May-June 1899, Harriman Expedition to Alaska, Part I, San Francisco to Harriman Fiord Image 14

• Main Author: Muir, John
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Scholarly Commons 1899
• Subjects: John Muir; journals; drawings; writings; travel; journaling; naturalist; Carroll; Fairweather; Fairweather Mount; Low Islet; Margarita; Mount Fairweather; glacier; glaciers; Alaska
• Online Access: https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/2620; https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmj-all/article/3619/type/native/viewcontent

[Drawing of mountains and two arms of glacier flowing (or 2 glaciers that meet) from the right and the center. Icebergs drawn in the foreground. ] [Div] of Main Inlet E 10 N [S] [division] of Hugh Gl[acier] looking S. 33 E. June 10. 1899. from island in mid[dle] of main N W Division on peni[nsula] Charpentier x low islet o dead ice 12th Jun All the day bright pure sunshine Everybody sunburned. Saw bergs discharged from Hugh & Carpentier [Charpentier] but [camp] feeble. Beautiful branches & [flrs]. The outlet of Hugh near mouth of Reid Inlet very beautiful a mile of mud flat in fiord a cascading trib[utary] on W[est] near mouth. Surface of main v[ery] smooth & white. Fine view from here of Carroll v[ery] much [cresented] like Muir 2 or 3 ms[miles] in front broad spreading right & left. Were [baffled] trying to cross to E[ast] side of R.[Reid] Inlet Had to return & camp here. Charming willows Silky lvs[leaves] & red stamens. Lovely red pink bells [urns] of margarita. Rubus Salmon, & huckleberry glorious views of Fairweather[Mount Fairweather] Ptarmigan eggs found [abutting] Miller gl[acier] https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/3619/thumbnail.jpg