Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-08-24
PIXIES PEAK ADVENTURES.
Graphic Description of Trip to the
heights Of Pixies Peak by Party
of Dodge City Tourists
WRITTEN BY A TOURIST.


curiosity had led you TO look forth at so
early an hour rs O'clock. you would IN
all human probability have seen wander
ing sleepiiy towards the de3ot some
twenty valise laden pilgrims whom the
gods of Olympus had chosen Tor the ire
mems excursion.
No other earthly consideration could
have induced the subscriber hereto to
soreeo the luxury of 4 morning nap and
betake himself and his worldly plunder 10
meet the early tram. But tn, rich morn
ing air, cool fioIn the peaks We are soon
20 see. drives away tine last wink OF
sleepiness, and the drowsv passengers
need no introduction as to VINO we are or
wnere we are bound.
We accept Ihe generous hospitality OF
the f;reulen If Pueblo. for = daS. and thea
leaving many pleasures yet TO come hurry
nm tn MaUitou. two houfs rde under
the shadows of the mountains ana We
reach Colorado Springs To IaH mo The
hands of IA souiles- band OF savaGes, Mo-
without the feaI Of God before ihelr
ewes" and utterly Ignoring the customs
OF good society. Jam onr hats about our
ears. and amid denoniacai yeiis OF ID Ii
House ~ National Hotelp' rob us of our
precious bundles aud throw our maneied
remains into an omnibus already over
flowing with battered and helpless nu-
mainly. We told them that we oGiy came
ND TO see the mountains. and mat we
didn't mean any hahn. We even told
them to take our baggaee-we knew u
wasn't much-still they might manage TO
work it in some way-but TO think OF our
sisters and sweethearts and to spare our
lives for their sakes. -,
bring q gun. We like attention and con-
sideration abroad. but we don't care
about having 1t all at once.
Before leaving these characters to the
wrath of their God. l wish to say an I'M
sought for word of one of the number
whom believe was born OF Christian
parents, One who. amid this CONFUSION
worse coufounded. reached out a friend
ly hand and dragged my mortal frame
| from under q prOmiscuous pie OF puDlic
baggage. to saw Il have seen You at
Dodge That's the only haekman ever
expect 10 meet on high.
| The drive to Manitou Is IA rare expert
ence. The road. lined with poplaTs. wind
| ing in and out among the foothills and
over mountain streams, too clear to De so
soon mingled With the muddy waters OF
The yaIley-and the mountains thar we
| have come so far to see, rising nien III
air, soon brings fOrgetfuiness OF our re,
cent engagement. and before We are halI
ready the coach stops At the coor Oh tine
Beebee House and we alight for supper. :,
This little group of houses they eau
Nanitou, clusters about the feet oil
mountains that battle their faces IN ine
clouds. Here tired humanity can Idle
away the DAYS in the Garden OF The Gods'
or Ii I'D new life in the healing waters OF
numerous springs BoOt-blacks aud
waters can be purchased at popular
prices, and the tourist that don't at least
own TWO or three OF these avaricious
wretches is considered as forsaken by
fortune.
II was at this point shat Julia A.
HoImes Kansas woman. and the hfsi
white woman TO stand on the summit OF
Pixies Peak, began the ascent we are
to follow in her footsteps fo-inorrow. ana
we take our post Drandia! smoke upon tht
banks of Fountain qui BoGilie. IN antiei
patton of that experience.
After an early breakfast we mount tht
mountain ponies and are soon fairly OF
our way up a narrow trail. that leads III
through scenery magnificent beyond com
parisop. We ride III single file- Aoov'
us the pine covered sides OF the canyoi
rise TO an awful height. and at our feet
mountain stream dashes over ROCKS an ~
into chasims on It's mad career TO TN
plains. -.
At noon we rest our ponies on the shore
of Lake Moraine. clean and beantifni 4
any Tahoe. and in an hour more we az
beyond the timber line. Here the coz
winds from the peak admonisa US that W.
are nearing the summit, and drawing Gu
coats aid shawls closer about us We burr
the ponles along the trail. Vegetatio
gradually dwindles. We pass great banS
of snow. and after last long eHoi
among the rocks. We stand upon the sun
init. the air oue-half its natural weight
and the altitude IA. III feet above IN
level of the sea. We are very cold an
tired. but after luncheon we are aDie
with some exertion. to wander over III
twenty acres OF snow and rocks. aad 100
down the sides of the Peak
1t Is by no means an easy tash 10 spen
an hour at this altitude. and 1t Is sal
that one who suffers no announcement
from the cold and rarified air can eonsia'
himself of sound physique
Here, as everywhere now-a-cays,
, find pecnliarities of expression. La
guage that from its peculiar adaptaoli
10 circumstances passes INTO the par'ah'
of the summit and may be dese1ioeu
m Pixies Peskean slang. IL Is veritao
l. fact that Int few tourists have accOi