Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-09-26

Of pleasant trip, which proved
success all the way through. On
board the train found the noble red
man In the parsonage of chief Shop
penegons, armed and equipped In his
huLting attire. bound for the Injun
River country, in company with
couple of Grayllng's sportsmen, for
the purpose of taking few of the
flying quackers that inhabit the fine
spring waters Of that vicinity. Moth
ing of note until reaching Newberry,
where ] found John Torrents scaler,
who left for camp on the Tequamanon
river, as miles distant, for the pur-
pose OF scaling a five million job of
logs, to be RATED from the Tequaman-
non to the 500, where they will be
manufactured into lumber. Iarrlved
at Marquette In due time, and found
the steamer 'Cfty of Marquette" had
made her last regular trip up the
lake for this season. ] hired livery
team, and started the next morning
for the Big Bay country, in Marquette
county. The first thing that partic-
ularly attracted my attention, after
leaving the city, were the powder
mills at Dead River, two and one half
miles from the city. There natural
dam of granite rock is formed across
Dead River. The early french voy-
ayers gave it the name LIN kiriere
DIES moets. At. three miles we pass
the cliffs and caves at Marquette's
beautiful Pressure Isle Park, a bold
peninsula Of rock, connected with
the main land by low narrow 18TH
mus of sand. At six miles the road
passes between two granite rock
mountains, called the sugar loaf; the
one on the right Is four hundred feet
high, with almost smooth surface,
the one on the left is three hundred
feet, with some timber growing out
of the crevasses that covers part OF
its bold surface; the passage bet yeen
these rocks is about sixteen feet, and
the only route; highway can be had
five miles away. At eight miles we
!. pass the ruins of an old saw MILL
once owned and managed by one
Harlow, OF a miserly turn of mind,
hence the wreck. The road meanders
around among the granite rocks, piled
up into noun tains that would be no
disgrace to the Rockies OF the far
west. Fifteen miles we cross the
Little Garlick River, at the mouth of
which is favorable camping ground
called Sank's Head; the name Sank's
Head is said to be an eruption of
Sioux Head, and tradition has
it, that in the days when the Siouxs
an Ojibway's contended for the
mastery of these shores, two chiefs OF
The rival tribes Unexpectedly encount-
cred each other here, In the fight
that ensued the Sioux was killed, and
the victor placed his head on a pole
set in crevice at the summit of the
rock, now known as Sank's Head.
The next place of note is the Yellow
Dog River, which was named in
honor Of an Ojibway chief, whose
home w!gwam once stood at its
mouth. Here we missed our way.
/ followed up the river for several
miles, passing places where the river
meandered down among rocks at
thirty degrees depression for several
hundred feet at time. We than
, turned to our right, and passed by the
; west end Of lake Independence, and
, soon reached our DIES ination at Char.
ley Barnes fishing quarters, dist.
ance Of forty miles from Marquette,
at the foot Of Big Bay, near the sand
stone cliffs, known as the Red Heads,
consisting Of high sand stone cliffs
! from 40 to 80 feet high, at the foot
of which for several years has reposed
the wreck of the schooner "Guidinp
e Star" She ran on the point in O
. heavy fog, and was abandoned by hel
/ crew, consisting of seven men and
e one woman; they constructed a lad
t der from the wreck, and climbing UP
s among the rocks in the cliffs to the
: top, took refuge in our friend Bell.
, homestead camp. until they could get
s passage to more secure quarters
: After partaking OF the hospitality Of
r our friend Barnes we returned Il
Marquette without material disaster
:, except breaking few seat springs
and king bolt, or two, which WI
: soon replaced by the help of bundle
Of hay wire, which the teamstel
/. clothed himself with on leaving thu
!. stable.
Yours truly