The Red Cloud chief., 1896-07-10
An Interesting Letter.

70 THE CnIEF:-As THE CHIEF
had a desire to hear from this neck
o the woods, / now proceed as per
agreement. To say the least, all is
well. I left Red Cloud Tuesday at
SAB p. m. and arrived in San Fran.
cisco at 1918 Saturday noon. From
Red Cloud to Denver had plenty of
company and no other misfortune be.
fell me than to be seriously troubled
by the news agent. Guess he thought
| had not travelled much.
Shortly after arriving in Denver
] was approached by a wcll.dre.sed
gentleman who rendered his services
to show me around, | thanked him
for his generous offer and told him
that as | lived in Denver it was un-
necessary for me to accept of his
kindness. He dropped me like a hot
potato.
Soon after leavisg Denver the mo.
notonous prairie gave place to rugged
mountains. AS | passed from the
foot hills into the mountains my
eyes gradually opened until finally l.
could take a fair sized view and at
tempted to allow nothing to pass by IN
observed. As the change in scenery
from Nebraska to Colorado is so radi.
cal | sometimes think my eyes were
strained.
Had passed through Eagle Pass
aud entered far into Grand Canon
when night came on and | fell asleep.
That came near being my last dreamy
sleep. At about ten o'clock an ava
lanchc struck the track derailed the
engine and the whole train came near
plunging down into the Little Grand
river, only about 300 feet below.
Yours Truly might have been in com.
pany with the passengers living
among the rocks and boulders of the
river, with the roaring of a cateract
for a perpetual funeral ode, waiting
for Gabriel to blow the trumpet.
When ! coolly reflect on the matter
and think of what might have been
a subject developed upon which, some
poetical genius could compose another
rythmetic story about "a Train That
Never Pulled H." That | might be
referred to as being among the illfatcd
and ;carfully mourned for by its
thousands of readers, and then think
of what was, l am very well centented
with just what happened. Tho train
was delayed three hours. BY some
freak or another sleep vanished from
my eyes and | rode on the platform
until sunrise the mex morning. Al.
though there was no moon, the noun
tains. gulches, rocks and trees were
plainly visible.
Eagle Pass and Grand Canon afford
plenty Of scenery but Red Rsck Canon
and Castle Gate caps them both.
The high steep walls of this canon are
finely decorated with huge rocks half
as large as box ears, piled loosely to-
gc,her like n wrecKcd freight train.
| asked a trainman if those rocks ever
rolled down and was very much re-
lieved when he said that those up
there had never vet rolled down.
After coming up out of this caneu
the beautiful valley of the Great Salt
Lake came into view. The train flew
down through this country like a
hawk in pursuit of a snow bird. la
few words the Salt Lake valley Is q
very level. county, dotted here and
there with lakes and almost entirely
surrounded by snow capped noun.
tains. Arrived in Ogden at $50 p
m. and spent the balance of the day
in gazing on the sights of that beauti,
ful city.
In many mountain towns along the
line from Ogden | Jaw the CmEF's
brethren crouched in the folds of gay
ly colored blankets, leasurly sucking