| Show who discovered Lis covered the south pats pass the detroit Advertis advertiser tr lir asserted that col coi 01 ol fremo t discoverer of the file south pass of or the reeby rocky Moun Mout ital ilai laius talus us a corre po tide tlde ii t of the detroit free pre pres press s duies duier d ules uler the ruth truth of the stute mu mukand P tand I 1 and the editor of that journel journal jour publishes puL lishes the follo following letter from ramsay crooks edof of new york NEW vonc ISM my ty dear diar sir ilist Ps s I 1 lihs a abom closing clo ing my itar It tr to you 8 date I 1 received he llie detroit fre press of 21 ct instant inq atit bilt containing a taud laud laudation tion of colonel john C t taken take f from roin the hie D detroit troit Advert ber ker of the previous ons ors dav day dis dys d ay iy alid and chicri if it kid rid frad ben b en true ie a not in lit ny my humble li opinion iou iod A it very important item in lit nin bilg up the of or fuch such a it awn man as celoud become the file president Pres dent of ills ilis confederacy beracy 1 however presume it is int lut to exhibit him as endowed with ur coinon det city dit I 1 hud nud daring during in lit exploring so wid wild arbion a ar r gion pion sur Eur rounded surrounded folded und and grizzly bear thereby proving provin great firmness firm dess desa of character so very desirable desi desir raLle atle but unfortunately BO so very rare iu lit the llie head lead of a great nation but even if ir tiie llie colonel lid ird iid ird discovered lle ile the lie south pass pats it does doeg d hoeq not riot show filow any more fitness for the exalted station lie he covets than the tire nui nul numerous erous beaver hunter hunters ind iud who passed tind repass ed through th 11 t noted place full fuli twenty years yeats before col Freni fremont ont out had a legal right to vote and were in lit enterprise energy and end in lit it I 1 pers with this somewhat important daffier nce that lie ho was WOR backed by the united states treasury treasury while whits other explorers had to rely oil on their own resources re farces the perils of tim file south pabs therefore con confer etl oil iho file colonel onel no gre grear tr claim to distinction than the trapper is entitled to and his party must be pressed vere very very verr hard when they hey have to darg drug lra ira in a circumstance so very int big hig idl iho idi discovered s the thee south pasq I 1 although the ilia free press conclusively proves that the he colonel could not be the disco vere r of lle ile ile lie south pass the deluis are riot not accurate and in order that history if it ever sets gets there liere nley iney be correctly vindicated I 1 will wilt felt cu u how flow it was mr dvid david stuart failed froni from hla his this lia port in fi 1810 for columbia river oil on board tile the ship ton Tor tonquin forquin quin with a number of mr air actors associates itt iti the pacific fur company and after the breaking up of the com P piny in 1914 1814 be returned through the file norn nord I 1 west companes Comp anys territories to montreal far to the north of the tiie south paes pass which lie never antver saw in 1811 the tho d p party pirty of mr astor exp eap expedition di under the command of mr wilson P liuna of trenton new jersey although numbering sixty well armed men melt found the indians so very troublesome in llie file country of the tho yellow stone stolle y river that the party of af feyen reye ev n persons per ons ile ilo who lie left astoria dowarn lle ile the lie end enil of june 1812 considering consid erina erino it deu dau erous to p pass plas ass nas again by the llie route of 1811 turned toward the file aa sa foon coon pa they had croad the main chaitt of the tilo rock and aud after everal E veral verol diya journey ji jau urney risey came through the m learnt d south piss pass 2 in lit the tile month ot of november 1812 pursuing Pur guing froin thence on an easterly easta ris course courne they fell upon tit the river niver platte of or the llie all dil misouri where ilcy iley they licy pa pai kad wed ed the wint wini cir clr tind and rescued st louls liuis in april 1813 I 1 tiyo revy pevy seven n person verson cormir forming the llie party parly were robert of n u loa lor ioa ith ille the d captein vei vel was capon capi alln of spies under Get teral terol varne warne in lit bis liw famois indian campaign it millir of baltimore for several leral years an in gocr of th til united stoles urina nobert roberl stuart n citizen of detroit bejamin Br jamin jones of 0 missouri who r feted as huntsman to the party francola francois la 13 13 claire ciaire a half breedi and andre alldre vallee n canadian Cana caca lian ilan voy beur crooks who ho is the only survivor orthis of tiu tin s small band of ofed adi edi rdv I 1 am very siner rely vours yours RAMSAY CROOKS S anthony dargeon dae Dad geom geon esq D troit 31 Mh ch |
