The Red Cloud chief., 1884-09-12
Fnox CALIFORNIA

70 nv friends:
In remembrance of your kind wish
e. and desires | am happy 30 announce
TO you nj! that oe arrived M this city
ON last Thnrsday, safe and sound.
feeling splendid. and not at all "a
tigued t,y cur pleasant journey through
the states.
San Francisco IL called the City If
the Golden Gate, and indeed think it
i. well named When YOU 90 up on
Telegraph Hill, the city is magnificent
To behold. But long before you la,e
reached the city you will begin 10 form
grand ideas and expectations from
what you see III the country along the
roadway. The fields and orchards all
betoken thrift. prosperity and wealth.
will speak of our journey, which wa
20 very pleasant, with u one ezcep
ton, anu that one was a joke ON
Schneider" We left Denver on the
22nd inst, and visited Colorado
Springs, Manitou. IS miles south Of
Denver, at the foot of Pixies Peak.
The springs, five III number, are in
close proximity 20 the hotels, and will
afford you great pleasure and amusc-
ment To see the strangers taking their
first drink from those mineral springs.
The water boils up. and is thoroughly
impregnated with iron, some soda, and
other salts. Near by you will hrd
Williams Canon, which [ would like
10 describe. However, il is thr, u.Ii
this that you visit the noted cave Of the
winds, which is found under the cap of
a mountain, some 90 or 30 feet above
the roadway, and is reached by q trail
leading up TO a stairway, winch brings
you TO the natural bridge over rfis
vast crevice in the rocks, making the
entrance TO the cavepook unique and
beautiful. What is tlaimed for this
cave is variety Of sc.nery, and its cur
ious formations. In this think It has
no rival, and but few equals. All this
may be c by registering your name
and paving M dollar, and going in.
But before you 60, don't forget to take
your robe and candle along, for with
all the light you have on the subject
YOU, with the rest, will be somewhat
i.ewildered, and exclaim as others have
done, Il declared" The cave consists
of many different apartments, viz:
Canopy Hall, Cascade Hall, The Bridal
Chamber, Old Maids Kitchen, The
Bottomless Pit, Music Hall, Boston
Avenue, and many others. In these
halls are those formations, peculiarly
noticeable for their resemblance la
faces of man and animals, pigs ear,
slice Of bacon, Lots wife, icy curtain.
IN almost every apartment. Then
there is the Ute Pass, and Rainbow
Falls The Garden OF the Gods, which
is only about three miles from Mani
tou, is grand. Here i'm This sarden ar
many curious and grand things viz:
castle Rock. Balance Rock, The Old
Man of the Mourta,Is, which remind
ed nee IN some way of Ben Butler.
Two miles from this place is Glen
Eyre, a beautiful glen, the home of
General Palmer, and his beautiful
summer mansion. which cost a quar-
ter of ~ million. From there we start
cd for the railroad at Colorado Springs.
and FOR Salt Lake City. We soon came
to the ARKANSAS River, and what is
known rs the Grand Canyon. and it is
Just what It's name implies. The rocky
hills rise up on either side like giants
III the sky Next we came TO make
the ascent of Marshalls Pass, that is.
10 cross the Rockies. The pass is IS
miles over. and the height 1000 feet.
which makes a grade of some 300 10
500 feet TO the mile. Now, l must say
the sight Is a grand one, while standing
upon the e a platform or the train.
to see the two locomotives off on the
curve ahead of You. While the air
grows sharper, your breath shortens. |
and those engines wheezed, pulled. and
groaned with all the energy Of life. |
When You have reached tnat point
you may then he called one of the peo- |
pie IN the higher circles of life. Then
down the other side we came TO the
country, and for fifteen
mics you follow the Gunnison River.
winding as 1T does through this giant
fissure IN the solid granite of the Rock
les, castles and spires rising thous-
ands of teet above you. straining the
eve 10 follow their soaring heights.
Next came something else. and that
was "a washout near Salida, and That
was where the joke came i'm. the train
being stopped, and | was informed thai
i nau iours TO 50 up town and get
breakfast, lunch and coffee for my
wife. SO / went, and the train went too
and l got left. However, two tek-
grams served to make reconc;lis,ion
with my better halt. SO l took the next
train and joined her at Grand juno
ton, agreeing henceforth to travel to-
gether. Western Colorado and Utah
IS very dreary and dry, but near Sal, |
Lake is some nice country. with fine
crops and fruit. As we neared tbe |
city We crossed Jordon and heard it
roll We were much pleased with Salt |
Lake City. and viewed it with a great !
deal OF Interest. We were in the Tab. |
%ernacle, which is 233xl33 feet. and "a
feet high, and y seating CAPACITY of ID
600 10 $4,000. The new temple which
has been in process of erection for 2O
years, Is o BOG feet long, 200 high, |
II walls % feet thick, all made out of
me granite. In the walls are statues
ct Smith, Brigham Young. and en-
taens OF different kinds. We were at +.
Ameila's Palace, the Bee Hive where
Dung died, also his grave. His grave |
which Is out in and old back lot, looks
K a deserted hog lot. The Bee Hive
house is in a series of buildings walled
In by a big stone wall. | don't know ,
why this is called the Bee Hive. hut
presume it is because the women that |
30 IN and out are az thick as bees. and |
the 'azy old men may well be called
tne drnnes of the hive. Many other
'Hlhgs OF which | have not time to |
speak came under our observation. |
Inc beautiful lake and snow covered
Wasatcn monntains looked nice, From |
there TO Ogden. and over The C. p. TO