The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-09-04
UNDER THE SNOW.

was coming ont of ttp mountains to
the north of Virginia City with lot of
miners mail strapped on my back There
was no regular mail route there then, but
about once Il month some one took the
letters down and returned with any mai.
found at the postOiiice. | was on snow
shoes The winter had been severe, and
the snow was five or six feet deep on the
level The 21th Of January had been a
very balmy day, with warm sun and
wind. and on the morning Of the 2Sth l
started
had to make my way along the base
of n range known TO us then AS Bill's
Thumb, and for this twelve miles there
was only one settler, He was an old
bachelor, who had built himself II snug
stout cabin under the caves of the Thumb
He was hunter, miner, prospector, tax
idermist, naturalist and don't know
whnt else. Some OF the boys who had
met him had an idea that he had soured
on the world, and had come out there to
live hermit life, but he was chap who
kept to himself md would not allow any
one to question him ! got along very
well for the first five miles, but then re-
allied that | was In danger from snow
slides. The thaw had continued through
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