James Bridger, Trapper, Frontiersman, Scout and Guide: A Historical Narrative ...Shepard Book Company, 1925 - 546 trang |
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American Fur Company animals Arikaras army arrived Ashley band Bear River beaver Beckwourth Big Horn Blackfeet Blackfoot boat Brigham Young buffalo Cache Cache valley camp canyon Captain chief Colonel command Creek crossing Crows emigrants encampment expedition feet fight fire Fitzpatrick Fork Fort Bridger Fort Laramie Fraeb Glass grass Green River Henry horses hundred hunting Indians James Bridger journey July killed land Laramie lodges Louis Meek miles Mormons moun mouth mules night Ogden party Pierre's Hole plains Platte Powder River Provot Raynolds reached returned rifle road Rocky Mountains route Salt Lake City Salt Lake rendezvous Salt Lake valley says scouts Sioux Smith Snake River snow South Pass spring story stream Sublette tains thence timber tion Tongue River trail trappers trapping traveled tribes troops Utah Lake Vasquez village wagons Wind River winter wounded Wyeth Yellowstone Yellowstone River
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Trang 175 - Thus it would appear that the country was swarming with scattered war parties; and when I heard, during the day, the various contradictory and exaggerated rumors which were incessantly repeated to them, I was not surprised that so much alarm prevailed among my men. Carson, one of the best and most experienced mountaineers, fully supported the opinion given by Bridger of the dangerous state of the country, and openly expressed his conviction that we could not escape without some sharp encounters with...
Trang 174 - ... a pound, and miserable, wornout horses which died before they reached the mountains. Mr. Boudeau informed me that he had purchased thirty, and the lower fort eighty, head of fine cattle, some of them of the Durham breed.
Trang 356 - Some of these Munchausen tales struck me as altogether too good to be lost. One was to this effect : In many parts of the country petrifactions and fossils are very numerous ; and, as a consequence, it was claimed that in some locality (I was not able to fix it definitely) a large tract of sage is perfectly petrified, with all the leaves and branches in perfect condition, the general appearance of the plain being unlike...
Trang 111 - Eight of these only being required for use before we got to the buffaloes, the others went on to the head of Wind river. We began to fall in with the buffaloes on the Platte, about three hundred and fifty miles from the white settlements ; and from that time lived on buffaloes, the quantity being Infinitely beyond what we needed.
Trang 151 - A hunter, who goes technically by the name of the great bully of the mountains, mounted his horse with a loaded rifle, and challenged any Frenchman, American, Spaniard, or Dutchman, to fight him in single combat. Kit Carson, an American, told him if he wished to die, he would accept the challenge.
Trang 111 - All the high points of the mountains then in view were white with snow ; but the passes, and valleys, and all the level country, were green with grass. Our route back was over the same ground nearly as in going out, and we arrived at St. Louis on the...
Trang 289 - I now further direct that you retire forthwith from the Territory by the same route you entered. Should you deem this impracticable, and prefer to remain until spring in the vicinity of your present encampment, Black's Fork, or Green River, you can do so in peace, and unmolested, on condition...
Trang 356 - I tell you, sir," said one narrator, " it is true, for I gathered a quart myself, and sent them down the country." Another story runs in this wise : A party of whites were once pursued by Indians so closely that they were forced to hide during the day, and could only travel at night. In this they were greatly aided by the brilliancy of a large diamond in the face of a neighboring mountain, by the light of which they travelled for three consecutive nights. I will end these specimen tales by one from...
Trang 226 - Our esteemed friend and experienced mountaineer, Major Bridger, who was personally known to many of our visitors, and to all of them by the repute of his numerous exploits, was seated among us. Although intimately acquainted with the languages of the Crows, Blackfeet, and most of the tribes west and north-west of the Rocky Mountain chain, he was unable to speak to either the Sioux or Cheyennes in their own tongue, or that of any tribe which they could understand. Notwithstanding this, he held the...
Trang 111 - ... cow were also brought back to the settlements in Missouri, as we did not need them for provision. Our men were all healthy during the whole time: we suffered nothing by the Indians, and had no accident but the death of one man, being buried under a bank of earth that fell in upon him, and another being crippled at the same time. Of the mules, we lost but one by fatigue, and two horses stolen by the...