The Yellowstone river is a beautiful river to navigate.
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On my passage thither, I discovered nothing remarkable in the features of the country.
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I had the Big Horn river explored from Wind River mountain to my place of embarkation.
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Snow is so common that I have omitted to note its falling at least two days out of Three.
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The snow continues with high winds we remain at this camp to day in consequence of the weather.
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It appears from Mr. Smith's account that there is no scarcity of buffalo as he penetrated the country.
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The only very rugged part of the route is in crossing the Big Horn mountain, which is about 30 miles wide.
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After an unremitting and severe labour of two days, we returned to our old encampment with the loss of some of my horses, and my men excessively fatigued.
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After the departure of the land parties, I embarked with six men on thursday, the 21st april, on board my newly made boat and began the descent of the river.
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We continued to move forward without loss of time, hoping to be able to reach the wood described by the Indians before all our horses should become exhausted.
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