Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-11-13

EsE Hcr~r -arrt3~ns< o. the Irat-
Leaving the river. the trail leads en-
sor some two miles Tents have been
met with scattered along the way, and
one Is never cut of sight Of men CON-
inc OF going Now suddenly sight
meets the eve. The space between
the tree trunks has been cleared away,
and the whole place Is filed with tents
on both sides at the trail. side by side.
only few feet apart. snd extending
back the width OF the valley. which Is
here quite narrow The men have set
up their stoves and hung ont hundreds
os pounds OF bacon. and the air -
laden With the savorv smell ~ smok-
iax meat and the camp fires: for Il -
evening. snd the men are returning
from the trSll Weary horses are eat
ing hay and oats alongside tarpsulin-
covered piles Of goods
There are tiftv Or six.y tents n AL.
crowded together IL small space. and
the roaluay between = packed smooth
hundreds 0f feet There are more
women here. and one i baking biscuit.
zni selling them hot for twenty-five
cents q dozen- Every one Ne talk With
Is cutting down weight. Oace through
the tents. the wagon road stops. sad
then xhat seems 20 he only fcCt-trsil
makes = su1dea tara a. the let; aud
boldly climbs up the steep mountain
side We hitch Cur horses here snd
proceed OF foot This J. the Hill. aud
the crowds Of tents and men make the
town ~ the loot "a 10 Hill
To convey an idea II the Hill one
mus. have recourse 10 illustration. AMI
] can ind none more apt than that
used bv enc who Las been over the
r-ail. Imagine = mountain Of goods
boxes. some u them bigger than the
reSt-rhe size Cf tents Imagine
them piled In . rough mass. cover
then with moss AID black loan and
trees. with nils Of water tricklinE
down among them The Co-ds-boxes
are granite bovlders. their outer sur
faces rrotrnde from the mass. hard
and bare. bat nature has covered the
rest Vita rich vegetation The path -
II indeed II can be called o1e-evist:
and turns and worms It way from
ledge 20 ledge and between the masses
of powders. Here tree has beer
cut down AID we Chamber over II
stump. There n corduroy bridge lifu
alpenstocks. and with packs painful,
struggle upward stopping nov an
arAsn Tor rest II has been compars
lively dry for q day, and the traL !
said no. 20 be 50 bad Between IA
bowiders Il has packet fairy vel
and bur for It's steeR1eSs.. Sohln .
eAEleI good path. We aseeSde-l
distance of several hunlrei feet - nc
quite 10 the summit. ve are told q
exerv ledge and bench tents are -
up OF riles e sack. 80 near the Ia-
that one can reach OCT ones hand al
touch them Men l. fTcm the day
work are cooking or reclining oesic
their goods. Their ri1es are IL eA-
reach Pilfering hse been going q
here too. and tie Ee- rho are iylr
bv their goods Will shcot AZ sight.
string q horses and mules = re.ur'
inc down the NIL. and We see nov q
difference II horse. The lank- bl
clumsy horse j. II danger 81 eve
s:er. he comes q a drop-od ilfts r
head IL Ar. tosses lis fore feet abe.
wiki = groan. AID trusts % chan
for his had feet 70 fad footing
strikes a s.Oping rock. hounde1s for
-OrII-LlL- 1-44 4INA 49, $50 -
AID rolls over 4 string OF sever
dozen went past, bat none did actual
fall Tie lltti- cayuse. however
Indian pony. ike the mules. loo
~hese every foot j. placed one q
nss got cut u the train and came Z
pi-Sh-Of of ten or twelve feet;
looked 20 see j; break Is neck. but
simply put rs hezd down. sid o.
the face OF the bouicer. and Land
zquareiy and lightly a. n goat
other we lus, heard Il vent dow
forty-foot hank, and W&s tack on
trail working next day We set
down TIC hil. again. When ne "
near the bottom ne met snail =
coming up In charge II Two raea-
AZ the foot Of the steep ascent
train sf3pPed. and one horse -
ahead whea be cszne mp % a -
ap q over two feet he got hin
feet up. gave g desperate lnEge
get he hind parts NJ, slipped,
fell. has whole weight AM that Il
load square on top q sharp stu