The Heart of the White Mountains, Their Legend and Scenery / Tourist's Edition

by Samuel Adams Drake

Samuel Adams Drake.

Melrose, January, 1882.

GENERAL CONTENTS.

[FIRST JOURNEY.]
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[I.]	My Travelling Companions	[1]
[II.]	Incomparable Winnipiseogee: Voyage from Wolfborough to Centre Harbor.—TheIndians.—Centre Harbor.—Legendary.—Ascent of Red Hill.—Sunseton the Lake	[8]
[III.]	Chocorua: Stage Journey to Tamworth.—Scramble for Places.—Valley of theBear Camp.—Legend of Chocorua.—Sandwich Mountains.—Chocorua Lake.—Ascentof Mount Chocorua	[18]
[IV.]	Lovewell: Fryeburg.—Lovewell’s Fight.—Desperate Encounter with the Pigwackets.—Deathof Paugus	[33]
[V.]	North Conway: The Antechamber of the Mountains.—White Horse Ledge.—Fordingthe Saco.—Indian Custom.—Echo Lake.—The Cathedral.—Diana’sBaths.—Artists’ Falls.—The Moats.—Winter Ascent of Mount Kearsarge	[39]
[VI.]	From Kearsarge to Carrigain: Conway Intervales.—Bartlett Bowlder.—SingularHomicide.—Bartlett.—A Lost Village.—Ascent of Mount Carrigain.—AShaggy Wilderness	[55]
[VII.]	Valley of the Saco: Autumnal Foliage.—The Story of Nancy.—DoctorBemis.—Abel Crawford, the Veteran Guide.—Ethan A. Crawford.—TheMount Crawford Glen.—Giant’s Stairs.—Frankenstein Cliff.—Superb Viewof Mount Washington.—Mount Willey	[66]
[VIII.]	Through the Notch: Great Notch of the White Mountains.—The WilleyHouse, and Slide of 1826.—“Colonizing” Voters.—Mount Willard.—MountWebster, and its Cascades.—Gate of the Notch.—Summit of the Pass	[76]
[IX.]	Crawford’s: The Elephant’s Head.—Crawford House, and Glen.—Discoveryof The Notch.—Ascent of Mount Willard.—Magnificent coup d’œil	[87]
[X.]	The Ascent from Crawford’s: The Bridle-path.—Wreck of the Forest.—AForest of Ice.—Dwarf Trees.—Summit of Mount Clinton.—Caught in aSnow-storm.—The Colonel’s Hat.—Oakes’s Gulf.—The Plateau.—Climbingthe Dome.—The Summit at Last	[95]
[SECOND JOURNEY.]
[I.]	Legends of the Crystal Hills: Indian Tradition and Legend.—Ascentof Mount Washington by Darby Field.—Indian Name of the White Mountains	[113]
[II.]	Jackson and the Ellis Valley: Thorn Hill.—Jackson.—Jackson Falls.—GoodrichFalls.—The Ellis.—A Captive Maiden’s Song.—Pretty IndianLegend.—Pinkham Notch, from the Ellis.—A Mountain Homestead.—ArtistLife	[122]
[III.]	The Carter Notch: Valley of the Wildcat.—The Guide.—The Way In.—Summitof The Notch.—Awful Desolation.—The Giant’s Barricade.—CarterDome.—The Way Out	[132]
[IV.]	The Pinkham Notch: The Glen House.—Thompson’s Falls.—EmeraldPool.—Crystal Cascade.—Glen Ellis and its Legend	[144]
[V.]	A Scramble in Tuckerman’s: Tuckerman’s Ravine.—The Path.—HermitLake.—“No Thoroughfare.”—Interior of the Ravine.—The Snow Arch	[155]
[VI.]	In and About Gorham: The Peabody Valley.—Copp’s Farm.—The Imp.—NathanielCopp’s Adventure.—Gorham and the Androscoggin.—MountHayes.—Mount Madison.—Wholesale Destruction of the Forests.—Loggingin the Mountains.—Berlin Falls.—Shelburne and Bethel	[165]
[VII.]	Ascent by the Carriage-road: Bruin and the Travellers.—The Ledge.—TheGreat Gulf.—Fatal Accident.—Lost Travellers.—Arrival at the Signal-station.—ANight on the Summit	[178]
[VIII.]	Mount Washington: View from the Summit.—The Great Gale.—Life onthe Summit.—Shadow of Mount Washington.—Bigelow’s Lawn.—TheHunter Monument.—Lake of the Clouds.—The Mountain Butterfly	[189]
[THIRD JOURNEY.]
[I.]	The Pemigewasset in June: Plymouth.—Death of Hawthorne.—JohnStark, the Hunter.—Livermore Fall.—Trout and Salmon Breeding.—FranconiaMountains from West Campton.—Settlement of Campton.—Valley ofMad River.—Tripyramid Mountain.—Waterville and its Surroundings	[209]
[II.]	The Franconia Pass: The Flume House.—The Pool.—The Flume.—Ascentof Mount Pemigewasset.—The Basin.—Mount Cannon.—ProfileLake.—Old Man of the Mountain.—Summit of the Pass	[224]
[III.]	The King of Franconia: Profile House and Glen.—Eagle Cliff.—EchoLake.—Ascent of Mount Lafayette.—The Lakes.—Singular AtmosphericEffects	[237]
[IV.]	Franconia, and the Neighborhood: The Roadside Spring.—FranconiaIron Works and Vicinity.—Sugar Hill	[248]
[V.]	The Connecticut Ox-Bow: Newbury and Haverhill	[256]
[VI.]	The Sack of St. Francis De Sales: Robert Rogers, the Ranger.—Destructionof the Abenaqui Village.—Retreat and Pursuit of the Rangers.—Legendof the Silver Image	[259]
[VII.]	Moosehillock: Ascent of the Mountain from Warren.—View from theSummit	[267]
[VIII.]	Bethlehem: Bethlehem Street.—Sudden Rise of a Mountain Resort.—TheEnvirons.—Maplewood and the Great Range.—The Place of Sunsets.—The“Hermit.”—The Soldier turned Peddler	[276]
[IX.]	Jefferson, and the Valley of Israel’s River: Jefferson Hill.—StarrKing and Cherry Mountains.—The Great Chain Again.—Thomas StarrKing.—Ethan Crawford’s.—Ravine of the Cascades.—Randolph Hill andKing’s Ravine.—The Cherry Mountain Road.—Fabyan’s.—Captain Rosebrook	[291]
[X.]	The Great Northern Peaks: The Mountain Railway.—An Evening Ascension.—Moonlighton the Summit.—Sunrise.—A March to Mount Adams.—TheGreat Gulf of the Five Mountains.—The Castellated Ridge.—Peakof Mount Adams.—Conclusion	[304]
	[TOURIST’S APPENDIX.]	[318]
	[INDEX]	[335]
	[FOOTNOTES]

Illustrations.

These Illustrations, excepting those marked *, were designed by W. Hamilton Gibson.

SUBJECT.	ENGRAVER.	PAGE.
Travellers in a Storm, Mount Washington	R. Hoskin	[Frontispiece]
Winnipiseogee, From Red Hill	J. Tinkey	[15]
*“Alone With All Those Men!”	V. Bernstrom	[20]
Designed by W. A. Rogers.
Passaconnaway, From the Bear-camp River	Smithwick and French	[24]
Chocorua	R. Hoskin	[26]
Lovewell’s Pond	J. P. Davis	[34]
Mount Washington, From the Saco	F. S. King	[40]
The Ledges, North Conway	E. Held	[41]
Echo Lake, North Conway	G. J. Buechner	[45]
Kearsarge in Winter	R. Hoskin	[48]
*Sliding Down Kearsarge	H. Deis	[53]
Designed by W. A. Rogers.
Conway Meadows	W. H. Morse	[56]
Bartlett Bowlder	E. Held	[58]
*Nancy in the Snow	J. P. Davis	[68]
Designed by Sol Eytinge.
*Abel Crawford (Portrait)	Thos. Johnson	[70]
Storm on Mount Willey	J. Linton	[75]
Mount Willard, From Willey Brook	G. Smith	[78]
The Cascades, Mount Webster	F. S. King	[85]
Elephant’s Head, Winter	H. Wolf	[88]
Looking Down the Notch	C. Mayer	[91]
Giant’s Stairs, From Thorn Mountain	J. Hellawell	[124]
Moat Mountain, From Jackson Falls	F. Pettit	[126]
The Carter Notch	Smithwick and French	[134]
The Emerald Pool	W. H. Morse	[147]
The Crystal Cascade	H. Wolf	[149]
The Path, Tuckerman’s Ravine	R. Hoskin	[157]
Hermit Lake	W. J. Dana	[160]
Snow Arch, Tuckerman’s Ravine	N. Orr	[163]
The Imp	J. Tinkey	[166]
The Androscoggin at Shelburne	G. Smith	[176]
Mount Adams and the Great Gulf	W. H. Morse	[182]
Winter Storm on the Summit	R. Schelling	[187]
*The Tornado Forcing an Entrance	J. Tinkey	[194]
Designed by Thure de Thulstrup
Lake of the Clouds	J. P. Davis	[200]
On the Profile Road	Smithwick and French	[213]
Welch Mountain, From Mad River	J. Hellawell	[217]
Black and Tripyramid Mountains	J. S. Harley	[220]
Franconia Notch, From Thornton	F. S. King	[222]
A Glimpse of the Pool	C. Mayer	[225]
The Flume, Franconia Notch	J. P. Davis	[227]
The Basin	G. J. Buechner	[230]
*The Old Man of the Mountain	A. Measom	[234]
Designed by Granville Perkins.
*Eagle Cliff and the Echo House	P. Annin	[238]
Designed by Granville Perkins.
Echo Lake, Franconia	G. J. Buechner	[240]
Mount Cannon, From The Bridle-path, Lafayette	R. Schelling	[242]
Cloud Effects On Mount Lafayette	R. Hoskin	[245]
*Franconia Iron Works And Notch	C. Mayer	[248]
Designed by Granville Perkins.
*The Roadside Spring		[250]
Designed by W. A . Rogers.
*Robert Rogers (PORTRAIT)	C. Mayer	[260]
*The Buck-board Wagon		[274]
Designed by W. A. Rogers.
Mount Lafayette, From Bethlehem	J. Tinkey	[280]
The Northern Peaks, From Jefferson	Smithwick and French	[292]
Mount Washington, From Fabyan’s	E. Held	[301]
*Mountain Railway-station in Staging Times	T. Johnson	[305]
Designed by Granville Perkins.
Ascent by the Railway	J. Hellawell	[309]
The Castellated Ridge, Mount Jefferson	J. Tinkey	[315]
Map of the White Mountains (East Side)		[xv]
“ “ “ (Central and Northern Section)		[111]
“ “ “ (West Side)		[207]

FIRST JOURNEY.

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[I.]	MY TRAVELLING COMPANIONS	[1]
[II.]	INCOMPARABLE WINNIPISEOGEE	[8]
[III.]	CHOCORUA	[18]
[IV.]	LOVEWELL	[33]
[V.]	NORTH CONWAY	[39]
[VI.]	KEARSARGE TO CARRIGAIN	[55]
[VII.]	VALLEY OF THE SACO	[66]
[VIII.]	THROUGH THE NOTCH	[76]
[IX.]	CRAWFORD’S	[87]
[X.]	ASCENT FROM CRAWFORD’S	[95]