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Title: Life in the world's wonderland : a graphic description of the great Northwest, from the Mississippi River to the land of the midnight sun, including descriptions of Sioux Falls, Sioux City, Fremont, Lincoln, Kansas City, Ottumwa, Fort Madison, and all the wonders of the unrivaled Yellowstone Park, the mines and canons of the Rocky Mountains, the beauties fo the Oregon and Columbia Rivers, and the famous inland passage from Tacoma, Washington Territory, to Sitka, Alaska : descriptions of the old Indian battle fields, including the last battle field of General Custer on the Big Horn River, the stories of old trappers, freighters, miners, and Indian fighters, told in their own unique style
Year: 1886 (1880s)
Authors: Gerrish, Theodore, 1846-1923
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Publisher: (S.l. : s.n.)
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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ely chilling. . . .In May the world and the sun wake up together. Inhis new zeal we find old Sol up before us at 2.15 a.m.,and he urges us on till 9.45 at night. Even then thelight is only turned down ; for the darkest hour is likeearly summer twilight, not too dark for reading. From our front door to the pebbly beach below, thewild sweet pea runs rampant; while under and in andthrough it spring the luxurious phlox, Indian rice, thewhite blossomed yun-ate, and wild roses which makeredolent every breath from the bay. Passing out theback door, a few steps lead us into the dense pine-woods,whose solitudes are peopled with great bears, and owls,and — Tlinkit ghosts ! while eagles and ravens soarwithout number. On one tree alone we counted thirtybald eagles. These trees are heavily draped with moss SITKA AND ITS SURROUNDINGS. Z^l hanging In rich festoons from every limb; and into therich carpeting underneath, ones foot may sink for inches.Here the ferns reach mammoth size, though many of
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fairy daintiness are found among the moss; and thedevils walking-stick stands in royal beauty at every turn,with its broad, graceful leaves and waxen, red berries. 368 LIFE IN THE WORLDS WOXDERLAND. Out again into the sunshine, and we discovermeadows of grass and clover, through which run brightlittle streams, grown over with willows, just as at home.And here and there are clumps of trees so like thepeach and apple that a lump comes into your throat.But you lift your eyes, and there beyond is the broadshining of the river, and above it the ever-present,dream-dispelling peaks of snow, with their blue icesliding down and down. . . . The Chilkat people long ago gained for themselvesthe reputation of being the most fierce and warlike tribein the Archipelago. Certain it is that, between them-selves and southern Hy-dah, there is not another whichcan compare with them in strength, either as to numbers.Intelligence, physical perfection, or wealth. . . . Thechildren always belong to the mother

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