The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-08-24

got her bow out into the current too FAR
and tore away from them, and the SEQ
onu boat was gone. SO 1t seemed; but
she Stopped y couple OF miles below In
an EDDY, and we followed close after,
Sbe was CauEht-damagcd slightly By
hump or Two on the rocks.
Another day was spent on The waves,
among the rocks, and we came down
10 ,AlCoye Creek, and made on early
halt for the night. With HoWland, I
went 10 explore the stream, a little
nountaIn brook, coming down from
the heights into an alcove flIsd with
luxnt iaut vegetation. ..IiwaiU :,
The camp was made by a group OF
cedars on one sNle and q mass Of dead
willows on the other.
while was away, whlflwind came
ara Scattered the IRE among tho dead
TlIlows and cedar spray, and soon
there was n contlagraIion. The men
rushed for the boats, leaving all behind
Lbat they could not carry At first. Even
then, they got their clothes burned aud
balr singed, and Bradley got bis ear
Tho cook filled his arms with the
mess kit, and, jumping on 10 the boat,
stumbled and threw 1t overheard, and
bis load was lost. Our plates are gone,
our spoons are gone, our knives and
forks are gone. water ketch om,' ;
Heap ketch en-. There are yet some
tin cups, basins and camp kettles, and
We do lust as well as ever.
When on the boats the men had to
cut loose, or the Ovsrhanging willows
would have set the fleet on fire and
lOOse on the stream they had 10 10
down, for they were Just at the head or
rapids that carried them nearly mile
where l found them. This morning
We Came down ID this point, This had
been a chapter Of disasters and tolls,
but the Canon OF LodOre was not de.
V0iu OF scenic interest. Twas grand
beyond the power OF pen to tell. It's
waters rOared INCREASINGLY from the
hour We entered It until We landed here,
No ,qulel In all that time; but It's walls
aud ellis Its peaks and craVs, Its am
petheatres and alcoVes told a story that
! hear yet, and shall hear, and shalt hear,
Of beauty and grandeur.
June 20. 1860.
AT the point where the Rear, or with
greater correctness the Eampa River
eDt0rs tho Green, the river runs along
Il rock about seven hundred fee! high
Gnd mile long, then turns sharply
urouuG TO the right and ruus back
parallel 10 its former course for another
mile, with the opposite sides OF this
lOnR narrow rock for its bank. On the
east side OF the river, opposite the rock
and below the Yampa, is a little park
JuSt large enough for farm.
The river has worn out hollow domes
in thia sandstone rock, and standing
opposite, your words are repeated With
u strange clearness but sottened, melA
low tone. Conversation In q loud kew
is transformed into magical music.
You eau hardly believe that 'tls the
echo Of your own voice. In some
places two or three echoes come back,
IN others the echoes Themselves are
repeated, passing forth aud back
across the river, for there Is another
rock mRking tho eastern wall OF the
little PARK. To hear these echoes we'll,
you, must shout. Some thought they
could count ten or twelve echoes. 70
ne they seemed to rapidly Vanish ln
multiplicity, auditory Perspective, or
pCrdHiitOry, like the telegraph. poles
on an outstretched prairie. observed
this same phenomenon once before
among the cltns near Longs Peak, and
was delighted to meet with II again.
CAMP At Mourn OF WINTER RIVER. \
Island PARK, June 49,,
When we left Echo Park on the 2lst,
we soon ran Into canon very narrow,
With high vertical walls. Here and
there hugo rocks juttcd Into the water
Erd0n u IlEf -
irequentn anu sharp curves. The waters
OF the Green are greatly increased since
the HampA came In, as that has more
wetsr than the Green above. All this
volume OF water, cOnlintd as II ID In d
narrow channel, lis set eddying and
spinning hy the projecting rocks and
points, and curves into whlrlpools, and
luc waters Tnltz their way through the
canon, making their own rlppling,
rushing, roaring musIc. 1t was u DIM.
cult task to. get our boats through here,
as the whjrlpools would set them spin
Ming about the canon, and we found IL
impossible to keep them heuded down
stream. At first this cRuaed Us great
alarm, but we soou found there
was no danger, and that there was a
molion OF transition down the river, TO
which this whirllng was but an I'D
junct. That twas ihe merry mood or
the river 10 dance through this deep,
narrow, dark gorge, aud right gayiy
did We join In the dance! Soon our
reVel was interrupted by the view OF q
cataract, and Its roaring COMMAND was
heeded with all our power 1.-THE oars as
we pulled against the whlrling current!
The Emma Dean was landed against d
rock, about fifty feet above the brink
of, the cataract. The boats following
obeyed The signal to land. The Maid
Of the Canon was lpulled to the left
wall where the cliff overhaugs the
water, and where, by constant rowing,
they could hold her against the rock.
The Sister was pulled into an alcove on
the right, where an eddy was In a
dance, and III this she Joined.
found that the portage could be best
made on tho right bank. The little
boat was on the left, md too near the
fallto betaken across, but we thought
It possible to take her down on the len,
The Maid OF the Canon was under the
Cllh, out OF sight. The roaring OF the
cataract would drown any human.
voice, and must get them word what
10 DO. By much search found a wav
along the cliff 10 a point just over where
the boat lay, and by shouting loud and
slow made them understand, Tho port
age Was made before dinner,
Below the fahsithe canon opens Out.
tberols more or less space between the
river and the walls, which Is often Gov.
cred by cottonwood aud boulders, but
the stream, though wide, Ia rapid, and
rolls at q fearful rate among the rocks,
Bot We proceeded with great caution,
and ranithe largo boats altogether nv
the flag. We camp q night at the
mouth OF small creek, which affords
a good supper and breakfast OF trout,
and Proceed again by stages Of d haif
nile to milo In length. While we
are waiting for dinner, to-day, l climb
o point that gives me q good view OF
the river for two or. three miles, and
think we can make long run. So,
after dinner; the large boHls are 10 fol.
low In fifteen minutes, and look out
for a signal to land. Out Into the mid.
die OF the stream we row, and down the
rapid river We. glide, making strokes
enough only to guide the boat. What
headlong ride 1t Is, shooting, past
rocks and islands! ! waa soon filled
with CIVILIZATIONS felt before only when
riding q leet horse over the broad pSal.