The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1868-07-11


meanest thiCket We ever saw, without any
exception. II would bother q rabbit to 20
through IL. II sometimes took us Ave min.
utea to proceed as many yards. and more
than once we slid backwards several Yards.
The tops Of tho bushes oil pointed down tho
mountain right into ones face. pricking and
tagging most fearfully. Over one mortal
hour we wero in that thicket-Abc mean.
while hallooing to Us like all possessed. ri.
naily we came 70 On open space, and breathed
freely once more, nearly minus pants and
shirt, and having face and hands terribly
scratched. Our companion had killed a
largo fallow deer, the hams Of which proved
10 be most sayory.
From thence we proceeded TO the top Of
tho highest peak in that vicinity. The
view from this point was grand beyond de.
scription. We were so high up that Peter.
sons Butte and the Willamette Valley, over
sixty miles distant, were easily deserted,
and the mir was rarcGcd. All around US
were snOw.clad peaks, steep precipices and
frightful chasms. On the south sido Of the
mountain the bunch grass grew l~uxuriantly;
and not twenty yards of, on the north side,
were banks Of snow ten TO twenty feet deep.
While we were engaged in viewing the
splendid panorama spread out before us, n
large, rcd buck was seen, on the north side
of the mountain, about $50 yards distant,
slowly making his way towards us, feeding
leisurcly on the buds and scanty herbnge.-
When he was within two hundred and fifty
yards, We fred but wo undershot, and
struck the dirt under him the only effect
Of which was 10 cause him to run q few pa
ces and then stop and look back, being
slightly 1'obfuscated." Ii was now Abe's
turn. lie raised up, took aim and fred
and tho bnck wheeled and disappeared in the
adjoining snow. banks and forest. We fol
lowed him some distance, but seeing ncitheI
hair nor blood, we became demoralized and
gave up the chase but not 80 with oul
Nimrod. lie kept on over hillsides, and
down chasms, and finally he found him =
lying at tho root Of n fri lie was a very
large red buck and the shot was fatal. lie
ought to have ceased running and died some
time before he did.
We find that we have already spun on
this article much longer than we had intend
cd. We shall not detail how we brought
the ~fore-quarters Of that buck, and his ribs
into camp ; nor how many times we cam
near losing our foot.hold aud falling head
long into the abyss below. Nor shall vi
describe how chagrincd we were that, thu
far, we had captured nothing. Nor shall
we tell how. in the afternoon, wo killed an,
captured Q fine ''venison, {" nor how we als'
caught two spotted fawns and packed then
into camp nor how they subsequently, die
before the party arrived At home, notwith
standing the Assiduous attentions Of the Ia
dies 70 whose care they were entrusted.
Next morning our party started for home
When about midway from the summit t
the irst crossing Of tho Santiam. we me
Mr.. d. Froman and his wife, Mr.. Spinks
wife and children, Mr.. w. II. Mendanhal
and his wife, Mr.. ID. A~lthouse. and Rev. J
Damon-all intending 10 stay until the,
were perfectly satisfied with the mountains
A half mile further on we met SIR. Fox, q
this place, trying to get up to the summit
with a heavily loaded provision wagon. Il
the Burnt Timber District we met Il. S
BurkhArt and son, on their way to Cam
Watson, IL We remember rightly.
We would say for the benefit Of those ia
tending 10 visit the Cascade mountains tina
the Burnt Timber District " is LITERAL
covered. for miles with blackberry vines
most Of which are heavily loaded with black
berries and that q few, in exposed places
were ripening when we passed through
Bushels Of this delicious fruit car be gath
cred at the proper time and for the bcnef
Of the timid We state that there are no ven
omous snakes in the Cascades. This is til
uniform testimony Of all the old hunters
In fact there are very few Of any kind &
that no fear need be entertained on this NJ
count.
In conclusion, we would say to all invalid
to all who need relaxation--to oil who's
health Is infringe to the mountains :
climb their rugged sides ; gather the fruiI
they produce; kill the game roamin
through their forests; angle for the fin
trout in their lakes drink Of the ice-coI
springs leaping down their canyons, and II
hale the cool, bracing air sweeping Owe
their SUBMITS, and if you do not com HON
materially benefited, you shall have our pei
mission to patronize TIE doctors again, an
swallow all the medicine they may prescrib'