Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1849-04-14
VOL. XIV.
Gel. Fremont and his rRrty.

Hs 10 qlre al the souTce most IrObabl. tt
b " the be.I ipfurWa,lnn, or the b, 81 opin.
ions. IN relation tn his postum. The result
Of this inquiry sa,ho lies the b, lief rht some
oi the vs' painful ~ these reports mus, be
unirundrd. A thar rrlstas TO the prri>hiag
OF the part, hy tunger AID 81 rvs,iun are Ger.
univ 81: Col, Fren0nt wrote ON the P,u-
BIOS, near the head of the Arkansas, uhen r.
houti cross the FIRST range u mnuntsias, The
Ia Of Move bef, ihs, hi supplies were an-
pie 10 catry hu liiruugL; ihst he had more
Hour Than he wsniPJi. aud lell snme hGhinl;
plenty 81 meat, aud reserve Of sugar aud
coffee, end maccaruui Tor hard lines, and
for the Il or disabled. TITUS he had alum.
danI provisions, besid = the te.ourrr ol above
one hunlted horses aud mules. which dead
OF alive, would be long support to thirty Eve
men. II lt0zen 10 death these animals pnuli
re'naio in that state until spring, and continue
! SCUM; so there Va. no datger Of
d"ash BY ,tirva,inn. That rey persisted Of
cold. u another Of The ptiafa rnro,s. This
Is lmprobsbIe, though the cold mus nave been
dreadful, and tie snows lrattllly deep. An
accounts, aS he appFoa"hed tie mountains,
from Indians and traders, represented the
! winter as premature, and unusually sevetp.--
SO mn' h snow, so early in the srlson. all a.
greed had never been seen. IL wss in the
LAT DAYS OF November that he began 10 climb
'h- moun'sn range (ab0ve he Spsni.h
Praks} "h rh divides tie valley uit'e Upper
Arkan>as l,0m Ih- head Of me Rio Del Norp,
Latitude about s. 2 longitude about l06
The snoS was about brrast.Geep to the hor.
srs wh' the part, was Last seen, about fv.
miles from the summit. Up to tbi' point
,crounts are authentic, tvo men from tie
Fae'io' having followed 10 jim Col. Fee
nont. but whom he did MT receive -probahly
not knowing The n, il being lis rule 10 take
none but reliable men, whom he knew in
these dangerous eXpedi'ions. There is no
doubt but that Co,o pl Fremont git OVER iii.
hrst range 81 mountains. and ,l,us entered the
valley Of the Del Forte, neal tire heat # The
nv"r aad ('bnu) III er degrees north Of san
la Re. A greater obstacle wa. sin hrEIe
hIn-ihc great central chain OF tie Ro,ky
Naa1t.ius coied .Sjesu Njdr Mother
AI..,.,,:,, p.l .L.lr
ing TINS great b urlier, therp reaching he re-.
elon perpetual SNOW, and, II unable to DO (,
ax,...,,.l f, ,,;,,,., =. ,.o al.
h,.,., ,b,ro,i,b,L Il. t.nu,. ... ...
,..t,, ,s,.;,II, ,.h;c4. y,,Il ,,,,,.J ~
'er ani prnb1bN game, with soue dried
,,a.s ana Soft y.oJ e., ,L.ir hor...,, ,:,a,n'
-, IN. ..co,,o, ,,r u. ;... ~
which !, .bo,, i. ninth ,r T..
,root tb.l H.. =; , c,os. ,.s ~;orr, A.. I...I
.nJ a. H.. ca,,,. T., f,, h,,,,., lie l,l
81, lost all ~, b, tie cold and deem snow,
which hp encnuortie after gplpinr INTO The
valley If tie Del \mie. 10 iudre Of thai
iesree Of cold and depth Of ,uow, II /, Gee
rssary To refer 10 whal The, were know, 10 he
1 >auta fe on the lGh Of December. say
."o weeks after Mr. Pr mont had cros.ej in.
10 The vale, 0i The Del NurIe. he santa
te Republican, received az 10 rbal ,ay. SAWS
ana the lhernnneler (F4rpuhe) vas ,upnr, |
ieglpp, bcIov zpro-N, wo drgyfr, be
lev ,n- irerzlle poinr) thar tn. SHOWS nrr,.
over tae Ia, /. I'll the horses ra l.+ gorge If.
he uounlaios-thals detachment # unoos.
With fonr guides, hrh tai gone l,.,rn.ruf
ol oi -,mp marauul, ( In.l,n.. ha tr,uac
evolved in these nH>, aud olh d,.H yJn
pxIrlcatrd IhemSslvc s-rhat II travelling va
capped tia, PERSONS had iroz.u 20 d4aDh--
Dd Mat .vcn nrWduriy apd intensity q.
cold and ds'ta Cfsnow had oestr Iesn wiz
,~s.pd Tnis ~. 4, Santa f. ahuu' nur.r |
llirndr So 40 ongiInc. l0G aud a. az ,le
valon Of seven thons nd feet abnyp the rv,l
OF he sra. Al that same te Mr. Flsnnn
,nd ma nary AIMS, h :. h.Yr .hou, ,,,.. H..
gees Co,,ber NORTH. aaI about half a der,p.
mIhrr ives: and =; an elevation (.nnpo,,o.
IN. v,n,, cn,,;,,e ro,.,.