The weekly ledger., 1857-07-04
For the Weekly Ledger.
TRACKS OF A TRAVELLER.
Once more l am within the limits of
VOLCANO.

rocked III the cradle of the deep" is a
line from one of the poets Preachers when
they wish to quote something, and don't know
who said it nor what they did sag, are in the
habit of exclaiming, "In the language of one
Of old;' but | deem it best to own ND the
corn, and tell you that l do not know the
author of my quotation; yet have no doubt
1t was written with one eye on Volcano (I
don't mean that the line was written with one
eye, although there is only one "i" in it; but
that the author went one eye on this place. }
1t is verify ''rocked in" with mountains of
limestone, and in a cradle as deep as any ju-
venile city ever stayed its time of pinafores
and diapers But Volcano has passed its
days of adolescence, and has now settled
down into regular quiet life, only inter-
rupted by the arrival of the Ledger. contain
Ing the Tracks of Traveller" am not
egotistical.
Water is getting to be quite scarce here;
so much so that it is selling at bit a drink,
diluted with bad whiskey at that. How do
you suppose | knew that? l did not find that
ont at the "Rialto,' where l was listening to
young fellow telling Pritchard how a gay
othario had borrowed his horse under false
pretense, and then took his "gal' on him,
that is on the horse,) to the show
Here was waited on by q score of cores
pondents and temizers of the Ledger and
Sentinel, aud warned not to poach on their
grounds.
So left the "Crater City" in low spirits,
but got higher as progressed couple Of
miles till on the hill beyond Walshs saw-mill
Here, to the right of the road, found an
Indian camp-meeting Delegations of the
dusky denizens Of the woods were present
from every direction within twenty-five or
thirty miles-even some from Carson Valley
| counted two hundred and sixty-three, and
have no doubt that over a hundred were Wis
iting in Volcano Eating was the order of
the day when was present. They had bought
two beeves Of the butcher, and from what |
saw cooking, think they did not waste more
than the horns and hair. Strange Indians
arriving were at once invited to be seated at
some one of the baskets of paste and pounded
seeds Some of the bellies were bathing in
the ditch near the camp, and a party of the
juveniles were having a ride on the limb of a
tree, seemingly cut down on purpose, that
swung up and down with its load of laughing,
Joyous childhood, just as natural as in times
of old among white folks; only did not see
any of the boys standing under the limb to
catch the girls if they fell off
There was to be game Of ball, but had
no time to spare if was to reach Indian
Diggings that uight so left My trail was
over very rough country, crossing Dry creek,
Indian creek and the south branch of the
Costumes About two miles and half from
this latter stream, and up creek with steep
hills on each side, found
INDIAN DIGGINGs.
At first sight, l formed very poor opin-
ion of the place, both as to size and wealth; /;
but on enquiring for hotel | was told that
what | saw was not all the town; but that
'under the hill' was the main part Of the
place. BY crcuitous, down-hill movement
gained the desired locality. Passing over
a bridge that is some twenty-five feet high,
across a claim, brought me to the Union Ho-
tel, which stands on posts from twenty to
thirty feet high, having been undermined; !;
the dirt beneath it paying as high as five dol
lars to the pan. This is the case with the
apothecary shop, livery stable and two or
three other houses
1t is hardly worth while to give you a de-
scription Of the town. 1t is rather better
built than mining camps of its size usually
are and bids fair to rival the best of the mi
ming towns. Post Office arrangements are
such that there had better be none at ALL
Newspapers a week old are late. An express
has Just been started to Placerville, which will
be Of great advantage to all lovers Of late
news
Would you know of the mines here? Then
stand here with me on the hill There in the
gulch under the bridge, in town, is the claim
of Daywall & Hamilton, which has paid as
high as $500 week, and the last week it
was worked two men took out S9S, the
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