Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-06-14

| row learned from these natives they
Considered the latter impossible In the
sumner, and almost so In the winter,
even when the Ice covered the numvr-
90, torrents aud snow filled IN the
many glacial crcvasscs that had Ia be
actin thorough mountain pass. None
n he Indians here would even think
q discussing such u trip. We had now
SHOWN our hands 80 plainly 20 all
ndycs oy these discussions that we
r.re determined to mike Copper river
,lii they raised all sorts Of objections
bWeycnt Il. They urged they would
hhtld rcsponaiblc 10y other whites for
flosA Their customs a. To such re-
,aiudbilitics arc often Mt such variance
with our own that their dcduc-
tons seem ns absurd TO us
as osn probably do 10 them.
10 many other ways too intricate and
tedious 10 dwell upon they tried 20
dire this idea out Of our heads until II
geiasl as II the very sword Of Swcara-
dg hung over the expedition. on the
liih and 18th we rchttcd; exchanging
SINE dogs, and getting two additional
Indian packers. The middle NJ the.
afternoon u the 18th we got away
Olr u the new packers was young
Hauotn,hor slupld appearance, whur'
h'her, % gritzlcd veteran ~ thc camp,
hUw bis arm over me, begging me To-
p0k after his boy, and rubbed his
I1ugh chin'heard against mine until |
looked about twice as stupid Us his
ou The first four or five miles from
he Ripple river village. southwest,
was across O ilnt-bOtiom, whore In ono
Place wc pissed through fine red.
lolpcd grasg, oftcntimos head high.
Tia, night we cnmped near u small
lake fairly steaming with yappr 70 was
% warm, evidently with hot springs
emanatng from its bottom.
The 18Th carried us ovcrun unusually
lghridge from which the wholccountry
iu miles around could he seem from
Selkirt on we had seen and occasion.
ally felt a few thunder showers, but
now we began meeting longcr.con-
unued rains, without electrical cNhih-
It's 10 characteristics Of the Pacific
slope Of AlHsl,a which we were rapidly
hearing, That night we all 90 wet,
We had no tent with us now, every
possible thing we could abandon hny-
illg been left behind at Mr.. llarpcr's.
Inc Goth We made hut six miles on &c.
count OF the rain, and having secured u
vnpou that required an unusual
amount OF strategic hunting before tho
Nhehester laid II out The 9lst, still
A'nihg, gave us nineteen miles, how
ever, as tho Indians were anxious t.
make another native village, which we
'Vahd deserted, but nearly midnight u
couple Of boys, wild IA hHrcs, came In
70 TEL us their village was u few miles
up The river This now stream
gas an imposing, unfordablc
nnyer' 10 20 100 yards wide.
ile contemplated route was 10 raft
uoWl this rivcrsome unknown distance
slu Then take to packing again. In
we middle Of tho afternoon Of sad the
Iree RATS cnmc in sight and were soon
alongsldc with the worst looking syl'
van symposiums ever saw constructed
sld called RATS. After enough ncgo,
N4Vons TO have purchased the Cuuard
N',o or tile Canadian Pacific railway the
'alls were ours; TINT day and part OF
inSNt being employed In repairing thpm
W. hau lrust the night OF the I'D lead
a., al - -'NsNN Ah. Az : wv bbt NNhA
NJ 'he RATS II called this the Rufl
ANerl southwest, and at 4 came TO tn,
main White coming Ia from tho south
sua after an hoursruu landed on thu
mmeat bank, abandoning the RATS
ngre The White river IL about a mile II
sia'h aud very muddy. When tn,
,t'l was submerged only the cross
ues could be seen aud Il really sccmci
Su We wero floating down strcau
without anything under rs. Mex
morning great excitement reigncd IL
..aalnp caused by two carlbou chargln,
az snIuugh It, followed hy shouting me-
SS,ng guns and pistols and howlinl
.osS That seemed like n lunatio asylum
hter brolscu.loose monageric. Hoth
NY, " was secured, Of course, but later O
nmn9nhdod animal bayod by dog WA
SeN Our camp that night was neal
weep stream OF warm water whcr,
~ H. ehJoyed a bath, less the misery o.
y, toV mosquitoes. The Indians urged US
elart early the 26th, a. there was
,se glacial stream ahead, and these
Tto found at their minimum depth II
We sne early forenoon, they begin /,
~ about 10 and by TO In Tn,