Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-12-02

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ing. the coach whisked up to the hotel
and We were
OFF FOR DENVER.
Down the valley of Clear Greek the
stages make flying speed, but fifteen
miles from Georgetown leave the creek
and climb one Of the foothills. up the
long course of which the passengers are
invited to Try little pedestrian exercise.
From the highest point snow-storm
could be plainly seen raging along the
Range. and the SUBMITS on which but a
few hours before we had stood beneath
an unclouded sky were enveIoped IN
/ lowering vapors. True It was, as our
| guide had informed US, that we had prob
ably made the last trip up the Range
that could be made this season.
Emerging from the mountains by the
Mt. Vernon canon, a two hours drive
brought Us again, cold and jaded, to the
hospitable fremont.
IN DENVER.
There our jolly friend McCarty had
anticipated. with splendid supper of
trout and yenison, the extraordinary ap-
petites we had cultivated by mountain
travel. Mac is a prince Of landlords.
and entitled himself. by many unex-
4 pected attentions and kindnesses, to the
grateful remembrance of our party
/ Denver has busy, business air. and
looks far beyond its years in substantial
elegance The South Platte, which
washes It's northern limits, affords the
year round an unfailing supply of pure,
clear water, which Is conveyed in con-
duits to the high ground above the city,
and thence to every part of It by means
of minor sluices. Every mans garden
and grounds are thus irrigated at an ex-
pense comparatively tTihing, and the
soil thereof made verdant and produc
tive. The water preserves its cleanliness
in passing over the sandy surface, and
comes to the doorstep quite as pure as
when first diverted from Its natural
channel
The streets of Denver are being hand
somely adorned with shade trees, OF
which, it is said, there is one for every
five inhabitants. The mountain view
from the city, of which l have already
spoken, is an attraction such as few
towns possess, and which any one might
envy. Bayard Taylor says he knows no
external picture of the Alps to be placed
beside it, and there is probably no such
/ view of the Rockies which IN all points
excels it. Denver has its
, CHINESE QUARTER,
? where John abides in all his pristine
oddity and innocence. His sign, as it
swings conspicuously in the foreground
of the celestial domicil, bears the inscrip-
, ton, s'Sam Lee, Washing and Ironing,
! painted so large and plain that the wear
ers of dirty linen, even though bar
barians, need not err therein. By other
signs, similarly prominent, I observed
that Messrs. Hong Lee, Waugh Lee.
!, Ching Lee, and Sam Ching, were also
j followers of the same useful profession.
John IS quiet citizen, industrious, in
offensive, and, as a friend remarked
d will allow anybody to kick him for ten
J, cents. Quite likely it is his more fre-
d quent fortune to get kicked for nothing
d Johns b70cJzalg ami, Koopmanschap
S arrived from California, 1Ia Cheyenne
d to join our homeward train, being eA
S r0gfke to Kansas and the Southwest, fol
}, the purpose Of arranging some contracts
e for Chinese laborers. Koop is a squabby
d Dutchnan, apparently Of Jewish descent
shines in broadCloth, spaTkles in dia-
) monds, and effervesces in enthusiastic
L discourse on the nheathen Chinee. -
r Having spent many years in China he
S knows John from his boyhood up, and
e believes he will Outlive prejudice, as he
v himself prodoses to survive newspaper
criticism.
e A nights travel,
EASTWARD FROM DENVER,
E carries US back again into the midst o.
the great Plains, dismal in the storm of a
I few days ago, but lovely now in the mel
: low and cloudless atmosphere of In
I dian summer. By ten o'clock herds
OF buffalo began to appear, quietly
2 feeding at a safe distance from the
E track of the great "smoke wagon, =
whose noisy apparition would start an
, occasional drove of antelope, and sci
them to scampering for the nearest can
on. An hour later, buffalo appeared by
the thousands and tens of thousands, a
large proportion of them within pistol
shot of the railway, and all apparently
on the Southwark march.
BUFFALO ON THE TRACK.
Frightened by the cars, two or three
of the largest herds started in full career
2 for the track, at a point ahead of the To-
Z comotive, and with evident intent Of
T crossing, notwithstanding the train. L
i was a splendid sight, and in the highes
4 degree wild and unique, as that grea
e army of moving buffalo came rushing
d down upon us like a charge of cavalry
e and with the evident frenzy of uncon
s uollabIe excitement. Having the ad
d vantage in distance, they were enabled
O to reach the track justin advance of tht
+ engine, which of course slackened it!
speed, and was soon compelled TO stoI
], and allow the herd to pass before it.
j. buffalo calf, half grown, had been strucl
O by the locomotive, and lay dead beside
/, the track just in rear of the train as
/ halted. Two large buffaloes were sho
l. by the passengers, and brought dowI
o within fifty yards of the cars. Tit
e moving herds put themselves beyonC
!. the reach of the rifles too quick for an
e further casualties, and the train resumed
e its motion.
r For several hours afterward droves o
l. these splendid animals appeared dottin1
/ the plains as we passed along, arousinl
e the enthusiasm of our amateur hunter
:, to the highest pitch. By the time w
a arrived at Ellis, party had therefor,
resolved to go
y BACK UP THE ROAD
d and enjoy a hunt. and accordingly tool
d the next train westward 1t was night
however, by the time they reached Grin
: incl, a forlorn station consisting merely
= of a section house for the accommoda
/ ton of railway laborers, and a dug-ou
b made Tor protection against the Indians
e A dug-out is a species of fortifcatior
n peculiar to the plains, and also answers
e better than a novice would suppose, tht
1t purposes of a dwelling. It consist.
/ merely of a cavity or cellar dug in the
i prairie and rooted with timber well GOV.
/ cred with earth. The cold winds, O
) course, can scarcely penetrate these sub
/ terranean domicils, the interior of which
s may be kept perfectly dry and comfort
n able
e After experiencing night of thi:
e kind of lodging, our hunters set forth
{ the following morning in quest of game
and soon found it in abundance. The
party, numbering five only, reports hav
ing slain 46 buffalo in twelve hours
hunting. although none of the hunter:
were mounted.
The sport over and the excursion
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