A rendezvous had been appointed at a spot on Green river, which afforded great attractions for an encampment.
In some unexplained way intelligence had been conveyed, through the wilderness, to the widely dispersed trappers, that a Fair for trading, would be held at a very commodious and well-known spot on the above-mentioned stream.

There was here a green, smooth, expanded meadow; the pasturage was rich; a clear mountain stream rippled through it, fringed by noble forest trees.

The vicinity afforded an abundance of game.
Here they reared their camps and built their roaring fires.

Band after band of trappers and traders came in with loud huzzas.

Within a few days between two and three hundred men were assembled there, with five or six hundred horses or mules.
On one of the gorgeous days of the Indian summer, the encampment presented a spectacle of beauty which even to these rude men was enchanting.