THE LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES

OF

JOHN CHARLES FREMONT,

INCLUDING AN ACCOUNT OF HIS EXPLORATIONS, DISCOVERIES AND ADVENTURES ON FIVE
SUCCESSIVE EXPEDITIONS ACROSS THE NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT; VOLUMINOTS
SELECTIONS FROM HIS PRIVATE AND PUBLIC CORRESPONDENCE; 18

DEFENCE BEFORE THE COURT MARTIAL, AND FULL REPORTS

OF HIS PRINCIPAL SPEECHES IN THE BEXATE

OF THE UNITED STATES.

BY JOHN BIGELOW.

WITH SPIRITED ILLUSTRATIONS, AND AN ACCURATE PORTRAIT ON STEEL.

NEW YORK:

DERBY & JACKSON, 119 NASSAU ST.

H. W. DERBY & CO., CINCINNATI.

ENTERID according to Act of Congresa, in the year 1856, by

DERBY & JACKSON, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York.

W. H, TINKON, Stureotyper.

ALEXANDER

VON

HUMBOLDT,

THIS MEMOIR OF ONE WHOSE

GENIUS HE WAS AMONG THE FIRST TO DISCOVER AND ACKNOWLEDGE,

IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED BY

THE AUTHOR.