The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-04-28
From Tho NmionnI InlrIligouccr.
COL. MISUNDERSTANDING
FUKTUENNND FINAL ACCOUNTS,

We resume lho extracts fom Col. FIRE.
monrs letters, pelhclng them with some
brief Description or,he localities made neln-,
orubIe ly disaslcr, for tho Information of
those who hive not recent mnps hlhnud.
Il Ia known That the great Rocky Mountain
chain Willi general direction north aud
south, srnds oul branch towards The south
cnri from between the llends Of the ArkuDenS
mud tho Rio del Marie; aud this branch forms
the dividing ridge between the upper yolleys
Of those Two fiycrs, aud between tho hcud
waters or the Red R'rer and tho Del Note;
aud having accomplished tlieSo purposes II
Subsidies mud disappears IN the plains of Tex
Ns 1'he-Aighcst pnH Of this brnnch rlinin,
aud tho governing olyett IN II To travellers,
nre tho Spanish Peaks, first mnde known TO
American geography 10y tho, then young
Lieut. Pike. These Penks MO about in norIl
latitude % l-2 deg, and west longitude from
London l05 deg, nnd nhoui on u limo 81
tudnnlly Wi,li ihe PuebOs of lhu Upper AZ.
kuisns, distance from them half n dcgrcc,nud
ia sight They aro seen NJ grua, distance,
are guiding objects to travellers. Tho road
to Sanlu To passes below these Perks, aud
e, s"',s. 49, -i'.i., -i..' d"ss-- ..''-.i,
Col. Fremont passed above them, aud enter
eel The Wiley Of the DEL .N6rie high up nbovo
The Mexican settlements, nnd uboyu Pke's
Sioctaae, mud intended 10 follow the del .Noyfe
10 It's head, aud cross the great Rocky Noun
Tain chain through some pass there 10 be
found. He wns therefore, so 10 speak, going
into thc.lorks orihc mountnin--ilO the gorge
oftwo mountnins--and NJ nagrcat elevation,
shown hy the fact al Tho gruut rivers which
issue from the opposite sides of Ito Rocky
Mountains NJ hat pnri-thG Arkansas and
Del Norts on tho enst, tho Grant river fork
Of tho Colorado ofTlc guf0f California or
the west.
II wns nj this pont--lhc head Of Tho Del
Noric-whrrc no traveller had over gone he
fore, tlIul Col. Fremont intended To pass, to
survey his last line across the continent, com
plelc his know ledge of the country between
tho Mississippi and the Pacific, crown the la
bors of long explorations by showing tho
country bCtwGun the grrut river and
the great sea to lie inhnhilablc 10y n
civilized people, md practicable for great
roatl, and tlihi on several lines, nod WHICH
was The best. lie hud been seychfye4rs" en-
gagged in This great labor and wished 10 com
llctc il. !, wns Tie beginning Of Drceihher
ihat lac crossed the chain from the Arkansas |
valley into the valley orlho Del .Norlc; mud
late, with the full bcliefof tho old
hunters and traders nj The Pceb!os. the guide
whom he there engaged -thnt- he
WOllIt 30 through. Iit WIS plbNHlth WIN
every thing To carry the men TO California, *
with grain to carry all the animals across all
tho mountains into The valleys of Tie triIIntn-
ries of tho Great Colorado oftho Wcs',w where
the SHOWS would he light, wood md grnss
sufficient gnlno Abundant, mud tho hnrdshlps
Of the expedition all surmountcd aud left be-
hind. In two weeks he expected 10 he IN
these mild valleys. Unhnprily the guide con.
sumed these Two weeks in getting to tic hend
Of the Del Norte--n Distance which required
,,rhy fuur. or five days of trayel, ms Col. fre-
mont showcd'in coming hnrk. This was the
cause ofthe first calulnty--tie loss ofhe mules
The same guide consumed twenty two days,
W hen sent with fic'p party for relief, IN mink
ing ,he disinErc wlt1h Col. FREMONT, with
C;4uley,- Preuss, and u sefHat.i14 Without n
guide, on foot, ~ colder weather, n deeper
SHOWS. and half iisttiirlled is9adc IN SIX. Tint
Vas lie cause nr the sccolttk mud irrepurahIc
1outt Of The He',,
The immediate scene of suffering i'll this
rrcnt disaster, here tie nrccnl OF ilfo great
MnA inrrcd iyi,l its Summit st'nlcd,
must hive been nhotii north lnlltnle 80 IL
md wosi Longitude from London OF, the ell
,yntinn nboxc iwcEe lEourhnd feet, and ilic
imellHI of ,lsnd Miuter-- Christmas! From
his point The noted objects Pixies Peak nnd
he Three Parks, would hear nhnut T., ". H.,
md the Spanish PeakShhnnI r.. >. T..
Will ihis notice of localities. 70 which n
interest must long nthcli, wo pro- ,
.eed IN rive extracts from The remaining and
innl lcr,ers from Col. Fremont. The first
u these il ,lr,cd--
=. "TAos. NEw Mexico, Feb. 6, 1919.
After n long delay, which had weGTtVTt me Z
q tho pc.i4.l= t,frrroyug to rtott nrntt' my
elf ti,Iinr,4 tiHvu al hast reached me from my
I. fnteh party. Z
Al. 4i..4,,,,ii Ilaler emma in last lsielli l'aF- ~
rhI iufnre rratiirtl the. Little Colo
abe, eai,laueni, with three or four ohoFSIn' =