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  EVANS 
  RANGE. 
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  together 
  with 
  dense 
  growth 
  of 
  pine 
  timber, 
  otier 
  great 
  obstacles 
  to 
  its 
  

   explorations. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  northern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Front 
  Range, 
  viz, 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  Summit 
  or 
  

   Arkansas 
  Divide, 
  the 
  creeks 
  descending 
  from 
  the 
  range 
  do 
  not 
  How 
  in 
  

   a 
  rectangular 
  manner 
  to 
  their 
  main 
  drainage-channel, 
  Plum 
  Creek 
  ; 
  but 
  

   they 
  come, 
  " 
  unlike 
  the 
  creeks 
  on 
  the 
  southern 
  part 
  beyond 
  the 
  Arkansas 
  

   Divide," 
  obliquely, 
  or 
  flow 
  in 
  a 
  northeast 
  course, 
  which 
  necessarily 
  

   gives 
  to 
  the 
  spurs 
  a 
  northeast 
  trend. 
  The 
  gulches 
  and 
  caiions 
  in 
  which 
  

   this 
  latter 
  drainage 
  emerges 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  mountains 
  are 
  rough, 
  and 
  some- 
  

   times 
  even 
  extremely 
  so, 
  yet 
  altogether 
  do 
  not 
  compare 
  in 
  that 
  respect 
  

   with 
  those 
  entering 
  Monument 
  Creek 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Arkansas 
  

   Divide. 
  

  

  EVANS 
  Kir,GE 
  — 
  RANGE 
  OP 
  SECOND 
  OEDEE, 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  crest 
  of 
  the 
  mountains, 
  the 
  distance 
  from 
  Argentine 
  Pass 
  to 
  

   Mount 
  Evans 
  is 
  10 
  miles; 
  within 
  that 
  distance 
  there 
  are 
  six 
  peaks 
  of 
  

   formidable 
  height, 
  varying 
  from 
  13,000 
  to 
  14,200 
  teet 
  elevation. 
  Still 
  

   farther 
  to 
  the 
  east 
  of 
  Mount 
  Evans 
  the 
  ridge 
  lessens 
  considerably 
  in 
  

   elevation. 
  Two 
  miles 
  to 
  the 
  southeast 
  from 
  the 
  main 
  peak 
  there 
  is 
  

   another 
  point, 
  named 
  Eosalie, 
  with 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  14,000 
  feet, 
  but 
  from 
  

   here 
  the 
  ridge 
  declines 
  until, 
  17 
  miles 
  to 
  the 
  eastward, 
  it 
  has 
  descended 
  

   to 
  about 
  10,000 
  feet. 
  

  

  From 
  these 
  mountains 
  numerous 
  spurs 
  extend 
  in 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  

   North 
  Fork 
  of 
  South 
  Platte 
  liiver, 
  and 
  some 
  of 
  .them 
  coming 
  directly 
  

   south 
  from 
  the 
  Evans 
  group 
  retain 
  for 
  some 
  miles 
  a 
  character 
  equally 
  

   imposing 
  with 
  the 
  main 
  range. 
  The 
  drainage 
  in 
  that 
  part 
  is 
  very 
  com- 
  

   plicated, 
  flowing 
  in 
  deep 
  and 
  dusky-looking 
  defiles. 
  

  

  Originating 
  on 
  the 
  southern 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  Evans 
  Mountains 
  are 
  two 
  

   creeks. 
  Elk 
  and 
  Deer 
  Creek, 
  the 
  first 
  having 
  two 
  main 
  branches. 
  The 
  

   valleys 
  of 
  both 
  these 
  streams 
  are 
  not 
  in 
  every 
  part 
  pressed 
  by 
  the 
  

   mountains 
  into 
  narrow 
  canons 
  "except 
  while 
  in 
  the 
  high 
  mountains," 
  

   but 
  they 
  contain 
  many 
  open 
  spots 
  with 
  good 
  pasturage. 
  Between 
  the 
  

   two 
  branches 
  of 
  Elk 
  Creek, 
  and 
  again 
  between 
  the 
  latter 
  and 
  Deer 
  Creek, 
  

   there 
  are 
  spurs 
  with 
  a 
  mean 
  height 
  of 
  10,000 
  feet, 
  and 
  a 
  relative 
  height 
  

   of 
  1,000 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  streams. 
  

  

  The 
  southern 
  slope 
  of 
  the 
  Evans 
  group 
  is 
  by 
  far 
  the 
  most 
  rugged 
  one. 
  

   For 
  several 
  miles 
  we 
  see 
  hardly 
  anything 
  else 
  but 
  steep 
  granite 
  walls, 
  

   peaks, 
  and 
  rapidly 
  descending 
  timberless 
  slopes, 
  characteristic 
  only 
  of 
  

   a 
  wild 
  mountain 
  country 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  order. 
  

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