Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-03-12


should be designated. From Brindle Knob
we descended into the valley of Nod thence
we began to ascend the main peak of tho
mountain, leaving on Brindle Knob some of
our company, who cared more for rest than
lofticr aspirations
We soon gained the summit of the highest
peak of the Six Mile mountain, which is iso-
lated. ut least ten miles from all other ran
ges ofmountains. From distance. it seems
to rise up abruptly from the level earth far
above ail the neighboring hills. Although
the sun was shining brightly, the atmosphere
was still hazy, s0 that our distant prospects
were not rs fine as We could have wished ::
the ragged mountains to the North appear
ing something like the hard features of an
old maid through blue veil. Yet, in COM
parison to some noted places the scenery was
very interesting, az it MAS in every direction
to winch the eye might be cast 10 the South
west, hywest was quite visible your elevated
village, the Court House rohecting brightly
ana ~, snrerDiy IN the evening rays of the sun.
The White Water" was seen to tho North
in the midst of the mountains. Further on
to the east could he seen the fable Rock.
while plantation after plantation could he
seen IN every other direction as far as the
eye could distinguish twenty acre feld.-
The c. mpsny eninyed the scenery finely.
Many were the thoughts and surmisos D.
bout this pretty little mountain. Fer ages
and ages it has been there, rejecting the
MORNINGS sun, when not white man had
sci nus iuot upon the Amer can continent
ana budding farewell to his last rays as they
would lingcr around it in the evening. Yes.
long. long before thia ever was Pickens MANY
! lonely rabbit has. in the evenings twilight
trotted around upon the brow of this noun.
tnin! Centuries before Columbus was horn.
ne doubt. hut the nightly whppoorwill sa,
down upon the solitude here. cried "whip.
nnor-wli :" flew round and cried it again
When the Grecan and Roman geographers
Thought that they were acquainted with eve
ry nation under tho sun, the red man of the
west otcn and often here trod his firm foot
ana raised hts wnr-whoop to startle other ma.
lions of the land. Then naught disturbed
him in his slumbers on the solitude but the
wild heasts. But what change! The scene
ry OF civilization is now spread all around
tn the Wow nf the white man. who makes the
rabbit afraid, hears the whippourwill. has
cXtcrm'nated the red man 0f the west, and
de- troyed nearly all the wild beasts-per-
aps NIL but one panther, which one of onr
company declares he heard lie thinks lie
did hear n panther till yet, and as we can't
prove he didn't we must try and believe him
~ any rate, soon after this. he was very anx.
ionS tn return home. and to more unmolestcd
reg'on as he did not wish o be disturbed by
fear, when causel by the howl of n panther
where tlicio might be one. lie says that il
At was not u panther it was the Six-Mile Saw
Mill, about three miles off We therefore
S""n all left the spot that had given us So
much pleasure. and would propose that to-
wards the last Saturday in March, if it be q
/ fine dny, we all meet there again, with YOU
ana all others who may choose. and have q
real superb pic mic Of the highest quality.
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