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Pastimes : Genealogy
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To: KLP who wrote (247)4/21/2007 4:33:31 PM
From: ManyMoose  Read Replies (1) of 443
 
Every day in my job as a forester I would walk through the woods and wonder if I was the first person ever to stand in that exact spot. I could never tell for sure, but there are some places that have some kind of aura about them that make the hair on the back of my neck stand up (not as fear, but as awareness of something I can't see).

I get the same feeling when I explore an old cabin site, where I know somebody invested their life and spirit only to leave it behind. Here's one such experience at a ruined cabin site where the only evidence left is the remains of a stone fireplace and a few nails:



There is a big rockslide on the area where I worked in Oregon. On this rockslide are several hundred piles of rocks called cairns, built by Native Americans in a vision quest ritual, possible a coming of age type ritual that young men had to endure. That's the kind of place where you get this feeling.

Here's a picture of a place called Indian Post Office in Idaho, where there is such a cairn. Within yards of this cairn,

--The entire Nez Perce Nation migrated to the buffalo grounds every year since their time began until the west was settled. You can still see the drag trails left by their travois.

--Lewis and Clark and the entire Corps of Discovery walked west in 1805 and east in 1806.

--The entire Nez Perce Nation fled from General O.O. Howard in 1877 on their epic run toward Canada. General Howard was close behind but never caught up with Chief Joseph's band.

--Woodsmen like Bud Moore trapped in later years, leaving their own mark in history.

--Every person who has ever stood here left a little of his own story.



You can see other captioned pictures of this area here: www2.snapfish.com
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