The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1852-09-09
MINNESOTA TERRITORY. THURSDAY SEPTEMBER g. 1852
AN ARMY OF MoNKrYs-A NovKL Su,

AN ARMY OF MoNKEYs-A NOVEL SUs
PENSION BRIDGE.-'Ihey are coming toward.
the bridge; they will most likely cross by IN,
rocks yonder, OBJ erved Raoul. 'How-swim It:
asked, 1T Is torrent there oh, no.. ans
wered The Frenchnan: monkeys would rathe,
90 into The fire than water. If they cannot lel
The stream, they will bridge it, Bridge it, aud
how:' stop moment, Captain, you shall see
The half human voices now sounded nearer, aud
we could perceive that the animals were ap-
,roachlnS the spIl where we lay Presently they
appeared upon the opposite bank, headed bv an
old grey cheiialn aud ohcered like mar
soldiers. They were, Raoni had stated OF
HE eomalrGa, or ring tailed Irbe. One. an
aid-de camp, or chnf pioneer. perilap-, ran oui
on Projecting rock, and, after ioo,ing across
he stream, as II calculating The distance, scam
pered back and appeared 10 communica,e w,h
The leader his produced Il movement III the
troop. Comm ind' were issued. and f,,isue par
ties were detailed, and ulrched TO the front -
Meanwhile, several Of the cOm1irj jas--engin-
eer., no douht--ran along The bInk, examining
the trees on both sides Of the arroyo. A, length,
they all COLLECTED round tall cottonwood, that
grew over The nlTrOwest paIt Of the stream, and
twenty or thirty scampered up It- trunk. On
reaching high point the foremost, Il strong iel-
low, ran out upon Il 'imD, n >ing several turns
"i ms inii around II, s.ppei or, and hung head
dnwnwirds The next on the limb, also L stout
one, climbed ipi, the body of he first. and whip
pug his tail ushiy around the neck and forearm
Of the latter, dropped of III his turn. anu hung
head down. ! he :hrd repeated the nianpnNre
upon The second, and the fourth upon The third,
and so on, un The last upon the siring rested his
fore paws upon the ground The living cham now
commenced swin2in: Backyard, and forwards,
ike the pendulum of Il clock. The mrtion was
slight at first, bu gradually increased, The lower
most monkey striking his hands violently on the
earth he pissed The tangent o! the osciidtn.s
curve.
Several others upon the limbs above aided
the movement. This continued until the monk
ey a, the end OF the cham thrown among lie
branches of i Tree on the opposite bank. Here,
after two ar three vibrations he ciutcl,ed limb,
and held fast. This movement was executed
adroity lust as the eliminating point OF the 0-cll
ton, IN order to the intermediate INKS irotn
the violence os 4 too Sudden I.rl,. The chain
was how fast at both ends, forming a complete.
suspension bridge, over which the whole truup, l.
The number Of four five hundred passed >, nh
the rapidity of thought. Il was one Of the most
comlcal sights ever beheld TO witness the qr.iz-
z!cal expression OF cOuntenances along that living
chlln. The troop was now on the other side, bat
how were the animals forming the bridge 10 get
themselves over This was the question which
suggested itself, Manllestly. by number one let
ting go his tail. But then the pant de appHi on
The other side was much lower down, aud nupIber
one, WIKI hIlf-d-doLen of his ne isbbor>, would be
dashed against the opposite BANK, or soused INTO
the water. Iierc, then. 4 problem, and we
waited with some curiosity for ,ts solution; II
soon solved monkey was now seen attaching
his tai to the Lowest on The bridge. another gird-
led HIM IN Il similar manner, and another, and 50
"A .4rp a Al lIt a
These last, We're all powerful fellows; and run
n,ng ap 10 a high limb, liey lifted the hiIdse INTO
a position, almost horizontal. Then scream
from the last monkey Of the new formation,
warned The tall-end that all was ,ead, and the
neat moment the Whole chain was swung over,
and landed safely on the opposite bank. The
loWermost linils NOW dropped off Ike melting
candle, whilst the higher eaped io the
branches, and came down by the trunk. I he
whole troop then scampered oil into the cilapper!'
aud disappeared.- Captdtn ReiiS ,Ilrratares
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