The Red Cloud chief., 1875-06-10
70 te Geysen

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San francisco, We determined 70 i'm
prove the time by starting on our tour
Of inspection, for We came not to go
cities which mon made, but the eternal
hills. II va too late In the week for a
extended tour. and We wished . Sabbath
day of rest among the mountains. Our
good friends WarTsn, o. the CesiTes1i1
Farmer. and Capt. Wakelee, to both Of
whom We 3 indebted for nunbesiess
attentions, advised the Geysers' 20 On
Friday afternoon We took tho steamer
for Vallejo, then the cars for Cloverdale,
arriving in time for . late supper. In
the morning early we were in the stage
and on our way over the narrowest
steepest, most frightful, noustain road
We ever travelled. Imagine sitting BE-
hind six horses, who are gallopiDg over
. road cut in . steep mountain side, said
road just five inches wider than the track
Of the wheels, turning Ill sorts Of short
corners, and ever 20 many thousand feet
from the bottom of the canyon, down
which you al look If you are not
afraid. We had been advised not TO ride
with "Foss, the celebrated Whip" - his
driving wa reckless and dangerous. A
few weeks after he killed himself, and
injured or killed several of his passen-
gers. he hsd been pulled TO death by
stupid sensational correspondents.
On reaching the Geyser Hotel, the
first thought was that We had arrived At
. railroad station, for we heard the rush
Of the steam, and even the whistle Of the
engine, and could well detect the sui
phureous smoke of the coal. It proved,
however, to be oil Natures work; for
looking down the canyon We saw the
steam issuing from its sides, from almost
every ~crevice; everything seemed to be
boiling and seething, and we do not
wonder that . poor afrighted German
hurried away, declaring it was not o
mile from . very bad place. WI had
only barely registered our names when
the good landlord and his daughter an
nounced themselves a. friends and Gus
toners, when in their eastern home. and
We spent several pleasant hours together
hunting wild flowers on the mountains
md Lilies on the banks of tho Pluton
FLYER. The Geysers are situated In .
deep rocky canyon, which seems to be
truly Natures laboratory, for here are
springs of alum, soda, EPSON salts, sui
phuric acid and ammonia. In one place
is q boiling spring, called the "Devil's
Inkstand," pouring out . stream of hot
black liquid; twenty feet further on 10
the switches Cauldron," in which we
boiled an egg hard in three minutes. A
hundred feet above, in . lodge of the
rock il the steamboat" where the pen.
odicsl putting of the steam il more fright
ful than curious. A few steps further il
the Devils Grist-mill," from which
issues q terrible confusion of rafting
sounds. Still 9n you 60 to the "Devil's
Tea. kettle" boiling hot, and II you
thrust . stick into it, there is an angry
sputtering ssd splashing of water that
will cause . hasty retreat. The ground
upon which you tread is hot, you ere
enveloped IN q cloud of steam which
issues in athousand jets, and though not
willing to show fear, You cannot help
feeling atitsle, and you hardly think e
best to DWELL there . great while, though
of coure parfectly safe, and oil that
"a trt TO the Paci6c," in Vjak's FLORAL