Show an old mountaineer we had the pleasure of a visit from ur mr S IL mackian Mcc kian an old mountaineer neer I who came up with col 0 OY neals eals quartz 1 will mill train traia fr from om california alifornia mr 31 first crossed the rocky mountains in 1827 rua and has hunted und and tra trapped aped over every mile of the country from the headwaters of the cast and west down into mexico affe fe talks talka like a book and what he bedont dont know of this country aud and indian character ebar acte is Is not worth knowing he is a walking t geography a map panorama and an d for general information information inac in re igard gard to the cally caily floies of the vast stretch Of country between tho missouri and the pacific paci fie we would rather dive into the depths of liis his extraordinary demor memory y than trust to the f finest inest bon bound ud bookal bo okol tile the highest colored map meek has the honor of having piloted thi ough the south pass aitho be filst white woman that ever passed the rocky mountains in 1845 jn in that year tic he headed a train of emigrants at independence disc hiiri and took it safe fe to hii virgon gon pa passing shig down own this valley and crop cropping sing th snake ut it old fort boise A long time ban bae since lie he drifted about iu in this couii country and tile old man was much astonished to the mahy changes tit A t have jakell place since then in in the tt lemet of this and other portions of what ja is now idalio my the snakes snaked Shoe hones pith utes and Co manches all spoke tile Bati aumack nuck lan language 0 at one time and berv ft err known as oil unc c powerful tribe by that ii name but dissension and other divided them and the off offs shoots boota handed banded to together ealier in bands band and gradually fornies tilbee and lingos hugos of their own lie he s tys that thu the ba Bann acks were tile best beat In indiana dianis and most friendly to the whites at that time and that traders and mountain men did all their trading with them and that the illde indians generally were entirely peaceable until the advent of the in in 1816 it would take volumes to tell one half the valuable knowledge possessed by meek uc he has bas a brother in oregon the famous old joe 13 meek feek who left the settlements on the ri for the great west taw or three years earlier old ohl joe has wonderful conversational and descriptive pow era also if anything superior to his brother many anecdotes are related of him on oil a hunting expedition once with a small party of men acu lie was attacked by a large body of indians and alid had to run to save his hair old joe was moil mounted on a stu stubborn liborn mule which lie could not entice to go faster than a trot and was likely to be left to the mercy of the indians seeing the other buys boys alio rode good horses getting ahead of him he be yelled out hold on boys we can lick em theres only a few turn back turn back there aint a speck of danger ili believing such to be the case they reined in and prepared to show fight just then old joes mule took a sudden notion to 11 go go and raising its tail and flicking ing its ears cars it baiot ahot out in ill tile lead at a thundering gallop leaving the rest of the party tar far behind buhi iid his idea of danger tonk an ail diate chan chanc c and raising in his stirrups stir rupy he turned 1 liis blead and sting gung out ont at the tp top of his voice voice run boys run theres five iivo hundred 1111 I 1 der ev ay iy duvil of yo and giving givin 1 yell after J jv ea I 1 old od joe swept around the brow af a i hill and wis wag soon lost to ti view at another time old joe was over at fort vancouver while a bailia min inan of war lay find nd lio he went t p POP cl how the I 1 liidi looked the alio off iverA thought to lo quiz qui tile uncouth Anie american rican by asking aaning liim him t geological 4 and other question questions ions finally ally 0 ae of them him if lie ird buived any any notable changes CI in the n at tile thu t tit I 1 I 1 since his hia firt anevil 1 yes i have been one big change cli inge alint yaw wait wa it I 1 do you sw ee thal t aitt hill pointing to llight Iii lili ts of old mount hood over cheru ay a y yet C 14 11 well when I 1 libat cana hei e that thin thing X was wag nothing but a liole holu in it the doil he was interi ogi cd no further and his reply WAS wai midd famous tin lives of these in m iii it site lie with entert zt made up tip of thrilling t adae adventure it ure and hairbreadth hair breadth it was ara th daring and craft of jaitt such maii that gained for him renown I 1 as the great vath path finder T tc k 1 e tl o p mei meik k brother h slid nd 0 1 1 hamiley it 11 ll lev cickay together around A eanid eirv U ld th y wo would uld furnish air a ir entwit I 1 lr for richness and aliks io b varie variety tv I 1 arely enjoyed idaho state statesman anian |