Part 2

On the great Alkali Plain.

           InthecentralportionofthegreatNorthAmericanContinentthereliesanaridandrepulsivedesert,whichformanyalongyearservedasabarrieragainsttheadvanceofcivilisation. FromtheSierraNevadatoNebraska,andfromtheYellowstoneRiverinthenorthtotheColoradouponthesouth,isaregionofdesolationandsilence. NorisNaturealwaysinonemoodthroughoutthisgrimdistrict. Itcomprisessnow-cappedandloftymountains,anddarkandgloomyvalleys. Thereareswift-flowingriverswhichdashthroughjaggedcañons;andthereareenormousplains,whichinwinterarewhitewithsnow,andinsummeraregreywiththesalinealkalidust. Theyallpreserve,however,thecommoncharacteristicsofbarrenness,inhospitality,andmisery. 

           Therearenoinhabitantsofthislandofdespair. AbandofPawneesorofBlackfeetmayoccasionallytraverseitinordertoreachotherhunting-grounds,butthehardiestofthebravesaregladtolosesightofthoseawesomeplains,andtofindthemselvesoncemoreupontheirprairies. Thecoyoteskulksamongthescrub,thebuzzardflapsheavilythroughtheair,andtheclumsygrizzlybearlumbersthroughthedarkravines,andpicksupsuchsustenanceasitcanamongsttherocks. Thesearethesoledwellersinthewilderness. 

           InthewholeworldtherecanbenomoredrearyviewthanthatfromthenorthernslopeoftheSierraBlanco. Asfarastheeyecanreachstretchesthegreatflatplain-land,alldustedoverwithpatchesofalkali,andintersectedbyclumpsofthedwarfishchaparralbushes. 

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