, 1880-05-07
A "TENDERFOOT." !"
TIla pilgrimage TO tho Gtltnlaon.
Tb ths Editor of ms Chttnpo Tribune.

IA AAAASAS A<ApA OVAt
Ills pilgrimage to tho Gtlnniaon.
1b ths Editor of 1hs Chtthpo 1fibunt
S1t.vEn CIrrf, Gaia, April 30.-I hayo been
over to {;unnison City altl Ruby Camp, md
will give y0u n short sketch OF my pllgrfnl-
uge Six out of twelve went through. rllo
0tllor six-pnor fellows ws!-tirned up their
toes to the dnisies, md fell by the wayslde.
We started front Silver Cliff on the fFt OF
April,-n very significant day for start for
the t;,ulnIsoM country. Eaclt ono bought
b,rro. THAT your rcatlers may know what II
b,irro IL, will explain. Durr0 IL q Spanish
word which, translated, ,neans "ass, which
Is very appropriate word for tllis country.
Ms 1t Is full Of nssrs.
Wo gathered our hurros on Gilt street,
III this city, and bcgan to loal tlienl with our
bnEgage. After few honrs OF pulling, kick
ing, anil "tlamnlflcattng,"-th is, swear-
ing,-our task was completcd. It may
seem strange to your readers TINT l.
an old deacon OF twenty years. standing
should swcar; SO please let 1le explntn agaiil.
These horses never henr anything else but
curses and outI,s, and hence it Is utterly ln-
possible to control them with ordinary Eli
gtistl; so I lad to swear. They all do it out
here, Iii the land Of asses and lying.
After four.and-a-half days journey, VIC
reached Saguache pronounced Snwasll),
whore we dropped into the post-ofllce Our last
message to oir friends In tho East, leaving
our last Wills and tcsta1nents with friend
III this p1nce,-yea, our Now and Old Testa-
n,e,,ts also, for suel books nre unknown
here, aud nny man possessing such q book
becomes Mt once tell ttnys' woitlGr. u
THUS strengthened and acelInlntetl, VIC turn
Gunnisonwnrd. Tl,e route has often been
marked ont for tho Eastern press, 80
l will not recapitulute. We had not
proceeded fnr, however, wien it be-
sv u4 pfbf5 ba1s 5act fstn a nt Of f % ss mst
leptli OF snow over tho mountains. So VIC
prepAretl for the parting by taking oycr our
plcks OH our own bncks, and giving our
sf9s t% te m charge od o nds;5g Hs returning Ss aag
full tocs not express the feeling. For nearly
n hntf4tay we could hear the inelodlous md
rhythmic lie-iln Ut the faithful burros, ny 1t
echoed and rctchoed through the mountain
a lny's travel proved TO us that unless we
put Oil stl0w-shoes, we, too. would be buried
III tim snow, at 4 depth varying from ten to
S @ eS a eee WH sls e. favsi It sh e. we hsf Tie
snow was hard. ard each o,le put on sn0v-
shoes, which Ind bcel. provided ut tbs begin
Ring Of. the Journey. It WIS tho arst time
II LII t tHhn 1,,t t;|,o fs.r start,r~ s,,t'
NIL went merry US Il .ulafrlagc-bell for m
hour. OF course. there were tulnollng,
double andsrings gyratn'g 'gg, a n sSne ext5a IT,.
..ngzv rn 1r;ias ~ o tia % inat tIM liz .m;t ii
rillml.--wEtatnyer that ls,-nnd. after sliding
some ten miles with velocity Of q thousand
nllcs lte od le stoppedt snor5; IKE
IN H. a:,.nmIsnn u Thn-s3ertI,ess oS ill., atom
was caused by Ills trying the difficult feat Of
gong n9tn SUES OF 1ree a. !o sa.ae i. LINE.
IT, a s1a.s ~, ~ .I aso "s amd ~ fnrthar SrT
@ psen pElfsM sta ~ o.i,rna ua tv1f III Hi,,
S e TIE successful @ M t, Winner e t'f III fsat
dlKfgss. ~ ,,o,r tno tree and o,tb.
cfT t m t fragsnts III ooke @ f; ronia a % rom
ny meS III s'taton aon bafapss ef s snitoTf 1cavino
OF Iho,a maa go"e y oeav "Im2rt 4ho3r ns iEitSl
y ychp pffls trea ,mofe mEta ~ Y te fe wftht1 dny
res! hlX rst.,aiynefn~l w. II II Wnt t r. r.
trna naI p ,sseii ~ ntacr M; 9 i'h 'e
''g iTnvnr SI bcen u I IN no.t I'm ays our nro-
VIII, vengeance; s9 We hasnned dn an
soon ct1i,lG IN slEht or the pronlSea lnna,
Hanwg n Ms o Fly rr,e H i,sf dov haca,,sn
"9 s a s vas I s"fe 81 @ f's asteea az ls to 'SSy RaSy
Camp. Whlch place %e Ieacnea, afa went Ip 70
Rfs,pee tong M y, fno Ioooi ShoM Was q th apous ,Sa
tnaf!Y leet osep p 9n tho t tSHel. LIS Isl is de wy
w d.a II: Mo a1g k 10 tho t gIounia, mss pu'ieu c..
up uae grass y py the TOOLS, anu, anu o. on
ench root Would De. On an average,
from oi,o 10 w nugge5SS aS o. E9d o 0no st1Ke
| we maae: we 1ouho y" Rola pleces hahghs
10 ine gfass. es,, l. =, .ho 1,a,or p.,o,...,on :,
but what Is tho dltiere!leeH Eaeil Of Hs vs. hGa q!
s0t.gnn: aaa Wct1 H9 N4Ry ~ limp IN IT, tao
eold Iy M tae tci1. pldn't " fslk 5!K sGoat
Gieh1alng G9tt tne uteS JUST tn'rly uays iIolla
dataY Didn't our sisters, ana a our cousins, CO @
nhh our is!nIs applaun o9tE courage nlla nGfo-
isu,. ehI wei. We hadn't stald IN Kn6y
EMn.9 long oetofe TWO prospectois were
e wn 1f GG e'f @apH
the news renchcd Us, kind OF coldneSs came
9yer us, and we thought ,, Of our chi!tlilooa
days, nnd nt our wives ana WldoWe
ut home, ai1d w c9ncluded that Wo
were ncedeu Will them. .+ VI course r.s
wy were dyng 70 tight tho ptes
| h{lt. fHn11, Sn0lllu WH n{1t lkA men. 10 l0111E