A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains
A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains
by Isabella L. Bird
To My Sister,
to whom
these letters were originally written,
they are now
affectionately dedicated.
Contents
LETTER I
Lake Tahoe--Morning in San Francisco--Dust--A Pacific mail-train--Digger Indians--Cape Horn--A mountain hotel--A pioneer--A Truckee livery stable--A mountain stream--Finding a bear--Tahoe.
LETTER II
A lady's "get-up"--Grizzly bears--The "Gem of the Sierras"--A tragic tale--A carnival of colo ...