, 1860-10-17
The Great Fails OF 1tlc H1i&nouri,


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Fosr BEI7oz, N. T Arg. s. 1850.
Week before laat two parties Of ll;ers vtre
formed 10 Ta!t .h. falls Of tbs Missouri, th r'J
niles distant. and both returned des'gbsed
with the beauty and grandeur Of the SCENERY.
ard the excellent trcu. A.tirg. More than hf.y
years sinea, Ls*is and CLARK diac c,vered these
tafl1 and actually xurVryed tbs nj. Sot1sct and
spirited Is tier description that l caa 10 no
better sbaa briefly to q tote 1t, referring ths
r~ader 10 tte!r unrivalied Journal fur fnll de.
tails:
Capt. Lewis, exploring in advance, "had gone
ABOUT two niirE,. WHEN his ears we're saluted
with Tue agreeable a,und Of q fall Of 1a:er. snd
= ae adtsnced, spray which seemed driven
By tho ti2h southwest wind, aross above tho
IN instant, Towa,d this point he directed h's
eteps, and the Eoise increasing As he spproach-
Cd, 8oon became too tremendous to be mistaken
for anytring bit the Gtxat Falls OF ths Mis-
aouri. H4sing Travelled seven miles after nfat
hearing tho sound. hs re tcbed the falls about
heult Ct aEcese, and two huodFed teot high;
do1n lhete be hurried with impatie nee, And
se2tinK himself on s1 me- rocks under the centre
; Of tle i:li., enjoyed tho Aublima spectacle OF
his stt1cepdous utj ct, witch, ticcs tho crea-
ton had been lav.sn;5s its msgu'ncenee upon
the desert, u Known to eisi Il 4tion-
Capt Clark found 1hs "Great Fall" to ne
vide. This crest Width, together ~lta ICE
hight Of the tlfs on each side, and The ao-
seoce of trees, N 4kes the Fall aeem much !ess
grand than otherwise, end nearly al visit 'rs
! under essinate its proportlons- Uae'thnd OF
its with falls in a slaEfc pstca,. the rest ~
"Fhla spray isdiss;ps'ed ia thousand shapes
fometi1nes ayieg into columns OF ti'teen OF
t~sn;y feet. which ere th=a opptessed By larger
masses of The whit- foam. oD Ill WHICH tae Fun
1upfesses thu brightest cotoTs OF the rainbow.
Is rises from the fall s%ts with Jury aa'rst
a. a hundred AID fifty ya:us from the preci-
p:ee."
tlss miles above are the "Erooked Fa IL,
Wlcb, tl:houga only nineteen Ieet high, were
CONSIDERED by ail ,he visitors superior in oeAu-
y to the IT eat Falls" The RIVER is 400 Jasds
wide, and the transverse ledge or ruck oysr
which II runs is interyup ed in Its N dcss by
deep potc,, shaped like horseshoe, into The
center Of which the surrtuL dig falls pour With
increased fozct :, AID boiling break through
The n1sroW QUILT n q strong STREAM "A5ose
this fail The river bends .nidenfy to The porth-
rs:d. Nnile viewing this p!acr, Capt. Lewis
heard a loud roar aooge hin, anu cr.ss,5x tie
punt Ct bill f.r a few hunurtd Yards, be SAN
one OF the most beautiful CHI :cts IN nature
che who'll Missouri IS guddtnly stopped By oIe
shelving rocx, WHICH, without single Iiche,
and With an edge as straight and regular ~ il
formed BY nr stretches Itself IT m one side OF
the river 10 the oth-r, :or ut lesst quarter of
mile Over th!s.t pfecipi.ases issels il ereu,
uninterrupted sheet, to the pe'penSiculsr
depth ct forty teveu feet, wbe4cr, d'shinx
ag 4lnst the rocky battom, 1t rushes r:p;ctT
~o~p, leaving beh nd 1t sprbv o! tie puress
foam sczoss the 1iyer. Half mule further W
Is a steep casca'e Of fourteen feet full, nhi7b,
in any other ncig ghhorhood, would haze eeen IN
vrj:c OF greet msgni6cence
Ihe 1ust tall ia iuo std half miles heJond.
It ia t.enty six feet, the river hundred
YARDS ri!e. and tie descent partly broken bu:
from the 2feat decrease in The height oi the
el.hs, this fail 5eems alc1st 81 grand as the
fret. tins whole drEceu. il 800 feet, in dis.
kalce Of fourteen miles. B.yUud this il "a de-
likh.:ui p'eio, x ending from the river to tue
base OF The Snow Noun tAins 10 tbs south ard
south est" In this plan meet the three head
water branches Of the M'ssoura-JeAerdou,
Nadison aud Gal'atiD, c: which Capt. Kes nolds
Tor long dls,arce, rs is tee A1asouz, nse:f
aooTe the falls.