The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-07-26

view foI lnTly miles MS rheqarred Will
larm-hunsrs ard r0uH'Ey seals, and stud.
slri ailh successive mountains. The FORKS
&C Pigeon River and IL valley. stretching
nOrlhHsEd towards Tennessee tie Bal.
sam mountain. eOsered with The dark bal.
ssm 6r; The lsOOking-Glsss ngeks, 10 The
south. F.eTleely destitute of any kind ol
vegetation. and Inaccessible 70 The foot d
man save in \ single plsce; the hume.
rous herds Of saille grazing Oh The sides
Of the mountains; the shadow Of pisgall
dislinrlly marked oul On The Cold noun.
Tain on The vest. distance Of several
miles. These. and other objects which
cannot be described 10 single enmmuni-
cation, filled ny mind with pleasing and
raplnT"us emotions. II Is supposed 10 be
the highest mountain in The United States.
higher than Mount MiIrhell in Burke.
ID is. perfectly destitute Of trees from ils
top 10 hrlow ne waist. in consequence. |
suppose. Of is great height. bul il is thick.
~ covered with low shrubs and plants oil
various kinds. one If which 10 The noun
tain fern, which grows yery luxuTianlly
and in great abundance. The soil upon
the top aud sides is very black and rich.
I was lold that any part Of il would yield
large crops If Irish potatoes, but that il
was In0 cold for corn or olhergr
An anecdQte was told TO me by noun.
iaineer Of an old bear hunter. who mel
with very serious accident on lhis noun
tain. One side. not very FAR from the
summit, rises almost perpendicularly like
wall. TO The height Of sixteen or seven.
teen hundred feet from the valley below.
This bear hunter. whose name was Da-
sis. attacked bear. some few years ago,
on the edge Of this pIecipice, with his gun
and hunters knife. Old Bruin, being
wounded. made baille. Davis lost his
fnoi.hOld. and sided down TO the valley
below, his life being saved in almost a
miraculous manner. Tie is still living,
aud has killed many a bear since. Old
Bruin chooses the most inaccessible and
rugged sleeps for his haunis,. sad only
ventures out now and then TO feed upon
whorlleberries, which grow very large
and in great abundance on all these noun
tains, though in consequence Of the gteal
height they do not come 10 perfection be-
fore September.
There is beautiful place south Of Pts.
gxh, and-some three or four miles IRON
il, called the Pink-red Valley, so called
from the great numbers Of wild pinks that
flourish there. II is six miles long and
two miles broad. walled in on every side
by lofty mountains, aud intersected, from
one end 10 the other, by beautiful stream
Of water. Il abounds with luxurious
grapes, and is owned by graziers. who
have large numbers Of cattle feeding up
on il. | lave no doub, but that il is su
perior in natural beauty TO The far-iamet
classic vale Of Tempe.
After drinking in with ajmiIing eye:
this beautiful prospect, We proceeded
down the mountains on our way home
The way was So steep that the horse:
slid down rather than walked. After ira
yelling abon, four miles in about SO many
hours, we reached ITS base, illed will
gratitude to the Author Of Nature that ",
had escaped without broken bones, ihougl
we were considerably bruised in the flesh
RED MOUNTAIN.