Shoshone, and other western wonders . lesaway ; and the fifty-niners, toiling slowlyacross the plains on their way to the new ElDorado, thought every day that on the nextthey would reach the Peak and make theircamp at its base. So, when the word *shadow is used, it mustbe taken with limitations. One may think him-self in the shade of the natural beacon, butprobably he will not be. Colorado Springs andManitou are generally said to be in the shadowof Pikes Peak; and I have adopted the localphrase, though the real shadow is several milesaway. And yet, if one does not mind a hardride and a rough c
Shoshone, and other western wonders . lesaway ; and the fifty-niners, toiling slowlyacross the plains on their way to the new ElDorado, thought every day that on the nextthey would reach the Peak and make theircamp at its base. So, when the word *shadow is used, it mustbe taken with limitations. One may think him-self in the shade of the natural beacon, butprobably he will not be. Colorado Springs andManitou are generally said to be in the shadowof Pikes Peak; and I have adopted the localphrase, though the real shadow is several milesaway. And yet, if one does not mind a hardride and a rough camp and a few hardships,he may rest for a day or so in the real shadow,or climb to the top of the Peak itself, and fromit look down upon a good portion of Colo-rado, with its ranges and valleys and vast plainsstretching far away, even as do the waters of. amighty ocean. And if any one will come withme, afoot and horseback, into the mysteriousregions of the Rockies, I can promise him manya day of enjoyment and as varied a selection of. WW
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