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THE CREST OF THE MOUNTAINS. 45 them, and could easily be resisted if they should make the attempt. The pass was : not much of a pass, but the hae struggled through and up it; slowly and toilsomely, animated by the hope of reaching what lay on the other side of that yast range. of mountains. Several times-they were obliged to take their wagons apart, and transport both them and their contents on the.backs of their horses over difficult, places, but the wagons had been, built: as. light. as. possible, in anticipation of such a contingeney, and they .at last surmounted all obstacles, and — stood on the crest that divides the Atlantic and Pacific slopes, The view that met their gaze almost repaid them for their labors and hardships. Below them Jay the Tugged, precipitous, cavernous side of the mountains; to the north and south arose the snow-topped: chains, seemingly endless and immeasurable ; at, the right, the Three Tetons towered up out of the Hain, until their heads were lost. in the clouds; and before and be- neath them stretched .out a splendid landscape of hill and prairie, lakes, streams and rivers, dimly seen in the hazy dis- tance, and at last melting away and mingling, apparently, 1 with immensity, They. could not spend much time in admiring the glorious view, for, the descent to the plain was before them, and. they knew. that. it would be laborious and difficult as their upward journey had been, They set out again, with light hearts and great anticipations, and bravely worked their way down as they had. worked up, until, their long weeks of toil, danger and hardship ended, they encamped near the foot of the: “great mountains, and enjoyed the rest that they so much needed, CHAPTER VII. ‘BURT ADAMS’ FORTUNES AND ‘MISFORTUNES. Burr ApamMs was not long in coming to. the conclusion that the trust which had been confided to him by the dead chief was no sinecure. His subjects soon grew discontented, and they showed that they did not much relish the idea of conicloooks. com