Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 August 1895 — Page 4

THE REPUBLICAN Thursday, August 8,1895. IMVBDMVKBY THUBSDAY BY GEO. 3S. PUBT.TSHRH AND PBOPRIKTOB. OFFICE In Republican building, on Owner of Washington sn A Weston streets. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One Year Six Aonths 75 Three Mon ths , . ;t~~W Official Paper oj Jasper County.

Climbing Mighty Mt Hood.

Oregon’s Grandest Summit As- ' cended By an Ex-Jasperite. By Rev. J. T. Abbett. Editor Republican:—On July 2nd a party of four consisting of Rev. N. F. Jenkins, of Westville, Ind., Rev. H. Gould, of Corvallis, Ore. F. B Sackett, of Granger, Ore., and myself, set out for Mt. Hood, a drive of 140 miles to the northeast of Albany. Our route for 70 or 80 miles lay through this beautiful W T illamette Valley. Fine grain fields skirt our way and Harvesting is in full blast. We finally reach the Cascade mountains, and pass through the great forests of fir, cedar, spruce and hemlock. These giant trees are from two to three hundred feet high. Some of them one hundred and fifty or two hundred feet without a limb. Passing down into some of the deep canyons, with both wheels locked, our hoosier friend would cling to the seat and bra3e himself as though he expected to be hurled down an embankment to the depths below. In these canyons flow mountain streams, which abound in trout. We caught one hundred and fifty of the speckled beauties while in the mountains, besides one salmon that weighed 25 pounds.

Ou the 9th we reached Summit House, kept by a jolly old mouutainer. From this point we desired to make the ascent of Mt.. Hood. After dinner we engaged a guide and two “pack” ponies to convey our camp equipage up to snow line; for it was necessary ta camp at snow line in order to get an early start while the snow is solid. We made the journey up to snow line, a distance of 4 miles in time to go into camp before dark. The wind was blowing a fearful gale, so we had a stormy night of it. The 10th, the day set by the Mazamas to make the ascent, dawned as windy as ever. But after au early aud scant breakfast of fried bacon, bread and coffee, mixed with snow and seasoned with saud and smoke, we started up the incline of suow, against a bitter cold wind, blowing wi<i a fearful velocity. ——

There were three persons from Hillsboro with us, so our party consisted of eight persons counting the guide. We soon passed over the White River moraiu, which is a deposit of rock and earth dropped by a moving glacier. We passed ou up the glacier until it broadened out over a vast plain of thousauds of acres of snow of uukuown depth. On and up we went toward Crater Rock which stands out in bold grandeur an awful mass of 4 roek, mainly gray in cdlor. This rock, from the edge of the snow and ice glacier is 500 feet high. On and up we struggled against t.ho fearful wind, our guide, who was far behind some of us, urging us to give it up and wait for a better day. Finally after long hours of weary climbing we reached Crater Rock. Here at an attitude of 11000 feet sheltered in the shadow of this mighty rock which is a mountain of itself, and from which is constantly issuing puffs of smoke and strong sulphurous gases, we rested and ate our lunch of crackers and “deviled” ham. The panorama that spread out to the southward and below us was most entrancing. The ranges of mountains seemed to rise as we rose, yet we could look down into the deep canyons between the great mountain spurs. Seventy five miles south was seen old Mt. Jefferson, robed in solemn and white silence. As the mountains and forests grew dnskv and dark in the murky atmosphere, this snowsapped cone stood out iu sublime beauty, it looKeu io uea symetrical mass of etherial or spiritual beauty dropped down by the hand of Gnd from the highest heaven, and left suspended there, equidistant betiveon earth and -aty. Xfter resting awhile some of us are ready to push on, but some are determined to give it up.UOur guide, one of the Hillsboro men and friend Sackett retreat. The two other Hillsboro men are pushing oa far ahead.of us. We three

preachers stick together and climb on toward the “Back Bone,” which is a drift of snow reaching from Crater Rock to the great Crevasse, running; from southwest to northeast, a distance of at least a quarter of a mile. When we reach this height it seems that we can look right out of the northwest window of the world. We Took down thenorth of this sharp drift into the yawning Crater hole. Here the wind comes down upon us with such terrific foree, that we are compelled to give up. It seems that we cannot go further without great peril. Our two friends however, face the fearful wind and finally make the top. The glistening, blinding glare of the sun reflected from the snow is peeling our faces, not- : withstanding we have th am closely veiled. With great disappointment we begin the descent, which is made more rapidly and with far ' greater ease than the ascent. .On the gentler slopes we throw ourselves on our backs and slide, sometimes a distance of forty rods. This we found delightful sport but rather hard on our pantaloons. Reaching camp about 3 p. m. we get a hasty lunch, “pack” our Cayuse ponies and set out for Summit House, where we arrive, weary and foot sore at 6:30 p. m. Tired,sleepy, aching, disappointed, we are sorry we ever came to Mt. Hood. In the morning we rise sore and sad. The great mountain stands there before us, as bold and defiant as ever. We pack up and start on our homeward journey. Driving 3 miles to Gov’t Camp, we become seized again with a desire to scale the heights. We stop, and after dinner we pack our lunch and a blanket a piece and start out without any knowledge of thfi trailr Sackett" remains in camp preferring not to attempt the climb again, but we three preachers turn our faces again toward the rugged brow of the old mountain, with a determination to get to the’top. Up hill we go, four miles through the woods, to snow line. Here we camped for the night, making our beds of spruce and cedar boughs, and wrapping our blankets around us we went to sleep between two glaciers with the stars of heaven looking down upon us. We rose at 3 next morning, made a hasty toilet, got a scant breakfast and at 4 o’clock, with grub sacks strapped to our sides, Alpine stocks in our hands, and with rope and hatchet, we start up. The morning was calm and clear and gave promise of a fine day for our great task. Up we went very moderately, taking from 4 to 9:30 to reach Crater Rock, thus saving our strength and vitality for the final climb of 1225 feet from Crater Rock to the top. Reaching Crater Rock we rest for half an hour, eat our lunch and then push on up to the Back Bone. Standing again on this sharp ridge of icy show, we find ourselves again trembling, but determined to go on. Cne miss step to the left would hurl one down a declivity of ice and snow at an angle of forty five degrees, hundreds of feet into what appears to be the peep hole into the nether world. One wrong step to the right and down one would slide hundreds of feet into a great cavern of the glacier. But, dangerous as it is, we must proceed up this Back Bone if we would reach the top by 12 m. and catch the sun flashes from Government Camp, which Mr. Yocum, the Government employee promised to give ns. We now rope ourselves together, Bro. Jenkins with the hatchet leading the way, sticking our Alpine stocks firmly in the snow at each step. Our friends at Gov’t Camp are watching us through a strong field glass, a distance of nine miles, and we look like three black crows creeping along. With an occasional halt to catch our wind, we finally reach the great Crevasse, where we stop to behold a scene of most dazzling splendor. This Crevasse is some thirty feet wide, the lower side is somewhat sloping, so we are able to descend into it some distance. The upper side towers a hundred feet up and projects over our heads. A million iciles hang pendant from the ice wall above and glint and glitter in the sunlight, making a scene of sheeny beauty never to be forgotten. By the other two men holding on to the ropes I was able to crawl down far enough into this abyss to get some icicles. But we are reminded that the perilous journey across this yawning gap must be made; so we grasp our stocks firmly and advance. The bridge across the Crevasse is simply a continuation of the Back Bone, shirring off to the right at an angle of about 135 degrees, some twenty feet broad at the angle and and tapering to about one foot where it touches the upper side of the Crevasse. The head man ad-

vances, while the other two firmly plant their Alpine stocks ip ths ice and snow and grasp the rope with a death-like grip, determined to save him from falling to destruction should the slender bridge give way under his 185 pounds of adipose. He steps across safely then follow the other two. The task is indeed perilous. No one can understand, until he passes along that way, what sensations one has while passing over that awful abyss. If he looks down there is a yawning gulf of gleaming ice cliffs. If he looks to the left he sees the world of mountains, plains and rivers far, far down below him. If he looks to the right he s-es the overawing Steels’ Cliff, a perpendicular wall Of gray, red, purple and yellow rock towering a thousand feet up into the heavens, with great puffs of sulphurous smoke issuing from its seams. If he looks back he sees a steep and rugged incline of snow, ice and rocky moraines five miles down, then spreading out the great mountains and furr -ughs as far as the eye can reach. If he look up he sees the snowy, fleecy run of the arching sky, and wonders how he will ever get up or down and live. After crossing the Crevasse we are compglled to cut steps in the ice wall in order to get on the Back Bone again, which continues up some five hundred feet, but much steeper than on the lower side of the Crevasse. At this altitude we find it somewhat difficult to get oxygen enough in breathing to run our machinery. But our ambition to become eligible to membership in the order of “M az am as” enables us to surmount all difficulties. Finally the Back Bone ends and a field of glaring ice and snow spreads out, not nearly so steep as we have been coming up, but hard to ascend. About three hundred feet of this climbing and we are on the top of old Mt. Hood, the pride of Oregon, and at an attitude of 12,225 feet. Instead of finding a large flat surface at the top, we found an exceeding small space. Nothing, indeed, but the icy rim which breaks off to the north a perpendicular step of thousands of feet. We made our way to a heap of rocks under which was found a copper box in Jwhich is kept the record book,

We made record of our ascent in this book and signed our names. We then around on the most wonderful scene of our lives To the north spreads out the mountainous stretch of country to the Columbia River. The vision swept on into Washington, where looms up in silvery grandeur the snowcapped mountains: First Mt. Adams, called by Winthrop Tacoma the second. Its Indian name is “Pat-fn,” and signifies high. Second, Mt. Baker, discovered Apr. 30, 1792, and named for Lieut. Baker, of Vancouver. Third Mt. St. Helens, discovered by Brougton, of Vancouver’s party in 1792. Fourth, Rainer, named for Rear Admiral Rainer of the English Nayy. Turning the eye further to the northeast we see the Blue mount-iins and the great glaciers that form the two sources of Hood River. Steels’ Cliff is the east rim of the Crater a thousand feet high and sloping off to the east for many miles. Lifting the eye the vision ranges out , over Eastern Oregon. Round to the southeast is White River Canyon, an awful gorge with nearly perpendicular walls. In the south is seen the great Cascade range, with Jefferson, Washington, the Three sisters and other lesser peaks, all “lifting their awful forms” in grandeur. In the southwest are seen the Canyons of the Little and Big Zizzag rivers which are formed by old Hoods melting snow, and which go crashing down making continuous cataracts as they dance along. To the west lie the Willamette

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Valley, the coast range and the O wonder of wonders! How can we ever forget the scene as we look it from the dizzy heights? We next crawled up to the very edge of the awful pncipice and lifted our hearts in prayer and praise to the God of power; Bro. Jenkins leading our prayer. Then facing the south we caught the sun flashes from Gov’t Camp, sent up the 9 miles slope on the wings of light, and flashing in our eyes nearly two miles higher up than where the mirror starts them. It is quite impossible to describe the sensations that thrill the heart. It seemed that we were in a strange new world, even sitting at the foot of the throne of the eternal. The chilling wind blew so fiercely that it was impossible for us to remain long on the heights, so after 35 minutes we began the descent. Down we went, sticking our Alpine stocks in the icy wail and in the steps we cut as we ascended. Down, down we went with the world of wonder beneath us, enchanted with thp view. Now we have reached the bridge of the awful Crevasse, and once more the perilous step is taken that lets us across on to the old Back Bone again. After exploring the borean caves of icy wonder in the Crevasse for some time, we make the long andh'azardous journey along the Back Bone, and after weary climbing we again reach Crater Rock, where we pause to rest. I climb up the wall of this rock and pull from its masonry a little square rock as one of the curios of Mt. Hood. We now have a desire to go down into a great cavern of the glacier. The snow and ice have broken and slide down, leaving a yawning pit a hundred feet deep was slightest and where the snow seemed most solid, we went down into this cave with comparative ease and with but little danger. Dow n there we gathered some specimens of sulphur rock. Great cubes of ice of a sky blue tint were piled up in hugh masses, and from under the overhanging crags of ice and snow, there gushed little gullies of water, forming beautiful cascades, laughing as they fell. As we stood there we could notice these waters swelling, which they do daily from 10 a. m. to 4 p.

m. on account of the melting snow. The occasional crash of the slowly moving glacier, together with the trembling and jarring, fills one with terror while down in such a place. But the intense desire to see overcomes all fears. To have taken a drink of sulphur water and gathftr^,stones from such a pit is an achievement of which to be proud. Down, down, again we go, over ice and snow, occasionally putting a leg down a narrow Crevasse, but always without injury to any of us. We reached camp about 3 p. m. packed up our blankets and made for Gov’t. Camp, four miles ijown the base of the old Mt. After supper we retired “to sleep, perchance to dream” of the wonders of the day. A day, for thrilling adventure, magnificent sights, and new, strange sensations, never to be forgotten; a day, the events of which will be carried down the avenues of memory while life lasts. Next morning with sore muscles and stiff joints we started on our homeward journey. Three miles west of the Toll gate we took the trial up Salmou river and went into camp, to spend the Sabbath in the mountain fastnesses. Monday morning, early, there came by our tent a squad of Indians, two men, four squaws and one papoose, strapped on the back of a buxom squaw by means of a red plaid blanket. They had three Cayuse ponies “packed” with their camp equipage. The leader or chief was old Warm Spring Charley, who wore a cap made of tho

skin of a deer’s head; horns and ears standing up as though they were on their original owner. This he wore to enable him to successfully creep on to deer. These Indians are of the Warm Spring tribe and live on the reservation between Mt. Hood and Mt Jeferson. The old chief declared himself to be the friend of the white man. “Me fight for White man, ’gainst Modoc’s and Capt. Jack” When some hundreds of yards from our tent the old chief- encountered a large cedar log which had been .sawed into “cuts,” and which his Cayuse declined to jump, so lie called to us for help. We went to his assistance and succeeded in rolling the great log from the trail. Bro. Jenkins slapped the old denizen of the forest on the back and said: “There Charley,” when he set up a gleefull laugh and invoked the blessing of heaven upon us in the following unique and pathetic expression: “Jesus God come to you all!” and with a semi-savage twinkle in his coal black eye he bade us adieu no doubt forever. Again turning our faces toward home, we drove out of the jungles of Salmon River Canyon. A journey of three days and a half, via Oregon -jDity and Salem, brought us again to Albany. •T T • A ‘R‘Ri? r F r n Albany, Or., July 20,1895.

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