The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-07-22
GEN. JOHN {. FREMONT.
A sketch OF thc EventfnI Lie
of the "Pathfinder.

john Charles Fremont was born il
Savannah, Ga, January y, 1913. 4,
the age Of - he entered Charleston
College; from this institution he Wa:
expelled Oh account Of his inattention
and frequent absences. After this be
obtained employment as a private
teacher If ma hems tics, and in 1888
he became mathematical instructor
on the sloop OF war Matches. After a
two years cruise on this vessel he was
appointed mathematical professor of
the United States frigate Indepen-
dence. He soon tined Of the SCI,
and engaged Is surveyor
and engineer on rail
road line between Char'estrn and
Augusta. GA. In 1885 be acc mran-
led VI. Nico let in explorations If the
country bttweeu the Missouri ami
the British line, and while thus en-
gagged received commission from
President Van Duran as second lieu
tenant III The corps of typogr phical
engineers. Under The iustru> lions
from the war department he in 1S41
explored the Rocky Mountains and
assembled The highest point of the
Wind River Mountains, since known
as Fremont's Peak.
On his return from this expedition
he planned another. comprising the
survey of the then unknown territory
lying between the Rocky Mountains |
and the Pacific Coast. He set out in
May, 1843, with thirty-nine men,
travelled 100 miles to the Great Salt
Lake, of which no accurate account
had ever been given and then jour-
neyed to The upper tributaries of
the Columbia, whose val
ley he descended to Van
c'uver. EStart;ng to return he tray
eled southeast through an unknown
region found himself in the mid.t Of
winter in desert and without food,
and to save his men was forced to
cross high range of mountains in
order to reach Suffers Fort, on the
Sacramento river, where he arrived
In March, 1S43, be and bis men re-
duced almost to ske etoDs, and over
half Of his horses dead.
He arrived in Kansas on his return
ia July, 1914, having been gone four
teen months. The following year he
expl ,red the maritime region of Ore
gan and California, and while on this
expedition he YVES ordered to watch s
over the interests Of the United
States in California, there being rea- I
con to apprehend that the Mexican ,
General Castro intended to destroy {
the American settlements on the Sac. !
ramento. The settlers focked to Ere :
mont's camp, and under his leader !
ship all Northern California was i
freed from Mexican authority. On I
July 4, 1915, he was elected |,
governor of California by the settlers. 8
and soon afterward was appointed I
commandaDt of the territory.
In connection with Commodore Stock !
ton he forced the Mexicans to capitu- q
late, terminated the War in Californis,
and left that country permanently in
the possession of the United States.
Gen. Fremont was the first presi-
Dental nominee of the republican
party, being defeated by Mr.. Buch- +
anan. At the breaking out of the
civil war he was appointed major gen.
eral and assigned to the command of
the western district. Gen. Fremont
was married in 1911 to Miss Jessie I
Benton, daughter of Senator Thomas
II. Benton, Of Missouri. A few
months ago he was placed on the re- u
tired list with the rank of major gen.
eral. Since the war he has made his a
residence in New York. L