Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-08-13

YASks. FL DoRApo Co.. CALIFORNIA. !
August 10, 1875.

Il is Lake Bigler in miniature. clear,
mountain-yimmed and suggestive Of the
primeval solituties. The fact is, these
mountain lakes have q way Of seeming to
be made more fo- the emergencies of an
exposed and rugged life than for the pur-
pose OF helping nature 20 be softened
and delicate OF aspect, as some lcwIand
ponds seem to be. 1 hardly know of a
more depressing sense than that which
comes Of . lonely walk along these
shores and under these gaunt pines.
Ny two boys aud / walked over to
Falling Leaf Lake to-day. / should say
tha. the same is about FIVE miles long by
two and a half or three miles wide. The
shores are pebbly and clean. Tailac
Mountain forms one side OF the basin and
rises abruptly out OF It's waters. There is
gap at the southern or southeastern end
Of this noble mountain, and over it you
see = snow-dotted peak, while across the
gap is another lofty mountain, which
seems TO meet old TSllac Just where he
slants his pine frinsed base into the un-
stained tarn J. IS all wild and stern of
Inein. this scenery is. but il Is not as
picturesque as I had been led to believe
It. Many years ago al emlgrant party
came this way along, and with them for
guide. counsellor and friend, an Indian
chief. His name was Falling Leat-a
man Of an aniable and deciduous IA
ture, no doubt-and when he had piloted
them 10 this virtunus little sheet Of water.
they appropriately named it in his honor.
1t remained fox some pale face with less
o: good reason for his choice of names
to invent the fub-dub - Tshos for this
bigger pond. Washoe, If i. means ary-
thing, means purified Indian. Tahoe
pr, as the Boston tourists call il, Tab
hoe-means an Indian squaw in mourn
ing, with Burgundy pitch trimmed with
chimney SCOT on her hair, and the other
parts of her physical economy in pro-
portionate cleanliness. Old John Big
ler-of whom il is but justice to say
tina. at the close of a career OF Ofice-
holding of many years he died in abso-
lutte penury-is the man in whose honor !
this Lake vas named The attempt to !
slight him and slHr his character by !
turning up the nose Of sage brush Leg |!
1.y. err % II
substitution therefor of Tahoe, - seems /
TO me Ike the weakest, silfest, spiteful- !
est way of airing our Black Republican, |
ism ever heard Of When Old NoUrse /
stood up in the Nevada Constitutional |
solitary and alone, and |
moved to strike out the word white"
from our all sorts of a Constitution, be
was booted ont of sight and hearing
but when @ cheap patriot wanted to i'm
mortalize his loyalty by fiinging gratu-
lions insult at that harmless war Demo-
erat and e1ecrator Of Copperheads, old
John Bigler-California's most famous
Tahoe" was a sop that was
grateful to the most sensitive s:omachs.
Is between the fixed, tangible and hon.
,rable memory of Governor John Bigler
md the senseless jarson and yapid al
of Tahoe I am for the
lame of the white man who was twice
,!ected to the Governorsbip Of Ca!ifor-
Ma. and 10. for the Indian with the
AIRED head and stick puncturei ears.
That S the kind of Radical am. II
1 find it is quite the fashion ior parties
II Californians to come over here in
heir own wagons. 4 company big
Enough 20 spread three comfortable tents
,ot here last night. They are from
stockton, 1 believe. Another party of
campers left here yesterday. This is
sensible way of doing things, bringing
o the participants enough Of outdoor
lie to restore health, and affordlng them
ne best, because the most leisurely way
# seeing and enjoying things.
One of these days somebody will give