Creator
[John Muir]
Recipient
Wanda and Helen [Muir]
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Transcription
home. It seems very queer to have so many companions on a glacial excursion after being along so much. Still I'm lonely to see you I often wonder what you are doing & how Strickeen & Tom are getting along. It is light all the time & I dont think Ive seen a star since we were at Sitka It is often eleven or twelve o'clock before I go to bed. & we are going farther north yet before we start for home. John Burroughs is delighted with the birds here most of them are singing now. They came many of them from California & Mexico. Even the little ruby throated hummingbird is here tho the little farry muggins had to fly all the way from Mexico or Central America since spring. One of the Zonotrichia. so common about our house in winter the one with Yellow on his brow is here & has built their nests & some have young already the naturalists call it the golden crowned Sparrow. Though now much Yellow is seen when it is flying about. It is a sad sight to see the naturalists a dozen of them at once shooting every kind of bird whether they have young or not, even the hummingbirds. & the mammal hunters set out 100 or 200 traps at once to catch mice marmots shrews etc. & then comes skinning & stuffing a horrid business. They all make fun of me about glaciers but I dont mind the fun of course. Ill soon be home
Location
Kodiak [Alaska]
Date Original
1899-07-03T00:00:00
Source
Original letter dimensions: 27.5 x 21 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir10_0861-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 10, Image 0861
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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 2
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
