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Father-in-law Fremonta senator Benton deeply was interested in the West. Being from a head to feet the politician, he aspired to colonisation of northwest areas for the purpose of opposition of their Great Britain. For achievement of this purpose it was necessary to subject the Northwest to regular research first of all. That happy coincidence of circumstances that has led to the organisation in 1842 of first expedition Fremonta was that. Strictly speaking, its research enterprise to name it is impossible, as Fremont has got only before Southern pass and has climbed up on high, till now top carrying his name in mountains Uind-River. Fremontu has had the luck also in the respect that he has managed to catch in conductors of the Whale of Carson, the best expert on areas to the West, from Mississipi, during the long life travelled all over it from Mexico in the south to Canada in the north. Other participant of expedition Fremonta was become famous subsequently as cartographer Charles Prejs. Shooting has turned out exact, but was even more important made Fremontom ' the Report ' in which, contrary to existing then to representation, it was proved, that the territory from Mississipi quite approaches to the West for agricultural colonisation. The immediate stream of colonists on the West was its direct consequence. Results of scientific results of expedition is better the senator has brought in the speech in protection of reprinting of report Fremonta Lynn:

' the task - to study and inform on the rivers and territory between borders of Missouri and a foot of Rocky mountains has been given Expedition; in particular to study character and to define geographical co-ordinates of the major pass conducting through these mountains to Oregon,-southern pass. Expedition has executed all tasks assigned to it... To execute received instruction Fremont has risen on big enough distance upwards on the river Kansas to receive correct representation about it then has made transition to the river the Big Platte and has proceeded on it to it verhovev in mountains where its major source Suituoter follows from mountains in the neighbourhood with Southern pass. Fremont has passed through this pass and has seen upper courses of Colorado then has climbed up the highest top of Rocky mountains... It Has returned on a valley of the river the Big Platte. During all long travel Fremont made barometric supervision for the purpose of an establishment and reception of high-rise marks both in plain, and in mountains; did astronomical supervision for definition of geographical co-ordinates; noticed, what districts are fertile and what fruitless; where it is easy to pass and what there are convenient ways; has described outstanding lines of a relief, has chosen points having strategic value and has brought the big contribution to geology and botany '.