New-York daily tribune., 1866-02-17

stage Journey Early Hintfr 49, our
Party-The Lost gound-A Cool L"nd-
Iord-A Csunty $50 Miles s4ong-The
Heayors:Their Hnsiiuct and Their N"rh
Bear River Junction -tsov. Lyon
Natural Road.-The Worlds Pastur.
sCe-Go= md Nngog-Grcnf Hamin"s
Prsirie-A wonderful Tirngc-The
Grent shoshonce Fails. Second only so
Niagarn-r, Camp with ihe soidier'
Indian Grphnu.-- uahiHdc springs-
Lonely Road -Wnifs OF Civilization.
gson Ogf Special Correspondent;
Borsy en-. JD,uc. Iriday Nor. 10, 1900
Winter, tOrmcntiu- Us before i' Unc' uf"Ne
me nom Montana. yoplg,, aud least developed but
richest and fairost Of all ocI 1eI-ories Adieu to her
green valleys glad with streams ana flowers 20 her
rugged mountains somb1g viii pines and frs From
the inevitable crowd. eoodoyes and bandshaAlns our
cosca rolled out Of Virginia city With is pleasant party
an ex.oeer Of Hookers Staf WHOM uscd TO see W 're
fields were won, but who Los now eHchan ri the camp
for the quartz Mil; lie vile, educated iu IeAhslVHi"
blt hOin on TIE plaii g. ai inulti lt- -t4 .H sl"'
inc - dialects a. several tfacsyOrug, F1acous 'O
fair with Indian features CD, oGs atcs one knows hef
origin but unsuspeCed before an CX~ udee oi CleNe
land Ohio and geniai Gentleman from Montana, who
combines the novel uDct0.s a. stage 'gepi ara poet
We are half buried 10 blankets iutIc iCH,> ana
beaver
and mantle Cf SNOW vAiiens and sl'ttl'4-t.s INt3
ghost beauty mOlrtain. valley ana icitsi. j A'H
dav ride. with weary ing N1'1s M snap 'lr N!,t-c
st tues We hang upon the tppar si"c az le coacA 10
balance A. above proC.riors banks, We sen 9l
Bannsck City the 1Tst night bat thci'i'ie' ditt
steadily on thrOugG dar 1cht ana daFN.t,s. -
second midnight uuds Us stopping. a'G VIA % "!..l
capdIs searching or vehicle .or missing h-e ctl
sack containing the money u our cf'',r ana Lis VIII"
Oar poet like the Ccsi Homer, SoHel ices noes a-o
while he fast asleep using tlc sacAti ,or p".oN'
il tslipped from uude his head ard TEL cut O tlc 0oach
We wait upon the itad "aie TWO ho.scs are 1h'
haruessed and poet and driver ride back eight miles
ard retgrn with the missing treasure bredkiai up0h
front and wild goOse, from alatkct ia-' more tcolh'
some thau the usual SAT- pO-k ana beans once u"
ditiOnai passenger az station 0reakias iound ho'A
whatever upOn the table except pOfs ana mn t'TG
win you have some pork Quetle0 the Iandi'IC.
No" replied the disr.s'cd tluyc!er, / never ort
pork" Then" re- V0lltd tie Comp2o9ui host LciP
rOyrsef 20 the mustard Upon the niiis Pacific slope
lhe trout have brown Instead OF ted slecas. Despite
al tie eLcCuiums passed ugol then 20 I9' Aln NV
Western tTout 50 ofy rs iLoso o. TIE " me noI"
The hills beside or ro,a contain I.el 81 qu-stz
thoueh lone Off hls yet Teen -" tt-. We are ID
Oneida County, Idaho .-' miles ione oS @VV wee.
Here A. elsewhere magnificent distances are cXper.
Siye cur lerryman juat inc0 iOt ~, nlAe s ioat L
or. license assure Us that -lc Stel.hs fee sup! Io
serving g summons upon h.m was S9i. IN g'lu I"3'
Neut Creek Is cbstrLc.e0 by 1uiuIuaihoUs oe|.t!
dana only few yards apart with ve!-Torn paths
leading from them into the alder bushes W itl Won
Gcrfu Instinct these np.sttss maaons oi INC stream
,trref fheir dams ir Spuc iustLri cn0rgh J4 he
eorrc .eason-see1iua 70 know whether 70 VIII prove
wos or Gfy-aGG 100 iron Go Dc sWew aWl' some
times hey quite flood OF; sac ch miners above then,
srS build their dams eTCrT night o.c1 rs the gold
seeks destroy them BY deg. 1Ley aTe 70 shy thai the
most experienced and allhiu AdAterS rely gei
glimpse Of them; though Coy. Lyon procured young
one coptured by sn Indi'r; ana uow. N the Central
Park OF New-YorE, supphed>wsth maic. his beaver
ship Is testing the new eXperelCe o. Sfmssuc me III
tNe neroros Happy maui foI WHOM h~ua hunting
is robbed OF is anroyancts and tic hIst Of Nay Las 10
terIOgs'
For 90 miles the hill on our right is ba;tlenenic1 by
an Immense upright wa of Gc soate brown lava; then
o, tic ffth mOru0g. blrsaiist lettc,s, papers
and the impatient passer.e- u ono coach nom sat
Lake City and another i-Cm boise IOaa0 await Us ~
Bea- RiTe Junction ArJiacr hc1r tnds me parted
iroIa nv comrades ard riding toward Bol,c IN light
coach with Caleb Lyon OF iyols0alC. Governor Cf
idaho whose long pgblIc i!e. varied culture. a1d
travels every quarter o rlc globe nave made lin
most agreeable companion.
This vast region between iie Missouri and tie
Serras has the best nai Ural lOsls tc world
times one rides for hundred miles over Track nearly
equal TO ile best turnpike. whore not single bridge
has be6n built or spade struck into the ground For
hours Great salt Lake strctcle blue and shining at
our ef; we are near It's Wet cnd. 40 miles from salt
Lac City This is idaho with iis ya, rolling wastes
Of lava sand and sage brush; o' in ~ Divine Comedy
OF DAME: Not green, bot brown the foliage Yet
Mature is bOuntiiul even q. ne4 desD.atlOA Here
grows the delicate. nutrltiye bunch grass requiring
rain keeYing the stage horses fat and often substing
COWS driven hther 10 escape toe great drOuths Of Cali
fornia. II is the worlds pasiniaee. Here hundreds OF
valleys await the tnklng sccp bells here the cattle
Blue Springs seem to be bTackish rother than nue
for our driver carries thither foI the stokteBdc 10
drink keg Of water from another station. y niles
away OnT stage horses from Los Angelic, California
after years OF service T;an their Wild blood and seem
utterly untamaOlc. Before starting j requires three
70 hold them. and for the fIst hundred yards they
res. and plunge ii msdly bent on breaking necs
At evening great ball OF fire drops noseess behind
fhe mountains aud the clear suasci skies reveal every
tint graded with perfect regularity, igOm brlghl.
orange to pale ametlyst. All fight with scat, rc-
moved we sleep upon the hay which carpets the bottom
of TIC moving coach and Under iaihoHleSs strata Of
robes and bankets Breakfast NJ City Oi Rock curl
ous group ofup,iCht basatc columns. Near the road
two rise for CO feet like huge idols: the Cog and Ma
gog OF the desert.
Hillsides arc curously motted with pure snow brown
grass and dark evergreens, and raynes lined with
kinne kineck low. deep green shrnb which the Indi
ans dry and smoke bOta pure and mixed with tobacco
Sixty miles and beyond Our vision. Is the Great
Ksminas Prairie, l75 miles long by 10 20 in width
rich easy OF irrigation, from the pne.Cad mountains
inclosiug it, and threaded by Mahlade River which.
sftor ruYnng l3J miles sinks into The earth lbe the
waters of Damascus The kammas plant with cluster
OF pale blue foWeIs leaf Like lly. and baib Ike an
onion a0Oands beside our road Indians dlg tAe loot
with an ron hook, and sS'Sist upon 10 oasicG during
the Winter We look down upon the dun, level. vast
plains Of the Shosbonee (Sho.shose bounded by faint
misty mountains % gra,sh blue. Sleep upon The earth
Zoo. of Rock Creek station. built Of lava-bOcks tie
woils pierced with hOes for the shining rifles which
stand beside the bunk Of the stocktende whose house
is his castle.
Fan called By the indians Pal-oipiak-g or Git Of tine
Great Spirit which have never before been approached
by a vehicle or seen BY 30 white men Slx miles out
turn fto.D the stageI6a1 noIthword upon the desert
where the tall sage brush. crushed by slow wheels
loaas the cir with heavy perfume. Through the dim
dawn We aIe guided BY the everlasting pillar of cloud
rising from inc Fall six miles away, and soon we hear
family the eternal roar Of the cataract
The heavens are a glory OF dim amethyst. while the
morning star, pale mellow and tender slowly drowning
in the light. On the far horizon from tie sCmm o. a
rugged mountain suddenly shoots out snd stands N
bold relief long, pointed Horizontal shai' OF sold
blue. Instantly alter while eastern clouds crimson
upon the corn.cOlored sky is born an ocean or g0d,
glowing and blazing and bounded by The snait OF blue
urcu rs further shore. moment later 10 the north