Astoria Chapter 36

In which a famished party, led by Mr. Hunt, encounters a Shoshonie camp and procures horses and a supply of meat by an act of necessity, before enduring further hardship in their attempts to cross the river and navigate difficult mountain terrain with dubious guidance. Despite their enfeebled state and gloomy forebodings, they manage a perilous ferrying of supplies and men across the ice-filled waters, advancing with weary hearts towards the unknown beyond.