, 1879-06-14
COLORADO MOUNTAIN SCENERY.

A Young Lady'a Account OF a Journey from,
Antelope Springs to Lake City and Ne.
turn.
Extracts from Ettrais Lttser.
ANTEI.opH Sp1lads, COL, June.-Ws have
just returned from trip to Lake City. I will
write you description of tlc trip VIC made.
We left home Inst Thuratlay morning, took the
tent and so1nc provisions a1ong, 60 that Nc
could. camp out If We wished 10. Wa weut
down the new toll-roatl. When We reached the
summit Of the mountain, on our left, rs We
did view Of Bristol, tho Head Mountain; aud,
rs VIC 60 up the vallvy on the other side, thu
mountain reminds lue OF tic ruins Of some old
castle. Tile scenery Is very grand. Wo climb
long, lard hill. anil there alcad OF 1s, at the
foot OF the mountain, Is Lake Ut. Marie, bea,t-
tiful littlo lake. uearly mile long.
1t is close by tic sido Of the
mountain. It Inns d number Of small fs[ant]s in
1t tlut asu very prctty,-one in particular. tllut
I thtnk Is nearly perfect. It ~ very small, alMt
perfectly round, nearly thu slape oi pyramid,
uilt3 almost In tje ccitro Ia Eu0d-slzcd Bprce
irec,-the utly tree on the fsland, but there
arc plenty Of young aapcna arowlng uuon IT,.
Tile road goes along hY the s|.lc ut iie lake. and
rs VIC yet to the further end Of it there Is nt'-
otlrr island that Is covered with very lnrgo
rocks, n:d ono very H., lAIGs e. ono II thG perfect
perfect, all excoEt the henl,-thut ls not there.
it looks as though 1t would full oil In the lake,
1t Is 10 Hcnr thc edge, tipped forward ready to
fall. Netwcon tfse road u,Nl luka Ii il furgu
boulder tlnt is conglolnorate, MIL nearly nt tli
top is large rock That Looks US though there
was nothing to hold It there. Seems as though
It must fall, hut II docs not We, 70 on tor
several ''es "a, with mnan'Ss ~. Looming ,np
stage station, cross Clear Creek, and clint, tu
mountain, md we are aluloss it Clear Cruek
Falls. That IL The grandest pfucr that tuw all
the way through. This water fn''s down noo',t
side with rock. Tiny Look us though they hatl
bern cut BY stone-eutteS, aud stood up fl
there, thoy arc SO perfect. cMniIot give yuu
my iica abou. them; ull can tell you is they
arc perfectly grand.
lome. We stop ami iectl oilr tcatn and cat Il
lunch o,!raclycs. At 2 o'clock We 20 on, and at
Q O'Clock we CROSS tho bnrAbonc nf tbs ronti-
nat,t. TlItre Wu ean SEQ the wulGr flowing Into
the Pacific on ono sidu usnl Into t'u Atlantic on
the other. We 70 On fur scyerAl milcs aud arr
At the head Of Stun lullpn. There is Tho most
singular looking earth TINT l ever saw. 1t Is Il
light yellow. there 10 10 grass growa there, but
r ae ar aru 's Ike % neniy aysry
color, and thu watcr i1 the crec;
to drink; nurses nor cltt!e will not drink 1t.
'Sc paes, Lake snn Chr!slobat It is REan!
think II must bc Il lovely rlacc In summer.
About one md oue-t,alf nes from tl.e tlcal nf
the LUXE, on our Right us VIC 20 UP tho gorge Oh
thu Lake Fork Q! the Gunison River, are ludges
but terrible t5 think Of anT cue being lost terl.
A gentlrnla,a told ms when thu country wus
MY" before ttesc "ero any roads or trnlls through
there, hu found d n,an'b limb ald ioot. 1ie did
nnt knnw Whelller hu fell oil Or wlletllcr le was
kilcl bv tle Indians and thrown OF.
About three tnlles from tho like wo' cnmpcl
for the night. You do not know how enjoyed
It, haylnE Our supper and breakfast u4It Vt
the snn risns OH t!ls mountains. We hal
our breakfast n,td Tcro rgady 10 start
BY o'clock ID the morning. Soon W.
canic 10 tho Lake fork OF tle GrtnsDu ltlyrr. On
our right WIS 11o river. al'si on our lott was u
Icdge OF rocks oyer thirty feet htEh Ata llts'o
past Ye Hcro 1T Atr. fraliklin'a. W. stop
teY minutes there, aud 70 oil 10 6hersuan, two
infIca from there, AZ va ara goIng. Oh oslh sl1c
ol It's Ia q mountain covered With rock; could not
aee any earth un tt-luHt rork-al they wore
covered sYtth treas. II looked rs though they
Ettw out Ut the roc}ss And oh thu other s,ds was
high mountain that did uot have q tsce OIL ii,
but was covered with KrasB. W. tut to Sher-
man. TlHre Ia notl,is4: tHrn but \ few log
miners had good ctlMEeu to sou all tho mount
uIsik around there. On one sttig tue mountain
was covered 50 slI!ekIy with tinber that It looked
lku large iurcst, mid each trae q little tatsur
-AHa t.'~ ~"As' "~5 ~ ~AtA .oF -
a,ll all spruce trees, ggcelA md they did lootS
splendid. On thu otl!er aide thu mouutalu WIS
mostly covered With rucR.
HWo yet buck 10 Mr.. Franklln's about noon,
atl.i stuY there stl night. Thu ncxt morning We
asart for Lake City, twetye miles trogn Mr.
frknxlIu's. We go ten lAtfss back GU the sutuc
road no cane 0n tile day before. Ny escort
pointed out 10 mo tll9 plncu where he found
lflrSo dead tueu and their grayes nldo II wns
nhs'ut II a'rlnek when We seaclG1 Lake City. At
half.past : We Statt for hotI.u, We eruss tho
main rangu before dark. AMI camp OF Clrar
Crcok for tho n!rht. Detore we aru up Ia ll.e
tnofu.ug hear the camp birds singing. anil
whru We cut our breakfast feed iheIn. They
secm quite tame, Wnnld come very closu for TIL:
crumbs, aMl' when they had eaten all they
wanteh It was funny t0 sec them I'LL t!e!r bills
to lItue for aUAiu oLler time.
We reached hoMe SUNDAY ~ o'clock aftcr
having very pleasant trip ot tilty-aye n1!les
mud return. think II WAS srlcnlII aIl the way
through 1t sreIas A. though .l'u see,lvry
cI,a,lgr.t every hour. Tlicrc WIS something tif.
fetrul all IN: tule- Now, II have llut tired
sou anl gta.l, Alla ole YOU will Ike th!a. Il
Is my tlrst attempt at A',ylhlng or ihe kna bit
hopa yuu can rot some lt!en about ihu country
no passud through. f..
Gatna from tho Panic.
kfftM litFuia.
Looking cAlflltltly 1T thu business situation 0l
this GUlefy tC-tluY, NJ Cn!lpnrGl WILL ulIF rt,s1.