Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-13

Bell, of st. Paul, heavy real estate dealer,
completed the trio. None of US realized the
depth of the snow until off the beaten track,
and then we wonld not give up, but
STRUGGLED vALIANTLY EDWARDS.
The crust would frequently break, and
as the snow proved to be three feet deep on
| level, and we were without snowshoes, we
frequently found ourselves in up to our
| hips and even waists. 1t was upon one of
these occasions that, being in advance. 1
| turned my detective camera upon my floun-
| dering comrades. Cardwell was SO con-
vulsed with the situation that his laughter
| forced him to steady himself with his hands.
Bell threw up a mittened hand to the ut
most possible height in testimony that he
| could reach above the snow. We were
grateful enough to reach the solid rocks of
| the peak, up which we quickly scrambled
There upon Minnesota's topmost peak,
with our feet upon Jasper and our heads in
crystal atmosphere, our eyes feasting upon
an almost illimitable snowy waste of wooded
wilderness and frozen lakes, we were silently
standing. 1t was a wondrously: exhilar-
asing atmosphere. II was a grand and sug-
gestlve solitude around US. We could over
look Vermllion Lake and its islets as if at
our feet. Our gaze stretched athwart the
intervening spaces and rested upon the
dominions of Canada. Miles upon miles of
virgin pines were to be seen. 1t must be
borne In mind that from Two Harbors to
Tower we had ridden by train nearly 20 miles
through what was practically an unbroken
forest of pines, birches, spruces and tam
maracks Now and then there were few
houses and an occasional deserted claim
shanty and burnt over clearing. That
was all-naught else to break the unbroken
forest.
SOME GEOLOGICAL FEATURES.
The jasper rock at the summit, swept of
snow by the wind, was banded and mottled
and colored in beautiful manner to behold,
and formed brilliant and striking contrast
with the snowy surroundings. Upon this
topmost summit, however, we found several
gray granite drift boulders OF two and three
feet in diameter. The jasper itself in places
was wonderfully polished and scored by
glacial action, some fine specimens of which
1 detached and carried away. Along the
whole southern and eastern edge of the Yer
million Range, for several miles here,
stretches the debris of an immense glacial
moraine. It is an enormous line of deposit
The bedrock in places here shows scoring
and polishing to a remarkable degree.
Three miles from Tower, on Vermllion
Lake, there is Government post for the
Chippewa Indians, with a blacksmith shop,
a school and church, and a Government
farmer to teach "Lo" how to farm. The Ft.
Boise or Net Lake Reservation is about 40
miles distant, upon which there are some
70G Indians. These Indians, however. spend
great part of their time in the woods and
upon the lakes hunting and fishing and in
visiting the settlements.
While at Tower I was fortunate enough
to see magnificent dog team which had
come from Fort Fran els, Canada. ITO miles
in 20 hours of actual travelling time, with
one nights camp intervening in the bush.
The dogs were of great size and beauty; two
were white, one of yellowish tinge and the
leader black. They were harnessed and
blanketed in a marvellous fashion. Their