The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-20

!. making the :our 81 she mining dis
49, gess o. the summit, I followed
<esreas policy. for a. 40 tins Nas TIE
81 sssssce from railroad very great, ard
- are points OF excellence about rasi-
y - travel which come right home 70 a
# - after a few months experience on
n sarse or on foot I therefore made q
sxsesiee Of leaving my baggage az the
s.sFe@t railroad station and going IN llgat
-.vbtng order TO the camps II ths dis
- 20 be visited. On several occasions
ook a horse. and on others would have
sons 60 but for the scarcity Of the beasts.
60 Of tae summit there II rarely pas
sara for horses ia the mountains. and the
..sgels. has 10 take oats with him. IS
sgesllt the horses are usually not ogerfed
"a stsar backs are chSfed By packing
a. aad supplies white their ears are
.aaeea b. the continuous voiisy OF sub
ssarous oaths which the packers IRE AZ
fssn. Thus riding has no such charms
- in the open bunchgrass hills Of Eastern
Washington, and j often preferred 10
xa.k, even when a horse was ootainaole.
fte longest trip away from a railroad
,ss, OF the summit was from Hamilton
"a ne Cascade district. 8 distance Of sixty
nsiee and On that occasion, as on The
gsarney from North Bend to Cedar river.
had q good horse. which II WA "a pleas
urs 20 ride.
The only mlshap had In visiting the
Estrscts west OF tbs summit was on the
eu,an river. After spending a solitary
/ n.rAt at siessrs. Vaughn and Tayior's
camp on the middle fork. / came down
sss trail In rain storm which grew
t1Ayier as The day grew older. and arrived
n the middle of the afternoon at the
point on the olney pass where the tran
branches or to some elaine az the head
q fork OF Oiney creek, owned by 5. y.
i silekney. Having been told that the dis
4 lance was only three miles and the trip
A. easy ono. | turned on, expecting 10
rtsch the camp before dark. but my horse.
small. lightly built cayu-c named Pat.
objected 20 the trip and Travelled with
| sHIky reluctance. After going a mile and
i half around the base OF the hill, thu
tran turned up the fork OF olnsy creek
through patches OF devii-ciub and mud
holes and over steep bluffs tutting out TO
TIE water. After twice crossing tha creek.
4 turned up the denseiy timbered mount
Gin with a switchbaek. and was the only
ihlng In sight not standing on edge that
T. II only sioped one way. and that was
ssep enough 20 satisfy tho taste OF the
most fasfidious mountain climber. Tho
saddle was "A doubie-clnch arrangement.
and the cinches were too long for Pats
small girth. consequently they were con-
had gone about 1000 feet ny the mountain
and Pat entered a sudden. vigorous pro-
stsst IN his rage he turned and backed
until his hind legs were over the lower
sla OF the trail on the prreipifous slope.
and his forward end quickly followed. He
tegan sliding Down sideways. and I
scrambled of him on the uphill side and
dropped face downward. grasping the
breast OF Mother Earth with hands and
knees was just Ia time, for at that
Instant Pat rolled over and was brought
10 a sudden stop with his back against
hg which lay along the mountain side,
His head and legs reposed gently In
patch Of devil-ciilhs and he lay peaceful
as a babe on a bed OF down. III I had
no, succeeied IN rolling OFT when I ala, he
would In all probability have broken my
leg or my back against the log, and there
would have been a job for the doctors
on the undertaken.
The only direction from which Fat could
~ approached was the ona 10 which his
legs pointed. and that VAS not desirable
enc. for obvious reasons. Thinking he
vas safe where he was and that tho
camp could not he far distant. left him
aaa started on foot 20 continue the climb
and return With help 20 get Pat out
of sis predicament The rain was falling
IN torrents and after mad gone haf a
mile hrther-it seemed a mile-the tran
light and there was not even blaze on
she trees 70 guide me.
gave NJ hope OF finding the camp and
sesufasi to the PROSTATE cayuse. He
ead struggled 20 his feet. unframed.
snd was calmly eating the leaves
OF his h5i ~ dcv.l-clubs "a though
n enjoyed such thoruy diet. Tho
hridle was tangled among the weeds. and
y hbefating Il I gathered bountecus
crop o. thorus In my hands A devil
club thorn is an inaldlous thing: Il does
Dot worry you when Il nrat catches IN
y yeur skin. but Il gradually sinks IN
haries Itself IN the flesh. causes a dull
aching and. unless extracted in time. viii
sfsuse fostering. But this was no time
le bother with such a trihe: I led Pat 20
the trail and he came quite mrekly. 10
uAs now 50 dark that could not see tho
way but fortunately / had q candle. and
iststsausv picked cut fhe trail nv its
hsas as led fat down the mountain.
Wet, Cold. Hungry Camp.
AZ the base there was a narrow. level
spare. clear Of brush. beside THE forsi. and
taere made q wet. cold. hungry camp |
TAD Provisions, bur. having no AK. could nos
Sc dry wo6d FOR lt could only have been
ieaaa by cutting nto the heari % q cedar.
tader these circumstance Gre was cut
q IRE question and as I was not Vet
hisea. | made my supper ~ a piece ~
#ssa about the size Of a mans hand
e had eft-and raw Cutsr. f'af was
- 80 particular. he moses, around fha
Nck uHth he got his teath ON a rotate
- promptly gohhlci Il. thus jusufyius
= Irish name I offered him another
ri b turned ar his nose az II after eas-
e Aaif Then ! gave him an uniou.
b would not topch e.. he need roe
80 been 50 particular. for there were
laales nusr. 50 I gathered arnfuis
sset hucklehprry hr0sh fer hlia aud "a
= raTenousiy. Then I cat wet Ar
ssEas ard sVreaa them untler s. tree.
ssassd the Saiidie against the TRUNK fer =
NasW spread The Wet horse blanket over
saturated clothes and lay down and
80 e lmaEtue myself comfortable. The
ser drnpcd from the tra~ VII over ma.
- 40 OCCASIONAL drop would hit sac Ia
eye Pat shifted NJ my face and sew
- anes tried to ret ~ the pack hav-
j IS 3 saeaRlas suspicion that cats We're
T4'et In IS. : smoked vigorously Ard
fffed whether Fheunagssn or naeu-
Hobld De- fAe rc>slit. Taefe was no
4 sna eut she roar ~ the creek saaenE
4 eeatiess, the Drip. drip 81 the rsgn ia
~ eAsA spd Fats restless movements IN
- srfow stamping grounds. To thEs
F feii s=ieep tor few haers.
4 1870 &c tnd it was stin nsgat and
sam aosc3 ~
& -. hs' the dim usht began 20 make
u saSnere tr'lns IA the forest stand onf
- Aaa She trscs across the creek
70 sooner vts5b}e than 7 was un
ss PAW oaioa far breakfast and
49, t1t on Aucklebarrv brush. I vas
- saaa3e before aay had fulfv tawnea
- - on The maia trail IN ara haur
vas 50 hungry that DEE wanted 90
II - ana cat cevit-elub, brNeken ana
-. EsFea star. hut I maae hgn So