The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-06

ISL s"ests or psnnacseS, staining or,
sc very close together. The vfr.a ,.as.
zen moving hard all day, and hrsY rsser
ssS'a fury by this slime tsas the
soullsls were obliged to brace tra,nzsave-
asaaissI u 70 prevent being blesx-n mr.
vac sharp ridge, and to tsarxsyv es.s.nzssvax
oshiha the pirnacies OF ice for u-,afa~,ton
every ~ yards or So Hasten.s,v forwar,s
"A tnss way they reached AZ length fha
highest point, and with three ehep~s
waved their flags aloff ard named .ha
Point Peak Success in token ~ ,ha.~
Sscrory. They were JUST ten ana a ha,.
hours IN making the ascest.. during wrhsx.h
time they foslea hard. and were no.
obliged to return single step.
The visw from the summit.
They stood moment upon that mar
TOW summit, bTacing themselves arafase
the furious and biting blast, TO view the
prospect. but the whole country was COW
cred with dense sea OF smoke. hss;ng
everything except enc solitary peak to
the southeast Mount Asiarnsl. whose
summit, like Rainier's 9. sournexi above TIA
smoke Immediately about the mount
ain. on every side. were deep gorges
separated by vertical ridges OF rock. and
eacn FORMING the bed of glacier. which
could be seen far below. wrinklel across
Win countless creyasses. The great field
oA ICE aid sfsow which covered the
crown or the mountain overhnng these
gorges and was continually breaking. of
In immense masses. which fell with the
roar OF thunder. The wind was new a
perfect tempest. and very cold: snow and
mist acre flying about the base OF the
mountain. half hiding. half revealing its
gigantic outlines, and the whole scene
was grand. sublime and awful
Ia the Small Crater
'Retracing their steps along the mar
row summit OF Peak Success the tour
lists crossed tise ice field and assembled
the middle peak about one mile distant.
This is about go feet the highest. ard
the ascent Is up an easy sloplng snow
held TO the summit. which is crowned
by rocky ridge. Climbing over this
they found themselves within a circular
crater about 200 yards In diameter, filled
with a solid bed of snow with rim OF
rocks projecting above the snow all
around As they crossed the crater on
the snow Mr. Van Trump detected the
odor OF sulphur, and the next instant
numerous Jets OF steam. hot air and
thin smoke was observed issuing from
the erevices Of the rocks forming the
rim on the northern side. Never was a
discovery more welcome. Fastening for
ward. they both exclaimed, as they
warmed their thoroughly chilled and be-
numbed extremities over one OF old
Piuto's fires. that here they would pass
the night, secure against freezing 10
death. at least. fer IL was now O'Clock
and it would have been impossible TO
descend the mountain before nightfan.
Night ia An Ice Cave.
"a deep cavern extending under and
into the Ice. formed by the acSion OF the
heat, was foHnd, and a short distance
within It's mouth they built wall OF
stones. enclosing a space five by six
feet around q strong jet of heat and
steam Ensconced within this shelter
they discussed their future prospects
While they warmed themselves at their
natural register. The heat from the
oriflce was too great to bear for more
than an instant; but the steam wet them,
the smell OF the sulphur nauseated them.
and. In short. they passed a most mis-
cradle night. freezing on one side and
in a hot. sulphur bath ON the other The
wind outside roared and whistied. but
secure within their cavern 1t did not
much affect them except when an occa-
sional gust came down pegpendicularly
1.-THE dawn at length slowly broke,
cold and grey. and the tempest howlesi
estflI xxFilI tfr1.s
clouds OF snow-tiriven mist went sweep
Ing by overhead. and completely hid the
sun and enyeloped the mountain so as 10
hide objects 100 yards distant They
watched this with great anxiety. fearing
a storm. which might detaau them sew
eral days without food or shelter: or,
worse yet. snow that would render the
descent more perilous, or most likely i'm
possible And when AT $50 an occasional
rift In the driving mist gave a glimpse
of a blue sky. they made haste TO de-
scel1d.
FIRST. however, they deposited the
brass plate inscribed with their names
(having erased Coiman's name with the
point OF a kntfe) III q cleft of large
boulder on the highest summit. which
was "A huge mound Of rocks on the east
side OF the crater OF refuge. placed the
canteen alongside and covered it with a
large stone.
The Larger Crater discovered.
"At $50 they left their shelter. after
exercising violently TO start tho bleed
through their chilled and nuntbed limbs:
and attempting to pass around the rocky
summit. on which were deposited the
Mate ana cantcen. they discovered a sex
ond crater larger than the first. perhaps
500 yards in diameter. it is circular.
fillsI with a bed OF snow, with 4 rocky
rim all around. and numerous Jets o.
steam ISSUED froan among the rocks. IL
Is separated from the first by ledge
OF rocks Both craterS are inclined. the
first TO the west. and the second with a
much sleeper inclination. 80 degrees. To
the east
'srhe rim of the second crater IS much
higher, or the snow ileia inside much
lsw,er. than that Of the first, ard on the
east side rises in a rocky wall thirty feet
hlgaer than the snow within. The ridge
between them, on witch was depasited
the brass plate and canteen Is tie high
est summit OF the mountain. 1t was
named Crater Peak Then The northern
peak was named Peak Tah-ao-fna,' 10
perpetaate the Indian name o. the noun
tain
The Descent OF the Camp.
.~rhe route 81 returning was the same
"a IN The ascent. and they we're ursil
t4s shfsssr foot