Creator
[Grace Galloway]
Recipient
John Muir
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Transcription
The weather was about 1/2 [bought?] & we glided along the green & yellow shore in comfort. The [lovely?] islands passing in harmonious succession like ideas an a line poem. rain did not hinder us but when the wind was too wild we stayed in camp. The Inds usually improving such storms in deer hunting while I examined the rockes & woods. Most of our camps were made in nooks that were charmingly embowered and fringed with fern & bushes & after supper we sat long by the fire listening to the stories of the Inds about the wild animals, their hunting adventures, wars traditions religious customs. etc. While every Ind party we met we interviewed & noted every village we came to. Thus passed our days & nights until we reached the W coast of Admiralty Island. intending to make a strait course thence up Lynn Canal When we learned from a party of Inds that the [Chilcots?] had been drinking [illegible] & fighting. [illegible] [father?] had been shot & that we could not go safely into their country until their quarrels were settled.
Location
[place unknown]
Date Original
1895-01-17T00:00:00
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20 x 12.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir08_0741-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 08, Image 0741
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
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.
Page Number
Page 2
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
