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

when BIZ sudden tIru b lhH Soad, Ee PER.
celytd him vigorously htoning slnrlhing
On the roadside, Upon coming up 70 him
I NC NV 20 Immense FSgIlesnkke mixing
stnrnoB cf0TtG - escape, but The hSnk
was too Eteep foF bin % cllmh being 2
soFt 81 = cut about fur feet high and per
( pendiculaT Our eompani0n hsd not sue.
ceetlcd In striking The snake. although he
HAD been trying Il Tor sot1e time. Our
FeiniOrcements coming mp we ctlnsOIidAt-
"a and by ctInbined ed1Fis succeeded IN
dhpaichfng his EnSkeship. Ne had nine
I1tiles and 4 button, which We desp0iled
him Of and carried o4 Is q trophy. Il
was now growing dark and We had iI
miles 70 20 beiOFs EelchInE CLARK hut ior.
tundtPly orr adventure occurred near tho
top Of the mountain, and the rest o. 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 I thOdght
Il would be our LIST ride OF II we escaped
beng killed, wondered what cruteheS
we're worth per pair. We reached Clark's
however, without accident, at $50 II. ",
and found lOpg. low Ope-StaIy house In
q clearing, built s6hicthing ailcr the style
VI sqtialtEFS cabin in Missouri This
we WeIs informed was ClAHk'6 1ldtel,
Entertainment flE man and beast The
denominations were better than expect
Cd, and indeed very good for place 30 Tar
from civilization. The house Is conducted
By MesSrs. Clark & MOOre-both gentle,
men are pioneers, having been ia this
country since 40. At this place we were
compelled 70 give up the wagon and pro-
eeod tho rest o. the way, twenty-five
miles, on horseback, 4
AT Clark's the tourist takes hOrse fog
the MAriRsa grove OE big trees. And
upon learning that u party were going
from Paragnsys thalf way TO Alaze a
trail for 4 new route Into the 70 Semitic
etg the LittlGSYO Semitic Valley, / deter.
mined to Join them, and for this purpose
procured a guide. We LETT Clark's nj
l1:3O +. NJ. aud amer u beautiful mOOlight
ride Of three, houry, arrived Ut Parag0ys,
and obtained as much Elecp rs our limited
time would allow. We started on our
Journey AZ "a. NJ, lot the Sentinel Dome
and GlaCirC Rock aud from the latter ] had
my first view Of the Valley, and have
seen nothing in print IhAt givea mn ahe.
Guate description Of our feelings on first
beholding this wonderful valley. MIR.
Bowles, Of the Springfield (AlaSs.) Rpub.
Iitrn says Of the view: "The oycrpOwer-,
ing sense Ot the sublime, OF awful desUIa.
ton, Of trAnscending marvelousness and
unexpeclcdnCss, that kwept Over US as we
refined our horses sharply out Of green
forests and stood upon a high juttlng
rock that overlooked this rolling, urliGaV-
ing sea Of granite mountains, holding iar
down IN It's rough lap, lhlA vale OF
meadow md grove and river was tndts-
Crilablr sri
Such n tide Of feeling, such stoppagC ri
ordinary emotions comes at rare intervals
in any life 1t was the cOnfrontRl Of
God--fIco to lhcU rs In great
danger and In sudden death. II was
Niagara magnilled. "All TINT was nlnr-
tal sLlrank back, nll that was immortal
swept to the front and bent down In awG,"
Leaving GlacIan Rock, we proceeded
along the top OF the mountains looking
for an easy descent into the valley OF the
South Fork of the Mercer, where the Old
Mans Trail crosses. This we found after
some hard travel and much danger. The
trail, not being used for several years, was
almost OblltcfatGd, and occasionally we
would lose II, when all hands would
spread out and look for a blaze on tho
trees, Our guido was Of Celtic origin,
and afforded lis much amusement In spin
ming yarns and shouting the welcome cry,
f" There's blaze" On our journey we
crossed Mount Star King and n spur Of
Mount Hoffman. Tho descent from
Mount Star, King into the Little 70
Semitic was extremely difficult and peril.
Gus. We were compelled to dlsmOllnt and
lead our horses, OltentimOs having 10 coax
the sNgaCiOus brutcs to follow, Wei
reached tho Little 70 Semitic Mt hall.past
six o'clock. Darkness was fast closing In
a. We pitched our camp and prepared y
meal, and after that hard days travel ]
assure You never had food taste 50 well
before, The little Yosemite has never
been surveyed, md but few persons have
been Ii the upper part Of i, and the guide
informed nc that Twas tho first tourist
tint Ind entered the main Or Big 70
semitic by tic why Of the Little Valley.
This was an unexpected honor, aud
could feel peECepliblc swelling IN my
manly "buZSim attlIe thought that l
had achieved something by coming to
California, and although nj times, during
that days Journey over those mountains,
| Crltltke ending my existence for tccltngI
so foolish, all regrets vanished upon
becoming COgniZant Of thtsa one simple
Glct, and L Eolt enboldenetl.aRdl more like
conGuering now troubles In tie shape Of
sight seeing; >
Taking q guido the following day, ]
visited tic great Yosemite Valley, and
spent ten days viewing It's wonders and
beauties. Il formed the following pro
gramme about tue thing Tor ten days
soiourn in the valley. First day-RIde
from die hotoI, tseiAiEs Is, Black Of Hutch.
ing's, to Mirror Lake and adjacent
scenery; stopping Mt Nj. Lannon's or
cliArtls md picking blackberrics. straw
berries and faspD6fties fly cents
each for tho privilege. Second day
Visit the Nevada md VcrnAl Falls, stop.
ming II ILr. Shows all night. Third day
90 ont through tho canOnHtO the Little
Yosemite Valley. This will use up tho
fourth day. A party must camp in this
valley, Us there arc no hOnses alter leaving
SndSS Tho seUacfy IN this valley Is
grand; stuft back on the morning Of the
fi(ht Going down from Shows over tlcl
trnil; stop at Register Rock and record
names. Sixth day-A visit 10 the top Of
thc' Uppcr Yosemite EAll, Tllemarks OFlhc
glaciers few hundred yards above tho fall,
arc worth looking at. 9Th day-go 10 the
Bridal Vail Meadow, seeing the Bridal
Vail Fall, Cathedral Spires, Cathedral
Rock. Three Brothers, FL Cipltan and
thes ScntInd Rock. Sth day-Asccnd Sen.
iintI Rock. 9th day-Makc a general cir
,tuit Of die Valley, and on tho IOnlh ,yisit
y. 3 -. 49, sENnll ,r,l,inih lnill nrrIinN