The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-08-07
THROUGH fHg UTE PASS To
LEADvgLLE.

Leaving Colombo Springs in Q
wagon for Lesdvilie. I took the Uie
pass route. Turning OF 70 visit the
Garden Of the Gods. tsilly name) l was
greatly disappointed IN the scenery OF
this famous misnomer. The gush thaa
hiss b~<n written about Pixies Peak
and the surrounding country 10 aston
ishing. That . person fsmiliar vith
the mosnt.ins Of mort heru Nsv York.
Pennsylvania. Virgisia. Vermont. Csli-
fornis AID Washington Territory
should 70 into 40 scsss'ic condition apd
gush in print over the barren wsss Of
desoiste rocks that ere knaWa in Colo
rsdc - the Front rssgs. u snsxing.
IL these people cans from the prairie
lsnds Of the wssters Sites. snd he'd
never before sees Any elevation Of the
earth excepting the @ousds thrown up
by gophess. or those suppnsed IN have
been built BY the sxfiuct rsce Of mound
buiis3sss. there vsuld b cone excuse
for their gushing over the grandeur
and beauties Of the Rocky Moautsias,
seen for . frst time sfter . lsng jour.
ney over the h"t. dusty plaius of wsst-
ern Kanssssnd eastern Colorado. Bot
the gushing may be bene6cisl 10 them
ia d,stracting their attents0o from the
wretchsd hntels Of the pretty town Of
Colorado Springs.
The wagon road from Colorado
Spring. to the South Park follows .
canyon that winds shrOagh the moun-
tsiLs Snow clsi mountain peaks are
always in sight. A roaring brook Of
clear ice water foams over iss rocky bsd
by the side OF tho road. Wherever the
canyon widens, and there 10 piece Of
grass isnd. . bowsstesder has built .
log 6ut and Q fence enclosing the
meadow land. Generally . corral ssd
. rough shanty called . camp houss
have been srectsd also. The owner Of
this collection OF hovsls cuts hey. sells
cora ard tries TO induce the freigh htess
to stop over plight with him He sells
whiskey, bottled lesr. aud 'csarsd
goods. aud the once beautiful spots
are nos Uttered with Thousands Of bat.
tered tau cans. beer bottles, aud bot:les
b-srins the flaming sign OF red gasss
cocks ready for colsbst. Deed mules
and horses in various slaies Of dec0ln-
position, or unconsumsdaess by wolves.
lie about these ranches. This 9th and
smell loudly proclaisa that the white
American lives in these pretty. mouo-
tain glens The scsnery in the Ute
Pass is far superior to that of Colorado
Springs or Msnitou T.sr~ are few
fsh in tho brooks. Through tbs south
Park the scenery IL beautiful. though
wherever . white man has settled and
built fencss and houses. there 10 with.
out any exception = scene Of desolation.
filth aud slime. The banks Of the
brooks have been tramped isto quag-
nirss by cattle; cans, bottles, dead ami.
mails and litter made by feeding hun.
dreds Of teams. all offend che eye.
Here l will stAts fact have known
Tor years, but have had shsrply i'm
presssd on ms again on this trip. The
much.vaunted hospitality Of the
Western man 10 utter bosh. The men
who hunt tho country over far little
piecs of meadow land. Who build
houses and fences along the wagon
roads. are, ss = clsss. the a.ost avAfi
cious. grssping men in the world. 1fa
farmer Of New Hampshire or Maine
should refuse to allow . traveller TO
water team q tired. thirsty. horses st
his we'll. giving - reason for the re-
fusxl that be did not want his pump. ~
the pully the rope runs ever in open
wells, worn oak he Would bs hsld sp
- . sample Of Yankee meannsss.
Twice I vss Refused water on this trip
Tor those ressons. Many Of the men /
paced ssad met told @s shey ha3 bess
charged for the use of punps and wsli
buckets. Let the prevalent belief N
the hospitality Of the West b. rsplsosa
by The knowledge that the ssttlsrs are
Q race Of ghssls, living by charging
tfavslers sxorbitant prices for the ns-
cessariss Of life for man end animal.
Without money. traveller veuid
starvs TO death along any Of the reads.
I do not speak Of the miners. bat of the
agricultural frssbooters Of the ssa-like
plaius and rarks Of The aeustains.
Evsryvhsss the cattle we're wFstchsdly
poor. At every house. alnose. . den
'Baled Hay fSr Ssle.' WAS displaysd.
The greedy sauchmen wers selling hay
st from tl5 70 $50 par ton. and their
cattle we're dying 81 starvation around
the fodderlsss cosrsls.
The South Park 10 beaatiiuL Hills
clad in the dark and svss9iesns Eiss
above the brewa lsvel like islands.
sssong brooks ripple oyse rocky eedas
Wild ducks hy iroa pool 70 poel 9
clear water. apd- gssas 1ooks sef gulls
hy soolding alsng ths edoss a tAs
crssts: deer and antelope scusy qyss
the plains in the distaoes.
From the South Park the wagos
road follsvs the casyoa q Tsoat Crsek
% the ArkansAs river. Jhie ea1yoo =
oss Of The nsss bssasifll / hAv0 svUE
seen A. The bssd Of the creek. % the
divide between Trout Greek and Sooth
Park, cosl crops esk The creek V we'll
stocked uith trout thst. With oooeoeal
asps Of their tails. rsfussA The salt
pork s6ersd - thom - bai1
All aloog the road from Colespdp
Springs 70 Lsadvills ths equine vjcttas
oil the L~advills fever were lyisg b
the roadside. IL shs canyoa = TrUut
Greek I counted over sixty three dsad
hor,<s end maiss IN N aftsrscosi {
drive Of ten niles. Near Lsadvills ]
ssv thissy-eessa dead mules ia ons
heap. The horss asd mule 6ssh bad
paid dearly for mans dssire to saddes-
bueus Vsta, % the Askasas river. \
. ~u.hroom sova Of lo94 slabs spd