The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-07-11
A sMorHERED VOLCANO.
Snakes Killed ON q Canadian MOuu.
tain by Habter sAneMn Fires.


tain by HWbters AneMn Fires.
TOttawa Despatch In New York Sun, juno 29.l
A most startling story comes to light here
A party of five young gentlemen from the
maritime provinces. nndsr the guidance Of
an Indian guide. left here two weeks ago to
hunt in ths ManitOu River district, in the
Northwest Territory. To-day the i've sports.
men returned Oh rJuts for hOms. They
brought no game, but instead came bur-
dened with most marvellous story Of burn-
ing mountain In their hunting district. The
names of the yonng men are Sutton, vii.
hanson, Van Horne, Gibbs, aud Alex
ander.
The district in which they went hunting
lies about fifty miles south Of the Canadian
Pacific Railway track from Brnle, on the
high lands near the Manitou River. This
locality I. inst north Of the United States
boundary line from Black Dnck Lake in
Minnesota. They report having left Brnle
in company with their guide, iOurnsying
southwark. After trsvsrsing some distance
they met monntaineer's family on the way
iutO the town, with all their goods aud
ohattels packed on two lean looking horses.
The mother carried o sick child In her arms,
and two little tow-headsd girls toddled
along barefoot after the father. Two sons
and daughter lad the way.
Their appearance showed that they were
leaving hastily for some reason, and they
told the hunters that they wsro facing the
region In which they had lived on account
Of ''soms terrible Are." They said that
they had lived on patch al cleared ground
on mountain side, whose bass formsd q
portion Of the ManitOu Rivers bank that
the terrible ara was somewhere over hshind
| or in under the mountain, that no smoke
was visible, but that the was sitting and
the river at certain points 80 hot that the
6sh died In II. The FIRST ihtimation that the
father, whose name Is Malcam, hal 0f this
strange phenomenon was the unusual sight
Of great number Of dead tish In tbs Mani.
tou. The ios In the river In IT, ,,,n,.
date Vicinity had br"i,an up earlier than
usual th!s year, but the men hal bas,,
greatly surprised 10 hnd that both abovr
and below tho places where they lived the
loo had remained the normal length of time.
Strangely hot winds Also came dow into line
valley, wh'.a elsewhere the atmos pliere was
.. wintry ohilliness.
The hunters found that abont a mile fnr.
ther up the stream the mountain side where
II extended under ths river he'd hsuams no
hot that II heated the water, which flows
slowly theya, until steam rose from the sur.
faos near the hanks. This was family no
ticeabie Tor short distance further up, bat
beyond that the water by degrsss resumed
It's normal state. The atmosphere was found
to bs yssy warm, and the slightest exeriion
caused psrspiratiOn. Close to the spot where
tue farmer had lived tina hunters found the
air b be almost sitting, and there also the
earth was too hot In places 10 touch with the
hand. Nothing else was noticeable, The
mountain being bleak and bare from win
tor, but further hack on its sides the heat
was absolutely unbsarabls. After climbing
mp its thiokly wooded sides for two or thrat
hundred feet the hardy hnnters,wers forced
to return, as the air was sniIocating. Ami
mails had lsft their retreat, the birds steersd
clear Of the locality, aud not living thinl,
was TO bs seen.
The earth was dry and cracked with sub
terranean heat. Daad snAkss without mum
her were discovered by tho hunters. TIL.
heat, instead Of diminishing, was found Il
increase thu higher they went up the noun
tain side; the cracks in ths earth wiisnsd
aud new onas appeared, aud tho locality bs-
came nninhabitable.
The town OF Brule 10 very much excited
over the discovery, aud on "Wednesday
party Of half . dozen man started for tina
ecans Of the burning mountain. II Ia aboui
hys or tea miles from any habitation. Mel
we'll acquainted with the geology OF the prov
ince declare that tho location OF this volcani,
area has been axsd toa nicely. Their theor,
ID that the bituminous coal Ia which thi
mountain range Is known TO be rish has b,
some phenomenal means become ienited
the vast aud smoldering mass far down Ii
the mountains heart making a mighty cal
! dron OF the Manitou Rivers bed.