18-19.

He and Kelley first met at San Diego; subse- quently at Monterey the acquaintance ripened. On one side were the thrilling tales of wild life which Youno- loved to tell ; on the other, the romantic scheme of colonizing Oregon. These were always themes of mutual interest. Kelley recognized in Young the bold and enterprising spirit he needed to accompany him to the yet far away Columbia, and being possessed ot superior attainments as well as extraordinary enthu- siasm, he was able to gain him over to his plan ot laying the foundations of American empire beside the River of the West. .

The party which left California for the north in the summer of" 1834 consisted of sixteen men, picked up at Monterey and San Jose, some with a character not of the best. They had among them nearly a hundred horses and mules designed for use and sale. Several parted from the expedition before it reached the northern limits of California, but they had remained long enough to stamp upon the company their own thieving reputation, as we shall presently see.

While toiling among the mountains of southern Oreo-on Kelley was stricken with fever, which ren- dered him helpless, from which condition he was rescued by Michel La Framboise, who nursed him back to life, while continuing his way to Fort Van- couver with the season's return of furs. The only other incident of the journey worth mentioning was a difficulty with the Indians on Rogue River, a rapid and beautiful stream which derived its^ name from the rascally character of the natives m its vicinity.

the name, though several ether theories have been ^J*^ £j^™*}£* net VnumI MS 20 he makes the mistake of confounding -it with A loHanlioque getboum, jmd.,^v,ims in* 18-19, mentions a map

or the Columbia. Orover, m / ub. Ltfe, J»a., 10 H > ■ > «_ OT1P Hvers French origin and some antiquity, whereon the ^math and Rogue rivers united and called ' Rouge Clamet,' or Red Klamath. The author ot the

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