Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-01-16
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1nsalsssi,se sssviics Ii, HE rotirfs b. bie eSl
pora,sons 81 HE Gegas Wei. hess ne Mis-
asass sil asiae- II sofs anslsori-
else s.arrssoa Of MS fahis sersisee aasi a3sist
tril,s.ts 70 Ire ehergy and persstrTanes os Ehe
rsai agsiass aeagsss sas9 ebssssits
.laas might vel! hssa discouraged ahs Iaesf Sa-
ts.yssied We sAssast ffo,s4 She ssatstsr eazsttct
II he PsesGaeneg of yail ll::tsran, III. Pom
sett. 81 North Carolina, being SECRETARY
Of Var, The Typographical survey 81 the i'ite,.
fiur of tie continent Aas ennilasaeea. ana the
examination OF the VI sn. country aest OF the
Mississippi, and bets cen Il aud The Missouri WAS
cf,agaified 10 Mons. Nics,lss. ielaise French
uaati resident among u, atld ysrgs learned ~
Eto,,osra,,flcaI knowledge. IL was the wish oil
lie eerelat 10 place riitif euffifnAfd o. Mons
sie,,et. one or rsere Of ti,e Young graduates ct
Wes. Point TO naStstiie benefit OF his instrnes
ions, anaar future day, on the retirement or
ieafs oil Annss Nh ies TO ha his place ard eaf
n Tpr safa lie WORK. ffis beng proposed 40
.srh. th,.y snegsinsls and unanimously refused,
entev,nsaoas,v sefting forth services IN The
,sf;s.f wilderness 4ndF citizen 10 be be neal
he fljgaitP and privilege oi = West Fo.nr pet =
| sl,ter this rebuff. tie Democratic Secretary
arf.ed Is eve 10 ci,ii Ile. Distinguished . youth
Il once fall OF ta.ns an modest. he suh OF a
deceased friend and cWpptc ed IN contributing 10
be saptort of bis videsed adNher, sometimes
81 teaching school ard s4iattines lssss;iiI- Tie
| .nginerrs unon The rtiFfpys Of Charleston and
| ;icinnati railroad This youth, stadio.is, Ill
| il tt. fire wfIscti e0taenses wien opposed 10
lifficuIties and poverty, received from he Prcs-
dent the appointment Of bfegei second lieute'.-
| .dt Of Typographical engineers, and in 1889
| o,.letl Mons Nicoiet. and proceeded 70 Inc eA-
!oration OF Northern Missouri and iowa.
Thus commenced, some eighteen wears ago,
he public services o. Jehs CaARfEs Fremont
Accommodating Mons Nieolct three years we're
ieyoteti 10 the complete reduction 10 istonomi-
| IL profile of The whole country embraced be-
1 wecn the rivers Missouri and Mississippi from
hcir ianeiion 10 the British boundary line
his celebrated 1unp and report, he JOINT pro-
action OF Nigolet aud EreupIIt thr,!ef BIS tsni-
| atier. and 3rc-2miiens for accuracy, coming
| seiy IN 0 the hands OF the people, t.tnd!e,t eN-
/ rywhare sf atp,,ise Tor 80 deiieso4s Il country
re sio tsi, tiiiAi.oa .eetned 10 hc a desert.
lie simplicity. the accuracy aad wonderful
Completeness o. the wera, as oase sealed iie
.Iic;enty, sill AUD reliability oi to constructor
| the public eoahdcnee.
Aboat ,l.,s linlp Mons Nieolet died, leaving 10
| { accomplished, at.er ,he sssltc lianner, sur
! rps onward To the western . ear, the great
| bic lands and tolS,s oi Oregon. 10 Fremont
| shis aSsistgn. and sucyeSsnr, Nas properly as
igned his great eort in the WILDERNESS. hehad
| ,Al!e nneanslme married Jessie, tbs d4nghter OF
eItaior Ben on, who approaching tne, 'ptilies "
ne IN IN and the nationai inporaitce OF tic work.
ifualltrtl his artier and fortified ian VITA MS
xperien,e and eoaf,seI. liz 1912 Fremont as
ended tie Great latte, explored The South
"a ~ and reached the suniint and tleastfrd the
ftitndc Of the snowy crest, befeda "hieh the
a;ers a0w 10 the Pacific He now produced
ist;rst map aud report. These, rehlar%able lot
rpyitv ofifltellaep; yet eop-ous IN matter, and
.ic IN the teEincaliots OF nature, attracted the
o,1l,r 1uint; and first kind ed. that appcti,ctor
lgen ure. in the vast and sublime portions OF
st,rron:inpnf which, during the twelve ycarS
NEE following has reset the affairs OF tile
l1nerita,l people on uew and grand order OF
renreSs. and hascItsined the admiration OF the
Grid The expedition OF 1913 and ~, made
" Fremont through the continent and nlarHed
~ the u3cn'ning OF a wagonJoad to the Paclhc,
he EXPLORATION OF the Salt l. Ike Basin, the piali-
mr. OF American settlements and government
pom the Willamette, and the winter passage OF
re Cordi!!eras in:o California, has been studied
~ every American, olag and. Oh, and by NIL
aoas in iorriGu.ian
These expeditions, unparalleled for the immense
esiohs cN!''ofea' ,n5 no cay s's '>''J $3.50 "
u" Solh'f'S FeFeaieo' INC ''heAse @ho usSpS'
tie character Oh me dangers encountered anu
urmoan;cd, served 10 ljit completely The veil OF
avsery a. vet enseioping twG-shiras OF oar cor
mont and 10 turn thihVr the electrified atieIl-
;on OF mankind, rs with the rush of waters long
lent up. TO ill up the dellis in the profile OF
uch immense countries, rapidly trTcrscd, Ere
mont again departed III the spnhtot $40, cross
ng the continent by line intermediate between
IFS former eXp.oratons, revealing to Us me coE-
ain Basin, the direction, the altitude, and peeu-
lar position ofthc snowy Andes, and the dctI-