New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-07-07
yRoH TIE PIXIES PEAK GOLD REGION
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DENVER CITY, Pixies Peak, June %, 1860.
The Eve hundred ArspshOe and Apache Indians
.hs started few days since TO attack the Utes,
have verified the old Spanish provere, went Tor
~eol and came back shorn." They hist turprise a
. village Of the Utes, and killed number Of
suusws and pappooses, but their enemies SON raj
he'd and drove them away. They had ,Ourneyed
several hours on their return, and We're quietly
smoking their pipes in comp, when the Utes sud
denly fei upon them, killing SIX Of their warriors
and woundiug upward Of thirty. The Arapahoes
~ tbs;r aTles Hed in hot haste to this city, and
spcceeded in arriving here with sixty stolen horses,
and several prisoners in the shape OF WON and
children. On the way hther, they grossly insulted
sayeraI parties Of immigrants, competing them 10
furnish them with provisions, ana IN one instance
Srarinp their cooked reyolvers and rifles upon de-
fepseless white woman VINO was alone IN caoln'
thirty miles s, nth OF Denver.
They have now buried their dead, and state that a
nartv Of their carriers about setting out on an
other hostile expedition against their ancient ana
i.ebriate enemies. The - Utes" viii probably come
o victorious, as they almost invariably do on such
occasions They are well armed with titles, are excel.
leut marksmen and the brayest Indians IN THIS part
of the Far West In September last twenty-one
bellioerent ArapahOes went out IN pursuit OF the
lies and while they were in camp one evening,
about n hundred miles northwest OF santa Fee IN
New Mexico. forty :" Utes' surprised the party,
and killed and sealped every one OF them. The
. Arspahoes were taking supper at the time OF the
surprise, and when party OF white men passed the
spoi two weeks after, morsrls of the bread which
tbey were eating were still prOtruding from the
mouths Of the CHASTITY corpses
r ] have Just returned from visit TO Colorado
CITY 20 miles south Of Denver, at the mouth OF the
Uie7 pass leading into the South Park. Colorado
Ia the most cOnsider able town near the Southern
mil es though many of the residents are now absent
in the mountains Ii contains six or seven trading
houses and though hitherto all the buildings have
been Of logs two saw-mils Just established IN the
vicinity now furnish ample supplies Of lamber, and
the city already begins To show decided improve
meDt upon that primitive style OF architecture. Ii
IN evident that one important city must spring up
near the Southern mines, and Colorado is contest
ing the point with two three towns recently com
menced, with the advantage Of now having five or
six times us MANY buildings as either OF lis rivals.
The prineipal street already marked by bulldogs
for more than a mile, is level as floor, aud the
sceneIy in the vicinity is peculiarly striking and
picturesque. ooc
the sea. Level white with month Of snow, is only
four piles distant At the foot of it are the cele-
brated soda springs, or boiling fountains, from
Which the Fontaine Qui BOuille Greek into which
they are discharged, receives its name. They con-
sist of three fountains, all very strongly mPregnated
with soda One of them, three feet IN diameter
rises from the midst Of large rock which it has
incrusted with soda TO the thickness of severe
inches. The column If water is some eight inches
IN diameter and bubbles up with great force. The
channels which supply il must be far under ground,
for the creek flows between two OF the fountains,
within few feet of them The residents of Color
ado assert that the water possesses rare medicinal
properties and several enthusiastic gentlemen in
our party insist that the springs are far superior to
those at Saratoga any others IN the States, aud
predicts that, in a few years, they viii become
popular Summer resort. When the railroad brings
Pixies Peak within two DAYS Of st. Louis Gas it uu-
doubtediy will within the next five years), it is not
improbable that the pure air, grand scenery, and
other attractions of the Rocky Mountains, VIII
draw many Of the denizens of that and other West
ern cities here during the Summer months
Two miles from tine fountains are the celebrated
" Red Rocks" rising almost pcrpendiculariy to the
hight of three hundred teet-their sides dotted by
few stunted cedaTs, which must have some peculiar,
leech-hke power 10 enable them 10 maintain foot
bold in their precaious positions. At point the
vast wall of stone as rent asunder, forming natural
gateway On a level with the grassy little valleys On
either side of it, Eagles and hawks have their nests
far up the sides and the summit OF the rocks,
vet untrodden by the foot OF man.
An aperture, barely large enough to admit the
BODY OF q man. near the foot of one of the rocks,
became the theme Of some speculation IN our party.
In spite of several unpleasant suggestions that IL
was probably the abode Of q bear or panther, your
correspondent crawled in, "utterly regardless Of
clothing. and was followed by his companions A
solemn and hollow echo responded to our voices,
and ON striking light we found ourselves IN an OBJ
long cove of solid rock, with smooth walls. 1t
proved to be sixty feet IN length by eight IN
width and sixty or seventy III hight. The remains
of FIRE showed that we were not the first ex
ploIers and after few minutes spent in the ancient
apartment we withdrew, leaving the place to the
damp and utter darkness which prevailed before
our entrance.
On the return trip, along Monument Creek, We
passed many curious columns and statues OF stone,
left standing in fantastic shapes by some ancient
deluee; and several castelated mountains, whose
rocky battlements appear 70 be the work OF art
rather than nature; invested one dollar IN quarter
of black-tailed deer-the best meat in the world:
81 % in peck OF corn meal, and ga very hand
some amount in milk at fifteen cents per quart,
and reached Denver with only three bTeahdOwns,
more deeply Impressed than ever before with the
beauty and grandeur Of the scenery in the Pixies
Peak region. The beauty of the climate, however,
did not commend itself to us, for every night im-
parted an uncomfortable sense Of chillness and one
msrnng we found ice an iuch thick within few
yards OF our camp.
Two young persons fro the vicinity Of Fond du
Lac, Wisconsin, We're married in tent in North
Denver, few evenings since, in The presence Of
quite company, attracted by the novel scene.
The parties were strangers to each other until they
met on tie Plains, on the way here from the Mis-
sour River. The bride was only 10 years Of age.
As soon as the ceremony was ended, aud refresh
ments, in the form Of lemonade from q wooden
bucket, apple pies and cake had been INDUCED IN,
the officiating clergyman was se0uced away on some
false preteDse; fiddle was procured, and the event
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