parry, who was already prepossessed in our favor; and, what is still more deserving of praise, he assured us that he N•: ould second our ministry among the populous nation of the Snakes, with whom he has frequent intercourse. So much zeal and generosity give him a claim to our esteem and gratitude. Tlay heaven return to him a hundredfold the benefits he has conferred on us!
It Was at Fort Hall that we took our final leave of the American colony, with which we had, till then, pursued the same route. It was previously to this, while we were yet at Green river, that those who came to that wild region merely for information or pleasure, had turned back, with some fewer illusions than when they started out upon the journey. They were five or six in number.' Among them was a young Englishman, who had been our messmate from St. Louis. In taking leave of us, this young man, who was in many respects estimable, assured us that, if Providence should ever again throw us together, the meeting would give him the highest satisfaction, and that he would always
be happy to do us all the service in his power. He was of a good English family, and like most of his countrymen, fond of travel: he had already seen the four quarters Of the
globe; but'gui multton peregrbiantur. * * * He cherished so many prejudices, however, against the Catholic religion, that, despite all our good wishes, we were of no service to him in the most essential relation. We recom
mended him to our friends. I have treasured up one of his
beautiful reflections: " One must travel in the desert to witness the watchful care of Providence over the wants of man.
They who had started purely with the design of seeking their fortune in California, and were pursuing their enterprise with the constancy which is characteristic of Americans, had left us, but a few days before our arrival at the fort, in the vicinity of the boiling springs which empty e Bidwell names three- Peyton, Rodgers and Amos E. Frye- from the emigrants.