VI. 



ASCENT OF MOUNT TAHAWUS A MAN SHOT A HARD 



TRAMP GLORIOUS PROSPECT A CAMP SCENE. 



Backwoods, July 12. 



Hurrah! we are off, and crossing a branch of the 

 Hudson near its source, enter the forest, Indian file, 

 and stretch forward. It is no child's play before us ; 

 and the twenty miles we are to travel will test the 

 blood and muscle of every one. The first few miles 

 there is a rough path, which was cut last summer, in 

 order to bring out the body of Mr. Henderson. It 

 is a great help, but filled with sad associations. At 

 length we came to the spot where twenty-five work- 

 men watched with the body in the forest all night. 

 It was too late to get through, and here they kindled 

 their camp-fire, and stayed. The rough poles are 

 still there, on which the corpse rested. " Here," 

 says Cheney, " on this log I sat all night, and held 



