Even after reaching them, there would yet remain hundreds of miles of their journey to be accomplished.

All these matters were forgotten in the joy at seeing the first landmarks of the Columbia, that river which formed the bourne of the expedition.

These remarkable peaks were known as the Tetons; as guiding points for many days, to Mr.Hunt, he gave them the names of the Pilot Knobs.
The travellers continued their course to the south of west for about forty miles, through a region so elevated that patches of snow lay on the highest summits and on the northern declivities.

At length they came to the desired stream, the object of their search, the waters of which flowed to the west.

It was, in fact, a branch of the Colorado, which falls into the Gulf of California, and had received from the hunters the name of Spanish River, from information given by the Indians that Spaniards resided upon its lower waters.
The aspect of this river and its vicinity was cheering to the wayworn and hungry travellers.