Chapter 48
Spanish River Scenery.--Trail of Crow Indians.--A Snow- Storm.--A Rousing Fire and a Buffalo Feast.--A Plain of Salt.--Climbing a Mountain.--Volcanic Summit.--Extinguished Crater.--Marine Shells.--Encampment on a Prairie.-- Successful Hunting.--Good Cheer.--Romantic Scenery--Rocky Defile.--Foaming Rapids.--The Fiery Narrows. BY sunrise on the following morning (October 19th), the travellers had loaded their old horse with buffalo meat, sufficient for five days' provisions, and, taking leave of their new allies, the poor, but hospitable Snakes, set forth in somewhat better spirits, though the increasing cold of the weather, and the sight of the snowy mountains which they had yet to traverse, were enough to chill their very hearts. The country along this branch of the Spanish River, as far
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