October-December 1879, First Alaska Trip with S. Hall Young Image 48

• Main Author: Muir, John
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Scholarly Commons 1879
• Subjects: John Muir; journals; drawings; writings; travel; journaling; naturalist; Aine; glaciers; Alaska
• Online Access: https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/1649; https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmj-all/article/2648/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg

We all hoped and guessed the old prohet was mistaken in his prognostics last night. Before reaching Point Vanderpeut rain began to fall and the dreaded S wind to blow, which soon increased to a stiff breeze, next thing to a gale, which lashed the Sound into white-cap waves. Cape V[anderpeut] is the...