The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-07-05


loped 70 the polnt where the fire was licking up
the grass with great rapldity and Lieutenant
into which the miners had retreated. AS soon as
the mead or the Lieutenant appeared above the
gun and grimly shoased. "aaIT Tie onc usr
Obeyed the command, out after brief parley ad-
vanced few Steps further he then informed
the sentry that no arrests would be made. Tho
conversation soon became a1able. and one by one
rom oenlnd huge rock emerged several rough.
one dd not appear until long after the others,
aud seemed suh dlstrnstlul OF the mission
o. tne Lieutenant. Thls episode showed
tue disposition Of the mes. Had detachnent or
| no more man twenty men been sent to arrest
snem tne! might, under an unWise impulse, nave
/ resisteu, desperately. They stated that II taken
our OF the Nus they would endeavor to escape and
! 70 return 70 ther claims aB soon as possible.
FROM camp NO, IA to French Greek
FHE MARCH
! has been through country OF unsurpassed
beauty. The northern anu western portion OF the
Hills Is much less attractive tnan the region which
Is was near the mouth OF little tributary OF Cas-
tie Greek, Moving rom the south, where Custer
! wnich brought MIN here, only lour miles rom mis-
former camp. The bottom was wet and Doggy
that Colonel Dodge,s train could get no iurtherh nv
travelling directly through the valley. Camp was
made tnIrd time ON the ashes oil Uusteris nres. A
| wagon wheel was broken ON the march, and Mr..
| JenneY being anxious 10 examine the leuges ana
allGvinm in she vicinity lt was ceclGed tnat Cap
tain Wessal SHOULD remain with his company TO
! protect toe partv from peril OF their hves and
| that the rest OF the detachment should move on
! until point WneTe a permanent camp could be
/
! evening before the resumption or tne march one
! naEe OF gold was iound IN the auuYlum, near the
stream, and pronounced 10 be sucn by MI. New
! ton. Along me saleyi oeloW Camp Ia, tne
rocks Indicate the presence OI iron, in mica slate,
1T almost every step. kocAs ia tue stream, con-
tanning yellow mica, appear as II ful Oh gllsten-
ing particles OF gUld Inc soil from TINS point 10
the camp is impregnated with gray mica, glislen-
ing In rne suul ght ike SILVER. Quartz is tnckly
streWn over me surface OF tue ground. Deer and
cranes were frightened from The bottom as we
passed along.
On sunday we ielt camp about twenty minutes
past seven A. NJ. and proceeded up the raylue
Through wHcn the tributary before mentioned
flows from the south iRto castle Greek. pioneer
party sent out at SIX O'CLOCK was overtaken at
nal-past ei0hl aud was found engaged III repair
Ing corduroy" bridge built by Gene. al custer in
July last year. Tue IRAN lies through wooas vale
! ana glade, over hill ana plateau, ana at length
! leads across large parK-lke eXpanse OF hill
meadow, laVlne ana Gale, bor1ered Dy aeAghtful
tude rises IN the middle OF the park, and from its
! top a Deautiu landscape can be surveyed. Har-
ney's Peak looms up, somDre anG gray, in the
east wlth oald summit OF solid rock. The upper
portion Oh the mountain Is all enormous crag,
composed OF caruonilerOns limestone. A sbors
distance south OF Harney's PEAK Is a large noun
lain, equally hlgu and resembling In form the neck
! ana shoulders OF a human being. rms hlrh land-
marx has been chrstened Mount Dodge by the
military engineer ofncer OF the expedition, Lieu
tenant J. q. BourKe. The Harvey range OF noun
talns, row Oh gray crags, Win curlously notched
| ana scauoped teps, form The most conspicuous
OBJECT IN the landscape, and beyond them a chain
| OF mountains OF more perfect formation, covered
| Win dense timber and enveloped IN purple
mist, relieved the eye ny their softer beauty.
the valley OF Caste creek, bound the view, ex-
cept in the northeast, where 1elry's ana Custer's
peaks stand ike TAN sentincls amid o
GRIM ARMY OF GIANTS
They are the Two most symmetrical mountains
visible At this point. Another peak, far north
ward, was conjectured 10 be BEARS Butte.
from he large PARK we crossed small stream
on the rlghL, and "A low ridge, through rag ant
wood, descending on tue other SIDE into a most
beautiful valley. IL Is watered by a thousand
springs, ieealng tbe lovely stream wnIcn winds
4 through Its beautiful veruure, unuer tue shadow
oil noble woods toaL mantle the sizes OF Inc hills
on either maud we moved along deer were
startled from almost every shaded glade near the
margin OF the stream. Whttened antlers, strew-
ing tue turf, showed where the Elk are won't to
meet III autumn 10 shed their magnificent horns.
1ne stream suddenly plungeS into a narrow gorge
joining larger curren! that goes humming
| through vale nlty ieet lower than the one we
had been descending, the only entrance TO which
| practicable at that moment was down preclpI
tous bank. ON the right tee main stream rushes
through a canyon INTO the vale, at the base OF a
precipitous Quite, whose rocky side has been
cut down perpendlcularly by the water.
lofty spruce and pine, their branches hanging
covered with thick moses. OIL mica-cyst
and quartz divides the valley at THIS point, FORM
the smaller stream runs. The beds OF quartz in
the cyst arc mere very large. Gneiss also found
in abundance and some specimens OF horn blend
| de tacned from other substances.
We descended into the vale, and Camp No. is
was pitched naf mile below. We had now de.
| parted from CusterS trail, hoping TO get nearer
harney's Peak tnan he did AN exploration OF
tie vale nearly narrow enough TO be called a can
tine ana neatly impossible. Colonel Dodge de-
cioed TO return Ia the morning to the tran which
we mad lelt The scenery ABOUT us OF very
romantic Character. We were Ia laot encamped
in large glen enclosed by perpendicular walls Of
rock. The vale could not be viewed Tor more tnan
quarter OF a mile rom any point; abrupt bends
where mountains OF rock stand as barriers TO the
water ana turn IL aside, obstructing tue gaze
some soil nom tue banks Of the stream Was
washed and mere
COLOR OF GOLD WAS FOUND IN IT.
Yesterdays journey was lar more pleasant than
| any shat mad preceded IT. The divide between
the stream on when we had last cam ed and
French Greek, along eut trail is great open park
containing upands, nilIs, glens. ravlnes, dales
forests and groves, springs and streamets, messy
I crags ana grassy glaoes. Riding through colon
nades OF graceful pines, would olteR suddenly
emerge IN perfect gem OF Q dell, an emerald in a
mass OF bronze. Crossing rounded nils untim-
| bered, and little wales, ascending silent ravlnes
and threading forests, we came 10 a magnificent
plateau the surface Of which gradually rose as
We advanced toward tle southeast, I'm III we were
| higher than the mountains We had lett behind as.
On the left lay green ravine one side sKIrted by
pines and quartz rocks OF varied color, PARTIALLY
! covered with muses.. The earth seemed ribbed
.. with slate and quartz, sharp, gray edges OF the
the 500. In the south noun tains rose before US
In mystic grandeur. sultry maze ned all the
air and gave 10 the landscape dreamy beauty.
| THE cRAGs
| which / have before mentioned now stood out in
bold relief, cleft and broken, as II partly dlsmem-
oered by an awful CONFUSION ana forced up per-
pendicuarly out OF tho earth There they stand,
| wonderful wall. ana mold their stern heads
against the storms which nave beat upon them
| Tor thousand years. Mountains with CENTER
outlines stretch across the perspective IN the
| SOUTH like group Of slumberlng sphin xes ST.
Ienty sublime, keeping the secret OF the universe
IN their iton-locked breasts. by agentle descent
from tne plateau we entered the valley OF French
creek, the field or gold. The mountains lust de-
scribed lay south Of 1t, and the huge rocks when
! we had passed stand guard at the northern en-.
! trance OF tue charmed valley.
During the last lew days the course OF the ex.
petition has been through lovely pastoral coun-
Try, In which there are parKa ana valleys waicn
would Yield rlch reward to LABOR. Tnere is not
in the United states nner district for tue grow IN
OF sneep tnan the northern part of the East
Beaver valley ana the country traversed Dy the
expedition from the head oil Floral Greek to this
camp Rye, barley and oats be raised on the
rich loan or the valleys. one OF the miners has
garden In which turnIps potatoes and CAB
bages are already growing successfully, although
the spring here Is very late.
Notwithstanding that MIR. Jenney remained at
Camp No. is With the avowed wlsn to carry on mis-
examinations OF rocks ana anuvlal deposits IN a
more private Manner aud that the light OF SCI
entinc knowledge cannot be shed for a lew DAYS