﻿BECHLER.] 
  EAGLE 
  RIVER. 
  405 
  

  

  Eagle 
  Eiver 
  is 
  joined 
  by 
  Weary 
  Man's 
  Creek, 
  and 
  immediately 
  at 
  tbe 
  

   junction 
  with 
  tbe 
  latter 
  makes 
  a 
  turn 
  to 
  tbe 
  west 
  for 
  1 
  mile, 
  alter 
  wbicb 
  

   Homestake 
  Creek, 
  a 
  powerful 
  stream 
  coming 
  from 
  tbe 
  southwest, 
  inter- 
  

   sects 
  Eagle 
  River. 
  Homestake 
  Creek 
  has 
  its 
  source 
  among 
  tbe 
  rugged 
  

   spurs 
  of 
  Homestake 
  Peak, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  highest 
  peaks 
  in 
  the 
  Holy 
  Cross 
  

   Mountain 
  cluster. 
  In 
  this 
  caQon, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  one 
  in 
  wbicb 
  tbe 
  Eocbe 
  

   Moutonnee 
  Creek 
  carries 
  down 
  its 
  turbulent 
  waters 
  from 
  tbe 
  snowy 
  peaks 
  

   of 
  tbe 
  Holy 
  Cross 
  cluster, 
  we 
  havetrnetypes 
  of 
  Rocky 
  Mountain 
  caiions 
  

   of 
  the 
  first 
  order, 
  both 
  rej)lete 
  with 
  wild 
  and 
  picturesque 
  scenery. 
  

   Homestake 
  Creek 
  bas 
  a 
  length 
  of 
  13 
  miles 
  and 
  a 
  total 
  fall 
  of 
  4,000 
  feet, 
  

   and 
  its 
  junction 
  with 
  tbe 
  Eagle 
  River 
  lies 
  about 
  13 
  miles 
  nortbwest 
  of 
  

   Tennessee 
  Pass. 
  The 
  ])eak 
  from 
  which 
  tbe 
  latter 
  creek 
  has 
  derived 
  its 
  

   name 
  has 
  a 
  relative 
  heigbt 
  of 
  5,200 
  feet 
  above 
  P^agle 
  River 
  at 
  its 
  junc- 
  

   tion 
  with 
  Homestake 
  Creek. 
  Below 
  this 
  latter 
  point 
  tbe 
  course 
  of 
  Etigle 
  

   Eiver 
  is 
  again 
  nortbwest, 
  and 
  for 
  a 
  distamie 
  of 
  4 
  miles 
  it 
  flows 
  in 
  a 
  

   caiion. 
  Though 
  tbe 
  angles 
  of 
  the 
  slope 
  on 
  both 
  sides 
  of 
  tbe 
  river 
  be 
  

   less 
  vertically 
  inclined, 
  yet 
  tbe 
  formation 
  within 
  this 
  caiion 
  rejects 
  every 
  

   attempt 
  of 
  men 
  to 
  follow 
  this 
  stream 
  along 
  its 
  margin. 
  The 
  possibility 
  

   of 
  traveling 
  along 
  Eagle 
  River 
  in 
  this 
  portion 
  of 
  its 
  valley 
  is 
  confined 
  to 
  

   a 
  rough 
  and 
  sometimes 
  perilous 
  trail 
  along 
  tbe 
  mountain-slopes 
  that 
  

   gird 
  the 
  caiion 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side. 
  

  

  Roche 
  Moutonnee 
  Creek 
  joins 
  EagleEiver 
  4 
  miles 
  below 
  the 
  junction 
  of 
  

   Homestake 
  Creek 
  with 
  the 
  latter 
  river. 
  Its 
  length 
  is 
  about 
  11 
  miles, 
  and 
  

   the 
  total 
  fall 
  will 
  perhaps 
  amount 
  to 
  3,600 
  feet. 
  The 
  relative 
  heigbt 
  of 
  

   Holy 
  Cross 
  Peak 
  above 
  Eagle 
  Eiver 
  is 
  5,800 
  feet. 
  Opposite 
  tbe 
  en- 
  

   trance 
  of 
  Roche 
  Moutonnee 
  Creek 
  into 
  tbe 
  valley, 
  another 
  creek 
  comes 
  

   from 
  tbe 
  western 
  slope 
  of 
  Eagle 
  Eiver 
  Range, 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  named 
  

   Two 
  Elk 
  Creek. 
  The 
  entrance 
  of 
  this 
  creek 
  into 
  tbe 
  valley 
  is 
  hardly 
  

   visible 
  unless 
  special 
  notice 
  is 
  taken, 
  for 
  tbe 
  narrow 
  split 
  or 
  tbe 
  small 
  

   aperture 
  through 
  which 
  it 
  presses 
  before 
  emerging 
  through 
  the 
  high 
  

   walls 
  bordering 
  Eagle 
  River 
  might 
  easily 
  be 
  taken 
  for 
  a 
  common 
  

   fissure 
  in 
  the 
  mountain. 
  

  

  THE 
  GORES 
  BRANCH 
  OF 
  THE 
  EAGLE 
  RIVER 
  ON 
  GORES 
  CREEK. 
  

  

  Twenty-two 
  miles 
  below 
  Tennessee 
  Pass, 
  and 
  4 
  miles 
  below 
  junction 
  

   of 
  Roche 
  Moutonnee 
  Creek, 
  the 
  Eagle 
  River 
  receives 
  its 
  largest 
  tribu- 
  

   tary, 
  tbe 
  Gores 
  Creek, 
  wbicb 
  beads 
  lOJ 
  miles 
  to 
  the 
  southeast 
  on 
  the 
  

   saddle, 
  dividing 
  tbe 
  Gores 
  Mountains 
  from 
  the 
  Eagle 
  River 
  Range. 
  

   This 
  creek 
  receives 
  five 
  tributaries 
  from 
  the 
  Gores 
  Eange 
  and 
  two 
  

   smaller 
  ones 
  coming 
  from 
  the 
  south 
  on 
  Eagle 
  Eiver 
  Mountains. 
  

  

  It 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  characteristic 
  to 
  the 
  streams 
  that 
  enter 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  

   the 
  Eagle 
  from 
  the 
  east 
  to 
  be 
  pressed 
  into 
  a 
  narrow 
  passage 
  before 
  

   they 
  enter 
  the 
  valley. 
  This 
  interesting 
  fact 
  is 
  particularly 
  to 
  be 
  ob- 
  

   served 
  in 
  Gores 
  Creek, 
  where 
  for 
  three-quarters 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  a 
  powerful 
  sheet 
  

   of 
  water 
  winds 
  with 
  apparent 
  difSculty 
  through 
  a 
  narrow 
  caiion 
  before 
  

   its 
  exit 
  is 
  effected, 
  while 
  beyond 
  or 
  in 
  the 
  rear 
  of 
  it 
  lies 
  a 
  splendid 
  open 
  

   mountain-valley, 
  surpassing 
  by 
  far 
  in 
  grandeur 
  and 
  beauty 
  tbe 
  bottom 
  

   of 
  the 
  Eagle 
  Eiver. 
  The 
  mountains 
  on 
  both 
  sides 
  of 
  this 
  valley 
  differ 
  

   not 
  only 
  greatly 
  in 
  height, 
  but 
  totally 
  in 
  character. 
  The 
  slopes 
  descend- 
  

   ing 
  down 
  Irom 
  the 
  Eagle 
  Eiver 
  Eange 
  into 
  tbe 
  Gores 
  Valley 
  slope 
  more 
  

   gradually 
  and 
  are 
  in 
  terrace-shape. 
  The 
  tops 
  of 
  tbe 
  spurs 
  above 
  are 
  even 
  

   depressed,* 
  and 
  the 
  mountains 
  proper 
  are 
  massive 
  and 
  bulky, 
  with 
  a 
  

   bald 
  nipple 
  rising 
  occasionally 
  above 
  timber 
  line, 
  while 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  

  

  * 
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  Eagle 
  River 
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