The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1872-07-19
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MORE ABOUT rrRF. rEAK~
We think It was some fauriccn ycar- sgo On
q bright summer day, that one Of our play
mato came WISHING up u Ne cxclaim-
ing, BROTHER Tarkin y going to- Pixies Peak"
How strangely that word affected NJ. We
asked eagerly "Pikes Peak What Is Pike's
Peak whore IL h9 WHAT he going there
for'" "why, boy, don't you know, Pixies
Peak j. away out among the "Iniuns" where
theirs los o. gold; pieces a. big A. your two
fists" We said no more, for We had been
studying Biography for about two weeks look
ing over the pretty maps and spelling out the
namcs), and we didn't wish to display our ig-
norancc. But those words, Fixes Peak, gold,
still ung in our cars, aud for months we heard
nothing else on the street corners, at the black
smith shop in the country. at the Saturday
evening bathing clubs on the Hanging Fork
everywhere, eager crowds, old and youns, were
discussing the "prospcc,s.' The excitement
soon passed awsy, however, and everything re-
.lmed it, woniei tranquility. Still, the "El
Dorado" clung to our childish fancies with
strange fascination; we revelled in golden
castles, and longcd To Writ the wonderful peak,
and ascend to it, eternal SHOWS. Our wish has
been fulfilled and we now propose giving you
a short sketch Of our trip, meagre though il be-
Abcet two weeks ago the following went
darling over the wires capt. W. W. Allen
will illuminate Pixies Peak on the night Of
4th Of July The towns for hundred miles
around will be treated to a grand pyrotechnic
display, &C., SC" This created quite stir,
and every one was looking forward with eager
ness to the night Of the 4th upon which the
novel exhibition was TO take place. II had
been previously announced thaea party Of
Eve young gentlemen would leave this place
on the l.t to assirt at the celebration on the
ith. So, sspcr previous agreement. we loaded
our wagon with blankets. provisions, &c, early
Monday morning, we bill adieu to scorchng
Pueblo, and turned our faces towards the
white -crcated giant Our horse, two spank
ing hays, were full Of metal SC, were soon
flying along at a rapid gait, past rural homes,
green corn fields, silvery rye, green wheat and
oats and blooming cactus,--on, on over the
farstretching prairie, rcdolcnt with the per-
flmc Of the sweetcs, flowers and bordered by
an airy curtain dropped on the far-distant
horizon, every bush musical with the "matins
Of the winged ohoristers," the most inioxica-
ting air; every peak standing out in bold re-
lief, and far above them all, the giant rearing
his head into the intensely blue Ky and mil
lions Of flashing diamond, dancing on his
brow, while white cloud. nestled closely 10
his side, and those away in the east blushed
crimson. Such was the picture. No not such
for the ideal is stranded ON the real, and word,
are powerless. presume there never was a
gayer party starting out on as though,-to-bc
perilous a trip, for
There was muckle fun and iokin,
We need ma doubt"
-c,NrISG OK THE PLAINS
/ The ride had greatly sharpcncd our ape
titles and abou, II N we drove into a beauti-
ful grove of cotton woods on the hanks Of tn,
Fcntaine Qui Bouille and stopped to prepar'
dinner. This was my first initiation into TIA,
mysteries Of camp life, and the boys (thc ras
LcalA IL 10y ,'u,,l- ii,sri IN me - b..
'he " Be me the essiest % oA,Aycoekiu
aiccs and tomatoes Thought q,
. dcicd uia, Of humor in tleI rycr, but
pSScut 60 work Justify and soon announce,
Il potatoes anl tomatoes done" l had my I,
a vcnge, for the way they spit and groaned an
Il took On over those tomatoes "was a sight /
zee; some SWEARING they were too salty, som
said too sugary, and some that they taste
Il like goldfish boiled in dish water" l felt ?,
n prcmely happy, for never liked tomato'
VI any way; and after that | was politely excuse
and had nothing to do but cook the potato,
and meat No pcrson, who has never been o
I the plains, knows how to relish good Dime
] Old campers" will bear me ont in this n
II hotel could beat our bill Of fare We had III
\ bcsi Of cofiec, bread, butter, beef-sieak han
canned peaches, tomatoes and corn, potatOe
il crackers, cheese and chow-chow. We pictete
our horses (this is strictly WESTERN aud PEI
mitted them to Craze an hour or more, the
washed our tin cups, plates, &c, hitehed a
I and moved on. We Travelled about 80 mill
| and camped for the night, on tine verlai
hanks Of the same pretty stream. We had n
ten, we needed none, As there is seldom sue
a thing ~ dew in this country We spread gu
buffalo robes upon the ground, used our coal
for pillows, dotted our clothing, wrapped tw
blankets around us and were soon in the arm
of-not Morpheus, but musical mosquitoe
We are particularly fond Of music, bat don
like the monotony attached TO this kind.
few coyotes (prairie wolves) howled aroun
u. for a while and once during the night on
came up within two feet Of our heads. Ther
! il not much danger in them, unless extremel
hungry; but We were not particularly anxior
10 form their acquaintance.
II cHEYSsF MOUNTAIN
We were up at early dawn in ordc. to wi
|, ness the SCENIC Lsapiy Of the mouniain at 81
rise. Cheyenne mountain was our neareI
friend. It was apparantly within asione
throw. Fiizhngh Ludlow, in his "TI,art
. the Conlinentr call it The handsomest nour
; tain in The world. and he might have adde'
; the most beautiful, for assurcdly ii is. Will
il lacka the sublimity and grandeur Of Pike
! Peak, Is far more beautiful, and il possess
all the variety Of pleturesqueness which b
long to the Foot IIlls added b the submit
, Of some Of The taller ieaks. 1hore Is syn
! me,ry yet disersity about il that i really u
2 ique. Its principal beauty, at a disease Iii
in is varied huos, which are continual
/, changing and shifting as the morning sun a
( ccnds the meridian. No other mountain
4 the Rocky Mountains possesses thu same pinl
ling and blending o. all that go TO make q
, the snpremely beautiful. In this, il STAN
/ alone But Of this maintain and the yario'
. points Of interest around H. We will write 70
i at some future time We were gazing upe
a. &. 80 - ~ "a. 1910 ,sbeu H. crv