 | United States. Congress. House - 898 pages
...the boiling point, is 8,565 feet. February 23. — This was our most difficult day : we were forced off the ridges by the quantity of snow among the timber, and obliged to take to the mountain-sides, where, occasionally, rocks and a southern exposure afforded us a chance to scramble... | |
 | John Charles Frémont - 1845 - 814 pages
...the boiling point, is 8,565 feet. Ftbruary 23. — This was our most difficult day : we were forced off the ridges by the quantity of snow among the timber,...evergreens of the mountain impeded our way, tore our skins, and exhausted our patience. Some of us had the , misfortune to wear moccasins Wkh parftectie... | |
 | John Charles Frémont - 1840 - 290 pages
...the boiling point, is 8,565 feet. February 23. — This was our most difficult day : we were forced off the ridges by the quantity of snow among the timber,...evergreens of the mountain impeded our way, tore our skins, and exhausted our patience. Some of us had the misfortune to wear moccasins with parftecfie... | |
 | John Charles Frémont - 1845 - 820 pages
...point, is 8,565 feet. . February 23. — This was our most difficult day : we were forced off the ndges by the quantity of snow among the timber, and obliged...evergreens of the mountain impeded our way, tore our skins, and exhausted our patience. Some of us had the misfortune to wear moccasins with parflêche... | |
 | John Charles Frémont - 1845 - 286 pages
...the boiling point, is 8,565 feet. February 23. — This was our most difficult day : we were forced off the ridges by the quantity of snow among the timber,...scramble along. But these were steep, and slippery \vith snow and ice; and the tough evergreens of the mountain impeded our way, tore our skins, and exhausted... | |
 | John Charles Frémont - 1845 - 678 pages
...off the ridges by the quantity of snow among the timber, and obliged to take to the mountain-sides, where, occasionally, rocks and a southern exposure...; and the tough evergreens of the mountain impeded «ur way, tore our skins, and exhausted our patience. Some of us had the misfortune to wear moccasins... | |
 | John Charles Frémont - 1846 - 326 pages
...the boiling point, is 8,565 feet. FEBRUARY 23 — This was our most difficult day ; we were forced off the ridges by the quantity of snow among the timber,...mountain sides, where occasionally, rocks and a southern expo&u re afforded us a chance lo scramble along. But these were steep, ani slippery with snow and... | |
 | 1848 - 440 pages
...sea, by the boiling point, is 8,565 feet. 23d. — This was our most difficult day; we were forced off the ridges by the quantity of snow among the timber,...evergreens of the mountain impeded our way, tore our skins, and exhausted our patience. Some of us had the misfortune to wear moccasins with parfleche soles,... | |
 | John Charles Frémont - 1849 - 478 pages
...sea, by the boiling point, is 8,565 feet. 23d. — This was our most difficult day ; we were forced off the ridges by the quantity of snow among the timber,...to take to the mountain sides, where occasionally rocka and a southern exposure afforded us a chance to scramble along. But these were steep, and slippery... | |
 | John Charles Frémont - 1850 - 472 pages
...sea, by the boiling point, is 8,565 feet. 23d. — This was our most difficult day ; we were forced off the ridges by the quantity of snow among the timber,...evergreens of the mountain impeded our way, tore our skins, and exhausted our patience. Some of us had the misfortune to wear moccasins with parflUche soles,... | |
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The elevation above the sea, by the boiling point, is 8,565 feet. 23d. — This was our most difficult day ; we were forced off the ridges by the quantity of snow among the timber, and obliged to take to the mountain sides, where occasionally rocks and... 
