Journal of a Mountain Man by Win Blevins

Author:Win Blevins
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: WordWorx
Published: 2013-12-20T06:00:00+00:00

13 Continued Showers

14 A strong south wind blew all night with rapid shower of rain continued to rain but slaked off in the Evening

15 The fog hung aroud the Hills until about noon when it arose and the sun broke through the mist I again walked over the green hills which ware here and their dotted with cattle and horses feeding on the young grass now about three inches high and thick and as thrifty as the summer groth of the western Praries Likewise greate Quantites of water fowl seen on the low ground such as geese duck Brants and Cranes makeing fine amusement for the Sportsman

The grass does not coat as thick no[r] as deep on the earth as in the western Praries but on the contrary turns up fine and loose after the Plow it is Likewise loose and soft to walk over and greately worked up by moles and mice and in many place by Burrowing squirrels which are now laid up being an animal that lies torped through the winter none are now seen although their has scarcely been frost enough to kill the tenderest vegitable The alder begining to shed the leaf

16 It rained moderately all night and continued throughout the day

17 Sunday Lowry in the morning greate numbers of Snipe seen on the marshes Continued Showers of Rain all day

18 A strong south wind blew all night with rapid showers of rain which continued at interavails all through the day the water Fowle continue to come in in great abundanc Scarcely a day has passed since the rainy season commenced that the Rain Bow has not been seen & some days have given us a shew of Ten or Twelve in the course of a day and at times Three or Four in one hours time large and Beautifully curved and coulored

19 As usual it continued to Rain at intervals through the night the wind however veered to the west

20 The night Passed off without rain the morning a thick [mist] covered the vally with Fog about noon It commenced raining moderately and continued to rain the rest of the day

21 The Bats seen flitting about seeking their food every evening The wind from the South it rained all the latter part of the night Scattering portions of our Emigration comeing in through the rain mud and water completely prostrated and tired out

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