, 1873-08-07

20 pT0n0uHceu q pEUba pAh6Ho1at@oA' "Ao tostA''J
n1,rcal. In front aro tho ordinary grassy-green
hills, with clumla Of rinc-treoH on tho higher
aummits. Farther off III tho crimson baeo Of
Rcd Canon, with lighter rcd near tho tops of the
walls; then rollisla rocks intermingled with yol-
low,-the colors showing beautifully in tho sun
light; groat stretches OF rrsaet-brown, shaded
by dark-groen valloys; long lines Of magnificent
purple coloring; md, way beyond, tho deop-
bluo mountains Of tho Big Horn Range, 100
miloa distant. 1t makes q person nimoat catch
lia breath when looking at this splendid scene,
which is ONO of Tho grandost over gazcd upon
by man. 1nvoluutarily ovory ono stops to look
npon it's unsurpassed Hplondors and magnificent
proportions, beside which ordinary noun
tain yiews aro tamo aud unintorost-
ing. I thought had Boon-nnd hayo
in fnct soon-soino Of the finest landscapes
in North Anorica; but this oclipsos ovorything.
It 10 tho highest land OIL tic Continent, and MI
Of tho grent rivers rise hereabout.
As wo wore climbing the hill whence wo viewed
this landscape, ono Of our number sang out:
- Look there OIL the eilo-lill do you Hee that
bcar?"
Wo looked In tho direction indicated, and
thorc, gory compiaco1t'y moving nloug, was au
ENORMOUS 1sLAcK BEAn,
who was going down towards tho crock. Ottr
xltes woro uut III second, aud VIC commenced
firing ut him i'll right goodwill. The fret shot
struck him IN the shoulder, and two others fin
fshcd him. 80 that by tho time wo got to him, he
Nas just breathing lliB last. Ho was very large,
md it was nil that four Of us could do to drag
him down to tho crock near tho wagon. He was
very poor. aud llia skin did not appear to DO Of
much value, After d groat deal Of trouble, how
pyor, ne got him into tho wagon, and carried him
to our camp on Trout Crock, whore an oxpori-
pnced hunter skinned him in the most artistic
mannor, though it WAS plain to bo seen that he
did not much like tho iden of having boar killed
tout Of season. We felt considerably elatcd
over it, aB it WAS the first ono We had
pvor helped to kill. In fact it WINS tho
first ono I evor fired Mt. Oneo bofore,
several years ago, in company with auother per-
son, wadel river for tho purpose Of getting
shot at a bear which we lad eeen among tho
rocks on tho other side of tho stream but, when
7ge got ncross, AIr. Bru1n wnH nowhere to be
fonnd We mathematical our luck roundly,
but, On onlcavoring to fire our rifics, discover
cd wo could not do no. Under tho circumstances,
wo were moro than satisfied to think tho bear
had lopt ont Of our wny or We out Of Ills.
Some boar-steaks we're cooked, which we rol-
fsl1ed very much, notwithstanding all the old
hunter said about their being poor md tough.
Mo lad bcar-lneat, elk-mcat, and nntclope-meat
for dinner, and ato SO much I am ashamed to
tell abont it. After dinner NO got our fishing
lines, and caught nce meeH of brook-trout in 4
short time. 1t would have been tino sport, but
the mosquitoes wero dreadful, and, in fact, ru-
ined the whole ploasuro Of tho fishing -party. I
never saw so many mosquitoes together at ono
time in my life Tho creek seemed
FULL. OF SNAKES;
ss rnauy as beset Tho Ancient Mariner:
watched their rich attire:
llue glosFy-greels, aud vclvet-blach,
They cuilel and SWIM and every track
Vas 1ash Of golden fire.
They aeemed to enjoy the warm weather, md
wero especially busy in moving about from place
to place amid tho high grass and tanglep noun
tain-forn.
THE SIOUX AND SNAKE INDIANA.
1t is through this country TINT tho Sioux 1n-
t1innH como when thoy wish to mike wnr upon
their old enemies, the Bnakos But the Sioux
arc not always tho aggrossorB. -Four years ago
lust spring, u party Of thirty or moro young
Snake warriors started out on a rail into the
country OF tho Sioux. Tho old mon tried to dis
Buade tlom, but MI to no purpose, and of thoy
ntartcd on foot, boasting Of the number Of
horses they would havo on their return. Thoy
inade their way cautiously, though expeditions
to stenl some horses, when o violent SNOW
storm camo OIL, mud it waB all they could do to
walk. Their provisions gave out, and, to add to
their WOES, tioy were discovered by their ono
mica, who followed them OIL horseback and at-
tacked them: Their powder gave out, and they
could not shoot thoir gnnH. Tho Sioux sur
rounded them, and killed them at tlloir leisure.
fow cscaped,-I do not know exactly how
maryland the panic-strcken remnant of tho
war party reachod the village Of their friends
completely brokon down md nearly Gead with
fatigue. This result emboldoncd Tic Sioux worry
much, and they Nude several forayh ayainat tho
nIFaH{ {tn .Fssi II.
dayi tho Bnnke Indians haye not recovered from
this untowarl dieaHter, mud wail over the loa8 OF
their friends whose bonoy aro bleaching in tho
rayincs.
minors appoured to 10 lghly olatod anrl, on in
quiring the cause, was shown II nugget nun
liad Just taken out OF pan, which Weighed
THREE OUNCES.
It was beauty, and did not blamo tho minore
for loo1ing proud of Lis luck. Itwas the larsest
nugget that has beon tuken out this year, md
proves that tho placers ara far from being
worked out. Aftor Hoeiny this, nothing would
do lut our party muat wait md Bco thom clear
up for tho evening. Tho long slats lying IN tl.t
bottom Of tho sluico-boxos wore carefully tukol
up, aud NIL tho sand Bwopt with small broom tc
tho rifle, at tho end Of tho bog. whore lhoro waf
considerable water. Tho stouoH md water wore
thrown out, aptl tho aand and quicksilver put it
Tho miner took Ills pnn to u pool of water, anc
washed for somot!mu, and until there waB moth
ing loft except naRHB OF quicksilver. Tht8 III
put IN cot. ana a, squeezed letting tho globqloa To-
to another pan, 1Io then oponel hia cloth, and
inaido Of it found something over two ouncoH oi
gold. Ihie together with tho nugget Ao hui
found, made Ave OUNCES which two mon had to-
lien out during tho day, worth, ut 1880 ar
ounce. 2o2.50, "a pretty good days work
Aa we cano ACROSS t. tllol III the road we moi
4 LoyE-LonN alusH-EATER
singing at tho top of hia o-apparontly fol
his own n,llsBo1nant-tlo words Of ali old ballad
with such peculiar emphasis that wo coult
scarcely rofrain from laughing:
lie sho n.ecker, kinder linn
TurtG-Iloye or peaaA
II Hl,u bn mot kind to ma,
Whst caro huw kind u9 bp7
lie paid 10 attention to uB, hut wont on llt
sTay, coumllnnS With himself, aud caring fol
nanght in tho world beside. IIo went up by the
assad mnsr1 Ga o de OF 9g1h gwhS t1 w M c ro" a
In the oyoning-tWiliGht,