New-York daily tribune., 1856-07-23
BENTON ON FREMONT.
EREMONT's THIRD EXPEDITION, AND AcQU,sI-
TtUN or CALIFORNIA
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Fyo. Ben.9,'s LASiy YeS,s is i.e Seaasen
10 the month Of A,y, la43 Mr. F'enoot, sbena Bre-
We. Captain Of Engineers lapJs Med q Lieutenant
COloDe Of hes before be re,urD,dl set oIt on his
tLud expedition OF g.ograpbl al a. scientific expo
IatioD IN The Great West. Hos'ilti-s had not broken
out b.tween the UDten Sates and Mexico; 1ut rexs,
had been In orporafe6; the preservation Of peace
VIC. pr, eaIious, and Mr. FIemOn. Vas determined BY
act of his. to increase the diff .rtee ~ Civ.
jpst es1e Of complaint to toe Mexican Government.
Bis line Of observation wO1ld iead hm - tho P4eic
Ocean, through Mexican pruy'nce-.hrough the
dsart pai.s, and the settled part sfteryart of the
Alta California. Approaching he Sc. tied parts Of the
PfeviDce n the c0mmenc emsnt Of Winter he le his
equipment Of 60 men a. 200 borses on .h- frontier
sLd pIocs ed alone TO 'Mon,xrey, % make known TO
the fioveor the otee. Of ds coming and his desire
TO pass he inter or .h- re-bnept 0f his men anj
lY,e in the .nsLIsbite1 parts Of the valley Of the
San j. aquin. The permission was granted; but soon
nvAeo. under The pret' 1t that N.Y. Femob. had come
TO Csnia Lot 70 puf,ls sci nce but 20 exci,e the
American s.ttl ~ 10 revolt aga Il he Mexican Gov.
tIDnnIt. Upon .ba pretex, .roJr, we're raised, aud
marched 10 avsek hun. Having no,ce Of their 30
reach, be TO psilos OF she m0uotatn hosted the
hsg IF The Ubil.d States, and determined with his
sixty brave mrE, to d,feD bms< 70 the last extr-m.
iy-ntver .u'reuderins and Dying, il need BE- To the
lsst n CD nestehg.r came iDtO his camp, bringing
letter r'm the Am.I"a1 coLs ui ct Aont.rey 70 sp-
pIisS i'm o. bs danger; thai messenger recurring r..
ported thai 1000 n,.N could no, force th, American
p stoD anC that information had =. effect upon the
Mexican COmEiaDdeY. Waiting fosr rays in bis noun.
tain camp, and hot being attacked, he qn,t,d his
loitoD, ossce' de' frm hs n"uDtan and set out for
Oregon .ha. be might give ',rther pre:ex for co n.
plsni Wy tn silins in California.
TorTiLg bis back On the Mexran poesesa;ons and
looking 10 Or he field Of BIS fu;ur. aors M
FsmJt de'ermnsi to explore o new route To the
Wak lah.ustn settlements aud the tide waite, region
ef th' Co.guhs, through the .leva:et region of the
Ts.Esh Lakes. roi!sn,ic inter.s. attached 70
IBIS tiou m the gran of its features ts lofty
n osn'a Ls ana sios e.sc p.shs, aud from the IT,
sida'le Character of il, ysriike inhsbi'sn In N.
Grt week Of hsJ ne was q. The north end u ,hs
Gr al Klamath Lake, srt IN Orego.-tAe lake being
90. ntsr s soah end b, Ae parallel Of ~ deg. nortn
'aii.uoe. On the eth day of that month strange
'sht pee ni'd tssf-slsio.. startling sppsr.ion-
tive men ding op, and penetrating . Region which
ttw eve, sppIossbsd ~tsou. p-y,ng toll " life or
bhoS. Thy proved 10 b. two Of M Frem,nt's OLD
rSsases'', Il. quickly old their story Th-y wsrs
nan d sa.ra d .i1 men conducting u9ted sta'es
yTeeI, sto s.,s on hs Isi vnh sipac,ss h,r
nle they cane on 70 give Ae,iee Of As apron ard
10 sA that assistance might bs sent him. They ,hem-
selves bad only e.espsd ihs Indians BY NC sxiaess
Of thev hones nvac q csc in which nc .ime W,