The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-26

and suspended from limb. safe from de-
probation Horses wander az VIII on the
fats. nipazng the tufts OF grass they ind
among the bush. Here after supper every
man 6ons his coat. for the breeze Is chilly
after sunset, fires are buff rp before piles
tales OF hunting. fishing. good luck ara
hard luck. "reminiscences Of home. some
body suggests a song and hearty chorus
rises among the leafy 2isies~
Above North creek the fats are 10
more. and the bed Of the canyon slopes 10
the river so sharply that IL would seem
steep IL a glance at the enclosing noun
tains did not show what sseePness really
is The way is strewn with boalders aFi
sharp pointed rocks. and as one energies
into an open space Mount Lincoln stands
before him 10 the west. ike rough ma
fure-buiit pyramid. too steep 20 give
iodgment 10 snow. and therefore bare and
black To the south rises his twin brother
OF similar mould and between and on each
side Of them are the great snow banks
feeding the twin streams which uniting
Below form the noisy. tsn bling Twlsp.
To the north Is the great mountain wall
named Mount Gilbert. patches OF snow
filing each crevice and stretching far
down the gulches which seam Its sides.
Far UP toward the summit can be dis
cerrfed the broad red hand. where the
Mountain Goat ledge outcrops. and IL can
be traced almost entirely along the face
from west 10 east as one looks up from the
canyon To the south Is Goat Park
mountain, equally precipttous. necked
with the remnants OF the winters snow.
the river chafing its base. On small
level space. half hidden among the bushes.
is Plummer's camp. an ice-ecld stream
flowing by IL.
Grand Scenery.
-f~ k~ l.
to be- found on ascending the steep
trail leading to the head of
North creek Il Is as though some giant
power had cut slice out OF the noun
tain with irregular bat generally sloping
sides and hurled IL into space. leaving the
gap through which the creek roars over
its boulders. white as the snow which
feeds IL, except where a momsnts repose
allows ii TO settle into a transparent
green which can be compared TO nothing
else under heaven. The mountains on
each side are OF apparently the same
height. Of almost the same general form
and each ends at the mouth or the can
yon in bold, rocky promontory uplified
above the ridge behind. In the bed OF the
creek. here and there. Is a patch OF snow
on a sand bar. which neither sun nor wa
ter has been able TO reach Still ascend
ing the right bank. the trail crosses
cascade leaping down bed of rock which
some snowslide has brought down from
the heights. Now. OF 10 the right ~
gorgeous stretch of deep green. where
wild alfalfa grows from the feet OF the
overhanging cliffs &C the summit right
down to the bank of the creek. silver
streak bordered by a still deeper green
being formed by the cascade leapinS
down the slope Here all the horses OF the
camp are turned loose 20 feed and gorge
themselves greedily on the iuxuri-
ant heritage. In this natural pas
ture the trail crosses and enters
a great burn where every tree Is
dead and every trunk blackened, where
the ground Is strewn with charrcd logs.
Death and silence are everywhere. but for
the Drawing torrent and the shrili nelan-
choIy note of the whistling marmot-
Yet further up and the trail Is lost under
beds OF snow. which hide fallen logs and
often yield to the horses feet. much 10
his annoyance Through az open. swampy
place the trail goes on around the edge of
a great bed OF snow which hides small
lake from which the creek flows. Further
on IL passes through dense patch OF for
est and then enters a beautiful basin
among the mountains. why're high peaks
rise all around, the hoiiows in their sides
fiIled by glaciersj each forming It's icy
stream into a lake In the Hollow beneath.
where blue Ice never melts and on whose
shores miners are probably now at work
in search of gold.
L. X. HODGES.