Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-08-30

our narrow lane of water was CLOSED
up again next morning My compan-
ion, with his intense Arctic enthusiasm,
was in raptures, and could not sufli-
ciently feast his eyes with the pano-
rama"
The cairn was reached at 10 o'clock
on September 3, and the provisions,
with the exception of the bread, which
had been spoiled by moisture, were
found in good state of preservation.
An important feature was "the excel
lent red heart rum, improved by its
additional age of six years" 1.-The
preserved Australian beef appeared as
if just prepared, though parts of the
tea, sugar and tobacco were wet and
spoiled" The party left next day on
their return, and one of the incidents
of the day was the "killing of beau
tiful Arctic hare of soft. pluffy white
hair and black tipped hair"
BY September % wolves had located
themselves near the (Greely) station,
their prey being musk oxen. A wolf
weighing eighty-one pounds and hav-
ing LONG white fur, sparsely intermin-
gled on the back with black hair" was
shot almost from the door of the
station, where it had doubtless been
attracted by the pangs of hunger. The
animal measured five feet nine inches
from nose to tip of TAIL and stood
thirty-three inches high. 1--WE were, y
writes Sergeant Rice, "struck with
the great resemblance to our dogs, and
could readily accept the theory that
the Esquimaux dog is only domesti-
Gated wolf. The tracks of both are
similar, and the only difference that
we could detect was in size"
Mount Ovitus was ascended, though
this was attended with much difficulty
as it rises above the snow valleys and
cliffs $500 feet. There was" writes
, Sergeant Rice, something awful in
the impressive scene of desOlatior
/ spread around. No sign of animal OF
vegetable life-bare, desolate and
chaotic; "a world unfinished by the
, hand of its creator and such silence
| am sure that ordinary quiet woulc
J have been an uproar compared to tha
which surrounded us. Eugene Aran
= should have been transported by the
{ poet to such place to give full pla,
: to his study of guilty conscience.
o ually curtailing its light, and on Octo
Der II it disappeared for 1876 days, anc
, in describing this change the diar,
, reads: eve all rushed out at nool
: and, sure enough, old Sol onl.
! showed part of his disk for a few mo
: ments, sprinkling the ice and snow
: with silver and crystals, and then SAN
= lazily back in beautiful glow o
:. warm, rosy colors. 1t was one of tn
: few glorious pictures vouchsafed tn
. Arctic soiourner, but one which carrie,
:. with it too many shadows as w
thought of the night of months whe
y even the recreant sun leaves and
y away with our absent friends at home
: Then succeeded a soft, misty, pearl
a twilinght, merging a few hours late
y into darkness, and each day the tw
. light decreased until, week later, Ju
); piter, Arcturus, Capella and Alph
Gerninorum twinkled dimly at mid
day. In a few days they were joine
y by Mars, Polaris, Vega, Castor an
Pollux and the Cygni.'
% November "a was celebrated rs
i day of thanksgiving" and althoug
: the thermometer was siXty-fivc dc gree
&c below the freezing point the princip;
= event of the occasion was a series {
l. snow shoe races, in which the stake
u were plug and smoking tobacco. Thes
i i were followed by shooting mattel
u the target being lighted candle, an
"a dog team race in harness to slede
81 two miles and return. During tt
u evening"" so the diary continues, "tl
IL prizes were distributed, the con
- mander made "A few remarks and ii
L. le 'cup that cheers was passed arounC