The Portland daily press., 1867-09-04


peak. have reached il bv n ,o;,so,,., o.oo,,.
OF mile and half, up winding stair-cosss ~
flint and along tortuous notch tbroucb tba
woods On all sides is sombre wooJlord 20
heved only by fair lakes and linking streams,
and fertile spot or two on the shore, bright
with grain or green with pastures.
On the east 1 see placid Moose river, wind
ing along from Brassua Lake, and look beyond
into the penetrdlid of Virgin forest. And then
Seen from altar, like some stronghold
buiit by the ocean kings OF old 500 I'D
Gnu iaint as smoke-wTeath, white and thin
"e's IN the east, vast Katahdin. -... ...fa
All 'his was the hunting and fishing ground
", 'ue Aoorigines. Here roamed those Indians
rose names nobody can speak and nobody
'Poii. here they built their camp fires,
cnased 'neir deer, and caught their spotted
nsn. here, TOO, according to tr ,dition. has
been battle ground. A point on the west
ern shore OF the lake, five miles below. WAS
the scene of an encounter between hostile
tribes. Not long since a skull and bones were
there exhumed by the action of the water
Why may not that be the skull of a chiettain,
who fell "under the clear sky, by the bright
waters, in honorable battle? There his
mourning warriors placed him at rest, and
chanted their savage lament. Over his grave
flowers were strewn by the silent Indian maid.
Thus our dreamy fancies run.-But here
comes the ''Fairy" steamins up the lake, and
we have promised Capt R, that prince OF good
fellows, that we would take trip with him to
the head of the lake. Here then, we are, at the
northeast carry" after "saiP oftwenty miles.
Here is that corduroy railroad, extending from
the lake to Penobscot river, a distance of two
miles and a half. Over this formerly travelled
the 'Bullgine" so amusing to Winthrop aud
Iglesius. From the northwest carry it is but
twenty-seven miles to Canada line: A SUBJ
stantial road has been projected between the
two points, and at no distant day it will doubt
less be completed. Thus, in the event of
continuance of the railroad from Dexter, where
it will be within a twelve-month, to the foot Of
the lake we should have direct and easy COM
munication from Bangor northwest to Cana
de. '9 4I a- 'tstot
On our return to Kineo in the afternoon>a
stormy breeze was blowing from the south, and
the storm clouds were moving hither and fro;
anon majestic hin would rest for moment
on rock-ribbed Spencer, and then rise again as
If by giant leverage; the sun all the while
struggling for the mastery in the west. Sud
denly it burst from the. cloud, and appeared
for moment on the opposite shore in all the
gIories Of magnificent sunset But the storm
king finally prevailed, and we returned here
to the foot Of the lake in powerful rain,-and
here endeth the first trip; we hope 1t win net
be the last And while we have our Orchard
Beach, our Mount Desert, Kineo and the great
Lake, we hope our people win not like Sir
Launful in search Of the Holy Great, wander
to distant climes in search Of what they can
readily find at home. We shall leave here to
morrow feeling more sympathy than ever with
the eccentric Thoreau, who dedicated his gem
ius to the woods, the fields and the water, and
with the lamented Winthrop who so heartily
enjoyed "hfe in the open air." DAMON Jed