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Volume 4 (1859-1860) (600 pages)
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Page: of 600
THE GREAT YO-SEMITE VALLEY. 393
neither blankets or food, it would be far } with a reluctant heart we shook hands
better for us to build a fire and encamp . with our pleasant acquaintances and
for the night. This we accordingly did,
when Buck curled himself up by the fire
and ina few minutes was fast asleep,
and so remained until nearly morning ;
when he arose, smoked his pipe, and
awaited the breaking of day.
After a night’s rest, that might have
had much more comfort in it, by the firs
streaks of morning light we made ou
toilet, and in a couple of hours found
ourselves at the foot of the ladders, where
we found some bread and a bottle of
wine, but no one that we could ask for
it, or to whom we could pay its value;
but hunger seldom, at such times, goes
prospecting for a conscience, and therefore, without further ceremony, we helped ourselves, and left its full value in
coin with a note of explanation. On our
way to the hotel we met the ladder-keeper, to whom those viands belonged, and
told him what we had done; when he
very kindly invited us to return with him,
saying he would prepare us a tolerably
good breakfast. This, however, we grate_ fully declined, and shortly afterwards
sat down to an excellent meal at Hite’s
hotel.
Here we wish most cordially and sincerely to tender our thanks to Mr. Hite
and Mr. Cunningham, the proprietors of
the two hotels in the valley, also to Mr.
Geo. Coulter, of Coulterville, and Mr.
Galen Clark, of Clark’s Ranch, and others, for their numerous courtesies and
many acts of kindness extended to us
during our visit among them, and to wish
them the success that their enterprise so
truly merits.
As our stay in the great valley of the
Yo-Semite had extended to thirteen days,
during which we explored many of its
numerous and interesting features; and
in gathering some two hundred and
thirty specimens of its botany—including trees and shrubs, as well as flowers—
wished them farewell.
SENTINEL ROCK, 3,270 FEET HIGH.
[From a Photograph by C. L. Weed]
After passing Sentinel Rock, a lofty,
solitary peak, just opposite the Yo-Semite fall, and between the two hotels; and
the picturesque group know as Cathedral Rocks, standing near the Pohono
fall, lifting our hat in respectful salutation as we passed Tu-tock-ah-nu-lah, and
taking a last farewell of Pohono—the
most graceful waterfall in the valley—
we commenced the ascent of the mountain, on the Mariposa trail, and on our
way to the large groves of mammoth
trees on the Frezno, Chowchilla, and upper waters of the San Joaquin. The
trail from Hite’s and Cunningham’s hotel to the Pohono fall, is good; beyond
that, as you ascend the mountain, al-