Title:
Letter from [John Muir] to [Wanda Muir], [ca. 1890 Jul 15].
Creator:
[John Muir]
Publisher:
Muir/Hanna Family. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use
them beyond educational purposes.
Contributor:
[Wanda Muir]
Date:
[ca. 1890 Jul 15]
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir06_0572-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
[Alaska]
Rights:
Copyrighted
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission
to publish or exhibit them, see
http://library.pacific.edu/ha/forms
Muir-Hanna Trust
1984
Transcription:
in 1890 Jul 15 .... sounded dreadful, and then they came down towards me and howled and howled, and I finished breakfast
and left that mountain, and now I call that mountain Wolf Mountain. And I climbed another mountain and a beautiful bird like
a hen, only far prettier, called a ptarmign let me close up to it and was not afraid, and I was its beautiful gentle eyes
and its pretty feathers and its feet with feathers down to its toes to keep them warm in the snow in winter. And the ground
in some places was just covered with flowers like a fine garden. I saw a hummingbird and I wondered how the little fellow
found his way over the ice so far to these flowers. I will be glad to get back so that I can see my little girls. And now
here is a picture of my sled, for I think you never saw a sled. It has no wheels like wagons or buggies, but just slides.
It was just wonderful how it could jump over rough places if you pulled it hard. When I come I will tell you many fine long
good stories about things. Write me another letter and your loving Papa will be glad. (J.M.) 00842