The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-04-25

repaired with prepared cloth and gum,
aid filled with air, In readiness for
the next day
The provisions which Carson
brought with him being now exhaust.
ed and our stock reduced TO a small
quantity of roots. ] determined to re-
tain with me only Il sufficient number
Of men for the execution of our de-
sign and accordingly seven were sent
back to Fort Hall, under the guidance
OF Francois La1euncsses who, having
boen for many years a trapper In the
country, was considered an expert.
cnced mouutaineer
Though they were provided with
good horses. and the road was n re-
markably plain one of only four daya'
Journey for horsemaD, they became
bewildered. las we afterwards learned)
and. losing their way, wandered about
the country In parties OF one and two.
reaching the fort about week after
ward Some struggling IN OF thcm-
selves, and the others were brought
In BY Indians who picked them up
on Snake river, about sixty miles he
IoM tuc lpl', dlohR TIC tlll'
grant road in full march for the Lower
Columbia The leader of this adyen-
turous party was Francois.
Hourly barometical observations
were made during the day and after
the departure of the party for Fort
Hall We occupied ourselves In con-
tinuing our little preparations. and in
becoming acquainted with tho coun-
try In the vicinity. The bottoms along
the river were timbered with several
kinds of willow hawthorn, and fine
cottonwood trees Gfopulus canadensis)
| with remarkably large leaves. and
sixty feet in height by measure.
mcnt
we formed now bat a small fam
ily, With Mr.. Prcuss and myself
Carson, Bernier and Basil LaJeunesse
had been selected for the boat eXpedl-
ton, the first attempted on the interi-
or sea, and Badeau. with DerosIer. and
Jacob. 1.-THE colored mani. were to be
left in charge OF the camp We were
favored with most delightful weather
Tonight there was a brilliant sunset Of
golden orange and green. which left
the western sky clear and beautifully
pure but clouds in the east made me
lose an occultation. The summer
frogs were singing around us, and the
evening was very pleasant. with a
temperature OF so dcgrees-a night
o. more southern autumn For our
supper We had yampah. the most
argeeably favored OF the roots. sea-
soned by a small tat duck. which mad
come I'm the way of Jacobs rifle
Around Eoh
Speculations on what tomorrow would
bring forth, and In our busy conJec-
tures We fancied that We should find
every one of the yarge islands a tan
gled wilderness of trees and shrub
berry, teeming With game of every de
soriptlon that the neighborbood region
afforded. and which the foot of white
man or Indian mad never violated.
Frequently. during the day, clouds
had rested on the SUBMITS of their
lofty mountains. and We believed that
we should find clear streams and
springs OF fresh water; and we IN
duiSed In anticlpatious of the luxur-
lous repast with which we were TO
indemnify ourselves for past priya-
tions. Neither, In our discussions.
were the whirlpool and other myster-
ious dangers forgotten, which Indian
and hunters stories attributed to this
uneXplorcd lake The men had found
that, instead of being strongly sewed
tllke that of the preceding year. which
had so trIumphautly rode the cannons
OF the upper Great Plattc), our present
boat was only pasted togethed In a
very insecure manner. the maker hav.
Inc, h1rp a11amaA n In
construction. that he was obliged to
crowd the labor Of two months into
several days.
The insecurity of the boat was
senSibly felt by us; and, mingled with
the enthusiasm and excitement that
we all felt at the prospect OF an un.
dertaklne which had never before
been accomplished, was a certain Inn
preston Of danger. sufficient to give
serious character 20 our converse
tion. The monetary Wow which had
been had Of the lake the day before.
its great extent and rugged islands.
dimlv seen amidst the dark waters In
the obscurity of the sudden storm.
were calculated to neighteu the idea
Of underlined danger with which the
lake was generally associated
I'm view of our present enterprise.
part Of the equipment of the boat
had been made To consist In three
air.tight bags, about three feet long,
and capable each of containing five
gallons These had been illed With
water the nieht before. and were now
placed In the boat. with our blankets
and Instruments, consisting of a sex
1rla
ter and barometer
I'VE left camp at sunrise. tSept
Sth) and had very pleasant voyage
down the river, in which there was
generally eight or ten feet of water.
deepening as we neared the mouth
in the latter part of the day, In the
course OF the morning we discovered
that two Of the cylinders leaked so
much as 10 require one man Con-