, 1880-07-21
gequoias Over 800 Feet in Hight, and
100 Feet In Circumference at
the Base.
Tiirty-Two Persons Dancing Together
on Slnoothcl-OT Stump In tho
Calayoras Grove.
The Famous Grizzly Giant " Of the Mari
posa Grove-A Night View In a
Sierra Forest
Special Correspondence Of 1hs Chicago Tribune.

1NTncu IEo1H u AI'p AuaoHB tnS lN1uuuo o'1oehGo
,hoso vrco, y Wncrs i, woril. a scnrcciy
t,-,,.t T., cnrf.,a,,,o,, hoa n olic,i tc ,tI, ri
some time thotr gigantic pFnporttoi,s yet, aside
from a srccnl report or twu by Whitney, Muir,
and other experts. but little TINT is reliable has
ever hce,, nubitshcd. and tho mystery which
yc,ls their extrnon,,pary arowth at,,l production
"a ~, ht ,,ttic nt"rs,omi. Tu1rlsts nt,,l corrf
Ivy, W. h'uI unue1st'" ,, III" a,'
rushed through tho Marposn and Cnla-
ycres groves in Krcat haste; md tho
Information thas gwen 10 .oo W., wosu ...e HIS nes"
for the most pgrt esngHcfatca nho Iice'hp'h,e'
No passing view viii give the trttvcicr an 0do-
Imu ;on"u. Iu .r,oa rno nro m,,st sc,pn III, nowcr.
y se soa a s IN asy By must @
lmone them, Single them out ono by one from
the Immense pines mud cedars which surround
mud c'rcnmtcro"ee, watch tne shadows low, OF osen-
Ing creep tp thotr hugo trunks like srectrcs
~; su..v " thn srr cIra as on ~ cn,nn conscious or
TINT sublime powur and greatness which awes
nnd uplltts like tho presence Of Cnd linn
self, Tho Iodians hnvo tradition that Nature
pronueco tno othef 1Fces ol tae iofeats iF"'n
secds sown In tho ground. but TINT the 0rent
i'm Monuments nf frIs Diy,nity In tho world.
INV n1soovtmy or T,I,, ma T,,Krs.
The M h!story Of thcir discovery w has become
part md parcel Of tic gulle- books ind books of
trnvcl Every ono hus hcur1, now. ru.rlv thirty
Senrs nHo. u hahter' ha''hs ~ounaco oenf, ati'l
while industrlousay IN pursuit, cAmo anidcnly
upon ono Of tho ,hoss famous trees % whose wonarons
ssT S nn 70 q, fGIo. hs ms Sex
scns . n, pm"s 20 s .s -, n ~' u
pa,,ls. snotbornx bis Indignation ,hon, On tho tho
following sunday he returned In vroat husto
from hunt, md, r,'ahsnE cxcttcdly into camp.
exc'ult"ed; "hoys, nave Filled INC
largest erizzly~bear TINT over nnw
,,t,,n =, a"t v,,, ,rana ,,r,,nar,'s
untt'e eouleta'as " ea'' NV nnAo p.epasn s.s.
can possibly 10 SHARED. rs 6eir nssistancc
wifi crr,uir1v 1,e ,,naf,ct Al rim :. 1fp.+r,.,
vorn" hn,1 hv thIs lima ,ucn 1nostlv
r,-,,,+ton ,ho nartv a+,-+,, ,yith tho h,,rt
~ ,,,,,,a wv ,,.;,,,, ~, ~, 10 wy" tar ,rnsa
or US sulde' I'd pt'ns N tne pear. Aeruss
rnvne' a, up an ees t'toush thessa noS
t1nay tho tco,lsr hnItc,1. Hna. no,ntlnr to tho
ro" yttrt an ' y" Ind h"f,r ", is.oyornd % snI II c.
scripct, cried out: "poys. do yon now believe
my bis-tree yarn 2 Tint Il The largo Brixzly
they hui boon cnt,sht by il rusu OF thofr leader,
tholr doubt changed 70 wonder and M,'aze,'.cnt,
tIiau ever impressed with the Wild u.id weird
grandeur Of the slerra. Tho wonderful dIscoy-
h0y3 Art1NG KNOWN to tHq Wf3i5f an HfElElQ
descriptive Of tho trees nppoartl In tho Sonora
Jierul; this copied lnio tho Echo au Pacific,
Of Sun Frnucfscu, nl afterwards into tho Lin.
don IibsuWM9. Other jeurnals and n,nX,zlnps
disseminated tho liuws through their columns,
until now the fame OF tho biz trees has only d
countorpart III that OF tho YDsemitp.
.uryrn.t cntn.rrrn,srrrs
ooo ..,ts,.t"s.. =, ,s.,ss.,
Soon nlIer tuer olsGoV,ery. ~ isnRsn nntanlslt
na 4 or OF 1n9 aa9 pk ak ornn hea t@S n ex s res
,E.Mu.In ~ u1Ia 3! us1anet. % ms iosh's s ny" kenIs. k.
6ut, on the,r n9ins shown 70 bGloi,E to . family
aifsady slassinea ana aesollheu. ZIP hatno SG-
s.n!in g1paMNn PMS nsoii n,i'vsessAt!y apptca.
knGWjl. there Mfc elxht or nlao setaT1tc groves
~ tnu staso' ann thes4 a afo ious3 q' tno WESTERN
Sopn Oh ing s!efra. lne nltiinue u from O'Mu -
wv teet nDnsc the tca. ana tAoy nfe Hlw1lya
!ssoolated with y Krsatur number ct other trecs
lng Sood sost. llght niastao
tnu lo9ks Ike cedar. THO bArk 10 deeply curr!l,
fhtc long1tldl'lHliy, mn 81 sponKy ~ 10 tc Bea
.or pn.Ghsh:9tsa: Inc or1!Ichca sel4on 4ppenr
H!ow l0O of !o iect !rf'en tue GROUND, NM! snSot
..s C ~ ~ uneay t, rn1, 't ,bn.a ~ ~ ~ t"A: . nmr
trcs nnI ~ t f,w"r I,r, ntt,t.s ~ thN nrt,.r nt
r., nwi,.s nnnnst .urh nfi"r ~, iittis, .ia,~a.
AID tf,f,sc rrr,,winr IN hr,,t,cLna which i,%rtt
hmwerTI trirmrJir II, shnnc. nnI ivins
limo lawn ~ fnn attn,. ;i,ss sots,s or,3 r.
,MrGontr rnr tbcir 1i.ni",,tfvr aIso no,,,,s ,,nt