Transcriber's note: Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals. On page 227, [)a] represents "a" with breve. * * * * * Early Western Travels 1748-1846 Volume XXI Early Western Travels 1748-1846 A Series of Annotated Reprints of some of the best and rarest contemporary volumes of travel, descriptive of the Aborigines and Social and Economic Conditions in the Middle and Far West, during the Period of Early American Settlement Edited with Notes, Introductions, Index, etc., by Reuben Gold Thwaites, LL.D. Editor of "The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents," "Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition," "Hennepin's New Discovery," etc. Volume XXI Wyeth's Oregon, or a Short History of a Long Journey, 1832; and Townsend's Narrative of a Journey across the Rocky Mountains, 1834 [Illustration: logo] Cleveland, Ohio The Arthur H. Clark Company 1905 COPYRIGHT 1905, BY THE ARTHUR H. CLARK COMPANY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED The Lakeside Press R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY CHICAGO CONTENTS OF VOLUME XXI PREFACE. _The Editor_ 9 I OREGON; OR A SHORT HISTORY OF A LONG JOURNEY FROM THE ATLANTIC OCEAN TO THE REGION OF THE PACIFIC, BY LAND; drawn up from the notes and oral information of ... one of the party who left Mr. Nathaniel J. Wyeth, July 28th, 1832, four days' march beyond the Ridge of the Rocky Mountains, and the only one who has returned to New England. _John B. Wyeth._ Author's Motto 20 Text 21 II NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY ACROSS THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, TO THE COLUMBIA RIVER. _John K. Townsend._ Copyright Clause 112 Publisher's Advertisement 113 Author's Table of Contents 115 Text 121 ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOLUME XXI Facsimile of title-page to Wyeth's _Oregon_ 19 "Hunting the Buffalo." From the London edition (1840) of Townsend's _Narrative_ 110 Facsimile of title-page to Townsend's _Narrative_ 111 "Spearing the Salmon." From the London edition (1840) of Townsend's _Narrative_ 259 PREFACE TO VOLUME XXI With the present volume our series reverts to the far Northwest, and takes up the story of the Oregon country during the fourth decade of the nineteenth century.