Chapter V

Arrival at the Colorado--The author in difficulty--Loss of a
journal, and advice to travelling tyros--The rendezvous--
Motley groups infesting it--Rum drinking, swearing, and
other accomplishments in vogue--Description of the camp--
Trout--Abundance of game--Cock of the plains--{vi}
Leave the rendezvous--An accession to the band--A renegado
Blackfoot chief--Captain Stewart and Mr. Ashworth--Muddy
creek--More carousing--Abundance of trout--Bear river--A
hard day's march--Volcanic country--White-clay pits and
"Beer spring"--Rare birds and common birds--Mr. Thomas
McKay--Captain Bonneville's party--Captains Stewart and
Wyeth's visit to the lodge of the "bald chief"--Blackfoot
river--Adventure with a grizzly bear--Death of "Zip Koon"--
Young grizzly bears and buffalo calves--A Blackfoot Indian--
Dangerous experiment of McKay--the three "Tetons"--Large
trout--Shoshoné river--Site of "Fort Hall"--Preparations
for a buffalo hunt, 189