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• These people were well dressed in skins, had some guns, but armed generally with bows and arrows and such other instruments of…
• Having now reached a point where danger might be reasonably apprehended from strolling war parties of Indians, spies were kept in advance…
• The Yellowstone river is a beautiful river to navigate.
• Snow is so common that I have omitted to note its falling at least two days out of Three.
• The only very rugged part of the route is in crossing the Big Horn mountain, which is about 30 miles wide.
• I had the Big Horn river explored from Wind River mountain to my place of embarkation.
• Several speeches were made by the chiefs during the council, all expressive in the highest degree of their friendly disposition towards our…
• We continued to move forward without loss of time, hoping to be able to reach the wood described by the Indians before…
• The snow continues with high winds we remain at this camp to day in consequence of the weather.
• After an unremitting and severe labour of two days, we returned to our old encampment with the loss of some of my…
• They urged me to take up winter quarters at the forks of the Platt, stating that if I attempted to advance further…
• Some of them profess to be well acquainted with all the principal waters of the Columbia, with which they assured me these…

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