. "With touch of elbow;" or, Death before dishonor; a thrilling narrative of adventure on land and sea . ^ and, with-out waiting for an invitation to tea,^^ bid them good-byeand hurried off to camp, casting back furtive glances nowand then to see if there was anything like a hostile move-ment going on behind. They were Arapahoes, a powerfuland warlike tribe, but friendly with the whites just at thattime. The monotony of the camp was relieved with storiesof the buffalo hunt for several evenings thereafter. Without further adventure of any considerable note themiddle of June found us at the Devi
. "With touch of elbow;" or, Death before dishonor; a thrilling narrative of adventure on land and sea . ^ and, with-out waiting for an invitation to tea,^^ bid them good-byeand hurried off to camp, casting back furtive glances nowand then to see if there was anything like a hostile move-ment going on behind. They were Arapahoes, a powerfuland warlike tribe, but friendly with the whites just at thattime. The monotony of the camp was relieved with storiesof the buffalo hunt for several evenings thereafter. Without further adventure of any considerable note themiddle of June found us at the Devils Gate, in the WindRiver Mountains, in what is now the western portion ofthe State of Wyoming. Our camp is near the PacificSprings, the first water found on the route flowing towardthe Pacific Ocean. The altitude is great, the winds arehigh and during our stay here a rain sets in, which soonturns to sleet and snow, causing great suffering amongthe horses, many of which have already succumbed to thehardships of the journey. ^ - •. With Touch of Elbow. 29 The Devils Gate is a slit or gorge in the mountains,through which flows the Wind Eiver on its eastern pas-sage, emptying into the Big Horn. This gorge seems tobe the connecting link or outlet for the air currents fromwest to east and vice versa as they surge up against therocky barrier of the great Continental Divide. Throughthe Devils Gate the winds sometimes rush with a wailingsound that gives rise to the name of the gorge, while theriver and the mountains in which it has its source taketheir name from the winds that seem constantly to Divide, so called, is a distinctive feature in the faceof the country, as springs are found here whose fountainheads are but a few hundred yards apart and whose watersflow in opposite directions. After a fifteen days march from the Wind River wereach the Wasatch IMountains, and from their summitobtain the first glimpse of Zion, THE HOLY CITY. The route leads through Echo Canyon, the
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