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When this was ready, Hillers and I took it, and crossing the southern end of the High Plateaus, then deep with snow, we rode by way of the Sevier Valley to Salt Lake, where the map was sent on by express to Washington, whither Powell had already gone. Seventeen years passed away before any one again tried to navigate the Colorado.
A day or two after the events related in the preceding chapter transpired, Charles Morgan, in company with two or three of his chosen companions, was enjoying a sail on the river. During their conversation, one of the boys chanced to say something about the Hillers, and Charles inquired who they were.
We soon ran her down to our camp, and there put her in order for the journey, which from here to the Paria could be nothing more than a pleasure trip. Thompson, Dodds, and Andy left the rest of us and returned on the trail towards Kanab. Those left for the boat's crew besides myself were Hillers, Fennemore, the photographer, and W. D. Johnson.
I know it ain't much, but, arter all, a young otter is a thing a feller can't ketch every day. Will you take it?" "Certainly," answered Frank, as he took the little animal in his arms. "I have long wished for an otter, and I thank " "Hold on there," interrupted Lee. "Keep your thanks for them as needs them, or likes to hear 'em. We Hillers have got feelings as well as any body.
"Kindness!" repeated Harry, sneeringly; "as if kindness could have any effect on a Hiller!" "They can tell when they are kindly treated as well as any one else," said George. "And another thing," said Ben. Lake; "these Regulators must be a foolish set of fellows to suppose that the Hillers are going to stand still and be whipped.
PHYSIOGRAPHIC EFFECTS OF INTRUSIVE MASSES. We have already seen examples of the topographic effects of intrusive masses in Mount Hillers, the Spanish Peaks, and in the great mountain ranges mentioned in the paragraph on regional intrusions, although in the latter instances these effects are entangled with the effects of other processes.
Mine did me little good, as I soon found it was in my way and I never wore it; nor did Hillers wear his.
"You make mistake. Ash Fork that way," jerking his thumb westward. "You pass through Ash Fork." Enoch nodded. "You sell me a horse?" "I rent you horse. You leave him at Hillers' in Ash Fork. I get him." "No, I want to buy a horse. Now I'm in the desert I guess I'll see a little of it. Maybe I'll ride up that way," waving a careless arm toward the north.
And so teamsters, laundresses, scouts, "Indian-bound" Black Hillers, and one or two sauntering soldiers were swarming about the porch and hall-way, and jamming in a compact mass in front of the little window whereat the postmistress behind her vitreous barrier was still at work.
At length, one of the village boys, who was coming across the fields, with a basket of strawberries on his arm, shouted to the Hillers, and, when he had gained their attention, pointed toward Frank, "See here!" Frank shouted, as he held up the fish; "you have forgotten these." "No, I guess not," shouted Lee, in reply. "We Hillers don't forget favors as easy as all that comes to.