0i N'oh
his flitlifut servant Jacob, navy nrsstuG'I
to the Senate, was always one - m, no
WINS on foot only proves the lossoi fhe; nor nor
SEES; that he mnde three hundrh ,alH' IVY
,nies,ps reported, in nine days, is proof "'a'
his feet were not frozen: that he went vac ,
with Major Benle, who went out Win re, ,'a
is proof that he expected 10 relieve h's ntf
and enable them to come in ltls rrooonn,*.
that early in February be had them rei N~
and romonnted in Tho settlements Of New