Chapter 44
Route of Mr. Stuart--Dreary Wilds.--Thirsty Travelling.-A Grove and Streamlet.--The Blue Mountains.--A Fertile Plain With Rivulets.--Sulphur Spring--Route Along Snake River-- Rumors of White Men.--The Snake and His Horse.--A Snake Guide.-A Midnight Decampment.--Unexpected Meeting With Old Comrades--Story of Trappers' Hardships--Salmon Falls--A Great Fishery.--Mode of Spearing Salmon.--Arrival at the Caldron Linn.--State of the Caches.--New Resolution of the Three Kentucky Trappers. IN retracing the route which had proved so disastrous to Mr. Hunt's party during the preceding winter, Mr. Stuart had trusted, in the present more favorable season, to find easy travelling and abundant supplies. On these great wastes and wilds, however, each season has its peculiar hardships. The travellers had
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