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personal encoanier among the tFappefs lheAs. selves. nor could the naosl peaeenhiv dispnsesl always avoid lheni These wers most iss-I quena and savage Il the periods wIsea shs tfappers went into she srradezs0us. as wasI called the points where the composites kepsl ttsir establishments Tor receiving tlss pelsfies and supplying lhs rappers. Here .. few days If indulgence were cosnmpuIy aIlowG1l himself by the lrappeF. and there Mgs nAscIi drinking, gambling, and consequently iighs- ing.

 Feuds, growing out of national feelings, would also naturally enough sunctia1na sic- cur among the sfappeFs---ihsFe being CauIa- dians aud Mexieans ns well as the Anassieatss; ali having pride nf race and cou. fly. On one occasion Frnrhmzrl. who ranked as bully, had whipped good many Cana dians. and then began ,o insult the Amefi- cans, saying they were only worth btsl Y

 whipped with switches. Al ihis, Carson fired up and said. Hs was the most tsifliag one among the Americans, aad to begin wilh

 bim.n After some iitde more talk, each

 went of aad armed himselE--Cas0n wiah a

 pistol, the Frenchnan wiih rifle--slnd both

 mounted for the fight Riding up unsii their

 horses heads touched, they fired almost al

 the same instant. Carson liltle the quickest. and. his ball passing through ihe French mans hand. made him jerk up his gun, aud sent ihe ball, which was intended for Car son's heart, grazing lis Jeff eye ard singing his hair. Thus Is inc only serious personal quarrel of Carson's life, us he is, like most very brave men, of peaceabIe and gentle temper.

 Col. Fremont ewed his good fortnne in procuring CaFson's serv,ces to an aeridenial meeting on siearaboaI above Si. Louis neither having ever before heard of tlle oiher u was at the commencement of Fremoni's first expedition. Carson continued with il until, in its return, il had re-crossed the mountains. His courage, fidelity and excel leat character, so far eoneillated the good will Of the commander, that, in bis second expedition he gladly ayaiied bunseif agaiu of Nn's services, on meeting with him, as he chanced 10 do, on the confines of New Mexico. Xii again Jeff the rariy after its arrival this side of lhe poputains--I not, how ever, nniii Fremont had obtained promise from him 10 join ,he third expedition, in case one should be arganized. Some incidents will be interesting, conneeted with this lat- ter expedition. which was interrupted in Its purely scientific character by slie ireaciiery Of the Mexican chief lCastrol compelling Fremont to change his peaceful employment, and which. owing io the continuances, of the war with Mexico, is not yet completed.

 In the isserim between Fremon,'s second and third expeditions. Carson had settled himself near Taos, aud had begun to farm, to lead quiet life, when be re- eeived note from Fremont, written at Bent's Fort, reminding him of his promise and telling him he would wait there for him. On this occasion Carson showed his strong friendship for his old commander, and the generous and unselfish nature of his feelings. In four days from receiving the note, Carson had joined the party, having sold his house aad farm for less than half the sum he had just expended upoa it, and pnt tits family nnder the protection of his friend the late Governor Bent, until he should return from a certainly long and dangerous ioarney.-- This protection, unfortunately. was iaken from them in ihe late -nIassacfe at Taos. when Carson's hroiher-in-law was also one oi the victims to the iary oi the slexieans against all connected with the Americans Mrs. Carson saved her life by flight, leaving them to rob lhe house of everything. Ken dall and all others who have writlea oi tlieis adventures in New Mexico, a<ctibe, the highest character to the women of that country for modesty, generosity, quick sym- pathv, and all feminine virtues. To this amiabIe class belongs the wife of Carson. who has paid so dearly for her affection for. him.

 The ronte of the third expedition led the party To the soelhen and western side al the Great Salt Lake---a regioa entirely an- explored. and filled, according t,, the super stialoas and ialeais curreai among the la- dlans and the lrappersof lhe mounia,ns, with ali imagiaal horrors. \ vast desert, void of vegetation and fresh waier,z a5ouHiing iu quIcksands and in brackish pools and rivers, with only subserranean outlets. This was the reputed character oi the country, Ias,iiy- ing al least lhe apprehension of lack oi those iRdispensibies la the voyagei oi the wlider- ness--wa,er andetass. intrnlh, the southern border of the lake was found to be skirled with salt plain of bosh sixty miles of width. Over this. as elsewhere, Carson, ia ihis capacity of scout, was always wiIll the ad- vance party, to search for water and con venieni places for camp-lhe usual sigRal of the prairies, q fire, serving by it's column of smoke. to poin, out where he advance were lsalsing.

 Gen. kearney entered California without molesta.ion un,a she fight of San Pasqual, an official account of which has been pub ished In ll,s charge raade npoG tue Mexi- cans, CaFsan. as usual, was among the foremost, when. as he approached ,wiiAia bullet range of the enemy, wh9 were draWn up in order oi baille. his horse stumbled and fell. pitching htm over his head. and break ing iiis rife to twsia. Seixing his knie. he on foot. until be ionnd killed dfagooa, whose ritia he took, and was pTess- ,,,x .r ,.fbnr ha met the x.xfs.,nfed r.ssx. rs