The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1870-09-30
a Ex,lp to Powoll,o Ioal,
NOTES DRAWN AT sIosIs

Mr. Granville Stuart to take peep TN thu ton a
| Il on Tuesday last Eleven Of the Drty started OF
Monday evening and camped on Dsuesey Creek. a,
| the base Of the mountain. twelve mia from iles,
Lodea. They wsss joined It on Tssdsy uorni.e
BY three others. who preferred starlight start from
Desr Lodge, when We sosnd our predecessor, n the
tribuaton Of srayed horses. or the ceruess Of the
more fortunate evidencng anything be the TRANQUIL
lily attributed to the Prince Impsria when ."Ioui,
and I" made our moot unhappy debut 1 ssarbrucken
BY and by. however, Billy Prouse and mines n Yorh
were laid under the tribute sueseste ~ their own
generosity, for half dozen horses, md At SIS of
glorious morning
TINE PANTY
Were In the taddle for the start. Al 4 verifahle
chroncler Of events. etc. It bchoove 10 to give the
names Of the party 10 the order Of shs several vca
D. p. Newcomer, Probate Judge = ysrs, This was
his age a. given in BY himself on his surnl Ne,srs
A. s. Stevens 6 years Thos H Irvinb IS wears. F. B.
Miller 81 Year,, WV. Dixon, &c. GiLArst, II. Bat
tezton. Dr. A. n. Crepin Granville Stuart, O. W. Irwin.
o. Barnce. ". Whitehi and Jas II. lnls-fourtseu in
all well mounted and furnished withseIsscopic siehts
hsid easees. thermometers spirit gpsee, Spaldiuxs
glue ito assist In adhering 70 good solution. bread
meate. preserved puns, bottled wtcr tno joke] and
an arm0ry OF drc arme to massacrS mountaid sheep,
none Of which put In al appearance. -.
CP HILL WORK
slow far to the summit Graaville9' Eight or
nine miles, with An average ascent of $50 feet to the
mile" Giving the horses the only drink they can
have until return, We crOsscd Dempsey creek, IN
crazy bridge and took to the hills. The first mile 10
over bald bill sdes but very Steep thence into dense
forest OF small pines and following the wooded crest
OF the ridge running parallel with TIE Powers Peak
RIDGE the way 10 unmistskeahls but tedious, onoto-
NOUS but not excessively steep where In two or
three places rocky point must be sumounted. Near
the verge Ut tho timber line the trees larger ane
parks Of Pine and occasional tamaracks with little nm
dergrowth, Offering pleasing variation after the
miles Of chappas Bearing sharp T. the right 40 VIC
get opposite Powels Peak, We cross the head Of the
canyon We have skirted, while close to the left 10
stupcndous basin 20 immense and deep, aud sur.
rounded By such impossible moautaia walls tina, the
material Ut every city In the world would pack In il
like an ounce Ut dust In cmigrants rpe Straiyht
for the peak now and with the grim pinnacle for an
objective point. another sharp ascent ID made couple
VI large Nag stats cut dry bsts shoaldercd to COZ
dinn'5 and boil the Thermometers with, and-we
are above the timber line, vast stretches OF dccum
posed granite strewn with slowly disnesatny blocks
Of the same. Up-up until We arc l07 fet above the
sea, 600 feet above Deer Lodge and but l0O vertical
feet from the summit Here the tired horses arc lari
atc within 20 feet Of the psecipicc, 100 feet high
lunch co'kcd and eaten, the ihssuometes boiled 1t
1919 and good ready obtained for
TIE GRAND ASCENSION.
We had edged around to the extreme wcst Of the
Peak, the most accessible side. Il WA almost be.
wdcrsn: to look along the sharp steep In ascent,
with pespendicaar wall If 1000 to 400 feet along
which We must Chamber. Soon the party 10 dispersed
scattered among the gray rocks, and doing m i'm
-"sc amount OF rcstine, % turns were taken In car
rylng the heavy dag STATE and fagcots for are Many
OF the party were skep.ical about the dimculty Of
breathing being oecasIoned By the rarity Of the At
meepheFe, claiming that the same exertion would in
d"ce the same exhaustion In the valley. The ascent
was ut an angle Of SO or So and the majority found
on advance that many feet sufficient to warrant rest
Immense bou:den obstruct the way. the lips parch,
and the dessc 10 Irresistible 70 pastake o( the snow IT,
Ing In beds every few feet Finally, enc BY oae IL Of
The party reach the eummit at about lalA NJ. Bat.
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Language 10 utterly inadequate to convey an idea Of
The scnssto0 experienced II st,ndiu: on pinnacle Of
70 or 20 feet diameter and hooking down on mountaus
akcs. valleys, and river from 1000 to $500 feet below
Houses almost indsccrnihe the river 10 spun to
thread ranches look like garden plsts and herds are
10 but ants. even looking through aeld glasses The
o vision on acsar day 10 about 1as miles north,
100 west rs south and 800 east taking 10 long ranges
IN both Atlantic and Pacific slopes, from the Clear
Water ranges beyond the Bitter Root to the Bolt
RsHCs sat ct Hsleaa, and shs noustaias beyond
Bozcman. On the Yellowstone.
The haziness Of the day limited distinct view to
ange Of, pcrhaps. fifty miles caes, NORTH and south,
md double that distance west But the view within
! few miles h grand and usknt6cent beyood all ex-
weston. The crest, Of which Mt Powell IL . pinua-
&c, 10 or miles long. Its entire north face 10
'rec'ptons wall Of rock in oil places nearly and In
many quite VERTICAL the height varying from 1000 to
O feet Along nearly this entire wall the crest d 70
ha'py d"6sed that man cannot walk along It and no
reat"re could ascend II in any place Rocks toprlsd
'ver position In which The party occupied an hour
= twn IN many plsccs struck bat once or twice In
eacent Of l'Oo q 100 tel, ths largest Of them
Weighing perhaps half ton OF moec-heing crushed
uto misuts fragments long ess they reached The h.
In, and - the deors went pounding along although
invisible to the naked eye, sent up DUH rumble -
seskh The mountain Wa esumbling away.
Aronnd ~. north and vest were other rangcs not
high but Wild and ragged ~ this. while clustered
etwcen them and ~, fsr, Tar below, and - closes
las ball carried Into the nearest oas. were seven cir
u'ar and oval Lakes. having diancten ol from COO
ssoo feet. ~ nearly could b guessed Il 10 said
% whiss maa hss ever deseesded 10 them, although
Fc@ sons polnta they are accessible. Thar vatsss
re Gear - crystal the rocks being visible fsr down
be aDknown depshs. They an zach on .. different
sves with dense forests about them and Apparently
ID b H. ossting oo~A~.0aaseshsulis-ss 6ssbt.
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