Having now reached a point where danger might be reasonably apprehended from strolling war parties of Indians, spies were kept in advance and strict diligence observed in the duty of sentinels.
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Snow is so common that I have omitted to note its falling at least two days out of Three.William Henry Ashley
Some of the valleys afford a species of fine grass, but the uplands produce but little vegetation of any kind except a small growth of wild sage.
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These people were well dressed in skins, had some guns, but armed generally with bows and arrows and such other instruments of war as are common among the Indians of the Missouri.
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The snow continues with high winds we remain at this camp to day in consequence of the weather.
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