Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-02-02

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be there. for all that. There VA no ,ru.t-
ing the treacherous redskins. We would
not believe them if they were to tell us
they we're not there. Dur metsphysi-
Claus resolved Ia test the danger point
by a series If carefully conducted expert
n,ent.. They were each to play lndiaD
and white man ia turn. The white man
Was to- stand before the evening camp.
fire, deeply engaged 10 absorbing though,
or earnest conversation. The Indian was
to rise up from AMBUSH with hair-lft
ing war whoop, and rush upon and toma-
hawk his astonlshed foe before the latter
could draw his revolver aud defend him.
self. Positions were taken, the younger
Professor acting rs Indian, distance,
Thirty PAGES. Now the stealthy savage
turks ia ambush, while his victim calmly
chews metaphy sizes before the fire. A
terrible yell, rush like the wind, and
on sweeps the dusky form over the pros
trate palc-face still feebly fumbling for
his pistol. "Too near! too near!' ex.
claims the pale-face, slowly rising. ut
will never do to pitch our tent so near an
ambush" Now they reverse their posi-
tons, and repeat the sceue, but with ex-
actly the opposite result. 1t Was finally
decided that no position short of forty
yards from an ambush would be ALSO
lutely safe for all parties. This there.
after was the regulation distance ss
paced by the oldest Professor.
Our route led up through rocky gorges.
stony gulches, and narrow valleys, with
steep lofty mountains ON either side
greatly contracting our view of the sky,
and scarcely leaving room for the road
bed at their base. Occasionally the val.
leys broadened out trifle, and afforded
little pasture. Here some hardy pioueer
had pushed his cabin close up against the
mountain side. All such little hooks
were occupied. In one of the best of
them We founda regular down. East Yam.
kee. He was "bAcking" in an old hotel
on the stone road between Denver and
Boackhawk. He had twelve hundred
acres in his ranch-and might just as
we'll have had twelve thousand-of
which only about sixty were arabic. For
the use of this he paid two hundred dol
lars year. His crops were chiefly po-
tatoes and spring wheat. The former
were being dug up and eaten by ground
squirrels; the latter was cut green and
sold in Blackhawk at from three to five
cents a pound for hay. In prosperous
seasons the occupant makes six or eight
hundred dollars, nut this season lie will
scarcely pay his rent, and yet he prefers
living there to any place he was ever in !!
And even one OF our party, preacher
and amateur ranchman who Joined us
for this trip at Denver, considered this a
pretty good ranch! The possibilities for
stock-raising were SO grand-such un.
limited range for grazing. Yes, GER
tainly, if you can send your stock up to
pasture in balloon.
Meditating upon the easy adaptability
of human nature to its surroundings,
and keeping pretty sharp lookout for
bears, deer. mouniain.lions and other
Svar mints," We urged old Tom gently
forward. and soon looked down into the
verdureiess gorge where Blsckhswk and
Central fhinly straggle along. This To-
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