Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1893-09-22
Letter from the Pacific Slope.
.. S. INDIAN SERVICE,
ROUND VALLEY AGENCY,

Editor Sentinel We left Washington on
the night of the 18th of August, and, after a
delightfully."- pleasant trip, arrived here on
the evening OF the Both. We spent two days
in Chicago, visited the Worlds Fair and
accomplished much in the way of sight
seeing in short time. We returned to the
city by the Lake Shore line, stopped at the
Grand Central, went to church twice on
Sunday, and at 1915 Sunday night we took
the Pullman Palace Sleeper, Santa Helena,
bound for San Francisco. We did not
change cars at Council Bluffs when we
took the Union Pacific Overland Flyer. Ev-
erything Is grand on these cars, meals lone
dollar each) were served in fine style on the
dining car. Travelling through Iowa and
| Nebraska one can account for the enormous
corn crops in these States, for hundreds OF
miles We saw il seemed but little else, occa.
sionally fields OF millet would intervene. l
think the land must be highly productive.
We saw or passed no starvation points,"
name had giveu to several places on the
road before reaching Ohio, where two or
three houses, few dozen stalks OF corn, and
perhaps as many cabbage, seemed TO con-
stitute all possessed by the inhabitants.
We had charmingly pleasant travelling
companions -well-to do Caliiornians return
ing from the Fair. A civil engineer and his
accomplished wife took pleasure in giving
me all the information in their power; the
gentleman possessed II thorough knowledge
Of the country, could tell me something
about every town and village that we passed,
the source and mouth of every river large
enough to bear a name, and occasionally a
dash OF romance was thrown in. We reached
the summit of the Rockies during the night,
$500 feet above sea level.) | was therefore
cheated out of this pleasure by darkness
Hha mt Ia 90 ,nl
realize that he is so high. For hundreds of
miles We passed through the alkali desert, for
one whole day the car was closed to keep out
the strong dust which is extremely unpleas-
ant, and only the ventilators were kept open.
ms is barren waste, covered generally
with rusty green sage bush, often Tor a con
siderable distance scarcely sign of vegeta-
ton can be seen, the bare Humboldt noun
tains on each side, the beautiful little Hum
boldt river flows through this region, for
considerable distance il seems to run about
parallel with the railroad, it flows into a
little silver lake and here it is lost-they
say II sinks into the ground The little val
leys along its banks seem to be quite fertile,
line looking cattle were feeding and men
were making hay. We stopped at the vii
lage Of Humboldt, little oasis it seemed,
everything was lovely and green around the
little hotel, numbers of Eucalyptus and
Lombardy poplar trees atfording delightful
shade, fountain played in the yard We
were told that this fine water supply was
brought II pipes from spring off in the
mountains. | called this n little heaven, for
just back OF 1t was a tall snow capped noun.
tain, and all around it the arid plain. We
were allowed to get off here and take little
airing. Az several places We were accorded
a IKE privilege, sometimes we were allowed
twenty or thirty mlnute5-once we bought
peaches, grapes, sandwiches and a glass of
iced milk. The ladies Of our party were
generally in for this little recreation, the gen
tlemen had opportunities TO get out Oftener,
many u ten minutes they had
About night Wednesday we commenced
to cross the Sierra Navadas | sat up in
my birth to get moonlight glimpses OF the
lovely little TruCkee river as it comes rush
ing down the mountain side. This river
flows from Lake Tahoe, up in the noun
tains, II (the lake, is about 10 miles long,
several wide q did hear and | 700 feet deep,
our friend said that it was very beautiful,
and great summer resort. | kept up as
long as | could, when | went to sleep two
engines were pulling and blowing over their
hard uphill work. | was sound asleep |
presume when we went through Blue Can.
yon-another pleasure that night hid from
w uCu uiOTuluB uhWuCu we NeTt III
the Golden State, at o'clock were at Sacra-
mento here we were allowed to take a
little fresh morning air for a half hour.
Breakfast was served soon alter the car
started, and oh, such coffee. We crossed
the Sacramento, muddy and sluggish, and
passed through beautiful valley, In a short
time the train took the ferry boat, said to
be one of the largest in the world, and in
few moments We were at Oakland, there we
exchanged kind good .byes with some of
our friends, who had planned pleasant
trip for us next summer. A few moments
later we took the steamer and crossed the
beautiful Bay of San Francisco, one of the
finest harbor5 In the world. One of our
lady friends went on deck with me and
pointed out the Golden Gate, Goat Island,
and other important places and points OF
interest. The white fog came rolling in
through the Golden Gate, enveloping the
surrounding hills and cliffs with a thin
white vail. There was an immense crowd
at the pier when the steamer landed |
have never seen any thing like il; but we
were soon out Of il, took car for the upper
part Of the city to visit friend would
like TO tell your readers something about
this city, but not this time. That was n
great day for the Frisco people, ground
was broken in Golden Gate Park for the
Worlds Fair it will be comparatively near
us this winter. IL will open think about
January the 1st.
At half past three we took the steamer
Tiburon, and recrossed the bay at a much
wider point. On landing we took the train
which was about TO start for Ukiah and ar
rived at U. about half past eight o'clock.
We passed through 100 miles of beautiful
country, farms, vineyards, hop fields and
orchards. At Ukiah we were welcomed,
and Hospitality entertained by the good Sis
ters Of Mercy at their convent and boarding
school.
We left Ukiah on the morning Of the Goth
for a two days trip over the mountains.
For miles the road is scarcely wide enough
for wagon, in many places less than foot
off the track would precipitate all into some
ravine or canyon hundreds of feet below.
The road runs serpent. like up one side Of
mountain and down the other, nearly all
the way from Ukiah TO Round Valley. My
sister was quite brave, | think, she drove
for miles over this dangerous road. We
did not see one rattlesnake, but the driver
pointed out several tracks in the dusty road
AT night we stopped at little wayside inn.
The next morning we made quite an early
start and arrived here about four o'clock
warm, dusty and tired. Kind friends met
Us with expressions Of welcome and pleas
ure at our coming, the sincere hospitality OF
these people soon makes one feel at home
among them.
Thank you, Mr.. Editor, for your thought
full kindness, Three welcome visitors
copies Of the SeptineL-came with the first
mail that received after my arrival over
5000 miles In eight days or less. Did your
paper ever travel faster?
MARGARET A. PETER.
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