"Snow is so common that I have omitted……" — William Henry Ashley
"Snow is so common that I have omitted to note its falling at least two days out of Three."
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22 Quotes by William Henry Ashley
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These people were well dressed in skins, had some guns, but armed generally with bows and arrows and such other…
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Having now reached a point where danger might be reasonably apprehended from strolling war parties of Indians, spies were kept…
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The Yellowstone river is a beautiful river to navigate.
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The only very rugged part of the route is in crossing the Big Horn mountain, which is about 30 miles…
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I had the Big Horn river explored from Wind River mountain to my place of embarkation.
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Several speeches were made by the chiefs during the council, all expressive in the highest degree of their friendly disposition…
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We continued to move forward without loss of time, hoping to be able to reach the wood described by the…
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The snow continues with high winds we remain at this camp to day in consequence of the weather.
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After an unremitting and severe labour of two days, we returned to our old encampment with the loss of some…
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They urged me to take up winter quarters at the forks of the Platt, stating that if I attempted to…
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Some of them profess to be well acquainted with all the principal waters of the Columbia, with which they assured…
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As my men could profitably employ themselves on these streams, I moved slowly along, averaging not more than five or…
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