, 1880-07-04
OVER M0UNTAIN-TRAlLS
py Freight-Wagon Across the San
.Juan Range of Mountains.
rha Natural Parks of Colorado and
New Mexico.
.~x..nond,nte Of The Chicago Tribune.

.,,u.s CITY, tolo., J"tle --.-1 nc '47r1
,'n,..1 travel uyer all the railroads leattlhs
eeu sa co,orado mineral districts Is In itself
10 uo .,:.hIe evidence of the filth Of man i'll
1e'la1 1,,t n hoom. Trains and hotels south and
acu4ln - nonyer are crowded to oyertiowlng;
"es1o "e1..no-1u.s are oyerrun with business
Ne ,'s:,,, frright-wagons are called INTO
au .,.;t;nn to transport the evel-1ncre.as-
ieQ"l ieQa.,,,l of fortnne-seekers. The scarcl'er
ms 1,or,nzas who would find 1lis fortune
a'Ns ,,art Of the San Juan country, Will III
i'll 49,. ;,:tanccs be torred to content himself
A'o7s s',' s,,ch accommodations as freighting
VIZ "'.,;shr,pnt can offer, unless he fortunately
es1*.v ~....ses private conveyance. The ma
N In not POSSESS this luxury: coilsc-
],,,. ]oils, t,py stow thensAlyesaway with other
a";, a:n,,:. un,i. IN addition to paying Il round
l',. fr ,,assasa, the; are privileged TO pro-
su" .,,, fnk their own yictua1s, lay down
WY Wv, t,te in thcir beds and walE-a good
',D If the tine; and TO feast tIleir eyes upon
ae.4 ..aaIth If river, mountain, nlll woodland
s,,c, as rarely falls to the lot OF tiib
'a,o, seon such has been niy experience for
'>a, ,,as. and, while there were some Ill
:..,ia ". drawbacks 10 the pleasure OF the
e.. T. has been, on the whole, not only i'll
up p,.t,r hut Instructive and eXliilatat!1ig-
~ S,,a,s. OF Rpnssclaer, lnt(., and myself,
,,.o,.. the uniy two passengers oooacd
PEI: .'s1YEiss' EMPRESS" Il"
...;u,,t-,va.x,n and four llorses}, from
.nu,ss - OH the 18th INST. We left
aa'no>''; .;..a ,itr uf the San Luis Valley
that active c't " -. +,,,+ ,1.,,- .na wa;,t
VI, the afternoon u ,'AN ""s, eA1. A,.sa
IN camp OIL. tie Daak ol Al'.'1l's''
River in the evening: ,''t' j. AZ nn c,n;'' n;,,'s
saak,ns rxis p washing dishes, attending to the the
lmrses and other necessary uui'cs, oa'
slpru was sweet, anu "gruo :. hish!S rel-
;ssad t.meos Greek was reached ut noon
lslea. n '.vt t ;1ay md furlel with sunle titti-
the heA' ~. r1hs' stream is nearly four
cals' GUY ;,oer and the current .rnpid. Our
1tet ui'ta.},,I one Of the lcati-lhniSeS, aud
u..v, t'.a,sI in:o the creek. by making dctonr
laGs"tIi l.as t.isscri.,inc dozen angles, we finally
ana.hpn nu The so,lth side without 1hishap, alll
d.,snsi aatsrs,i the old Mexican Town of Cenrjos,
''af elelenf aloIr huts, hig!, winds, giil-lmillS,
sl!ast slsta,ts and q general air OF ticc;ly. We
,:,.",r.1 only long enough to purchase
sn,,,e NECESSARY provisions, anu were on
asain. The wind blew hurricane, @ aaau'
were it not for our g1Sgles;-A seai rlecs
sary adjunct Of travel III u'ai ;,i T.: t,,e
dust Happily, tnl' dscolg't, 80, n., ,.o,,,'t,;,, ~
end as we BEGAN tne ascr u +,e l, ,,,,.Itrars
We camped that night nnue! 1ne p1lit.s!tfts t. ~
and IN the morning started star again ior tae
summit Neea aa''l,.1r.n aaa .rz. ro w.1ro
n,+ .: s ,rss mEne not % fet rs priyation The air
,as erb;iar3tine and the constantly-enlarg-
;see M"' .:;s;nn ri landscapes many miles away
mm.nt,aijze,l m e, fatigue. At 10 o'clock We had
+r.ani,"d ncint commanding the San Lois
Valey, Conejes Alamosa, , distant 4; Sierr:. aa:
.'s oL,;,, ~ ,,,onntrfnS mora
ieea, iea, anu ! . Kindred rnr " miles to tic
tnst s.I.atl tie1r sn.n,nits almost lost in
1le blne haze: while the nearer hills. coy
cred With luxuriant green timber, added !, a
1--WE sscentied' the more beautiful the picture
uut;i at iast ~ avenino- shadows gathered oil
tha In i.toms Il i te ave satiated with SO much
NJ rranieilr' eiadly Sought relief in the con-
tsm,,IatiI,n nf fhe material duties Of the tiue.
yer j. Rio Gra,,de Railway was crossed in
the evening; and as we toiied up pre Gae n1 Iae ne
ce!yed my first impressions anu reauzh1onS
Of the true i,lwardness Of 3.
THE GENTLE nuLLwlIAcKER
who has Ills abidIng-place in Colorado. The
oatbs ' of The genial pirate, and tie curses
and and, naIeIiicti1l,s M Of tie most amiable and
enurt.n,,s ar,ny-mu)e driver, sink into rilirll-
Ir,,s il,sirnificarce when compared With the
vocabulary Of explctiyes employed by the
1lnn1itiy1ted brutes who drive the OK
tturls Of Colorado. We arrived at
where M ox-team-or more properly, la
CoIu1-1tin. buIJ-teanl-was stalled. Armed
Witl, - Win If annie length and thickness,
attached to- 4 handle of proper ca]ibre and
shar,timnted at tie butt, the bullWllacker
,sx; aGss8f to fos reason m srt wtt " Whda W Woa is
YOUR rotten tripe, I'll jerk the
rn,tnu dayljrhts out of YOUR internal