Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1846-01-28

TWAS strange place, The icy fock and
the highest peak Of tho Rocky tnouninins,
for a lover OF warm sunshine and flowers;
and We pleased ourselves with the thought
that he was the frs Of Isis species 10 cross
the mountain banier--a solitary pioneer
10 foretell the advance ol cisiizaiioa. !
believe thar a moment's thought would
have made US lei him continue his way
unhanned b., We carried out The law Of
this country, whore all animated nature
eeems AZ war and Selling him immediate
~, pnl him in st icasl iii place--in tho
leaves Of laree book, among The flowers
we had collected on our why The hire
meter stood OF 1929, ibe attached thor
Inpmeler a4o--giyng ior the elevation Of
this summit, 1880 feet aboye the Cult Of
Mexico, which may be called the highest
fight Of the bee, From the description
gwen by Mackenzie e the mountains
whore he crossed them, with that Of
French officer still farther to the north, and
Col i.6ng'a measurements 10 the SOUTH
Joined 10 the opinions Of the Oldest settlers,
il IL presumed that this is the highest peak
OF Tic Rocky mountains The day was
sunny and bright, bot slight shining
mist hung over the lower plains, which ia
ioriered with our view of The surrounding
country, On one side we overlooked 10
Vulnerable lakes and streams, the spring Of
Inc Colsrado OF the Gulf oil California
and 90 The other was ihe Wind river yal-
ley, where were the head waters Of the
Yellowstone branch OF The Missouri lar
70 the north, we could Jusl discover the
snowy heade oi the lrOts 7etOas, where
were The sources of the Missouri and CO.
lunabiu rivers; and al the southern exire'
mily, the peaks we're plainly visible among
whlch WE'RE some oi The springs d the Ne
t,rnskn Around us, the whole scene had
one ulaiu striking feature, Which was that
81 terrible cunvulssnn; Parallel TO its
length the ridge was split into chasms
and hasaref; between which rose the lhin
lofty walls, Terminated with slender min
areis and columns. ! had remarked that
The noise produced BY the explosion Of our
pistols hAd the usual degree Of ioudnefs,
but was not 10 ihe least degree prolonged,
expiring almost simultaneously. Having
now made What observations our means
afforded, we proceeded to descend, We
bad accomplished an object OF laudable
ambition, and beyond The strict order OF
or Instructions. We had climbed the
loititti peak Of the Rocky mountains, and
looked down upon the snow thousand
feet below, and standing where never hui
man foot stood before, felt the cxuItaliou
OF fret explorers.
We reached our depo, OF provisions AT
nighitall Here was not the inn which
meets the traveller on his return from
Mont Blanc, OF the orange groves ofSoulh
America with their refreshing juices and
sofl fragrant air; but we found our little
cache Of dried meat undlsturbed. Though
the moon was bright, the road was fun OF
precipices, and the fatigue Of the day had
been great We therefore abandoned the
idea Of reoiniug our friends, and lay down
on the rock, and, IN spite Of the cold, slept
soundy,
August lowe saw on the way large
ilocks Of the mountain goat, looking down
on Us from tho cliffs. AT the crack OF the
rife, they would bound off among tho
rocks, and 10 few minutes make .heir
appearance on some lofty peak some hun
bred or thousand fee, above. tits need
less to attempt any further description of
this country; the portion over which we
travelled this morning was rough as lmagl'
nation could picture il, and 10 US seemed
equally beautiful. A concourse Of lakes
and rushing waters, mountains Of rocks
naked and destitute Of vegetable earth,
dells and rayines OF the most exquisite
beauty, all kept green by the great mols'
ture Of the air, and sown with brilliant
flowers, and every where thrown around
all the glory Of most magnificent scenes
these constitute the features of the place,
and impress themselves wildly on the
mind of the traveller. twas not until |
o'cack that we reached the place where
our animals had been lett, when We first
attempted the mountains on foot. Near
ono OF the still burning fires we found n
piece Of meat, which our friends had thrown
away, and which furnished US mouthIu
"a very scanty breakfast. We contnu-
ed directly on, and reached our camp on
the mountain lake AZ dusk. We found all
welI--no,hing had occurred to interrupt
the quiet since our departure, and the fine
grass and good cool water had done much
TO reestablsh Our animals. All heard with
great delight the order to turn our faces
homeward; and towards shutdown OF the
18th we camped again at the Two Buttes.
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