no's _Life on the Plains_, p. 80-81, 111, for an interesting,
contemporary topographical description.

[59] Not a frog, but a lizard, genus _Phrynosoma_.

[60] Refers to the process of cutting meat into long strips and
preserving it by drying in the open air or over a fire.

[61] As to these early ferries kept by French Canadians, etc., see
Coutant's _Hist. of Wyoming_, vol. 1, p. 365-367.

[62] Granite Mountains seem to be meant.

[63] Greasewood, a low shrub prevalent in saline localities of the West
and of various genera.

[64] Greasewood Creek, an affluent of the Sweetwater River.

[65] This river rises in the Wind River Mountains and is a western
affluent of the North Platte River. For the roads and fords in this
region, see Delano, p. 104-105.

[66] Independence Rock is said to have received its name from the
circumstance of a party ascending it on July 4th and celebrating there
Independence Day. It is an isolated mass of gray granite in length about
1950 feet, and in height about 120 feet, according to Fremont's
observation in 1842, at which time he marked a large cross thereon, a
fact which was introduced adversely against him during his presidential
campaign in 1856. Fremont speaks of the many names inscribed on the
rock.--Fremont's _Report_. Washington, 1845, p. 72. On account of these
names it has been called a "tombstone" and Father De Smet named it "the
great register of the desert." Joel Palmer, in 1845, described it as
follows: "Portions of it are covered with inscriptions of the names of
travelers, with the dates of their arrival--some carved, some in black
paint, and others in red."--_Journal_, in Thwaites's "Early Western
Travels," vol. 30, p. 67. For other descriptions, see Delano, p. 98;
Chittenden, vol. 1, p. 471-472.

[67] Sweetwater River.

[68] Described by Fremont, in 1842, as follows: "Devil's Gate, where the
Sweet Water cuts through the point of a granite ridge. The length of the
passage is about three hundred yards and the width thirty-five yards.
The walls of rock are vertical, and about four hundred feet in
height."--_Report._ Washington, 1845, p. 57, where a picture of it is
also given. For other descriptions, see Palmer's _Journal_, in
Thwaites's "Early Western Travels," vol. 30, p. 67-68; Delano, p.
99-100; Chittenden, vol. 1, p. 473-474.

[69] Delano, p. 104-105, refers to the "gap" or "gloomy gorge."

[70] The place known as the Three Crossings.

[71] The ice is found h