Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-08-17


Matolas country. The party here |
amused themselves rolling man.
moth rocks down into Black Canyon. |
They would go down a distance of |
nearly a mile and at the bottom as
they rolled off over the snow beds
they looked like tiny rabbits running
across the drifts. Hunts Cove is a
beautiful chain of lakes lying in
secluded spots of beautiful green
surrounded by mammoth fir forests,
mountain peaks and glaciers. Each
bench seems to form an oasis in the 4
mountain, and the connecting
streams of pure snow water came
roaring down the steep inclines in
great beauty. These streams COM
bine into what is known as PAMELA
creek and run down into the lake OF
the same name several thousand
feet below.
This lake and stream were named
after Miss PAMELA Berry, of Fox
Valley, who with her parents came
out to cook for the surveying party
that located the trail in 1874. One
day she fell into the stream, and
thereafter 1t was given her name.
The lake is about a mile long by
half a mile wide; II is from 90 to
so feet deep, but is very low at
present. The outlet is entirely un-
der ground as PAMELA creek again
comes to the surface about a quarter
of mile below bubbling out of the
rocks, cold as ice.
Jerry and George have been our
faithful and efficient camp cooks,
but they took several valuable les
sons from our ornlthologist, while
the two colts washed the dishes and
supplied most OF tho flsh. The ten
derfoot kept up the camp fires and
cooked the coffee, besides doing a
little eating, fishing, visiting and
accommodating on the side. Sheriff
Culver is n true voodsman, and we
could all depend upon him to see us
out OF unforeseen difficulties. He
Is q good hunter, but so far has been
unable to locate any buck. Does
and fawn ere plentiful, but men OF
the woods fully respect the laws
and humane impulses so that none of
these ever suffer.
AnginAaa ia oil Anna
by parties at Detroit, who send
horses all through these mountains.
A good packer Is campers delight,
but an incompetent one is one OF the
worst drawbacks that pleasure seek
ers can have, as most of them know
little about such things. For this
reason all in the mountains are anx-
ious 10 know who their packer is
going TO b.. The young man who
took the stuff TO our camp Is tender
in years, but without doubt as tough
as they make them from some other
standpoints. He could swear like n
prince, a pirate, a trooper, or, If you
please like a full-nodGed packer.
This young man was telling the
crowd OF campers one evening about
the many good qualities of his con-
Germ, stating that they had only the
best horses, tho best alforeusses, the
best packs and the best packers on
earth Each one of his statements
was surrounded and reinforced with
the most elegant samples OF dynaneic
expressions that 1t would be possible
to frame into the English language
by even more pretentious persons.
He not only disgusted the crowd by
his superb ignorance, but his mas
terry of epithets as well. One of his
auditors seemed TO approve his state
ments about the superiority OF the
outfit, and yentured to suggest that
he also had a very fine vocabulary.
This delighted the young man. and
In his ecstatcy he responded: "You
bet your life. My - boss
don't send a - thing out but the