Creator
[John Muir]
Recipient
[Jeanne C. Carr]
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Transcription
782 Winter Walk Fall [5]the sky, & how I tingled my fingers among their tassels, & rubbed my feet among the fallen needles & burrs I had a grand greeting of Yosemite rocks never did they appear so lovable or more willing to speak to me as to a friend. But though I bathed in the bright river & sauntered on the meadows & rustled in the brown ferns & prayed with the pines, I was still uneasy, as if tainted with the sticky sky of your town, therefore I determined to run out to the higher Mtns. 'The days are sunful' I said & though it is now winter there will be but little danger & a sudden storm will not prevent me from forcing my way back to the Valley, & will do me the good I seek. Next morning after this decision I rolled up a pair of blankets & set out up the Canon of Tenaya caring little about the quantity of bread I carried, for I said that a fast & a storm & a difficult canon is just the medicine I require to heal me of all this town heaviness The distance from Mirror Lake up the Tenaya Canon to Lake Tenaya 00637
Location
Yosemite Valley
Date Original
1872 Dec 25
Source
Original letter dimensions: 21 x 26 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir02_1035-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 02, Image 1035
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html
Owning Institution
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Page Number
Page 3
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
