. Echoes from the Rocky Mountains : reminiscences and thrilling incidents of the romantic and golden age of the great West, with a graphic account of its discovery, settlement, and grand development . ched this home station,and our order for supper having been given, the music ceased, themerry dancers filed out of the room, the tables and chairs were replaced,and, in short order, we were served with a splendid supper of speckledmountain trout, juicy steaks from the white tailed deer, steaming bis-cuits from the oven, fresh butter, and many other delicacies very grate-ful to the sight and palat
. Echoes from the Rocky Mountains : reminiscences and thrilling incidents of the romantic and golden age of the great West, with a graphic account of its discovery, settlement, and grand development . ched this home station,and our order for supper having been given, the music ceased, themerry dancers filed out of the room, the tables and chairs were replaced,and, in short order, we were served with a splendid supper of speckledmountain trout, juicy steaks from the white tailed deer, steaming bis-cuits from the oven, fresh butter, and many other delicacies very grate-ful to the sight and palate of a half score of hungry men, whose bloodhad been quickened and appetites sharpened by the fresh mountainair. Ere long the dance was resumed, and as our coach rolled on in the 187 188 ECHOES FROM THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. dark, it was accompanied by the strains of music that grew fainter andfainter until they died away in the distance. About day break we met an advancing column of fire from theshort buffalo grass, which, thoroughly sun-dried, burned rapidly andsent forth at intervals dense clouds of smoke. Choosing a point wherethe grass was low and the body of the flame corresponding, we passed. ESCAPE FROM A PRAIRIE FIRE. safelv through without material damage toman or beast. It was, how-ever, an interesting sight to behold the long line o flame stretchingfor miles across the level plains. It recalled the pictures in our schoolbooks of the burning by the Indians, of the long pampas grass; therewas wanting, however, to complete the scene, the herds of plungingbuffalo and other wild animals of the plains engaged in the terriblerace for life from the devouring element. ECHOES FROM THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. 189 As the day advanced we beheld in the far distance what appearedto be a speck upon the horizon. As we approached, it assumed theaspect of the white wings of motionless animals. They were thewhite tents of the embryo city of Cheyenne—mere dots upon the vastplain. They were the ad
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