Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-18
The Source II Seven Rivers.

tho level Of the sea, or about the same
altitude as deer Iake lodge Pass
Tho climate during the summer is So
luxurious and exhilaratilig, and in the
winter not, extraGrdi l,arily cold, SNOW
sald6m fills 10 't6sp bit thai Mr.. Saw:
telle goes to Virginia City without ex-
periencing any great inconvenience
He has land broken on the north side
of tho lake (of which there is some
very rich), and, besides the common
vegetables, raises good crops of barley,
oats, etc. From this place it is only
eighty-five miles to Taylor bridge, on
Snake river; sixty-hve miles to Viz
ginia City; and about sixty to the In
fernal .Resiops,. which is somewhat
enchantment, more particularly in this
case than any other, it is not likely
there will be a cut off for some time to
come. By following around the lake
to the west side, very dim trail is
found leading over the Divide to
tho head Of He'd nock, where
are the famous Red Rock Lakes. Being
ont of the usual line of hunters and
sportsmen, elk, moose, deer, as we'll Us
different kinds of small game, abound
in this wild, secluded spot. But one
could dwell in this interesting region
for week-yea, month and then not
see ali that is worth seeing: One be-
comes almost bewildeted when contem:
plating the "order Of things" Go
east, west or north, and walk of a
couple of hours will bring you iii the
main chain of the Rocky Mountains.
South and southwest IL tho only; OPEN
ing let fJt ! title Cast 81 sadth, aAd
the same great barrier confronts the
traveller. The range, in making this
short crook, almost doubles up, and
resembles curve in the spine of a
mighty serpent, and had it come little
nearer together, Henry Lake would
have been squeezed nh to the sine Of a
brook. BY climbing to the top of the
high peak at the west, we look out upon
the most wonderful region known to
man. For within scope of the eye are
the sources of some of the grandest
rivers on the face of the globe-.born,
~ it were, In the same little lake, and
drinking ali from the same small spring.
Here the Yellowstone, Snake and Green
rivers, as we'll as Clark's Fork, Wind
River, Madison and Gallatin, start
together, and each seeks course of
its own. Green River strikes boldly
south, and keeps it's eye on the aoon-
day sun, needing neither mountain nor
plain-now almost lost amid the sands
Of the desert, then again hid among
unfathomable canons, but at last finds
it's way to the sea. Then comes the
Snake-the river of magnificent falls,
cataracts and cascades-down, down it
goes, it's face to the setting sun, passing
through fertile valleys, by mines of in
calculable wealth, cities of thousands
and tens of thousands of busy people,
and finely rests in the bosom of the
grand old Pacific. And now we see the
Yellowstone going still in an opposite
course striving for the east; at times
leaping hundreds Of feet over perren.
dicular precipices at others, cutting
as with the face of diamond it's way
through walls of rock thousands upon
thousands of feet in height after many
days of tiresome journeylng from pri-
meval solitudes On to the land of civil.
cation and greatness, smiling alike
upon the home of the savage and the
Christian, it ut last pays tribute to the
ocean of its choice-the Atlantic. Be-
tween these are many other streams,
some Of them rushing, dashing rivers.
It is strange that SO many different
waters should head here and all run
different directions: But without q
q doubt, it is owing to the fact that
this is the real end of the world, and
that it was formerly land is yet by
rights) the north Pole, and is liable t.
be again imbedded in ice (some day.
all of which l may attempt to prove il
subsequent paper. At the same time
with all these sights in view, while the
frost of the morning is yet in the dir,
there can be seen, beyond the low
mountain to the southeast, the steam
ascending from the scape-pipes O.
purgatory sometimes called Geysers)
to mingle with the clouds.