The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1849-02-27
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stream Del0W ut, which gnthefed us Watofs ~
the snowy mountains near BY. In about quar-
ter of m hour Ne descended into the creek bet
low, our road having been very mu,h controlled
| and interrupted by me pines md springs on the
mountain side; and turning up the stream, en-
cahiped in bottom Of god grass near It's head,
| under'thc dividing crest Of the Rocky Mountains.
BY the observations Of tire evening, the latitude
of our eneumpmtnt was 80 degrees, 20 minutes,
"a seconds and South OF which, therefore, is the
head Of the Arkhhsas river. The next years
| expedition found the Arkapsas exactly, whete
suppose d, in 80 degrees, s0mipuies, 38 seconds,
longit ude, lG6 degrees, q minutes, Is stconds,
At an elevation Of 9.t8o fce,."I 7 t'a
Thus there are no less than three difer-
ent passes in ubuu, two degrees and half,
from about Al d, grecs 70 minutes down 10
80 degrees, ira,e elsed and described by Mr..
t'rctmont in his return from Lis second ex. .
pedilion; and these not only easily access
lille, but run through county suitable for
the hcbi,a,ioLs Of civilized msn.
A ,hi,d expedition took placc.i Still pnr-
suing the il ca Of finding route further
snuih, Mr.. Frcemoni went out upon tie
iine OF the Arkansas river, and found a
remarkably straight course quite 10 The Lay
tf San Francisco. In his map that route is
laid down, and tie barometer elevations
gwen, In his memoir ihereis at rage, SO.
table OF attitudes and l,ngitudes, without
more than variation of a degree or so on
each side through seventeen degrees oflon-
g,udo. AT all the great points from St.
Louis TO the head Of the Arkansas, thence
TO tho pass in the Sieira Nevada, and 10 tho
bay of San Francisco, 80 degrees is nearly
the line Throughout: and, in point of direct
ness, nothing better could be asked; but IL
will require comparative view Of all the
routes TO be able to judge between ,l,cm.--
The head Of the Arkansas was found at an
elevation Of 9S40 feet; bm il was the head
Of the river, and not pass, which was then
The object.
The Whole ny per half Of the Arkansas
lies on the tight line Tor road 10 the bay.
Of San Francisco. A few degrees west of
the Nj ssouri frontier the river bends north Ia
latitude 80 degrees; and the parallels of SO
degrees OF 80 degrees cut the rivers liom
thence 10 its head. J.
Returning from his third expedition, and
being no longer in Tie public service, MIR.
Frccmont has undertaken a fourth one, at
his own expehse: Anenacd by the devoted
men who had bech with hitp 50 long, and
unwilling TO leave incomplete work in
which lie had been engaged for seven years,
he has now cone as far south as the head If
the Rio Grandes del MOTTO, 10 explore The
passes a, the head Of tha, river, and the an.
proximat on Of the waters Of the Coiorad6
Of the West. Though without Government
assist nee, yet, with the aid Of his old COM
rades. he will complete the examination OF
the mountain passes, and Of ali the counirs
b,lween the Miss ssippi and Pacific, and
lhus fulfill the original purpose for Which no
sought and Obtained tLis distant aud peril.
Gus work, in preference ,osbeing employed
abou, the cities and frontieis.
It's appropriate 10 say. Mr.. President
thai il seems 10 have beena Providence tl,af
man with head and heart fof. This
work, should, upon his own application,
have undertaken L seven Years ago; that ie
should have attached 10 Lis person thirty
men, thu children. Of the mountains, Who Who
were bic To show hin everything and who
dd show him cytbing; who stll' adhere
TO him; and, by their joint exeriions, we
have, at the very moment of need, at the
very instant when the public mind has rreni..
ed up to the point Of commencing. lho,
work, all the information upon our hands
which the occasion requires.
I Without disparagement 10 any one, /
lnmay be allowed 50 say that young man,
who solicits this work; who takes these
shatdships and dangcrs in preference to Tie
wuik Of the frontier or Tie city; who goes
into ii as matter of love, Of choice, and
not Of duty aud obligation; who carried
with him spirit Of exploration much great
CIR than could be found in the mere execu-
lion Of an order, with thirty such men with
him, would give 10 his explorations tho
ruughncss ol examination VIII CHI is NOT to
be expected from any delailed officer with
his detail of soluie,s.
The greu, p,in, upon which now rest,
Mr.. President, is, that there is nothing
more TO. be learned or known; that, by q
kind of Providence, there has been brought
10 our know ledge everything that is necess-
ary TO be known TO enable US 10 act, and
that the great idea which has possessed eve
Iry power which has ever been dominant in
lNurih America, that oi an inland commune
cation across tho continent, is now ripe 10
be realized. Ii is in, view 81 the fact that
I'VE are now ripe for action, that ask leave
to b,ing in bill for action. fa
! The leading idea of the bill, Mr.. Presi-
EJen', is a national, central road, highway,
ELo, merely ior ourselves, but for our poster
lily, for all time to come.
| The road which propose will be nation
al in its character--in al its features and
parts; rational, because no private resour-
ses are equivalent To such work, nor fit