Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-11
THE SH0SH0NE FALLS.
IpAHo's MARVELLOUS CATARACT AND
IT'S SURROUNDINGS.


our purity left the little town Of sh0
shone ut half past @ in the evening with
the intentionof arriving at the celebrated
ShoshOnp ialsnt uhout half past l0o'clocli
the same night There were two travelling
men and two young women, the elder
Chicago achoolma'am and the younger her
sister The road 90 the falls has been cut
through plain of Aagujrush and lava.
For twenty-siX miles there Is nothing TO
relieve the monotoDy Of white sand, hrush
aud lava but the drivers stories and the
Jokes or conversational powers Of ones
compnni0gs We suffered ycry little he
cause ol the luck Of versatility Of the party
and became anxious only whore the road
became oDscured under the starless clouds
which had overcast Ae scane when the sun
disappeared
Fer .searlv two hours we proceeded in
the darkness some fearing t'Ett we had
lost our way, in which event there would
be nonlternatiye but risky tramp through
the desert under the chill night mir
The driver, however, continued TO pick
his way, and finally announced that we
had at length reached 'the rocks" In this
manner he designated the lava beds, which
extend four miles from the falls and over
with mifcty fastcr thsA walk
one weary hour was spent picking our
way through these adamuntne labyrInths
when the driver scntcntiously and infor
mally remarked, Here's where you get
outl'
We disembarlled without questioning,
aud the driver tied one Of the hind wheels
to side brace on the wagon.
"This is II steep hin I'M never hauled Il
living being down it in my life. III 90
ahead with the team and You follow"
G0fNO DOWN NIL ~ DARKNESS.
We followed Il was MS dark as dun
pron. We could not see two feet in nd
vance, We soon discovered that the de
scent was most abrupt, so much so, in.
deed, that it required the united efforts OF
the party to keep us from breaking into n
run. leaving the road and going we knew
not where,
When we rerched the bottom of the hill
we were out Of breath and the driver told
us we had travelled n thousand feet we
again took the wagon and ut that moment
for the first time the hoarSe voice of the
falls greeted our ears. Almost at the same
instant there was rirt in the sable cover
inn above us and white patch Of cloud
became visible Whence it received its
light we knew not There wa5 not stan
visible. prollod against this orrant cloud
were immense masses OF rock, black as tho
night itself rud towering above see hlhglA
TO distance Of thousands OF feet, In TINS
stme uncertain light we saw or we fan
cie;! sc saw the winnings OF the Snake
hut it was only fancy because we cou'
eta"c2ly see the stream Nyhen the driver
announced that we bad reached the Terry
We boarded the latter which Is @hou
900 feet above the iall@ horse wagon
women and all we took turns WoFNhs
mt the wndass, i~ we old also III Speeu
latng what would nc oHr l1le II NAe lorr3
cables should break once, while in MA
river, the current struck UH with unusua
force, and all the male hahu' were To
qured mt the rope While the Wo'he'
clasped each other In u corner ana re
manned speeches. until the htnH WA
reached There is little pleasure in tray
cling in the dark, ani there Is niue 10 re
assure the traveller when ne encounter
dangers the magnitude % which ul'"1
determined by conjecture. FOR TINS rea
son when the ascent Of the opposite ban
was undertaken there was not memho
of the party who did not feel that he o
she accomplished an heroic decd "hlc
would bear recourtlng after the retur
home.
FLY l"G sI'Nn' =,
AS we cilhlpeu vac an" "7'Iu ~, ~
denseSt darNhoSS' every may 9'"''',''"
ously rom"rNea lRlt u '''|' "@5u., W ,',''
A heavy mlSJ a'rUlN U.S. 'c"''E, 'uS '"I
necessary Inns, O"g ',,'N1' w, ''','''''' ",
the spray IRON V"p 'I'.' " NJ ,.,,,o
was scatIer,nE "'o'''" W. "a 49,, a., ~,
,osity, In tins misl we re'cleI Iuo Hp.'
in which not light burned, and in Whlt
every occupant must have fallen into u
sleep of the just, which even tue cHish
the falling water oehe'lth was "''"'e
disturb
The hostolry STANDS on Il ne'BnG mlio
over the south oud OF inc i'llis ana was
veloped in cloud OF spray winch n',I II,
temporary lodgment ON the ROOF OF u
porch, dropped IN ram 10 the 'ioor p,'oN
The descent was rendered pos5io'e on
by the use OF hair men wire cap!c WIN
led down the S'''p SUES """ "",'" "
fastened mt Intervals lothe ROCKS "ohH
route
In u couple OF instances S'Ppefy 'HI"'
were employed where the Gap,e Co"l"
have been used for hanamL 10y m'l
of these agencies the party, SatHrat'" w,
rnin, persprug from tuSG,tS III tue cat
aud, to II grenter or less degree cover
with mud, reached the river IH'r' III
and women passed over number OF ron
rocks strongly suggestive Of Glganuc ms
sci Shells over which the Gadaia,ih% "
angry waters roamod undirectei l}aCW'
these rocks were hundreds oi Var1atleS
l,ift,vood which the action of the wat,
~ -, r,,,, ,,,,,,,l,i. irta we'll round