Creator
[Grace Galloway]
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
01922
Eastman's Ranch
Jan. 17 1895
John Muir.
Martinez, Cal.
Dear Uncle John;--
I think it is high time I wrote and acknowledged the receipt of your Christmas gift, received some time ago.
It was so kind of you to think of all of your far-away Wisconsin folks.
I'm going to send away and get your
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
1895-01-17
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20 x 12.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Galloway, Grace, "Letter from [Grace Galloway] to John Muir, 1895 Jan 17." (1895). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 6970.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/6970
Resource Identifier
muir08_0739-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 08, Image 0739
Collection Identifier
Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
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.
Pages
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
