Report of the exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842 : and to Oregon and north California in the years 1843-44 (1845)
Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890, Torrey, John, 1796-1873, Hall, James, 1811-1898, United States. Army. Corps of Engineers · Washington : Blair and Rives, Printers · leaf 65
nd to be false. On the banks were willow and cherry trees. The cherries were not yet ripe, but in the thickets were numerous fresh tracks of the grizzly bear, which are very fond of this fruit. The soil here is red, the composition being derived from the red sandstone. About seven miles brought us… … UJ < oo zcc Q. o r 55 [ 174 ] here a pretty little creek, an affluent of the right bank. It is well timber-ed with Cottonwood in this vicinity, and the absinthe has lost its shrub-like character, and beeomes small trees six and eight feet in height, andsometimes eight inches in diameter. Two or…
