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Th« First Flatter te tfcs Tn*«IU.f In *11 that IbM been recorded about the Vosemlte bo satisfactory eridenoe has mr been produoed as to the first whits man's footprints on ths lerel where ths beautiful Meroed sssks egress from tbs rookbaund ohssm. We oonosds that honor to Lonls flammann, a Mono oountj man 'now resld-ing at Mono Lake. Louis Is a pioneer, an old hunter and a guide in that portion of the Sierra and figured in many eseapades during the Indian troubles. He has abund ant proof of a memorable trip into ths Talley in the fall of 1861. When hunting for game he followed the sinuosities of an In* dian trail from the dreotlon of GouHerrlUe and brought up in the ridnity of the Bridal Veil fall, He had hilled a deer and, being nearly worn out with fatigue, was seeking the neareet water when he oame unexpectedly upon a large oamp of hoerile Indians, which hod the effeot of settling all desire of rest or thirat. As may be supposed, his riait was of short deration. If any whita explorer oan beat this data we shall be glad to make a note of it, but will insist upon proper ored entlala. —Bodit Fm Prm.B
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Elizabethtown Post
Elizabethtown, New York, US
Thu, Aug 28, 1884
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