New-York daily tribune., 1865-10-28
SP0N the MISSOURI TO TIE PACIFIC.XVIII.

~.. uariposa Big Trees--Their Number
D,mcr.ien.-"Pr "Prosirarc Monarch -
Ch.u,bcr In a Tree-Trunk-Kiding z
Through Hollow Log on Esorscbnch-
op,it,,ful Couple 80 eSrizzly Giant 4"
Seedlings nom the Zig Trees-rTheir
Great Age-Wisc LegisiatiOn-Caiifor-
II, scenery-Cnftle fgerders-Wind-
ui,I.-Arrivai in san Frnncisco-Ex-
psnscs, Routes and Dissane's-A Chi
pe,e BouGuet-CcIesiini Euquct"-
Three Hundred and TWENTY-FIVE Dishe"
-The Hili of fFnre-0ricniai Music end
Speeches
rruSs Our Special Correspondent
sAcR,MEvro, CAL Thursday, Sept. T. 1905
The Marposa Big Trees are 80 miles nom
Yosemite Valley. We visited them by diyerging five
niles from our homewaId route to San Francisco SIX
hxndred Of the mammo;hs are scattered among the
,oble mines of go acres. Many OF the pines are 900
fee, high Elsewhere they would be kings OF the for
s,t but among these hoary giants they become chill
dren. Pigmes on Alps may be pigmies sil but pyra'
.nls are d not always pyramids in wales
The B;g Trees have been considered rcdwoOds-a
r.cies Of cedar aboundpg upon this coasi--but the
ac.anists decide otherwise and name them srotoIAs
Tssv are the Oldest and most stUpendous vegetable
,-odrc.s existing upon tie globe. Alrtody twenty
groves have been discovered in California. The Mari
no,s is largest aud fnest, though tie CalaveTas lit!
miles 10 the noIthward, is better known.
or the Aiariposa SeQuoias, two luGdred are more
sh.n twelve feet in diameter, fly than sixteen
see and six more than thirty feet The largest called
Nbe Prostratc Monarch. now lying upon the ground
j.saess snd branchess is believed to have fallen fully
trs hundred and fifty years ago Fire has consumed
mach Of the uunk but enough remains to show thai,
rih the bark on IL must have heen forty feet IN thick
ress OF oCnrse fgrres give little iioa of uch olm'n
p11s Measure ~ forty feet on hCIse'Wai theh OrF
Hundred feet along the ground. ana tfy to picture tie
diameter ami hight of the Prostate Monarch as 1t
g.0od thousand years ago
Ihe tons Of the largest trees broken of leaving
EAs;r average hight ebut 25O feet. We saw one with
sbfsnch-uo. fork, but an honest, latera hranch--
,i1 feet in diameter growing from tie stem eighty
Rel above the ground. INTO cavity burned u Tie
r6e Of another standing tree hileen of US rode to-
Ssteer NilOut crOWGIng We al sat upon our horses
r. = ~ b1ck novel chsmber. though II occuprs less
tAsp hal. the thickness OF the trunk. Through stem
iTl.c upon the ground ire has bored Ike mn sugur
Our entire cavalcade rcudng al the ieii nen all t0e
f.t pea and M tie ample skirts. rode through Il from
ed 20 end, Ike railway train through tunnel one
sLO-nogs l,ing trunk which parts near the ground
irto tai ,ynmeiric, perfect stems is chrisieaeG
t1e Faithful CouIle Mr. Clark assLrcd rs IN poetic
frsA Quite unlocked for rOD hermit ana backwoods-
Ean that they were
"Two soul. with but single ihougLt,
utGfts that uSat one.
he fsithrlness Of lis forest Ircomar ard Parthenia
'shSe that of some human cOuples-neither can get
lie largest standing tree is the Grizzly Giant It's
bar is nearly two feet thick. II II were cut on smooth
IT, nifty horses could easily stand, or sixteen cpul'es
dane upO4 the stump. Il .he trunk were followed to
shell il would hold more freight than m3n'o war or
eesn steamer - feet l0ng One Of the CaavcTes ~.
aoaS was cut down by boring with auguIs aD saving
e spaces between The work employed FIVE men Tor
: DAYS. Wien July cut Of the tree stUbbo'ny con.
to- ~rrNa ale Iaauu ia TFsIarn aFf
st;eTing-ram.
lie pine cones cylindrical and sometimes nearly
feet l0gg. Those Of the Zig Tees are roand and
s0l larger than apples. Seedlings from them grow
lg In every country Of Europe They numerous ia
English parks, Vleie mania prevails FOX coriiefou
rees. Two hUndled are planted IN onT great Cen'Iol
Park. and maIy more II tue nurseries Of Western
kew.York. Il ey are thrifty and vigorous now large
Eey vii become s an interesting problem.
There seems 10 be no convincing or even plausible
theory Of their OF gin. sAo1d r1ihcr say o. helr
Preservation for they are Children a. oDgsgo
& Elfic era Tie age of giants lneeTs on the curr
Pscifc cOast stUC eudous red woods are everywhere
numerous; and on the summit OF the Slerros elmos
po above sea-eycl. grow sugar pines ten ana twelve
feet diameter Bot these Dous'er Scquoies ore The
ucrts patI iIchs Some butanis. daie tler birth itr
bsck Of earliest huwon history none 'slinrte TIER
BE st less than eighteen hundred years Ftfclauce
" IL vouth saw lie awkward. tiuUderHg UasiodoU /
s1eter over tie hills ard tie lundIel-feot long ptie
y msny legs and mouth Ike volcano crawl legisbS
bro1ch torriG swaHps They were living when the /
hter Of poets Old b'ini and vagsh0ud sung bis i'm !
k0rtai song when tie sgft of Athens. that most
Llr.sfil1 le4flcu, calmly crank lie De lCck, NLtu
re carpenter Of Judea, fgom whose lilth the whOe
eTiizrd world Low compa.ts 10 Tine was despSe1
Gd Tejecte1 OF men.
The ougress segregated the Mariposa Groves and
Yosemite valley fo- the general public domain setting
leu apaIt as pleasure groutds Tor the peolle Of the
u.t.d States their hcrs and as.iyns forever In
,cordsnce With the Act Gov Low present Executive
.' California, las aIpoiHted = eomusslon for iLe!F
arrangement aGd protection, Of which Frederick Law
Ccsted e. cl arman His ripe teste and large oxpcli
aace guarantee that the work Wl be done faithfully and
tudtiousy THIS wise legislation secures ~ their proper
hatonal uses nparaby tue largest and grandc.t
PAR and the sUbmtst scenery IN tie whole world
10 her region OF equal can boast half the uatu
raj auties and wonders 81 California. Yosemite Sier
yss, SHASTA. Big Trees Geyscrs and Lake Tahoe
brightest gem in her mountain coronetare all worthy
Sf cote among the irt eufiosities OF the universe.
FJom the Groves We continued on HORSEBACK 70
White and Hatcle; thence by caIiige @ Mar.po.a
the stage. coach end civilization. The famous Mariposa
estate OF 1900 now IN the hands Of begdeIed
company. is the bass Of stock 20 The amount Of S0
90 90 aud floating debt Of million sId a half more
Gen Fremont has sold lis entire interest The quartz
proves far less Jich than II was TePoiied much viii
no, justify crushing. Only few OF TIC 20 stamps
rUnn Dg and they pay but small margin over ex.
peDsts
snouch looked the parched grass and Wild oais along
CIR dusty tbiuly settled road Thousands Of cattle
e-szs upon the hills. Their lerdeTs though natiIc
born YaI kees ore among the mns expert ana daring
riders N the void az full speed e6pIng OH ana re-
uoun.nc, and throwing the laseO around any desired
eg horn Of Wild hcTfc ~ OK with unuTng precision
They have made circuses at discount here Ap
srOsching settlements we found that universal feature
IL Ceiiforuie--rainless for half the yearwhlch would
have driven DOa Quixote distracted. wind-miiS at
cekIy every house drawing water from the ella for
irrigation. Taxing steamer al stockton and passing
NeJlcis aud New IOrk-wbich Inter bas just two
! lses-wo IeacbHS 70 20 metropolis.
Ifagelng time from San francisco - yosemite, Ya
~ Trees four days. Preferable route 60 by haripoa
pc return via CoGItcIyle. Expenses Of round tTlp'
tol; el0 per day. distance via Mai1posa;
Gan Francisco 10 Stockton (sieamer ......l2J miles
Sioekion 70 MsiYoIs ~ "ie