Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1840-03-05

IdptuIy Hluue, LOT we IOunu ourselves IN Inc
midst Of furious snow storm. So violent
storm never Witnessed in the regions
below. 1t was intensely cold; though pro-
tected by overcoat and mittens, yet, ofthe
whole company, but one could unscrew the
tube of:he barometer, for numbness of the
fingers.
Our Indian said that Pmola, in revenge
for our visiting his domnlons, had sent
this terrible storm upon US. This Pmola,
in the Indian Mythology, is the genius of
the mountain, a kind Of half god and wild
Indian, of hurculean strength, occupying
throne of granite, and reigDag sole despot
of these lofty regions with their dark cav
ems. No mortal has ever seen him, but
his voice, the Indian aver, is often heard,
and especially in such storm as this, in
which he particularly delights.
Having taken The baronetrical observa-
tons necessary for calculating the heigh.
ofthe mountain, and finding that longer de-
lay might endanger urperishing with the
cold and the violence of the storm, we be-
gan to descend. Starting off the drec.
ton which supposed led back by the
same path we had ascehded, was arrested
by the warning voice Of the Indian, and
informed that | was wrong. Returning,
found that he, more prudent than all of US,
had set up, as we assembled, stones to
mark the path, and that. sure enough, the
way had been going would have led off,
| no one knows where.
AS passed down abng the brink of one
ofthe ravines, lookedover the dizzy abyss
1t was at least one thousand feet in depth,
and its sides nearly perpendicular, pro-
digious chasm, indeed. had stood on the
Table rock, at Niagara, and looked over
the precipice. 1t was awful, and made
the blood chill; but it was more awful still
to look down the dark ravines Of Ktaadn
IN storm.
At half past IL, we arrived at the camp
which We had left in the morning. We
were drenched with snow and rain--snow
on the summit, and rain on the sides of the
mountain. Here we were, crowded into
small tent, open at both ends, in a cold
storm, wet as we could we'll be, with not
change oil clothing, no convenience for
drying or warming, with nothing to eat but
salt pork, and not much OF that The par
ty were making up their minds to endure
| the Inconvenience of their situation,
through the afternoon and night, deeming
it impossible to return that day to the camp
we had left on Friday morning, where we
had left on Friday morning, where we had
provisions and change of clothes. 1t
was now past noon; the distance was 9 miles,
through painless, tangled Forest how
ever proposed, if any one would accompany
me, to return to the island camp that night,
and thus leave more room and provisions for
such as might remain. Two Of the boat
| men volunteered, and we started off, pay
| ing no attention TO the route we had travel
ed on Friday, but laying our course by the
compass. Burthened with the surveying
instruments, which had fallen to me as my
share of,he luggage, and with my overcoat,
| which had become oppressively heavy from
the great quantity OF rain it had absorbed;
having eaten nothing for the day except a
little boiled rice in the morning, and a
small piece of biscuit on the mountain; rem
dered feeble by an unremitting pain in my
left shoulder, which by frequent dislocations
had become incapable of sustaining the
weight Of my overcoat, nevertheless VEN
tured 10 measure speed with two boatmen
We struck the river at point about three
miles above our island camp, little be fore
dark. Here, finding myself much exhaus-
ted, relinquished my share of the lug
gage to one of the generous boatmen, who
kindly offered to take it. Finding myself
still unequal to the burden of my evercoat,
relinquished that also, but in divesting
myself of it dislocated my shoulder.
This accident. though from its frequent
occurrence had learned to reduce the
joint without the aid of surgeon, nearly
exhausted what little remaining strength
had. Sitting down on a rock, | told my
companions to 60 on to the camp build a
fire, and get some supper, and having
waited till l might recover my strength,
would make my way as fast as could
The relinquishing my overcoat relieved me
of its burden, but left me chilled with
cold. Every muscle that contributes to
locomotion was trembling with fatigue and
cold.
To avoid lifting my wearied limbs over
the fallen trees that lay along the rivers
bank, l passed down and walked along the
beach. Coming to place where the water
approached to the bank. l attempted to
pass up the bank, but found my strength
insufficient to accomplish it. | therefore
waded on till by the receding of the water
another strip Of beach was formed Find
ing my strength SO far exhausted, feeling
also propensity to sleep almost irresista-
BILE, was casting about me for some rock