Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-02-16
NUMBER 81.

shoW among the sage Dfllen would be less.
Before we had taken three steps into II, how
ever, we found our mistake, and that It was
considerably more. We found here among
this brush the tracks of one poor little rab-
bit. We followed them in the hopes Of bet
ter results. We soon got above those sage
brush, and among 500, ,Oo0, 600 0o0, ,O00, 600 900
tracks. We picked out the freshest looking
among them, and followed 1t at-as we were
forced to believe Afterwards distance of
about forty miles, We followed another.
After we had followed it about $50 miles, it
ended abruptly into q hole-the rabbits
home, no doubt. We pushed down into the
hole as far as our gun would reach, and find
ing the rabbit mot at home," we proceeded
forty or sixty miles 'onward and upward"
still on the trail of the animalhhat "hss no tail
at all, only little bunch of ha'r," to the top
of the mountain. (We're sorry that we had
no surveyor along with us to find the exact
distance we had travelled, but the distances
given are only rough guesses of our own,and
the figures are not to be relied upon entirely
as to the height Of the mountain. 1t may not
have been more than 200 miles high; but it
was an awful high mountain-probably a
mile or two less than 200 miles-bigger than
two or three Pilot Knobs, anyway From
the top Of this mountain-which is only
small one compared to its comprehensive
could see the Uncapahgre mountain, dis
tance (by actual measurement, not ours) Of
200 miles; We could look upon the ''great
distributing point" Gunnison City, in all its
glory; we could see the mountains all around
us for distance of fifty miles, all dressed In
their virgin whiteness; we could see the riv-
er, up the valley, wooded on either side with
and gaunt trees, at distance Of
ten miles. (This Is the only part of the valley
that affords trees.) The SUMS bright rays,
etc., making scene of beauty and splendor.
The mountains, about their bases, grow an
unlimited amount Of sage brush, but higher
up no vegetable growth is found. On the
tops of the mountains small stones and rock
abound. Cat the top is the only place we
have found rock, but perhaps that Is because
OF the snow, which is not nearly SO deep at
the top as elsewhere.)
Well, after reaching the top oflthis hill and
looking at the panoramic view surrounding
us, we noticed-jnst on the other mountain
what appeared to be rabbit tracks by the
million. That was where we wanted to 20,
no doubt. We started. After taking about
twenty-five steps-Lord! how nice It was
walking do,on hill-we suddenly sunk into
the snow, waist deep u vr VIZ ESkers, anyway, so
We turned about to go back. But 1t was not
SO funny as some might think. The snow
was hard on top. We bad not been
aware of this fact until we suddenly found
ourself buried In it; and now that we wanted
to go back, it broke as fast as our weight bore
upon it. At last we got on our hands and
knees, making progress sufficient to reach
the top of the hill once more, in a short time.
We then proceeded along the top, and ran all
over the hill, but with no success, further
than tracks; so we concluded to return home.
After forming this conclusion, and starting
for home, we happened to look over on an
other ridge and see rabbit. He was about
five miles of. We thought perhaps we had
better not shoot at him as we might only
wound him, which we were not harden
ed enough to do, and being too tiyS,a
after it, we went our weary way b.
swearing vengeance on all bit-which
time we went-if we saw any. prise
After all, we were not disconsolate a. our
bad luck. We had done no worse than
Messrs. Scovill, Bishop, Chas. Tetwiler, and
others had done, with the exception that we
failed to run across the lucky small boy from
whom to buy cur game; it's too cold out here
for them.
In our next we will tell of our saore sue
cessful trips; and, Mr.. Editor, we send you
pair of ears; they're off the first jack rabbit
we killed. CULVER.
GUNNIsON CITY, COL, Feb. 4, 1882.