Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-06-23

again, but we were thankful FOR that,
ns the great Alps were now plnchinr
into the mountain torrent vNtrcincly
aght and we were fearful that It's little
valley, rough as II was, might be oulisr
GRATED by the gloomy preciplces loom
ing over US, meeting In % mighty canep.
Every yard counted now IN a struggle
that few mites would probably tcrnin-
nte In our bcinl forced back or opening
n more agreeable aspect We cumpcd
on n large lake IN the course 81 the
river caused by % glacier from Che other
side danming IL up. N WAS stocked
with iccbcrgs, most ~ them being at
the upstream end showing. I think, 70
steady vino up the pass That days
nine miles was one of the memorable
journeys Of the trip. fearful struggle
with Icy torrents. slippery rocks, muddy
mpraincs, hummogly glaciers. willow
aud alder chnpparcls, soft mountain
turf knee deep, dizzy heights ON rock
slides. and 10 every way ono long 20 be
remembered. The next day was m.
other hard struggle with Alpine difl.
cultics. We strucha wcll.dchncd trail
carly but whether game ar Indian WIS
hard 10 tell; probably both, with % great
prrpondcrancc towards tAc animal, as
Judged by the relative signs. Mountain
goats were seen on the high southern
cliffs az noon. An animal with palut-
able meat would have been very ucccpt
able Just then but this goat meat was
little TOO high furus. Three mile, Of
comparatively good walking over n
beach closed the day a record at twelve
miles. % most gratifying result under
tho circumstuuHet. FROM this camp
800 the prospect ahead wns dubious
Enormous prccipicc, hlnkci thc
stream that wound blcknud forth from
one wall 10 another forcing us 20 cross
II every mile or two ar play mountain
goat over tho tremendous spur. After
emerging from under the glacier the
great river rapidly spread to nearly u
milo In width, but ubltsd not "a iot IN
its swiftncsg, My diary Of Aug. Z,
starts with "i look ou this as the dc.
tcrinining day as 10 whether we shall
get out soon' Once ont Of the spruce
woods In which we hld camrcd, we
SAW that tho river concentrated into
uns impossible channel cut into a yct-
teal clln, pii our side 1000 10 1000 feet
high, about mile ahead. As the river
where We stood WIS spread out INTO u
great many channels. we started across
for the west hank, reaching @ after nl-
most two hours ponluus work., being
compelled % turn back from number
Of the worst channels and often un.
ligcd 10 use u pole Tor the party tu eight
the swift current as whole. While
crossing we could tyD hirh snow.clid
mountains far ahead, o most discunraV-
ing sight Thor great distance WIS
the most aOllriug part, Ua 10 was known
the upper Copper river tribut1rics were
enclosed iu O. great interior basin and
the main stream broke through th8
rim Of mountains near ne Pacific coast
Glacial rivers were now coming iu FROM
both sides, bat the gluc,cr, Themselves
were farther back Ia the side valleys MS
We descended, whurcut We heartily CON.
graduated ourselves that thc Mp.
raines and other difficulties were prob.
ably being left behind forever Tho
river often forced ~ from the gravel
beaches bucl, into the timber whore ib
intricate undgrbush ANA tlc boulder,
thrown down irom the high slopes pre-
scented the usual uhstructiuns but us
they were on the level they were at
least passuhlc AZ the rutc Of half mile
nn hour with severe labor Early In the
afternoon. however, we came TO the
struw-staclS that snapped the cancels
vortcbra, and that forced "a new version
into the history Of the y. y. Ledger
Expedition. A great blun before us
oycrhunc the river Tor some two miles
but we thought we could make along
It's steep wooded tatus 10 the apparently
open country beyond | will not use the
necessary strong adjeotiycs to properly
describe that two miles OF misery but
will condcnsc its many hours Of mortal
agony into minutes description by
saying n took w until dark Ia got along
II some six h. eight hours. II wus 80
absolutely necessary 10 reach level land
before dark. or roost Ia the trees with
the birds, that not over half dozen
rests Of q minute or two each were
taken ON the trip, mere ga-ping spells
when utterly hrcathlcGS IN one place
the moss curpcting growing ovrru Tr1s.
trutc log, leaning along the steep slope,
gave way, limbs aud all, undyr my
heavy weight aud | disappeared from
sight, my pack catching ON huge limb
that alone stopped mo, My feet dan.
Elcd among shalo and shlnglc gravel
below that, thus stirred up, started to
slide down w q snail uval tuchr. which
accommodating. threatened to toboggan
the log explorer, moss and
mountain into the sugg'np rapids
below objected 10 the
second item being lost, NJ after much
struggling | managed to crawl out,
having lost the uX OIL my pack, which
| Ind to regain ut peril ! would not
have risl;cd for q whole TX factory nm.
der any other circumstances, That
nights camp looked gloomy; the rain
had been falling all afternoon and all
OF the party had been doing the same
thing along the slope until tired, tat.
tered, torn, dirty and detected and in