The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-07-14

!. the extent oil my Nimroding.
But hunting Is Of secondary importance
! with me when there are any curiOsities 10
: be hunted, or any adventure TO be made.
And this district abounds In such. Almost
everything Is OF interest, rocks, trees,
springs and specimens from natural his
tory.
On the l4.h Of May II showed several
inches. The men remained about camp
all the afternoon, when each shouldered
bis FiHe and went hunting.
MOUNT STEPHENSON.
About two miles west Of our camp was a
mountain, generally called Mount Stephen
con. 1t Is one thousand feet above the
plateau, or 5000 feet above the sea, being
the same hight as Mount Washington, in
New Hampshire. II stands on the brink
Of the San Joaquin river, about 5000 feet
above it
lnstesd OF accompanying the men hunt.
Ing | decided to climb TO the summit OF
this mountain. One OF the party, a few
days previous, had gone some distance up
its eastern slope and had gwen such u
glowing description OF the scenery, and
such weird and unreasonable account OF
d chaSm 10 the north OF 1t, that was anx-
lOuS TO see 1t myself. The Chasm Is c,n0n
worn along the base Of the mountain by
Stephenson Greek, aud is called Nlbi'riie0.
The man represented It as beipg At least
ten miles deep, and Eatd that vapor, smoke,
darknCss, FIRE and birthstone were coming
up out OF 1t forever and ever. From what
the man said thought that the pit must
be the place that Dante got into when he
and Virgil had thier adventure.
ALAzy tynrAS
Mona If ,ba man would % with m. n.y.
4'0ue =, 'ue 'Iel "0u'u " WIN 'ne, "a
cept a Mono Indian, who said that ne
knew the way. We passed through a long,
unbroken forest Of pines. and a, length
basan ~ ascsnd ,bs n1nrn,air sa
U.e"" "'INN rO We
campea hignef tne tmDeF became more
dwatied aud Gnoy more plentiful. Oar
progress was slow. and 1t took me bali the
time 10 coax the ladian to 20 at all. He
was without doubt The lfztest human
being that ever trod California soil, and
! his Is saying u good deal. lie wanted me
10 tote his cc"n: and insisted upon resting
every ten steps. Presently he began to
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weeks. nc .rHoSca lucy ,9ienI s9iey on a .eH piiu
utes tnpie, Men ;;, su"ueE wv H"ennns =. Ins, ~ y
S!atItu n.rA, GaH e1ca'nGg, .ig, oenVp, ~ ""'' u'
%GVh t1n' 1t % 'i'Io h.S.;apP II, JapP1,d n,s.oa
a'ei iue I"sssu uHUa.nn ..s' .; mn ~. p"s,,n ,,
ituW siRnt, ieoua us ISVL L.i ~ L way up
lne mountain. Don ! naT Iim ~ nInt 10y
patn up cIeviSes III tne cn ;aYa nnu MGts' " W
Iimes ~ WY VI i. nsSshs was vsTs a,I S.n,ar ~ ~
anu InIy atei iVIs sealeiI aau uans9s. .is;s.
Iops Glp0lhs cou'a lge' IRON onepreI.r:.
70 Sh9tnef.
lhere was anosher difficulty, The rarity
Of me air made i hard thing TO get
enough pIeatn. had heard o. pc sons
geiling "tlreu o. drawing breath, but this
was my htst experience ol IT, The air oi
California seems light 70 me on the plains,
ana st tals elevation It was almost I'M
A. aver stsn I;.has u "e. n.o' ~ otI:. ~, IT..
air waS Of lev keenness. and tbs wind
drove it witha vengeance. l soon found
that one Of my ears was frozen, and tied u
Aatdkerchiet around ny head. The
snow, was to the top Of my boots. The
CLOUDS were roiIlng DARK below me, aud
above me was clear sky aud bright sun
lblne. Tue summit was reached at last
leaned against 2 d~aried cedar tiIl re-
covered my Dre4th, snq then looked ABOUT
the Splendid Desolation' ol mountains
looming up everywhere.
A DorroNLEss GULF.
I,,t ovar ,ba hr;nk IN ,ba ,o,,bv,rd
F"Ts 80 ~ 49,,
was the abgssmai guli OF ShHndeo. al:
most started back az looked into its fear.
hi don,,s No ho,,on ,,o. vIu;bla F.o,
'u' "'P'4's' ~ o''tH" ""' ''o'"'e' t'"e
ments oil broken clouus were sweeping
across below me, and deep down all was
hidden In fog. The San JOAQUIN and
Stephenson Greek here unite, as could be
seen by the bend Of the valleys, From the
Itop OF the mountain to the water Is prob.
nbly s OOO feet. Il looks like Il might be
tha, @ mSny NAM miies II ia down. down. down,
az far an sight can 20, and still there IL
no,hin1. nothing bnt swimmipy infinity.
n surely ia well named. for NihIrideo
msans ~ see nothing
Bat, Il doyn the c6asm nothing can be
seen, by h'tlns me eyes, Eorld o. DleaE,
TlIa an .sst ole1Ss ~. nRo tIe v,eS nNS.
the bS sierras Stern " Extend in nj an unbroten chain
from horizon 20 horizon, Although the
mountain on which stood was as high as
any east o. ths MISSISSIPPI, YET II s seemed q
oy O'r rha HeUSas stnrmt";nS svS UsIu's IL ,ba n
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