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

day hns been CO0i, ciouay one, |
The stream really amounted to nothing |
us an obstacle being about knee deep |
We were now getting nigh cnougn on |
thc bald ridges TO sec owl old friends |
tue ptarmigaiu agniu.uuO f-om one high |
crest, just after brcaluns through
mountain pass, we came In full view Of
the grand ST. Villas Alps as fine an
alpine scene rs can be fldnd on the
Western hemisphere, II not the world
We camped at o after seventeen long
weary miles, and whcre there was NO
wood except the stuntcd alpine kinds.
Everything had q decided arctic ap-
pearancc as we crept slowly towards
the foothills Of TIC 81. Elias range.
Early the 18th ono ~ the indians put
the tourist end Of II Winchester ear.
fridge through a wolverine that was In.
spccting a marmot village near camp
Our sporting was certainly getting
very diversified II not numerous al
we needed was mammoth as reported
to probably exist by former Governor
Of Alaska, amt u To-Day, or Alaskan
ibcN, 60 have rounded II out so 49, 30
have satisfied tic most exciting We
now travelled irisurCly. as thc natives
said there was Il glacial stream ahead
wv NhMltA NAFAaN wv AMNA 10 ffNhN AIANt
day. We came tn II about .. II WAS
fifty 10 scvcnty.fvc yards wido. quite
deep and swift, with high waves. and
roaring like Niagara II was much
hiFhcr than usual aud II would take,
said the Indians, two days continuous
cool, cloudy weather To lower IL no We
could cross Thcy reported better.
wider crossing mile below. and at
Nltfs VatfrAN as
times, We could hear the biz houldcrs,
borne by the torrent, go laundering
down It's bed like q small earthquake
The prospect ~ fording was not fattcr.
ING. II was but foot luwcrnoxt morn.
Ing, while the Indians were very re-.
luctunt to cross, delaying Us with all
sorts Of excuse. At II The white men
began crossing and by li:i0 We stood
safe aud sound on the other side. The
Indians got l0ng, stout pole, held IL
horizontal, breast high, and crossed as
n solid body.
In ono spruce grove, where the trail
was very plain, there were u great
number OF shurpcncd st,clys driven In
tho path, points up, and protruding
about an inch On inquiring the OBJ
icct | was told u q bear came down the
path these sticks absorbed ms attention
tc an extent that he was uninterosted
In anything else, right or left, aud gen
orally took up trut and left the dis
trict On both sides, near by, were
Indian meat cache, on high poles that
ursa Major might have destroyed n hc
had noticed them, but which divcraions
saved them. This beats the inventor
who put spurs ON scratching hens so,
| when ~ work. the spurs walked them
selves OF the flower beds The "mcdi'
| cine man" OF the lndiuns now said we
must not fry grease that day or the
| glacial Ice would fall In on Us rs We
| cross We said we would f0rhrnr ulca'
| ginous condiments About we began
ascending the glaciers muruinc. Once
| on top oi II, 200 feet high, Il twas dense
! Is brushed AZ we descended of II
| aud mot roaring torrent $50 yard'
/ wide that salmon could not cross, II
! was evident 10 all that the glacier must
| be crossed 20 get around jlis river that
/ came from under II nhUut half mil,
/ above. despite the religious fnar of Tia,
/ Indians Tor Ice. They bcsecuhod us /,
/ make no noise while on II or the ere
vases would open and swallow Us up
| After asccrtaining there were no othc
! reasons for Whaling our insurance
| policies but grease and noise we swuui
are nd oyer the glacier, the course ~
usual over such lee and morainc bcini
simply frightful. The Indians ncve
stopped a second until all were over
about : o'clock We camucd on tor
rent too wide 10 cross until br.dge'
with poles.
our natives now told ms next day W
would sec the copper deposit TIL
trail Of the 9sth WAS over high, barre
ridges, with some ptArmiggu and sign
Of other game. especially moosc-hurn.
Tie latter were split into bone prong
hy the natives 60 dig copper with, ~
thvy said A. . We went iuto cuup u
high banl, with the copper guich fnl