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The Yellowstone river is a beautiful river to navigate.
William Henry Ashley / American Politician
Beautiful
Navigate
Rivers
Yellowstone
River
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I had the Big Horn river explored from Wind River mountain to my place of embarkation.
William Henry Ashley / American Politician
Horny
Mountain
Rivers
Wind
Explored
Horn
River
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On my passage thither, I discovered nothing remarkable in the features of the country.
William Henry Ashley / American Politician
Features
Remarkable
Discovered
Passage
Thither
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Snow is so common that I have omitted to note its falling at least two days out of Three.
William Henry Ashley / American Politician
Falling In Love
Snow
Two
Falling
Note
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The snow continues with high winds we remain at this camp to day in consequence of the weather.
William Henry Ashley / American Politician
Consequence
Snow
Weather
Wind
Camp
Remain
Winds
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It appears from Mr. Smith's account that there is no scarcity of buffalo as he penetrated the country.
William Henry Ashley / American Politician
Buffalo
Scarcity
Account
Appears
Mr
Smith
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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.
William Henry Ashley / American Politician
Bigs
Horny
Miles
Mountain
Rugged
Wide
Crossing
Horn
Route
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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.
William Henry Ashley / American Politician
Men
Excess
Horse
Labour
Loss
Severe
Horses
Returned
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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.
William Henry Ashley / American Politician
April
Departure
Descent
Thursday
Began
Board
Embarked
Newly
Parties
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.
William Henry Ashley / American Politician
Exhausted
Horse
Loss
Moving
Hoping
Horses
Indians
Move Forward
Reach
Wood
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We were therefore obliged to unload our boats of their cargoes and pass them empty over the falls by means of long cords which we had provided for such purposes.
William Henry Ashley / American Politician
Cords
Empty
Obliged
Boats
Pass
Provided
Purposes
Therefore
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Some of them profess to be well acquainted with all the principal waters of the Columbia, with which they assured me these waters had no connection short of the ocean.
William Henry Ashley / American Politician
Ocean
Assured
Columbia
Connections
Principal
Water
Acquainted
Connection
No Connection
Profess
Waters
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Many of their lodges remained as perfect as when occupied. They were made of poles two or three inches in diameter, set up in circular form, and covered with cedar bark.
William Henry Ashley / American Politician
Bark
Covered
Inches
Cedar
Circular
Occupied
Poles
Remained
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They urged me to take up winter quarters at the forks of the Platt, stating that if I attempted to advance further until spring, I would endanger the lives of my whole party.
William Henry Ashley / American Politician
Forks
Party
Quarters
Spring
Winter
Advance
Attempted
Endanger
Further
Stating
Urged
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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 Henry Ashley / American Politician
War
Arrows
Bows
Gun
Instruments
Missouri
Skins
Armed
Guns
Dressed
Generally
Indians
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As my men could profitably employ themselves on these streams, I moved slowly along, averaging not more than five or six miles per day and sometimes remained two days at the same encampment.
William Henry Ashley / American Politician
Miles
Moved
Streams
Employ
Slowly
Per
Remained
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Having now reached a point where danger might be reasonably apprehended from strolling war parties of Indians, spies were kept in advance and strict diligence observed in the duty of sentinels.
William Henry Ashley / American Politician
War
Danger
Diligence
Might
Party
Spy
Strict
Advance
Observed
Indians
Parties
Reached
Reasonably
Spies
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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 Henry Ashley / American Politician
Covered
Fine
Grove
March
Movement
Promise
Safe
Ten
Timber
Valleys
Weather
Literally
Route
Seemed
Speedy
Supposed
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We remained at our encampment of this day until the morning of the 7th, when we descended ten miles lower down and encamped on a spot of ground where several thousand Indians had wintered during the past season.
William Henry Ashley / American Politician
Miles
Ten
Thousand
Descended
Ground
Spot
Indians
Lower
Remained
Season
Several
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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 Henry Ashley / American Politician
Covered
Growth
Red
Species
Timber
Appear
Cedar
Colours
Composed
Entirely
Mostly
Pine
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Several speeches were made by the chiefs during the council, all expressive in the highest degree of their friendly disposition towards our government, and their conduct in every particular manifested the sincerity of their declarations.
William Henry Ashley / American Politician
Government
Chiefs
Council
Degrees
Disposition
Expressive
Friendly
Particular
Sincerity
Degree
Towards
Highest Degree
Manifested
Several
Speeches
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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 Henry Ashley / American Politician
Broken
Covered
East
Mountain
Principal
Rough
Snow
West
Direction
Elevated
Generally
Manner
North
Travelled
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