Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-08-14
a LAKE OF INK
A Remarkable Body Of Water II the
Volcanic Region 81 Arizona

Volcanic Region q Arizona
Nearly al q the $500 CooopAh vol-
canoes Il A-5uos are EU1sfei near the
east end q the volcanic area which they
occupy. Several large mounds, once
living volcanoes, are now quiet Be
tween the hills Of lava. rock a1d debris
are large number Of living, active vol
canoes From the sides Of the hill. 50
20 200 tse7 above the s-roun5tn2 wa
is-s- cuDe forth most beautiful springs
Of clea-, warn water, some 50 sour,
others 50 sweet 50 bitter and 50 strongly
alkaline that 10 living being OF animal
can drink il These waters course down
The Ellsides, laying a coat Of white.
pink, purple, blue OF green, made by the
mineral salts they contain, upon every
thing with which they come in contact.
II the midst Of these hills is the Lake
Of Ink. There run into it scores Of
streams Of clear mineral hot water,
others that are warm and two that are
cold The lake, one-fourIh Of mile in
length and one-eighth in width, lies like
a gem set In these hills or these ancient
volcanoes. The black, Unlike water
which fills the lake comes up TO within
three or four inches of the level of its
shores. The temperature near the edge
is about 10 degs-, gradually growing
warmer as you get down in it, and as
you approach the center of the lake, on
the surface, il is about t56 degs., and at
depth of $50 feet it is 216 dogs.
Near the shore on the east south and
west sides the water is only four TO six
feet in depth for twenty feet or more
into the lake, where the shelf breaks off
perpendicularly, and there no bottom has
ever been found. To the touch the
water feels smooth and oily. The ashes
and oil which cover the lake when its
waters are quiet are from one-half an
inch to an inch thick. The water of the
lake is jet black, though it does not
color the skin of those who battle in it.
Under a glass the ooloring matter
seems to be a minute black substance
held in suspension by the water, which
adheres to white cloth immersed in the
lake. To the taste the water is warm.
salt and bitter. To the bather the SEN
sation ON entering the water Is grand,
exhilarating to wonderful degree, so
much 30 that a bath Of ten or fifteen
minutes makes one feel as If he were
under the influence Of the very best
brandy. Millions Of bubbles, formed
by escaping gases, keep the surface Of
the lake agitated at all times, till 1t
rolls, boils and foams as if ready to
break over its banks and escape, and
again only in myriads of sparkling
globules, glittering in the sunlight.
Whenever the volcanoes rage with anger
the lake follows, and the sight of its
maddened waters Ia well worth seeing
From time immemorial these waters
have been used by the different tribes of
Indians, far and wide, at war and in
peace, as the great all healing remedy,
following bath in the hot mud of the
peaceable volcanoes, for all fevers,
rheumatism, scrofula and venereal dis.
eases They take the invalid and bury
him, all but his ears, eyes and mouth,
in the hot volcanic mud for from TWEEN.
ty to thirty minutes, then carry him
covered with mud on blanket the &c
or 100 feet 10 the edge Of the lake and
put him into the water, holdingeis head
above it, for from fifteen to twenty min
utes.
Then, rolling him in his blanket, they
carry him few feet away to a shade
which they have provided, and lay hin
on the hot, sulphurous sand or rock, and
there let him sweat. They repeat this
in the afternoon. At night they remove
him to a place where the ground is moi
so warm and let him sleep, and If pos
sible where he can breathe the gases oil
vapors of the neighboring volcanoes
The cures wrought are perfectly won
derful, and could not be believed if MOI
seen. A few white men have been ther'
and tried the remedies, and thus fal
without single ailure,-Philadelphis
Telegraph.