Red River Half-Breed: A Tale of the Wild North-West

Excerpt: We stand on the loftiest peak of the Big Wind River Mountains, that highest and longest chain of the Northern Rockies, a chaos of granite fifteen thousand feet towards the firmament from the sea. Around us the lesser pinnacles hold up heads as fantastic in shape as an Indian''s plumed for battle, and, below a little, diamonds of ice deck the snowy ermine of the colossal giant''s robe. Far...