New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-08-27
NEW-YORK TRIBUNE.
Letters from the Backwoods. mo. "
Correspondence Of The Tribune.


4scEsT or MOUNT zoitAwNs, ALIAS MOUNT MARCY
( BAcKwoops. July I'D, 1896
Euuah we are of and crossing branch OF the
Hudson near its source, enter the forest Indian
file and stretch forward II is no child's play be
fore u.s. and the fifteen miles we are to travel VIII
| test the blood md muscle of every one The first
/ few miles there is rough path which was cut
| last Summer ia order bring the body OF Mr..
i Henderson out II is great help, but filled with
| sad associations. At length we came to the spot
| where Twenty-Five worllnon watched with the body
l IN the forest all night. 1t was too late 10 get
/ through, and hero they kinded their campfire
| and there lie yet the rough poles which the
/ corpse rested. Here says Cheney "on this log
sat all night and held Mr.. Henderson's little son,
.s-a-Ss Gu years Of age III my arms Oh how he cried
% be taken in to his mother, but j; was impossible
find our way through the woods, and he at length
cred himself to sleep inmy ar1nsOhitwas n dread
4 fal night mile farther on and we came TO the
rock where he was shot 1t stands by little pond
z and they were preparing 10 dine on it Cheney was
/ standing on the other side Of the pond with the
little boy when he heard shot and then scream,
and looking across he Mr. Henderson clasp his
arms twice over his breast, exclaining, am shot
The sou tainted by Chcncys side but in few mo
ments all stood round the dying man. who cxclailn
4 ed. 'eWhat an accident. and in such place" In
LAYING down his pistol the hummer struck the rock
and the cup being very explosive the gun went oil,
sending the ball directly through his body. After
commencing bis soul to his Maker and telling his
con to be good boy and give his love to his mother
he died 1t made us sad to look on the spot-per-
hsps some Of us would thus be carried out Of the
Il FILL ,fh
& self and here he died Shall be thus borne back
10 my friends
The exhaustng march soon drove these sad
1 thoughts from our minds and strained forward,
now trcading over springy marsh--now STOPPING
+ and crawling like lame ignanes, through swamp
K OF spruce trees and now following tho path mado
L BY deer and moose MS they come from the noun
,uins TO the streams. until at length we reached
lake Golden, perfectly embosomed amid the gigantic
mountains looking for all the world like an limo
cent child sleeping in a robbers embrace Awfuliy
savage and wild are the mountains that enclose
this placid sheet of water. Crossing strip OF
forest we next struck the Opaiesccnt river so
called from the beautiful opalescent stones found
ia IT'S bed The forest is almost impossible and so
r five miles we keep the bed OF this stream, chas-
1 IMP II backward to It's source The channel is one
mass of rocks, and march is constant leap
rom one to another, requiring correct eye aud a
steady foot to keep the balance. Thus zigzasing
over the bed of this turbulent steam, we fit back
ward md forward like flies over the surface OF q
river till at length hear shout S-th has missed
his footing and, slipping from rock gone souse INTO
deep pool Gathering himself up he laughs
lcuder than the loudest and pushes on. Suddenly
\ Cheney stops and listens, for the doep bay OF his
hound in the distance rings through the forest,
| He has stopped something, he eXclaims, bark,
how fierce he is. l should MT wonder II 1t was
moose, for a cocc moose will stop and fight a dog
this time year Ii it is moose it would be
worth while to so back" But was after Mount
Zohawns and could i'll afford TO ensthen tho dis
lance At length we all came to halt on the
! wcks and prepared for dinner and no one was
more clad than myself TO rest. \ blazing fire was
hndled OF dry logs and soon each ono had his piece
oi e; pork on a long stick and holding it over
the fame, counted six pieces all coming TO a
icons before added nine TO the list This putting
/ them together was capital arrangement, Tor the
fat dropping of into the fire increased the blaze
and hence facilitated the cooking. Now dipping
nv slice into rho river TO freshen it, and now lay
ms il upon my bread to preserve the gravy, l at
length had the satisfaction OF seeing II well done
Il was eaten with appetite never enjoyed III
New York and soon after our packs were all
shnc again and We're on the march We con
tinued diving deeper and deeper into the hills un.
nj wo nj lcucth reached the foot OF the mountain
and began the ascent. l have climbed the Alps
IND Appenincs. but never found foot and eye il
such rcquisticn before TWAS literally right ny
| and down, while the spruce trees, with their dry
limbs like thorns yard long, stuck out on every
1 side ready to transfx us and compelling us TO
| duck and dodge at every step, Now sinking
| through the reacherous moss that covered some
cap in the rocks, and now swinging from one dead
/ Tree to another we continued for two miles pant
ins and straining up the steep ACTIVITY, logged
/ and torn at every step. We had already gone
I thirteen miles. and such wintins,up OF tho tramp
[ was too much One strong, athletic hunter We had
taken along rs an assistant gave out, and We're
compelled frequently 10 stop and let hin. rest The
/ spruce trees grew thicker and more dwartsh as
! we assembled till they became no more than four
feet high aud literally matted together so thai You
could not see two feet in advance o, you. Through
these we foundered and urged our way, gong MS
| we passed along over the bed OF moose which,
We doubtless had reused from his reposc. and al
length emerged on to the bare, naked pyramid that
pushed It's rocky forehead high into the heavens
A smooth gray rock, shaped ike a bowl turned
wrong side up stood before us, as if on purpose to
mock all our efforts. Hall way up this was S-th,
locking like dwarf, as with his pack on his back
he crawled over the rocks. Hitherto nothing could
knock the Fun out Of him. and as he from time TO time
stumbled on los or heard the complaint Of some
one behind, he would sing in comical sort Of a
chorus, so.a.up, followed by his hearty hahs-
na' as II nothing could tire him Tc every halloo
We sent after him. he would return that everlast-
ING 'gO-'Rnp,2 sung out so funnily that we IN
'sEiaoy echoed back his aa.ha, till the mountain
fahs again But now he was silent-;he so-ta-
p nad become ruincus matter and it required
al his breath TO lei hin. so up: Aswe ascended
tins bald cone. the chill wind swept by like De.
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