The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-05

week before. In the middle OF the range the trail
iorKed At diamond shaped prairie mile
square, where some herds OF Indian horses feed
lns ana there was ios house called Bad Mans kanch
for what reason ! do not know Skirtpg This valley
ana ascending Tue ped Of torren, 'hroogh narrow
mon, We siopped Ia spruce grove, aud snado as beds
GOING FOX A PEAK
Leaving the tram to go on a few mixes and mako
camp, swo OF US took Molly, mountain pack mule
and - rted 10 make peak earlier than the re.t We
rode through the woods startling splendid elk from
under big tree where he stunning ms amos, ma
ture antIe and getting above The tmoor by eight
O'Clock Here the snow was gone and we rode eus,lv
10 the base OF tie crest. This had TO climb and
although the distance was not more than hair mile
10 the summit, we were weilngh exhausted. for the
whole way over loose rock that Slid from under
our feet every step IL was allno, advisable to rlke
the schoolboy's plan ia the old story.
An urchin started tor school Que snowy morning
but reached there after It had been called
'Why were you iardy, sry" shouted the MASTER
bTcn ~ hand
= Cause twas SO slippery slipped two slips back
for every ahead" whimpered the boy.
"rheu how did you get here al a!lY"
'.iurned round aud walked backward" replied the
ftlc fellow, and saved his hide.
Once al Tie top your breath comes back, ana q
long as you keep still you suffer onycnicnce.
But going up you have dismal thoughts about the cole
grave, &c
Th:s mountain was ia the souihe n portion OF thu
Mills ranging north aud south, along whose bases as
had been travelling Tor the previous ten days ane
around whose foot We mad passed tho day before II
MAS OF red sandstone. capped with drab cramblins
haze through which tho red and yellow OF bare ridge.
tops ~ the plains gave liant cocr Tho lesser halls
about the mountain were OF every shape, with wooded
valleys between. Blu, their heads were bald,
ana bare OF snow, which fingered only IN
banks shaded slopes. melting slowly into
holows OF tho surface, which, OVERLOOKING drained
into larger hoows and the surplus OF these cOectni
into ponds formed the fountains riiIs whose united
waters were gathered into creeks and carried 70 The
river channels, whose couf could mark
the lar purple heather OF The plans Lot Tue sun beat
down Tor day with uhusual icrvor and the clear
brooks are turbi little Hoods carving deep canyons
In the mountains side. and scattering It's substance
hey Is the ri 1f he /. a
that Of the mountain top slowly approaching one
another. aud the universal eor OF Nature 10 rcaduso
the disturbed leveness OF the globe is beng accom-.
plishcd.
PROM xorSTAIs TOR
However Interesting II might prove, time iorbids
even suggest all that meets the eye and Is implanted
In tho memory while one Is suing icr two or three
hours on u peak Of the ROCKY Mountains-the sur
prs ng cleGrness of the air thar your pen@
traics $50 miles; the steady gallo OF WIND sucked NJ
from the heated valleys, the frost and lightning shat
tered lrag OF rock eucruslcd with ichcns orange
and green ana draO and white; the miniature noun.
and scheme OF drainage spread before you; the
bright biuc aud yellow mats OF moss blossoms; The
herds Of bg-horncd sheep unconscious oil your watch.
ns Ae evs Your oyc ' tho saco
Of the clouds chasing cacn other the laut
scape; tue clouds and Tue azure dome themselves,
the purple, snow-cmDroidored horizon OF mountains
''upnoldng heaven, holding down EARTH can no
express with eaden types the inciable, ntangt-
bio ghost aad grace OF suoh an experience Than can
weigh out TO you the ozone that enpurpies The dust
raised by the play of the anteIocs in yondc nmetas
valley. Moses need have chosen particular noun.
tain whercon To receive his iDspration. TIE DIVINE
heaven approaches very near all these peaks. Soon
alter reaching summit tho smoke OF tho
caup fire, ana so knew where the boys had built
bivouac, and ahan We got ready went to " without
trouble But ia work OF this kind it ircau, ny
occurs that the topographer must send his camp
indelnely and Il 10 not alwnys That he ticir
sirpal smoke from his atom rhc nndipp of canp
frequently reached after DARK thon becomes matter
OF wo0dcrat and skill, aud some persons mover
nnd 1t. sir Wilson tes us some curious stories OF
good luck IN meeting his train at an unknown point N
this fashion, and rarely sleeps cut But some persons
mud camp
-,
such camp as this Is wierdly curious One need not
be afraid 10 walk away from 1t into the gloom. The
Prince Of Darkness Is said TO be u gentleman. And
really II Is not dark out III mo open ar; Tor that
strange .sht IN the north and Tue lamps OF tue
stellalions make even man GIT gray. Hut under the
siarproot trees there is the Dlacsncss oil Egypt--a
darkness which may Je cit IN thrusls IRON thousand
nccdlcpontcd leaves ana rough cones II one pusbca
too hecd!ossly into the recesses oI the WOODS
The blaze OF the rcsinons wood is orange colorcd,
the SMOKE, heavy and black, iliunincd rcdy under
MEATH The pillars OF the smooth nr trunks within the
reach OF the nrcight STAND Ike stoCkadc about
the camp, ard mo shiln. iigh, rcnctrales between
them and from tho darkness hero aud there
trunks that slcp out ana retreat again ; the
lame is shifted by the wind toward or away from
thcm.
On the follow Ing day a beautiful awaited W
through hiiy, slightly wooded country having tho
cultivated look ol an English park ana for the lrss
time were tree from the dlpteran nuisance. Aiter
some miles We struck wagon road, when tho
surprise aud delight OF the mules was comica. Ths
Landor's Cut-On, the same which We had travelled
on Tor few miles near south Pass weeks ago. MAJOR
Lander was u government officer who conducted the
to Oregon II was saving oi distance, but to Utah
and California tho advantage OF lay IN the TACT thaI
II passed tnrough region where grass and wood and
water abundant The regular cmigrant trail
| that lime crowded with pilgrims
that all the pasturage along It's route Was Kept eaten
close of, The uc. for wide distance on elmer side
was destroyed Along tins now route The climatic
dons insured 10 lack OF either, and that II was
tonsvcy used Is shown by tho RETAINS OF camp oct
ls--pieces and ald wagons and like inpcrsh-
able siui-s1l strcwn beside II, by tho names and
dates in the BARK oi the popars, and. sadly. ny
the many graves whose beau5o aids have survived the
wear oil tho weather. There Is Just enough travel
upon it 10 keep the grass down
A MosoToSops MARCH
The march from tnis limo mo Fort Hall was hard
ana DcpotonOus. W got down out OF the mountains
the nils and plans, crossing sandstone hiiIs Of
the crctaceous age ,hc valleys between which
had been half ied wuh basalt. One station
was made al elevation called Mount Pisgah,
about sixty miles west oil hcre near John
Days Lake, which is iitlc more than vast tulo
swamp, Astounding In fresh water life aud the nmphb-
ous BIRDS ANIMALS that coggrcgate IA such places.
1t is SAID that 1000 muskrats were takcn out OF the
lake last made good collection OF moiiusKs
any number Of cranes which stalking about tho
shores Grazing tner long nochs upon hilltop
until could easily imagine himself In lnda
Egypt
Not far from here some "China dsgins, - known
MS tho Cariboo gold mines, where many thinancn
at work with some whites making from 80 TO SO
day. The hydraulic process Is employed, but there 10
an insuIicicncy Of water The snpguins portion OF
the community confident OF the future greatness Of
DISTRICT but the majority Of those at work III the
mines are somewhat dcspondcn,