Part III of James's Account of S. H. Long's
Expedition, 1819-1820
Reprinted from Volumes II and III of London edition, 1823
EXPEDITION FROM PITTSBURGH TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS
[PART III]
[212] CHAPTER I [VIII][1]
Excursion to the Summit of the Peak—Mineral Springs—Coquimbo Owl—Encampment on the Arkansa.
At an early hour on the morning of the 13th, Lieutenant Swift, accompanied by the guide, was despatched from camp, to measure a base near the peak, and to make there a part of the observations requisite for calculating its elevation. Dr. James, being furnished with four men, two to be left at the foot of the mountain to take care of the horses, and two to accompany him in the proposed ascent to the summit of the peak, set off at the same time.