Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1916-07-20
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Miss JOY Dewell, who is spend
ing a vacation of several weeks
in the west With camping party
Muclips, Wash, July e. My
lnar Father and Mother. II
l hurry perhaps can tell
81 a attic about our trips ia the
Bird Islands before Professor
.l,iirs t"ols his good night horn
Our Indians Charlie. Ike and Allen
came yesterday morning They
~. very interesting and seem real
Intelligent at least they speal,
Very good English They are Jolly
too aud Nina and have a cirril.
talking to them. Ike has a bean
t.nl par Of buck skin gloves that
NINA IL teasing for and have 1ny
oNr on a beaded watch fob Charlie
Is the boss and really seems to he
the most responsible Of the three
but | feel very safe with the others
ESQ they have a % foot launch
and two canoes. one 20 feet and
The other $ feet long Yesterday
afternoon We were over tn one nf
lie bird rocks which is quite near
10 mann land We ALL tl5 piled
INTO The big canoe and AVIAN we
went II was great To slide up IN
those big waves and then down on
the other side. When we land.
one of the Indians gets out on he
r'ck and holds the canoe. Then
u hen a hlg wave raises II up wn
junp out. Then down the canoe
goes four or five feet until the
neN' wave brings it up, again, and
Mf Jones shouts, jump! and the
hcNt one Jumps quick. Thus it
goes until the whole tribe is safely
landed The rock we visited YES
t"rday IS about 300 feet high. Wa
climbed up about 100 feet. then
the next 100 feet we climbed with
rope tied around us. Mr.. Jones
vas on top of the rock holding Il
rope one Indian above to helm
hum and one below TO start us.
Honestly, dom see how we did
il because ii is about as straight
up as i rock can be, that is for
the FIRST 200 feet The last 100
feet We're Just like our clan bluffs
~ home, ni'e and climahle, only
full af birds burrows. and We had
Ia lac careful moi tn step too far.
w hen VIZ once got there, however,
II Mas worth it all We found the
h,trrow nests of petralS and tnfted
ptlllllS. and Ike pulled some of
lr birds o,i of the nests so we
could srl a close view The pet
rrls are VERY small. that is. much
smaller than had imagined them
TO l,. They are sooiN eO!Orad and
have a peculiar beall with little
lnbr like nnetrils. I'm fact The
family To which they belong is
called lhlhinares. The next bur
row had q tnttad putin in it. Ike
sure did have to work To pull HIM
out on bll they arr. pretty
Sometimes they are called sea
parrots because they look much
Like parrot and are about the
size of an ordinary parrot. Their
heaks are red orange, and the
Eyes have a red ring around them.
Tie tltird part is formed by two
sort nf golden yellow pllimrs GO
ing back over the head. starting
from the eyes They are sanry
little things and snap at any.
thing. Nina put on two pairs of
heavy gloves and let him snap at
. her and she could feel his teeth
clear through the gloves. We in
sprcied the rocks and burrows and
birds for a while and then got
res'dT to brave the descent ! en-
Joyed going up with The rope, but
ccmlng down Mr. Jones didn't give
us quite enough slack and when
L eIlne 10 make he biggest
stretch | fri. Just a hll uncOm-
fo.taDle didI know YOU could
chak. by having a rope lied UNI
der our arms, but for a second
did feel choky and then the much
longed for slack came. The
whole trip was a Very exciting one
for all Of ms, except Mr.. jones and
the Indians. but OF course, they
are used to such things.
Friday a m: Yesterday morn
ing we went over to keyhole rock.
1t is about half mile from Point
Granville, whore We have tn go
10 embark and IS quite hit
higher than he rock we visited
" edne sday ii was much more
exciting To land out there. too.
The waves, which would raise the
boat up on the rocks, were mnefl
bigger Just as il came my turn
10 get ready TO Jump Charlie
shouted Look out. don't jump.
here comes a breaker. So !
ducEed down and it spla shed over
Is My. hiiI IL was fun Then a
hla wave washed he canoe up on
lie rocl. AGAIN and jumped and
began to scramble for all I VAS
worth II Was easy to crawl up
heyhole rock. after having gone
up the other. Up on top We found
nests of three different kinds Of