. A California tramp and later footprints; or, Life on the plains and in the Golden state thirty years ago, with miscellaneous sketches in prose and verse ... Illustrated with thirty-nine wood and photo-engravings. Overland journeys to the Pacific; Agriculture. 94 A CALIFORNIA TRAMP. The valley gradually widened, but the road was still danger- ous. We soon met companies of Mormons, men and boys, who were chopping wood and mending roads, and anon we en- countered an aged Samaritan with a wagon load of onions and cabbages for our special use, which he sold to those who had any money, or its equi
. A California tramp and later footprints; or, Life on the plains and in the Golden state thirty years ago, with miscellaneous sketches in prose and verse ... Illustrated with thirty-nine wood and photo-engravings. Overland journeys to the Pacific; Agriculture. 94 A CALIFORNIA TRAMP. The valley gradually widened, but the road was still danger- ous. We soon met companies of Mormons, men and boys, who were chopping wood and mending roads, and anon we en- countered an aged Samaritan with a wagon load of onions and cabbages for our special use, which he sold to those who had any money, or its equivalent in the shape of transferable goods belonging to our employers. As the most of us were as poor as the turkey allegedly Job's (although his book fails to mention the fact that he ever owned such a bird, either poor or fat) when we hired at Leavenworth, it will be seen that the Mormon hucksters got more bacon and ox-chains than coin of the realm. Those few who had conscience instead of money were obliged to see luxuries, like milk, eggs and vegetables, pass by them like the Priest and the Levite of old, giving them no assistance. Near the mouth of the widening gorge we came to that evidence of civilization—a toll-gate. Here a saintly keeper slate in hand, kept tally of our wagons as they lumbered past, the toll being one dollar per ton, or §1,250 for our train. The road belonged to the Mormon Church—otherwise Brigham Young. Paying an enemy toll to enter his conquered territory was the height of absurdity. Just below the gate we crossed the river on an excellent bridge, and still following down the canon we left it by an immense natural gateway, where tower- ing rocks arose perpendicularly from each side of the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Kenderdine, Thaddeus S. Newton, Pa
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