Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-03-20

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tall, and cost me an irreparablc rcnt in the
abuvc-m, ntoncd pants, besides II very bad
hruiSc on the cap Of my knee. This was
rather II tliSagrecablc StaIt. Our road contin-
u'd over II low country, gradually becoming
hiIly, and by sun-np decidedly mountainous
and rocky. The road to Jordan may he a
hard on" to travel, hut Jerusalem is . harder.
| thought had seen rough roads before in
the mountains Of California, hut nothing like
this. Our track for the last half Of the way
lay tin ough gorgcS Uf mOuntanS-thc dry
bed Of winter torrents, with nothing hut rocks
every inch of the way, from the size of II meet
ii%.hot;Sv down to Il liccc Of chalk, Of every
p">>ihl" shape. There was no plctcnSnn to
road, but merely mnlc.path, impasSabc
for tw" abreast We were continually obliged
To turn out for long files of Camcls and other
mounted travclrrS--or rather We made them
give the way. being the strongest party
numl crS aud arIns being the only claim to
Gvllity here Every man we met on the road
was armed to the trcth and throughout this
land every man views his fellow Us an enemy,
trcachciouS aud not to bo trusted. About
eight o'clock we stopped Ht m olive grove t"
stretch and take bite a salt sandwich short
allnWanr" and bad water, was hardly an i'm
prov m"nt On the nights supper
Again in the saddle, the higher we climbed
the worse it got-so bad, in many places that
more than one preferred two lcgS to four, and
led their horses down. Oar Stccd>, you must
kaow. were not selected for the Sultan'S stud.
At ha't.past eleven, almost 10 the minute tic
walls # .Ioru>;,lcln, Ike flash, stood before
us ;It llr'tit mile tiStnnt Twas the pioneer,
tn first to see it, and announce the fact. No
>nhu'h>-not solitary dwelling was there to
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