Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Louie [Strentzel Muir]
Transcription
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be effected by this poison of the old [pond?], she is so delicate I feel very uneasy about her though I know well that you all are alive to the danger
Tell Wanda & Helen that I will write them a letter & send them some Tacoma flowers & tell some Tacoma stories after I get back from this excursion
Love to you & hrs to all from John Muir.
01312
[Yelen Prarie?] Aug. 9th 1888.
Dear Louie. After writing you from Seattle I received your first letter & was much comforted. The one you send to Victoria I will have forward -ed. Owing to change of plans we will be in Seattle once more if all goes well in about two weeks & you may write me there Care of J. B. Metcalf. Office Attorney General.
We arrived here yesterday morning & now at 6 o'clock breatfast over & everything packed we are waiting that coming of the horses we hired to carry baggage This is a beautiful dry gravelly
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opening in the forest park-like & flowery & with the noble Tacoma looming to an immense height in the sunshine. The weather for weeks has been wet & gloomy but yesterday was clear & perfectly divine in every way. & we had but little to do all day besides gazing at the glorious mountain watching teh shifting lights on the huge snow dome & the long rugged cascading glaciers all seemed clear as a map & even the crevaces of the glaciers were visible though distant 50 miles We are looking on the west side from here & the crags & glaciers though glorious in color & mass & architecture seem frightfully savage & forbidding. The ascent from
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this side seems hopeless but accessible ways occur on the opposite side.
Most of the party intend making the ascent should the weather permit. Mr. Ingraham a relative of the Carrs in Seattle friends of Emily Pelton is leader of the party & is a good one. The others are lawyers etc. Young Stout & jolly, good cooks foragers & thieves when orchards may be found. The cooking is really good & everything of course seems rosey
I am glad to hear that Anna has at length set off over her travels homeward & that before going she saw Monterey & feels gay in consequence I hope the baby will not
Location
Yelm Prarie, [Washington Territory]
Date Original
1888 Aug 9
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 25.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to Louie [Strentzel Muir], 1888 Aug 9." (1888). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 1776.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/1776
Resource Identifier
muir05_1122-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 05, Image 1122
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
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Owning Institution
Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library. 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
Pages
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
