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William H. Ashley
These people were well dressed in skins, had some guns, but armed generally with bows and arrows and such other instruments of war as are common among the Indians of the Missouri.
William H. Ashley
These mountains appear to be almost entirely composed of stratas of rock of various colours (mostly red) and are partially covered with a dwarfish growth of pine and cedar, which are the only species of timber to be seen.
William H. Ashley
The Yellowstone river is a beautiful river to navigate.
William H. Ashley
The weather was fine, the valleys literally covered with buffaloe, and everything seemed to promise a safe and speedy movement to the first grove of timber on my route, supposed to be about ten days' march.
William H. Ashley
The valleys and south sides of the hills were but partially covered with snow, and the latter presented already in a slight degree the verdure of spring, while the former were filled with numerous herds of buffaloe, deer, and antelope.
William H. Ashley
The snow continues with high winds we remain at this camp to day in consequence of the weather.
William H. Ashley
The principal or highest part of the mountain having changed its direction to east and west, I ascended it in such manner as to leave its most elevated ranges to the south and travelled north west over a very rough and broken country generally covered with snow.
William H. Ashley
The only very rugged part of the route is in crossing the Big Horn mountain, which is about 30 miles wide.
William H. Ashley
The first two days, the country we met with was undulating with a gradual ascent to the west Southwardly at the distance of twenty or thirty miles appeared a range of high mountains bearing east and west.
William H. Ashley
The Eutaus are part of the original Snake nation of Indians.