Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-02-02
MONO'S MOUNTAINS.
THE waEDERINGs OF A sACRA-
MENTAN AMONG THEM.
" Adolph" Tells of the wonderful Trout
Streams, the Red Men of The Forest,
Hot Springs, Climate, Etc.

BRIDGEPORT. Mono County, Jan 7th
EDS. SUNDAY UNION: Those of your
city who have travelled abous good deal
in search of wild game vii! be glad to
know that not to exceed forty hours from
Sacramento, at all times, can be found
trout, deer, grouse, quail, and peculiar
kind of rabbit of whose skins the Indian
women make cloaks. These little animals
are white in winter ana of sagebrush
color in summer The first squaw that l
saw after my arrival in Mono had on what
| looked like cast-off cloak of some white
lady. Inquiry, however, brought out the
fact that the "sealskin" was composed of
these rabbit skins-perhaps love token
from her favorite brave. Being so consti-
tuted by nature that, as the season changes,
| their coats change, too-scarcely distin-
guishable from the snow in winter, and
always lurking behind some sagebrush
clump in summer-make these little rab-
bts very exciting object of search TO the
sportsman, and their pursuit adds zest TO
his hunt.
We left Bodie at 1890 A. NJ. on Saturday,
the 4th, with two Supervisors, one lawyer,
driver and the writer, bound for this
place, the county seat, beautifully situated
In valley of some IS, GOO acres, completely
surrounded by mountains, the peaks of
some Cf which are more than 900 feet
higher than Sacramento aud are snoT.clad
the year round, and of course are pure
while now. Incidentally, it may be men
toned that the thermometer registered 400
below Zero yesterday morning, and, as If TO
ylxwf J., i j
dieated 400 at 6 this morning. OF course,
in a sparsely- settled community like this,
SUCH luxury as Barwick cannot be az
f1ided. Only large cities, like Sacramento
az Stockton. have them. You will recall
the days of 6l-2 before you mad a Barwick,
and how unevenly the weather distributed
itself. Now, note the differencel
Bodie lies due east from here sixteen
milestone man, that has walked the dis.
lance often says twelve-but as the direct
road from that place to this has not been
navigable except by snowshoes since long
before Christmas, (many presents intended
for friends here have not yet arrived), and
the sitting of the Board on the Gin inst,
required the presence of the Supervisors,
and the January term of Court the lawyer;
and desire to see how things are managed
at the county seat, the writer, we had to
take the only road open to US. namely,
around by the Sweetwater."
So, George Moyle, the young gentleman
who has the contract for carrying the
United States mail between the two capital
BIS, got pair of leaders for his gallant sor-
rels, and we started on a trip that covered
over fifty miles, interpreted with pleasant
incidents, an occasional tip.over devoid OF
serious accident), stop for rest and re-
freshment at Hanks, four miles from.
Bodie, nights stay at Hammond's on tn
bank of East Walker River, were we were
royalty entertained by Mrs. Hammond and
her portly husband. Not so tall by six
inches as F. A. Peachy of Los Angeles,
Hammond weighs more than the former,
and has passed Tufly of Carson, and
weighs 357 pounds! He rides on horseback,
cares for his stock, and attends to the other
farm and inn-keeper's duties without being
apparently incommoded by the extra
weight with which he is loaded. Next TO
this valley, the situation at Hammond's is
the most picturesque of any we have seen
in this wild mountain region, We leave
this hospitable home with regret, and with
a refreshed feeling of satisfaction, induced
by good food, daintily prepared and ele-
gantly served, sound sleep in clean and
warm beds, for which the price charged
was wholly inadequate for the service rem
dered.