Creator
[John Muir]
Recipient
[Helen Muir ?]
Preview
Transcription
2sounded dreadful & then they came down towards me & howled & howled, & I finished breakfast & left that mountain & now I call that mountain Wolf Mountain. And I climbed another mountain & a beautiful bird like a hen only far prettier called a ptarmigan let me close up to it & was not afraid, & I saw its beautiful gentle eyes & its pretty feathers & its feet with feathers down to its toes to keep them warm in the snow in winter & the ground in some places was just covered with flowers like a fine garden & I saw a hummingbird & I wondered how the little fellow found his way over the ice so far to these flowers. I will be glad to get home so that I can see my little girls & now here is a picture of my sled for I think you never saw a sled. It has no wheels like wagons or buggies but just slides. It was just wonderful how it could [jump?] over rough places if you pulled it hard.When I [come?] I will tell you many fine long good stories about things write me another09192[in margin: letter & your loving Papa will be glad]
Location
[Alaska]
Date Original
[1890 Aug ?]
Source
Original letter dimensions: 28 x 21 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir06_0629-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 06, Image 0629
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
