The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-11-07

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BOms dhtanes IN ndTBBCe 81 he c1FTIase
I when BY sudden ,urn n ihe rIr1d, we per
! eelyed him vigorously fOning someihing
N the fuatside. CpJn coming up u him
We SaW a. immense FeIslenGke making
strrnpus etiNH 70 escape, bot tie bank
was too steep TOT lin 10 climb being 4
sort Of 4 cut about to1E leGt high and pcl.
| pr1diculHr Our companion had MOI sue.
cee.led in striking The snake, alLOuSh "
had been trying Il tor some time. On
rtinfOrccnenfs coming up We coDsolidAt.
81 and Us cDmbtned e6oTlG succeeded In
dtspatching his slaEeShip. Ne had nina
raltlcs and OTttOn. which We desPollegI
him Of and carried Of % a trophy. II
was NOW growing DARK and Nc had six
miles ~ 50 befuFe reaching ClaHk I, but for.
tunalely ouF adventure occurred near The
top Of the mpupEaln, aud the rest Of the
journey WaS down hill The time that
our John made going down that cork.
screw mountain road beat anything bad
ever witnessed, and many times Ithought
Il would DO our Inst ride Of n we escaped
being killed, wondered what crutehes
were worth per pair. We reached ClSrkS
however, without accident, nj $50 r. ",
anti found . long, lQY oue'stlEy HOUSE in
u clearing, built something atler the style
II Il squaltefS cabin In Missouri. This
We were infoEmed was ClarkS Hotel,
Entertainment Tor man and BEAST The
denominations were better than expect
cd, aud indeed very good Tor place so Tar
from civilization. The house y conducted
nv Mcssrs CLARK & MhoFr,-bOilI ,ypntle-
men are pioneers, having been IN THIS
country since Az. Al TINS place We Werc
compelled u give uP-thc wagon and pro
coed tho rest OF the way, twenty-five
miles, on hoFsebacE'
Az GArks The tourist taxes hOrse Ipr
the Marip0sa grove oil Dig trees, ANA
upon learning that u party were going
from Faragosys man Wayl ~ Alas u
trail for = new route into the 10 semitic
60 the LttueS 70 semitic Valley, deter
mined 10 join them, and for this purpose
procured guide. I'VE left Clark's 1T
1880 r. NJ, aud ntGeF beautiful mouight
ride Of three hours, arrived " Farago9ys,
and obtained us much sleep as our limited
tlrnO would allow. We started on our
journey At "a. NJ, tor the Sentinel Dome
and Glacirc Rock and from the latter ! had
my first view Of tho Valley, and have
seen AOlhiDg in print that gives an adc-
uuntc description Of our feelings on first
behOlding this wonderful valley. Mr..
BOWles, Of the Springfield Mass RspMb.
Eic,fn says ~ the view: "Tho OvcrpOwGr.
Ing sense Ot the sublime, Of awful dCsula.
ii0n, Of transcenling mArVClOusnGSs and
uncxpectedness, thai swept over US as we
refined our horses sharply out Of green
forests md stood upon a high jHlting
rock that overlooked this rolling. upltNv.
ing SEA Of granite mountains, holding fNr
down in It's rough lap, this vale of
meadow md grove and river was indis.
'Nla if'.
Such n Tide of feeling, such stOpbagc ri 4
ordinary emotions comes at rare intervals
in any life. 1t was the cOnfrontRl Of
God-mc0 TO face as in great
danger and IN sudden death, Ii was
Niagara mnrnified, IAN that was NOR.
All shronk b1ck, nj that was immortal
Swe,1t 10 The front and bent down in awe" |
Leaving Glacian Rock, wo proceeded
along the ton OF the mountains looking
for nj, EASY descent into the valley o! the
south Fork Of The Mercer, where Inc Old |
Mans Trail crosses. This We found after
somo hard travel and much danger. The
trnil not being used for several years, was
almost obliteFatCd, and occasionally we
would lose It. when all hands would
spread out and look for blaze on the
trees, Our guido was OC Celtic origin,
and afforded lis much amusement In spin.
ming yarns and shouting the welcome cry,
a There's blaze" On our Journey we
crossed Mount Star King and spur Of
Mount Hoffman. Tho descent from
Mount Star King into tho Little 70
oemlTe was extremely allilcuit anu peru;
Gus: VIC were colnPe!i,eu 70 uls!llOuns anu
lead our h9rses' oltehllnleS hayiHg W COIN 2W |
Tue saSaSloGs nrG!cs 70 lolIo%. Nh
reached inc LitlLG 10 semitic ~ hall. l.'st
sig o'clock. Darkness was fast closing, In |
Is We pl!SnSSu our w.. camp Is anH RFe!LE ,,I
nea aA "1gr oIt iIsu H ;ys,o ."S ,ol
sssIEc y"T HTT ,;,,a ' IN s"SI 'as ~ o m
before. ING t!Llle 11 INV aas never lever
been surveyed, anu o4t LeW !e,s"ns my
been 10 inc upper [l4tt OF y, NY ."c guIaS
informed me tilt WIS w !t's NIB, t"H w
lhat haI entcEGu IyS Inau1 "
semitic ny INC way OF tne iAsMc I".IGyi;
ms was an LuneAlGCIe" , non. t ~
could leel q PeESep" IVY ,I,n,,nLt 10;
manly hlEIum ns;9lo 'H u.' dn,, i.as
la1 RchlsNeA sG3eInlhg ny ,co"ls -
California anu alLhouSn at t'ieS, u 'I'In
MAJ G9ys Journey over .noss 's ~, SS1
felt IKE CnOl3g my e4stcnce 5oE 'egau
10 ipoIisn, al fesEes NanlSIsu , uLSn
becoming cosnlI9nE o. tnA. Sne SL IlIl'!S
act, anu 4'Isit etlOolGSilu9.anu -LTEe l'AT
conquerinIg ne% stE9gugleS " uls' s""Pu "
slght seeinS'
Taking u guide the following day,
visited tue great Yosemite Valley, and