Butte record., 1854-01-07
Pacific Railroad su7vev--Tho Northern Ropie-
M.,rr Stevera

stevens, which CONTAINS very NAluhpe luIpIr
nation
The geographical imp rtauce Of the region
Of country between the Basin Of the st Law
renee, the head waters Of the Mississippi and
Puget Sound. is adaptation to settlement its
railroad routs, its emigrant roads and the
nomalic tribes within its borders viii be tie
suSj ect of the following articles.
sR,sting on the two great rivers of the e1s-
tern and western coast. the Missouri aud Coll
umha il connects by uavigabl strelIc with
Hulson's Bay and the Arctic Oceans Be ween
the upper tr butaries oi these two rivers. the
Rocky moun- aims are broken INT, spu 3, filed
wljh beautiful and f rtle valley. furnishing
several g00i passes mu h owe than the sou-
thern rassas and oue being by bar0metrlc
measurement mnre thqH one one thou1 nj i've
hundred feet below the Sou Pass, The head
OF nav cation OF the VI : Ouri only ab iut seven
hundred miles from the waters ot the Puget
Scum inexhanstihe in is lumber, its coal
mud lis f~herjes and ia this distance there IS
one long each # the Co,nmbu, nayigablc for
steamers From this head Of navigation IN
tw1 hundred miles aad IN tea days, tae eni-
grant eac ches that beau iful Va ley IN Wash
iugran Territory AZ the base fine IN untniHs,
VIII ch even the h nest and simple IA led
Flath,ai lu.haus h We h.lel with cattle, and
raiscd wheat anl putntoes for their own use.
Ca-c t. he Rocay mountains pas, ou e. cir
WY to the vast huE.IO plains between the
VI -souri and Ye lowst0Ge where with the
Crows and BMckieet they lay IN their stores Of
m AT and 70 9es. an wh .cA las been the Gene
of many sauzuina'y conflicts. Tie hest n,tu-
RAJ wagon rotts come The heal Of ua'i A.
ton Of the Missouri ith the fertile valley
along nj the streams Issuing from the X cay
mou talHs 10 the head OF the \ elluWs one, val
le.~ So mild, cattle need not shelter in winter
rich in buff g-t.---ahoUad.rg IN WOO -
au3 the water Of the purcst qutity-- aud -tms
hufflio, elk, deer, bghurn. antelope, bLcx
hear in the greatest abundance
The passes are year travcliei by the Fla
heal Indians bt.we L Christm4s sl1 Nes
Years, on horsrback and March s the trv0-
rite month for the enkinE up OF the butfl.1
hunt by the Washington rcrrIto In iuu~,
and their across the MOUNTAINS to thelr homes
ou the pains an ia tae valleys of the Co.u.n-
bia river and its trb4tarle-. From the mead
Of navigation of tha Mississippi 10 tie heal Of
uuvi-atio4 of the Miss uri through the Terri-
tory Vi n -a.a II! the region occuiie by
the 4 sen hnia,~, the Gro-yeut7es mi the
Bac5f ct, the emig ant VIII fni grass VT
very mile OF the route aud wafer uey.r at
greaie DIS tnc-s than ten miles. Ny1ais Il
buffllo occupy III : vat region, and heir uuui-
h.rs have not n~ibly mluishel though tso
thous ,nd Re River hunt .rs, each un his f.sse
DaK 40 h"r-e. four months each year, pou-
death ato their ranks, aud they are amos:
the only substance ut some twenty i've til u
al Ia .!als.
Four u es within the Territory Of Wash
ingt'n are u sued BY the lnians in pass ng
from the valley at the Western base OF tle
Rocky Mountains to the plains n Y ,ieys be-
tween II CueUr Eleieua and Case lie ilouo-
ttins The Cuaur d Eleane II 1uutaiu- Al e4-
tension Of the b ne mountains to CLARK totE
Vt tie Columbia, north of which the range -
known IS the k,d."uy iua dut-iu5. occupy t1e
waole width Of the Territory for distance Of
ne hundred to cue huudrci and twenty mics,
i covered VITA neaTy t.in5rr N hs1 hume
rous "etl gr l-scd though narrow valleys
TIE NJ reel. the So klue-, the peu k D.
ur,ille5 the Coeur Ee.eae7. anI other t5.aes
'p Guessing these muuata.us. ave three %
fur horses Tor each man. woman ui child,
nd even ,hilireo OF year a,tl q ha.fall VIII
b. seen guiding their aorses, one ham ntiy "a
fne rem, entirely III coR>ciyU- tAat they we're
exc ,!ug The n n Ter and admiration VI t4e
ptss-r by.
TIE Caeeade mouataes have two good
passes, and Puget Sound Is touEt = cstma:e of
xtrAoriiaary -oilbrly mlider than hat or
s.nla, nj oi the a4le ayertg.. t,mperatu4s
ChongA IL lie equabie than that oi o,u Fran
clscr, A1i = 81. Wntch yiclIs rich returur Cf
the husban Imam The stra ~berry IS often in
blossom December AID Feoltu y. and Ico
has to be Imported firm the colder regions Of
tAe north.
The country between he Cascade. - ia.
tCeyr 4 kieieue IL uHtaIus is Seu. rally sell
IA * t, gfaz ~ or iiliege, ;n :, nlucn OF
* 'eedugiy well watered. Many II he In
iian rlhes are known to be ,ich III horss-, AMI
-ney have mule cOn, der Die 4lyauce. IL tAs
outIvation of the 90
such is the general c aract,r ofthe country
couueeius Puget ) 6iun Z, tn er at ro4lsteal
ot the Northern Pacific, with the great basin
uE he st lawrence. Tapping the magnificent
val = OF ue Mississippi, having within .ts buy
ders TIE Nj souri, an Columbli the tribut.-
ries Il It's wagon roa is nj is rtilr1al. AMI
themselves great channels Ut c,nnuaic4tisn,
The Rocky N lnn' AIMS broken INTO spurs aoI
hiied With valleys, the otne mountains having
pract bic passes It al IS nota h1tle to its
interest tilt 1t WAS the scene # I g la5ors of
our first, cur most successful and our most
dauntless explorers, l. wts and Clarke The
sagacty Of j tfJrsun saw tiat here WAS Il
greet natural route, and ne placed The men At
Tue W. X Who ma 1t known to the nation
Pu"l'c attention has now hecome fixed upon
this held ot the 5untry first great explorA-
lOu, accompli~he merry has century 20.
Ihl' ned VIZ VIII examine and 1tscr.be in
series Of ariicI S
EHN The Cove nor mes aye came to hand
Just as We we were p,irr To ur-.s and e.nso