The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-08-26
WONDERFUL PHENONENON,
The Rocky Mountains In Second
Twilight Of ChromRtIc Shades.

supeFStitionS OF the Mountaineers
Cheyenne cO'TeIpondencsor Omaha Herald. {.
Your paper having recently taken
quite an interest In all that pertains to
the growth OF the agricultural and
mineral resources Of Wyoming, will
not, presume, refuse little space TO
the feeble description Of neteOrolog-
lcal phenomenon that Ia. now trans.
pirlng each evening In the skies above
the Rocky in that romantic territory.
Since the recent solar eclipse, they
have, upon the summit OF tho Rocky
mountain chain, what the Inhabitants
call q second twilight 30 brilliant
with colora OF mist, shade, and FIRE
lights as to pain the eye Ia It's steady
gaze upon them, and to leave an i'm.
preston on the mind that will never
be obliterated.
Just as the sun Is about TO set, a
heavy mist gathers on the mountain,
and growing dense and denser, 1t shuts
out entirely the last expiring rays OF
thatflumluous body; then ali is dark.
ness, or nearly 30, for almost 80 min.
utes; when, all at once, the heavens
become lit up from the horizon all
around, far up 10 q small circle In the
centre, with llvid glare OF the most
dazzling chromatic colors, seeming as
though q tremendous bonfire was
ablaze below, throwing its glare in
clear and steady flame above. This
gorgeous and iearfally.beautiful scene
lasts for nearlyaan hour, then steals
quietly away; and the moon thereto
fore dimmed by itB fiery lustre regaIns
Its ascendency and lights up the bal,
anoe Of the night in pale shadows az Il
Is wont TO do In every other CLINE.
Now, what causes these chromatic
twilightsf They were never before
witnessed by any Of the oldest noun.
taineers. Twas In that section at
this season last year, and I have
never seen 30 grand and SO thrilling
twilIghts, andthese have only occurred
Since the great solar eclipse OF the 9Th
Inst. What does 1t mean? What does
II portendf How does II originator
Old Sarshay-the learned Ute chief
stands In sllsnce each night gazing at
this wonderful phenomenon, and when
asked what he thinks about Il, replies,
slowly aud sadly: otUhI the Great
Spirit Is mad! He blows fret HIS
wigwam Is In trouble! White man
and red man better feel afraid, for the
Great Spirit is mad-he Il heap angry =
French Pete, the old trapper and MI
ner, sage: 1T Is now tWenty-three
years since have seen the States. I
have been eleven yeArH In these noun
tains, and l never seen such fiery nights,
The Winds are dapnpsr; they blow mild.
or and the air grows heavier. 1 don't
know how TO account for II, It has all
happened since the eclipse OF the suu.
Something dreadful Is golug to happen.
There Will be biz IRE some OF these
days that all The waters OF the world
will never drown out, and those days
are coming rapidly .f.. -
lit be true, as one OF the professors
OF the Cincinnati observatory says, that
immense volumes OF hydrogen gas
were thrown out from the centre Of The
sun 10 the surface. during the recent 50.
lar eclipse. how long will 1t be before
the oxygen will be thrown out, and The
carbon become the ruling and destroy.
Ing element .a. - q
! give these particulars by request.
and there are numbers OF people In Ills
city who, on last Sabbath and Monday
nights, Witnessed, with me, this won.
uerfnl phenomenon. on the summit OF
the Rocky Mountain chain, s 269 feet
above the level Of the sea. The cheyenne
aud LArmle papers will indorse this
description.