Identifier: heroesofdiscover00morr (find matches)
Title: Heroes of discovery in America
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Morris, Charles, 1833-1922
Subjects: Explorers
Publisher: Philadelphia and London, J. B. Lippincott company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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Farther on its summit levelwas reached, and the waters they met soon after ranwestward, showing that the water-shed was passed.Soon a beautiful ravine was gone through, and beyondit lay the charming Mountain Lake, set like a gemin the mountains. From this flowed a strong stream,afterwards known to feed a branch of the ColoradoRiver. The work they had set out to perform was done, butin majestic grandeur near the pass loomed up a loftypeak, which Fremont decided to ascend, if possible.With a few of his men he set out, crossing the inter-vening ridges and climbing the steep hill-sides withthe utmost difficulty but with irrepressible energy,until the noble crest, 13,750 feet high, was reached,and before them like a map lay outspread the vastsurrounding country. In one direction lay the lakesand streams which feed the Colorado and send theirwaters to the Gulf of California. In the other wasvisible the charming Wind River Valley, its watersflowing by way of the Yellowstone to the Missouri.
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IN AMERICA 323 Far north rose the snowy top of the three Tetons, inwhich the Missouri and the Columbia have theirsprings. All around were mountain-walls, cliffs, andgorges innumerable, rising and spreading in a thou-sand forms of grandeur, and many of them whitenedwith deep fallen snow. We stood, said Fremont, where human foot had never stood before and feltthe thrill of first explorers. To-day this lofty eleva-tion bears his name, as Fremonts Peak. Their work was done, a splendid and easy passthrough the Rockies had been explored, through whichcountless emigrants were to make their way westwardin the coming years. Collecting the specimens ofminerals and plants they had gathered, and regainingtheir hidden stores, the party was soon back at FortLaramie, and shortly after set out for the East, filledwith the pride of success. Most of the country which Fremont had visited wasalready known to the emigrant. But it was not knownin any scientific sense. He made careful observationof heights

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