Rambles in the Rocky Mountains: with a visit to the gold fields of Colorado

Maurice O'Connor Morris

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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA ANGELESAT LOS ^ of CALIFOKHIAUNiVEKSlTY AT LOS ANGELES TJBRABY RAMBLES IN THE EOCKY MOUNTAIJ^S. RAMBLES IN THE KOCKY MOUNTAINS: WITH A VISIT TO THE FIELDS OF COLORADO.GOLD BY MAURICE O'CONNOR MORRIS, JAMAICA.LATE DEPUTY POSTMASTER-GENERAL OF ' ' ' ' i -t i - LONDON: CORNHILL.ELDER AND 65,SMITH, CO., 1864. 146128 c« • •«• • ;ut ill a horse cannot be as in as withoutdefined, Euclid, parts." ROCKY MOUNTAINS. 147 ""owner in a at his refusal to dra^y : for Billrage, had his whims and when once heand,penchants, to do a force or was thrownobjected coaxinn;tlung;, He was the of our state on this occasion,away. pillar the aud 300 lbs. offlour-bearer,being having nearly "that beside a few other small oncomrnodit}', deer," his Atlantean back. Next came a cream-coloured little"Jack," cobby and ratherhorse, very havino- astrong showy, fine '-'rein" and round but withallarge quarters, ""he was said to be a flat-head;very lazy pony, from the Indian tribe of that on thename, and, he a but notwhole, useful,proved very interesting member of our Then comes comity. "Jenny," a Mexican rather and withmule,young small, shanks in little Chinesewonderfully spindle ending Avhich sunk in we came to.feet, hopelessly every bog 1 cannot her but had thepraise very highly, perhaps she her mulishness beenexpletives provoked by uttered in or '-'Grasser" sheCastilian, "patois" v.

Sujets

• Western United States
• Rocky Mountains
• Colorado

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• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 4
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 10 Mo

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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
ANGELESAT LOS^
of CALIFOKHIAUNiVEKSlTY
AT
LOS ANGELES
TJBRABYRAMBLES
IN THE
EOCKY MOUNTAIJ^S.RAMBLES
IN THE
KOCKY MOUNTAINS:
WITH A VISIT TO THE
FIELDS OF COLORADO.GOLD
BY
MAURICE O'CONNOR MORRIS,
JAMAICA.LATE DEPUTY POSTMASTER-GENERAL OF
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i -t i -
LONDON:
CORNHILL.ELDER AND 65,SMITH, CO.,
1864.
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PREFACE.
In to the thesePublic extracts from aoffering journal
for the of a few and meant tofriends,kept perusal
I feel that an isletters,supplement private apology
due for insertions and underwhich,many omissions,
different would have been as inadmis-circumstances,
sible as inexcusable. The however,region, through
which rambles have led me so much ofmy possesses
interest and' in an which in someimportance age may
—
Janus' shrine sorespects though yawns terribl}"^
—be described as a and which to usone,open golden
""
Britishers is that I trust tlieso,pre-eminently
""
of these Recollections will bemany imperfections
in aconsideration of their introduction topardoned,
which to the mass of readers interritory great Eng-VI PREFACE.
land is as known as orTimbuctoo theimperfectly
"
of the Fanns."country
As an instance of the small amount of
geographical
of Colorado evenknowledge possessed bj tolerably
well-informed I mention that apersons, may very
eminent firm of the addressed abanking metropolis
—letter to me while there thus :superscribed
Nova Scotia
;Denver,
while a learned friendbarrister,distinguished my
and would in Denvercorrespondent, persist locating
in the State of Kansas. considerino-And, indeed,
the little shed on this of the
light quarter globe by
the in and the wonderful anduse,maps ordinary
almost of this remote toportentous growth region,
which the ocean has washed no as in
foreigners,
Australia and this Cimmerian darkness isCalifornia,
not A of this whichearth, however,surprising. spot
—boasts how I have no exact means of ascer-truly
—of added millions oftaining having twenty-five
dollars' worth in bullion the toduring past year
the national wealth of the Federal underStates,
circumstances little favourable to and
development,
with most resources of labour andinadequate capital.