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Découverte et exploration, Discovery and exploration, Description and travel, Gold mines and mining, Exploring expeditions, Discoveries in geography, American, Description and travel..̋, HistoryPlaces
Californie, California, Oregon, Rocky Mountains, Montagnes Rocheuses, Orégon, West (U.S.), United States, Pacific StatesTimes
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1842.] CAPT Fremont's narrative
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after a day's march of twenty-four miles, we reached the Big Blue, and encamped on the uplands of the western side, near a small creek, where was a fine large spring of very cold wa- ter This is a clear and handsome stream, abo.it one hundred and twenty feet wide, running with a rapid current, through a well-timbered valley To-day antelope were seen running over the hills, and at evening Carson brought us a fine deei Longitude of the camp 96°
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35'^ latitude
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08'' Thermometer at sunset
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A pleasant southerly breeze and fine morning had given place to a gale, with indications of bad weather ; when, after a march of ten miles, we halted to noon on a small creek, where the water stood in deep pools In the bank of the creek limestone made its appearance in a stratum about one foot thick In the afternoon, the people seemed to suffer for want of water The road led along a high dry ridge ; dark lines of timber indicated the heads of streams in the plains below ; but there was no water near, and the day was oppressive, with a hot wind, and the thermometer at
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