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During four days that the party were ascending Gun Creek, the
smoke continued to increase so rapidly that it was - Page 395
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During Four Days That The Party Were Ascending Gun Creek, The Smoke Continued To Increase So Rapidly That It Was Impossible To Distinguish The Face Of The Country And Ascertain Landmarks. Fortunately, The Travellers Fell Upon An Indian Trail.

Which led them to the head-waters of the Fourche de Glace or Ice River, sometimes called the Grand Rond.

Here they found all the plains and valleys wrapped in one vast conflagration; which swept over the long grass in billows of flame, shot up every bush and tree, rose in great columns from the groves, and set up clouds of smoke that darkened the atmosphere. To avoid this sea of fire, the travellers had to pursue their course close along the foot of the mountains; but the irritation from the smoke continued to be tormenting.

The country about the head-waters of the Grand Rond spreads out into broad and level prairies, extremely fertile, and watered by mountain springs and rivulets. These prairies are resorted to by small bands of the Skynses, to pasture their horses, as well as to banquets upon the salmon which abound in the neighboring waters. They take these fish in great quantities and without the least difficulty; simply taking them out of the water with their hands, as they flounder and struggle in the numerous long shoals of the principal streams. At the time the travellers passed over these prairies, some of the narrow, deep streams by which they were intersected were completely choked with salmon, which they took in great numbers.

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