CHRISTMAS. -1

  As soon as the camp was sufficiently recruited for trav-
eling, the united companies set out again toward the south
and crossed the Horn mountains once more into Wind River
Valley; having had altogether, a successful fall hunt, and
made some important explorations, notwithstanding the
severity of the weather and the difficulty of mountain trav-
eling. It was about Christmas when the camp arrived on
Wind River, and the cold intense. While the men cele-
brated Christmas, as best they might under the circum-
stances, Capt. Sublette started to St. Louis with one man,
Harris, called among mountain-men Black Harris, on snow-
shoes, with a train of pack-dogs. Such was the indomita-
ble energy and courage of this famous leader!