Excerpt from Early Western Travels: Comprising I. Oregon; Or, a Short History of a Long Journey From the Atlantic Ocean to the Region of the Pacific, by Land; II. Narrative of Journey Across the Rocky Mountains, to the Columbia River Amongthosewhohearkenedtohimwastheyoungcam laidgian, Wyeth, whose mind, more practical than Kelley's, but as yet uninformed as to the real difiiculties of the enter prise, conceived the project of a great commercial enter prise to the Northwest. In the Winter of 1831 - 32, Wyeth formed his party of pioneers and formulated his plans. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.