The Red Cloud chief., 1892-07-22
THE GREAT w 3
A. Seen BY the Rev. =. T.. Ely,
or 0hls City.

W. ssssS WV
With q decided lack Of confidence II
my ability to interest the readers o.
the Great Family Weekly, otherwise
known O the Red Cloud Chief, I compl,
with the request Of the editor TO furnish
a sketch Of my trip to the mountains
and as II 10 al his suggestion, II will b.
his fault II tho portion Of THE CHIrF
which this occupies 10 not worth reading
To begin with, I would like 10 express
my appreciation Of tho kindness Of the
friends In the A. q. u. W. who made
this trip possible for me. There VA
nothing Of interest In the journey until
left Cheyenne, which I reached on Toes.
day morning going via Denver.
On leaving Cheyenne n 10 soon i'm.
pressed that he 10 going up Hill both by
the putting OF the two massive engines
which II took 70 draw q short train and
BY looking back over the track. There
10 also the peculiar sensation which 10
noticeable, caused by the increasing rar
IVY Of the air.
Al Sherman. % miles from Cheyenne
at an altitude Of s247 feet, the highest
point IL reached on the u. p. r. II. be.
tween Omaha and the Pacific Ocean.
Here ons oan zee Longs Peak nearly 200
miles away and Pixies Peak about 100
miles south. The next point OF interest
10 the high bridge over Dale Creek. II
10 an iron span CSC feet long, and as we
pass over II, the creek, i27 feet below us
looks like . moro rivulet.
A long level stretch Of country comes
next which IL the great Laramie plain.
We arc almost inclined to think We
have left civilization behind us until we
glide into Laramie City which, with q
population Of over 5000, is seemingly n
titled to be called The Gem City Of the
Rockies. Here IL located the State Uni
vsrsity and Psnitsntiary. From here
the country 10 moro broken until Raw.
lins Il reached a. 1:30 p. M. An excellent
view Of the town may be had from the
train and ono 10 at once impressed with
its solid appearance. It's buildinr are
mostly Of stone. Conspicuous among
them are some very handsome churches,
suggesting that the people Of Wyoming
are not altogether Goddess Z some Of
them do rustic cattle belong to some
ono else.
The remainder Of the time i passed in
looking oul OF the oar window at scenery
that may be said 70 b varied, but IL cas-
|ily described.
At Arst, Il seemed 10 b made up Of
sky, sa9e brush and sand; again It would
seem 70 b mostly sage brush, sky and
ssndj farther alsns however, Il was most
y sand, sky and sage brush.
OF course, these are al very good in
their place and I can readily 10 Why the
Almighty made them. We'll no, / can't
either, como TO think, see why He made
70 much cage brush. unless for making
sags ten, and oven for this the supply
sesms TO greatly exceed the demand.
think one could gather enough of one
square mile of that country TO CONVEX,
the Pacific Ocean into that kind Of
medicine.
In the afternoon the Conductor called
my attention 70 what ID known 90 the
summit Of the Rockies and that, while
now one could 80 bsok $50 miles in twe
minutes, no could not 10 100 yards
This 10 not tho highest point however
but rather I suppose center Of the Eye
Ptem.
Al $50 We are 1t Rock Syringe, thu
great coal mining town where IS China
men were siaushtsrsd by tho miners
few years ago. The Chinese however die
not oil heed the warning that they mus
"go," and are still here in considerably
number.
At $50 q m, we are ct Pocatello, Ida
no, which u located on the Indian Reser
walton occupied by the Shosbonss m,
Bsrmocks.
Seeing 20 many buildings lighted up q
that hour, I asked . ssatlsmsn who 60
ON the train there what they we're and b
informed me they . = gambling houses
I ventufed some remafk about the pre-
v~alenos Of this vice in that country an
from the response Of the man I conclud
Cd I va not morslizing with the RICH
man, and as he seemed willing to dro
the subject, I had no objection. I COZ
Guided he had been betting ON tn
wrong color but didn't ask about II, fol
although the conversation 80 far hs
been qu'tsinteresting, I had had enough
North Of. Pocatslio are some pretty ii,
To villages end a. We pass the littl
streams, there are numerous Indian wig
vans TO b seen whore the Indians 81
spending their vacation, catching mouI
tain trout and hunting. suppose q
Indians weston however, lasts the 70.
round, fcr, with Q wife always ready az
willing TO cut the wood and draw Il
vakAr and do all tina Other hard woI