New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-12-05

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banks o. the lee are broken and precmous vinE evi.
deIce OF great PRESSURE. followed up ths tTbutSry TO
two miles Of tho Mono trail and sSpousS1ss is
entire length there N abundance o polished tablets WITH
and nSpUa5 s a. caa b found II
recent glacier pathways Of the Aips
vAHnHED GLACIERS
would gladly have explored tho main trunk Of sAa
beautiful basin, from Its highest sn0ws upon the DIVIDE
of the TuoumDe TO It's month In the Merced CaHn no.
low Yosemite, but alss had not sufficient breid b.
rides felt that should also have to explore tho
Tamsrac basin, and. following westward among the
fainter. changed. and covered glacier PATHWAYS
might probably be called far end Of tho PILOT
Peak Ridge Therefore, concluded TO leave those lower
chapters for future lessons, and 70 on with the easier
Yosemite pages which had already begun
But before taking leave OF those lower streams let me
distinctly state that IN my opinion fnure nvesgst
will discover proofs Of tho existence in the earlier ages o!
very foot Of the range. Already clear that ali tho
basins o. so 6 e 80 and na @
GENTLY great to separate into glaciers many
% s es 81. ns pen Sys6 a
Yosemite by every ono Of It's caPns ana at compare,
perhaps single exception OF the crest Of Eagle Cd:
was covered by one mbrosen now OF ICE, the several
SEPTEMBER So-LAst evening was csmped In smal
round glacier meadow, as the head OF the easerono.t
grass. and circed with tho most beautiful Of ell tho
s0n con- ,ha the wismson spruce built great fire.
As lay on my back feeling tho presence OF the trees
-acamng upon the dark, and gushing With fe-comins
closer ana closer about me- and small round eky
coming down with It's stars TO dome my trees, said,
was md %nn %gTs
hcmed" when the rose my charmed S' wallis wsr
the forest. and my little sky fused back into the
less blne was left upon common ground to follow my
YOSEMITE RIVER BASINS
followed the main Yosemite River northward pass
Ing ro'hd inc mean VI "" Sec'na .'sem'e tnputary'
,o "urreDt Ahot noon came tn Tho sas,o q, tno
.Io 100. , - -. .h ., , , n,aoo q, dom.,
thTd ice tributary VI t"o "''' rini' P'"eo'i '
which had long engaged my attention. ana 81 wac
anxious study their structure, and tho various mo-
80 ~ ,,ho ,,ro ,,,c,or uhi,b hid issned frorn
;,.. o,oa 80 o,os. 20 ,ba foot a, ,u, ~ ,ho
49,. ,r,;.u, -, ,ho an,ns &, :. she,,ered bo,low tha
-, - ,h .,, A, ,ha 90, ~, ,h.sa ,vvo dones a,o
"oN,D y. Wv 80, .e ~ 49,. s 49,. hou,,,u, a,
nV bchcid trst tberc ia the crystal water center
then yeowish frin which has long archns
leaves that dip TO the water men Dcveea ocssk
~ t % irther haek il marrow zone Of DRYER adow,
smooth and purple with grasses which grow IN soft
pshy sods Interrupted mere ana there by cnnpy gain
srnss Vi n.uJ t , Snnd;J, oh vnJnce. bui
90 ar sill and weave int, the sod sDreadinr low
int t a., and glawine with them Beside these
anweIia shrs the mcaiow il lightly sprinlcd witt.
am ad,uId to most lovely lakes
a tb@ afternoon Yoowo down the bed Of the trtbu.
to the right crossed the rionth, OF the first two
TGn M rTo Cross. 81. ton T Of the MANI trunk
anal rueeJ ca,p bv fows M the north oank OF tho
tributary Between the three Tributaries hsS;"s Sss
al from cvelinc noos by their posonSbn tho
hhinb tLe,n nown at tner functions where thew were
swept round by the stream large level h:ldo,
bas is planted with heavy fore sts, composed mainly
o. Pe ana mr uIs "i.d aI ~ rsss tnrnnS
hnt farcJ the failing trees A stood watching the
M pha acrSs the rnn Si wsica 70 , mass 3
In few minutes two more fell. This stirred broken
around out of DANGER PnuS eonorta s very
OF nre az grows yfry toe IN gr%vy thse,' ahs
summit fois,ts are almost entirely c.mpascd OF tbs
pine.
1,.. .., ~, ,,, -. ., x.,>
Emerging from 'h's "oo'el moran" ''"hd e!eas
quantity Of loose separate bow ders upon polished hill
TOP which had formed part OF the bottom Of the main
Ice strenm They were extraordinary size largo
as bo.es ana started porthwlrd TO seek the mountain
nom which they had been torn had gone but little
way ben discovered deer quietly feeding upon mar.
row srn of Green meadow about yty or seventy yards
ahead of me- As the wind blew gently toward It,
thought the opportunity good for testing the truth Of
hunters accounts Of the d"ers wonderful keenncss Of
scent ana s,God ape SUI ana a. INC eer conrnueo 20
shoulder occasionally 10 drive away the fes began To-
think that his nose was no better than my own whcn
r oa Us conf I of withont ,rnpy no look
,r anu gtoeu !, ~ w'o ~ ,h 10 ~ %
S.nrpr he ,ams boSndnr Sa k caEht sinpse Of me-
o'Ss y ~ "a Iiuo +, .ted Iirerfinn ANY,
The Yo.rmre basin IA f,yori,c simmer home OF tho
rhn Ierum,n,,,s zines md iuicv sscl Tho
NM ,,nS s,tniy s,vr, faJ rii, thr may HIN
Edinrs Of the Holman Monitains acc sie by narrow
na.ses ai,rd avnre shelter GIiizy and brown be,rs
,sn 1--we Ynsemte Creek Ierrjns OF the dy arr man
,anitm and acorns of the dwarf yroak are abundant
nn,n the dry htops: and these with sore panta and
Tie nry OF black aus are the fayurtc food O. bears
If varied Occasionally i,y stolen suec or a shephcrd
The gorge, OF the Tuomnc CaHon on The north end OF
the basin are their principal hiding places this region
lich.r in tho ran xe their food i, not and lower
| tur' ein Inuc .tru ny man
Or RI urring 10 camp qss,i three q. thc iones q
tir north hrnE and WAS .rrc with no OK ct .imarrty
q. ,hc,r structure the same corcrn;ric LAYER. with
rrInuI,uar cleavage also bat lrss pel fctly Z, vel.
Owed and more rIecllar This lttic ,i,o tributary.
about ~ miles lorc by u wide. havc ~ tie