Show ool col emonts fremonte Fr railroad exploration just before getting into parowan carowan Pa rowan one of the party a mr 0 fuller of st louis died ile he was a brave and energetic man and he died in his saddle from the time the party entered the mountains until they reached parowan carowan Pa rowan they encountered a good deal of difficulty it was midwinter the grass was in many places bad the animals required a great deal of attention col fremont was determined to pursue his course and to make all the explorations which the strength of himself and his party would permit and game was wild and scarce the party arrived at the mormon settlement worn and much reduced in flesh they remained there twelve sufficed to place them in excellent condition on the 21 st of february col fremont lett left the hospitable people of parowan carowan to cross the sierra nevada his course was a little south of west the country was hilly and in many places mountainous about miles from parowan carowan the party crossed the rim of the great basin and reached the watershed of the rio virgin which empties into the colorado Coloia do thence the distance to owens range which was struck on latitude 37 was about miles over the same kind of country indeed col fremont did not know at what precise point he left the great basin here and there were fertile valleys but the greater portion of the soil noil is of ofa a rather ster tile character the thew mountains oun are composed of short irregular ranges generally running north and south covering nearly the whole country and are well timbered with pine col fremont reached owens mountain on the of march it was covered with snow and presented no pass and the party turned to the south following the foot of the mountain about 60 miles to the end of the range here they saw the first human beings since leaving parowan carowan Pa rowan these were the horse thief indians living just at the southern point of the range they ha had d la large rg 1 bands of california horses and appears appearances i n e indicated that they were constantly receiving reee iving additions to their herds from california the whites attacked a party of them and took 30 horses one of the party was wounded by an arrow but bat not seriously what right had col fremonte Fr emonts party to forcibly take horses from the indians ED about the I 1 st at instant they crossed the sierra nevada near latitude 36 the pass was very favorable and the slopes so gradual and the country so favorable for a road that col fremont says that he could have started in a buggy from the spot where he camped the day before crossing fifteen miles beyond the summit and have driven to a point 35 miles on this side of the divide without injury to a horse indeed many of the party would not believe that they had reached the summit this is is 1 at the hind head of a creek areek entering kern ken river from the east was previously unknown so f far ar as we known vol 01 ol premont fremont arri vedin this city on the wel band so hearty that he is is actually some 14 pounds heavier than ever before daily alta california april 21 54 54 |