The Portland daily press., 1880-11-03
On the Plains.
Pilgrims Remarkable Adventure with
l.tz& Some Learned Bullwhackers.

Pilgrims Remarkable Adventure with
5-fz& Some Learned Bullwhackers.
| tLock Malone in October Californian
| fefhaps every person who is somewhat all
vanced in life can remember some incident of
his early life which he would really like to for.
get, something that resulted from the fresi,-
ness and vast inexperience of youth. remem
Der one which l have spent a good deal of
Time trying to forget. Just before the Union
Pacific railroad reached the Bitter Creek coun-
try made my first overland trip to theIPacifc
coast Istsgedit it from, the then terminus OF
the Union Pacific to the Central Pa cific which
was pushing East. The stage broke down On
Bitter Creek, and the passengers mad to walk
| to the next station. grew tired of walking
beofre reached the station, aud coming late
IN the afternoon to where some teamsters were
camped, concluded to stop with them for the
night. On asking them to let meihey asseated
SO heartily that felt at home at once. Life
III the West was something new to me. was
young and buoyant and just out of college.
was fond of talking. 1 thought it would be
novel and delightful to sleep out with these
half-savage ox-drivers, with no shelter but the
vaulted, star-gemmed heavens. There were
Iour teamsters and as many wagons while
thlrty-two oxen grazed around in the vicinity
VI the teamsters,one was giant i'm stature,
and wore bushy black beard; another was
shorter, but powerfully built and one-eyed:
the third, was tall, lank and hame jawed
while the fourth was wiry, red-headed man.
In my thoughts pitied them on account of
the hard life they led, and spoke to them in a
kind tone, and endeavored 10 make our CON-
yersation instructive. plucked a flower and
pulled it to pieces, mentioned the names of the
parts-pistIl, stainens, caix and so on- and re-
marked that it must be indigenous to the To-
cality, and spoke of the plant as being endoge-
nous, in contradistinction to exogenous, and
that they could see that it was not cryptooa-
nous. In looking at some fragments of rock
my thoughts wandered of into geology, and
among other things l spoke of the tertiary and
cafDo 'lferous periods, and of the ptero-
dactyl, lchhyosaurus and dinothuriam. The
teamsters looked at me, then at ca ch Other. .but
made no response. We squatted down around
the frying-pan to take su pper' and as the bic
fellow, with his right hand, slapped or sort Of
larruped, long piece of fried bacon over a
piece of bread in his left hand, sending dron
OF aot grease in my left eye, he said to the one
eyed man:
bill, is my copy of Shakespeare in yo wag-
on? missed it to-day"
''No. My Tennerson and volum of the J,.I.
ian poets is In thar-no Shakespeare"
The lank looking teamster, biting off niece
OF bread about the size of saucer. said tn the
big man, in voice that came huskily through
the bread,
Jake, did you ever read that volume of
po ms that writ?'
NO, but I've often hearn tell on EN-"
eyes" -1""'
''Hev read every line in it a dozen timesu
said the teamster with the red hair; and as he
sopped four inch swath with piece of bread
across the fryingpan, he repeated some lines.
"Them's they" nodded the poet "The
Lmper1r oI Ahustry sent me letter highlyom
They're very techln'," added the wiry
man. way
took no part in these remarks. Somehow
did not feel like joining in.
The wiry man having somewhat satisfed
his appetite, rolled up piece of bacon
rlnd into sort of single barrelled opera glas,
and began to squint through it toward the
northern horizon
What yer doin', Dave?" asked the stout
nan.
VI, Iakln' observations on the north star.
want ter make some astronomical calkerla-
tions when L get into Sackrymenter.'
Wen, yer needn't ter made that telescope.
as haint but one eye''
Git out, yer darned old carboniferous ptero-
aactyl, yelled the hame- jawed driver to An .
OK that was licking piece of bacon.
give good deal OF my time to 'stronmy
man. VOL"
Over thar long?" asked one.
~, Good while. Was Minister to Rooshy.
Anen mp spent some time down to Rome"
kome! calculated the lank individual.
Was born thar My father was a sculptor,
GOOD SCULPTOR"
"Well, one wouldn't a tbouobt :, 80 ,o.,,
yer:" ~ " ''oA a.
Il never was in Yoorup" remarked the one-
eyed man. when occupied the cheer Of an
clent languages in Harvard college nv health
1alled, and the fellers that had me hired
wanted me TO go ter Yoorup for an out, but
concluded to come West to look-Hold nm
thar, yer internal ole fiea-bitten ichtysaurus.
cover. ""so"
@ ieit hot and feverish and a long way from
Il got ready ter go ter Rome-wanted tor
What for?'' Np'
ginny.S s"' "o' III VIZ
Yer beat 'em?''
Ihunder, yes.''
Why didd't yer stay thar?o
Ven, when my job as guv'ner give oul
.ney Iecteo me .Piscopal bishop, an 1 hurt
lungs "0'' luz my
Found emp
We'll, Pm improving
L did not rest well that night As day came
on, and the men began 10 turn over in
'helr ssI, oianRets and yawn, the tall one said:
Hello, Bill. How yer maxim it?''
On, I'm indigenous"
I'm endogenous."
NJ, +
Exogenous."
How yer feel Jake?" inquired one of the
three who had responded. " '"'
Cryptogamous, sir, cryptogamous"
walked out a few steps to a little stream to
get drink. Il felt thirsty and ached. Then
heard voice from the blankets:
wonder if them burned dintoher'ums
OF ours are done grazin'?"
Then reply:
guess they've got to the tertiary PERIOD
~. walked little piece on the road to breathe
the morning air. w '''''"0
kept on.