Lovecraft, H P & Rimel, Duane - The Tree On The Hill
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The Tree On The Hill
The Tree On The Hill
by H. P. Lovecraft
Written 1934
Southeast of Hampden, near the tortuous Salmon River gorge, is a range of steep, rocky
hills which have defied all efforts of sturdy homesteaders. The canyons are too deep and
the slopes too precipitous to encourage anything save seasonal livestock grazing. The last
time I visited Hampden the region - known as Hell's Acres - was part of the Blue
Mountain Forest Reserve. There are no roads linking this inaccessible locality with the
outside world, and the hillfolk will tell you that it is indeed a spot transplanted from his
Satanic Majesty's front yard. There is a local superstition that the area is haunted - but by
what or by whom no one seems to know. Natives will not venture within its mysterious
depths, for they believe the stories handed down to them by the Nez Perce Indians, who
have shunned the region for untold generations, because, according to them, it is a
playground of certain giant devils from the Outside. These suggestive tales made me very
curious.
My first excursion - and my last, thank God! - into those hills occurred while Constantine
Theunis and I were living in Hampden the summer of 1938. He was writing a treatise on
Egyptian mythology, and I found myself alone much of the time, despite the fact that we
shared a modest cabin on Beacon Street, within sight of the infamous Pirate House, built
by Exer Jones over sixty years ago.
The morning of June 23rd found me walking in those oddly shaped hills, which had,
since seven o'clock, seemed very ordinary indeed. I must have been about seven miles
south of Hampden before I noticed anything unusual. I was climbing a grassy ridge
overlooking a particularly deep canyon, when I came upon an area totally devoid of the
usual bunch-grass and greaseweed. It extended southward, over numerous hills and
valleys. At first I thought the spot had been burned over the previous fall, but upon
examining the turf, I found no signs of a blaze. The nearby slopes and ravines looked
terribly scarred and seared, as if some gigantic torch had blasted them, wiping away all
vegetation. And yet there was no evidence of fire...
I moved on over rich, black soil in which no grass flourished. As I headed for the
approximate center of this desolate area, I began to notice a strange silence. There were
no larks, no rabbits, and even the insects seemed to have deserted the place. I gained the
summit of a lofty knoll and tried to guess at the size of that bleak, inexplicable region.
Then I saw the lone tree.
It stood on a hill somewhat higher than its companions, and attracted the eye because it
was so utterly unexpected. I had seen no trees for miles: thorn and hackberry bushes
clustered the shallower ravines, but there had been no mature trees. Strange to find one
standing on the crest of the hill.
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