The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-08-15

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built a fire in hope that the smok
would drive them away, but It did n
good. They were hungry, and chanC
for q fepast was not TO be lost because
q little smoke and they came at US moi
furiously than ever, Within ten minute
they had bitten Professor Frederick II
he looked like he had the measles, an
he affirmed emphatlcally that he woul
endure 1t no longer, With that he star
ed back the path he had come, and MI
selby and / followed, and overlook hil
at q small brook beyond the first bill
He had gotten out Of range Of the wors
Of them, and was building iiFe5 intend
ing to stay there till morning, We join
ed with him, built fire, turned tn
horse out to pick the grass that grey
along the brook, and made ourselves q
comfortable as possible,
Toward midnight, when We had al
fallen asleep, we were suddenly arouseI
by our horse, He exhibited signs Of fear
aud kept snorting, and looking towar'
the thicket. We were now In the yer!
home:of bears and other beasts, and I
was reasonable 10 suppose that one wa
prowling around, A horse Is very qulcl
to detect the presence Of a wild animal
and is sure TO give the alarm,
The only implement Of war We llat
with US was pistol, which belonged Il
me. The others had provided them
selves with nothing Of the sort. l had
advised them to bring gun, but they
had not done SO, One pistol would be
poor artillery to unllmberin the presence
Of o bear or lion, but It was better than
nothing, l examined the thlCket as
closely as / could without penetrating
too far into the darknessj but / could
find nothing,
When returned to camp, found my
companions with their heads tucked I'M
der the blankets, both sound asleep,
They reminded me Of ostrlChes which
poke their heads under the sand, and
think they are hid. The lire bad not
been so much as rebuilt, and was burn
ing low. ] built the fire anew, and sat
guard awhile till all became quiet, and
then betook myself to sleep, and did not
awaken till the dawn OF day.
When 1t had grown light, we ex-
amined the surroundings and found the
tracks Of a panther. Upon further in.
vestigation we found that It had followed
our trail Of the evening before for two
miles, and had come to our camp. It's
Icourage failed II, and 1t went oil, after
having taken our sleep, aud disturbed
us for u good part OF the night,
CONTINUED EXPLORATIONS.
After this wo continued our Journey
toward the east, ascending long ridge
by narrow trail made By hunters,
miners and Indians. Our pack horse,
old Flamwerion, objected decidedly to
going, and 1t required no small en-
couragement In the form OF q club, To
make him go in the right direction. He
insisted upon travelling backward like a
Crawtisll, or sidewise like u lobster, or
on his hind feet like gorilla; but to
walk peaceably along the path, lie
wouldn't do It. Mr., Selby led him,
Prof. Frederick used the club as an
implement Of moral sIasion, and
acted as scout and general commander.
Notwithstanding out the trail among
the rocks aud along tho bluffs, and
seeing In advance where ii was possible
to go, aud where we would have to turn
aside.
| may state that we had no particular
objective point In view. We were aim.
ply bent on exploration. The surveyors
sent into thatreglon by the Government
some years ago to make maps OF the
country had left blank a large district,
covering more than two hundred square
miles, and reported thatit was impossi-
BILE to survey II, 30 exceedingly rugged
were the mountains. 1t WIS for this
reason that l wanted to 20 there. When
! hear people talking about a country
being SO rugged that no one can pene.
trate II, that is the place | want to 10 to !;
for then there Is chance Of discovering
something new. ! have never yet seen
a country so rugged that | couldn't travel
through II, Accordingly, We set forward
In an eaSterly direction. We also had q
Vague purpose Of climbing, Mt. Goddard,
but did not make up our minds definite.
ly to do so.
Our path led up a long range, covered
with dwarf pines and granite 6owlders.
We climbed higher and higher, and
about Il O'Clock Reached the summit Of
that range, and descended into small
valley, where we found meadow Of line
grass, green and plentiful, and a hr1jk
OF water flowing through 1t. This
meadow was not an artificial ono, No
hand oil man had eyer done aught TO
improve or beautiiy It, II was lust rs
nature had made 1t, No doubt men had
often Heen 1t, but none live there, and
none ever had, unless In past time the
Indians had erected their wigwams In
the shadow Of the forests that borders
on the meadow. These forests form a
wall Of living green on all sides around.
The enclosed meadow contains from
forty To fifty acres, There arc many such
meadows IN The mountains, but not
many Of them are as fine as this. It's
elevation was eight thousand feet. In
the shade at noon the thermometer stood
at 60 degrees.
When we had eaten our dinner, Mr..
selhy and Prof, Frederick spread down
their blankets on tho soft grass In the
sunshine and fell asleep, while l went
of to see II could 1nda trail leading
toward the East. All sign Of the trail
which we had been following since
morning was lost at the edge Of the
meadow. nm,