Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1892-06-09

ing was secured, of course, but later
wounded animal bayed by q dog was
killed. Our camp that night was near
a deep stream of warm water where
we enioyed bath. less the misery OF
the mosquitoes. The Indians urged us
to start early the 25th, as there was =
large glacial stream ahead. and these
are found ut their minimum depth in
the early forenoon, they begin to
rise about 10 and by 8 to in the
evening are roaring torrents unless the
day has been cool, cloudy one,
The stream really amounted to nothing
as an obstacle, being about knee deep
We were now getting high enough on
the bald ridges to see our old friends
the ptarmigain again, and from one high
crest, just after breaking through .
mountain pass, we came in full view OF
the grand st, Elias Alps, as fine an
alpine scene as can be found on tho
Western hemisphere, If not the world.
We camped at Q afterseventeen long
weary miles, and where there was NO
wood except the stunted alpine kinds
Everything had decided arctic mp
pearance RS we crept slowly towards
Early the Goth one of the Indians put
u
fridge through wolverine that was in
Our sporting was certainly getting
very diversified if not numerous All
we needed was mammoth, as reported
to probably exist by a former Governor
of Alaska, and a tebay, or Alaskan
ibex, to have rounded it out SO as TO
have satisfied the most exciting. We
now travelled lelsurely, as the natives
sail there was q glacial stream ahead
we would strike too late to cross that
day. We came to it about 2. 1t was
fifty to seventy-five yards wide. quite
deep and swift, with high waves, and
rouring like Niagara. It was much
higher than usual and it would take,
said the Indians, two days continuous
cool, cloudy weather to lower 1t SO we
could cross. They reported q better,
wider crossing q mile below, and at
this point we camped. That night, ut
times, we could hear the big boulders,
borne by the torrent, go laundering
down its bed like small earthquake.
The prospect Of fording was not hatter-
ing. II was but . foot lower next morn.
ing. while the Indians were very re-
luctant to cross, delaying us with all
sorts of excuse. At IL the white men
began crossing and by 11:4O we stood
safe and sound ON the other side. The
Indians got long, stout pole, held it
horizontal. breast high, and crossed as
= solid body.
In one spruce grove. where the trail
was very plain, there were . great
number Of shsrpened sticks driven in
the path, points up. and protruding
about an inch. On inQuiring the OBJ
ject was told II bear came down the
path these sticks absorbed his attention
to an extent that no was uninterested
in any thin9 else, right or left, and gen
orally took up trot and left the dis
trict. On both sides, near by, were
Indian meat caches on high poles that
Ursa Major might have destroyed II he
had noticed them, but which diversions
saved them. This beats the inventor
who put spurs on scratching hens SO,
when ut work. the spurs walked them
selves off the flower beds. The ''medi-
cine man" of the Indians now said we
must not fry grease that day or tn
glacial ice would full in on us us we
cross We said we would forbear olen-
ginous condiments. About we began
ascending the glaciers morninc. Once
on top of it, 200 feet high, it was dem
ly brushed. At we descended of il
and met a roaring torrent $50 yards
wide that a salmon could not cross Ii
was evident to all that the glacier must
be crossed to get around this river that
came from under it about half mile
above, despite the religious fear Of the
Indians for ice. They beseeched US to
make no noise while on it or the ere
vases would open and swallow us up
After ascertaining there were no Other
reasons for vitiating our insurance
policies but grease and noise we swung
around oyer the glacier, the course as
usual over such ice and moraine being
simply frightful The Indians never
stopped a second until all were over
about o'clock. We camped on a tor
rent too wide to cross until bridget
with poles.
Our natives now told MS next day w,
would see the copper deposit. Tn.
, trail of the 2Sth was over high, barrer
ridges, with some ptarmigan and sign.
Of other game. especially moose-horns
The latter were split into bone prong
by the natives to dig copper with, 81
they said. At 5 we went into camp OIL
q high bank with the copper gulch fac