Show The Meaning of Uncompaligrc It is said that Uncompahgre in the UtA tonguo means red etreara and if so it is easy to understand the application The water is not red though it might sometimes look eo when soiled by freshets but the whole canon is crimson and bloodstained blood-stained The color shines between buahes and trees stands out io great upright masses tinges the dust underfoot under-foot and intensifies both the green of the heathered hills and the azure of mountain and sky These red hues are of infinits variety beycnd anything that can be found on a painters paletts and they are an unf < uling source of surprise and delight At Dallas Station a dozen miles below Ouray where the stages from Rico Telluride Ames and other mining min-ing i centrea in the San Miguel rangs join us all these pretty scenes are left behind and the hard featured Un compahgre Meza begins Tbe red Canon with the vision of Mount Abrams and the other peaks above Ouray are now out oil ahead lie level yellow mesas and gravelly benches speckled with black dots of juniper and eage through which runs the course of our midnight etagesride Ernest Ingersoll in The Manhattan for June |