Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-10-16
-Four Hundred Miles in the Saddle
Continued from last week.

faces homeward, All were 10th to leave
the beautiful clear river that had snno
them to sleep for the past week, and out
OF whose wonderful clear water they had
obtained such fine large trout. Such
trout as only a fisherman can eniov
great gamy fellows, some of them over
twenty inches long, Then the only wild
fruit found had been around this camp.
1t Is true it was only service berries, bat
IN tie absence OF huckleberries they
made excellent sauce.
The days travel led up over a high
ridge, or nose between two valleys, and
the way was obstructed by many logs.
About live p. m. camp was made at the
Indian monuments, The grouse had
been obliging during the day and as a
result there was plenty OF meat in camp.
Camp was made north OF the trail near
\ small spring, and the editor and the
proie sor took their guns and went to
look after some goats that the Indians
had seen few days before. The Monu-
ments is one of the places at which a
party could lose the trail with ease. For
there is another ridge crossing the one
on which the trail lies and looking very
much like it. The two ridges form let
ser \, the trail traversing the ridge from
the southeast to the northwest. The
portion of the other ridge north OF the
trail has some very fantastic rocks upon
It, ond from the portion to the south
there is very strange view.
Nesting in a valley fully 1000 feet be-
low the ridge is a nearly circular noun.
tain lake, and right up the opposite
mountan side five or six hundred feet
above this lake there is another lake OF
about the same size and shape. The up
per lake is so near above the lower one,
and 50 much like it in shape, that one is
at first inclined to think that he is see
ing double
The two hunters returned Tia moth
ing larger than grouse. After supper
the tent was pitched and all turned in to
rest. The night was very cold, and in
the morning the ground was frozen. Bus
at daylight the doctor and the professor
were on their way TO the tOp0! the ridge
to see the sun rise, have look at TIC
lakes and keep an eye out for goats, The
night before the smoke from the toreG
fires had shut out the distant view il
every direction. But the cold night had
settled all OF it into the valleys and 60
there was fine view of the Crags or
Clearwater mountains to the south, the
main range of the Bitter Roots To the
east, the Pot mountains to the norm,
and to the west Bald mountain aud the
wilderness beyond. The sunrise was
grand, and the walk in the clear, cold
mountain air gave one fue appetite for
breakfast. But only the tracks o. the
goats were seen, and the only game killed
was grouse. It was nearly nine a. m.
when the party started on the trail
toward Bald mountain. Howard's camp
was passed and shortly afterward the
place where the trail had been left to so
TO the river over week beforA. Very
soon after the old part of the trail VAS
reached the mule showed that he Snew
it by taking the lead and starting home,
and from that time he kept the lead ana
set q good pace.
At the Grave Yard Jack was found
cutting wood and the party spent q few
minutes chatting with him, after which
the Journey was again resumed as on
most of the days on the trail the lunch
of a cold flap jack and piece OF bacon
was eaten while in the saddle. When
east OF Castle Butte the professor pushed
ahead and had wood ready for a camp
fire when the rest of the party arrived
at dark. he night was cold and the
.ent Was used as blanket on top OF the
he'd The editor sat up late and cooked
a not of beans that served as part OF the
breakfast and lunch.
Tae party we're on the trail by eight
the next morning, and accomplished the
Dong day to the We-Tass in good time
About eleven o'clock the strangest outh'
passed on the trip was sighted. 1t con
sisted of patent medicine man that hae
yone broke an Oregon and was travelling
home 10 Missoula. He had little morse
fitted out with pack saddle, on the SIDE
OF which he had hung stirrups' III
bIankets formed the seat of the saddle
On one side was hung gun and iryinI
pan and on the other handbag ana
telescope grip sack. Man, horse an'
mack looked decidedly peculiar. an'
would haye formed a picture hard to beat
Shortly after passing the patent med