234 DAVENl'ORT At'ADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES. 



to suffer. With his naturally reticent disposition, especially on sub- 

 jects out of the domain of science, he gave little expression to his 

 inward feeling-g, though his serious character showed plainly that he 

 was not indifferent to unseen realties. 



In the spring of 1874, a proposed ti"ip to Southern Utah was de- 

 cided to be injudicious in his frail condition, and was reluctantly but 

 cheerfully given up. Later in the season he accompanied his father 

 to Colorado, spending the late spring and summer months near the 

 foot hills in the vicinity of Boulder. Later, as his strength seemed 

 to justify, he accompanied a family party to his previous camping 

 ground in the mountains near Georgetown. 



Here the elevation and doubtless the sad contrast to his previous 

 active condition had a depressing effect, and he was unable to enjoy 

 as he had hoped the wild scenery which he could only survey at a 

 distance. Tt was afterwards decided to try a winter in Southern 

 Colorado, and by the advice of Dr. Engelinann of St. Louis, who 

 had spent several weeks with the mountain party, Caiion City, at the 

 southern base of Pike's Peak was selected. Here accordingly he 

 spent a solitary, but not unprofitable winter, making short rambles 

 in the vicinity, or in company with the energetic surveyor, T. S. 

 Brandegee, exploring the grand chasms of the Arkansas. His jour- 

 nals and letters during this period show the blending of an earnest 

 desire to accomplish work, tempered by a feeling of physical inabil- 

 ity. Eventually we notice the gradual compromise effected by which 

 the actual ability was fully matched by labor performed. During 

 this period of struggle the Davenport Academy of Sciences still held 

 a prominent place in his thoughts and plans. He continued to write 

 encouraging letters, suggested im])rovements and revolved seriously 

 the subject of publishing Proceedings. 



Thus passed the winter succeeding his nineteenth year, in which 

 beside a full record of the weather, there was a deeper record of the 

 fluctuating thoughts of a gifted mind overspread with the clouds of 

 early disappointment. 



In the spring of 1875, with somewhat improved health, after a 

 brief visit home, he again accompanied the writer to Central Utah, 

 occupying a pleasant location near the borders of Lake Utah, and in 

 the shadow of Mt. Nebo, with an agreeable Mormon family, B. F. 

 Johnson. Here an interesting variation of scenery and occupation 

 seemed to give promise of permanent improvement, and later in the 

 fall the journey was continued to the Pacific coast, with a view of 

 wintering in Southern California. But in the trying climate of San 



