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 80
, which had in some places a beach of white sand, and inothers was bound with rocks, over which the way was diflicult and dan-gerous, as the water from innumerable springs made them very slippery. By the time we had reached the further side of the lake, we found our-selves all exceedingly fatigued,… … ^ ^ ?#; V . «, s ■Vv 67 ^ [ 174 3 trunks of fallen pines afforded us bright fires. Near by was a foaming tor-rent, which tumbled into the little lake about one hundred and fifty feetbelow us, and which, by way of distinction, we have called Island lake.We had reached the upper limit of the piney…
