Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1862-09-20

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boughs:
"Old trees by night are like men in thought
by poetry to silence wrought.
They stand SO still and they look so wise,
With folded aims and b IF shut eyes"
THE RUN UP THE COLUMBIA.
The Columbia river, with it's views. as far
up as the Dalles is scenic poem. The Cas-
cades. some trickling and some rushing down
the mountain sides-thc bold overhanging
mountains with their rocky ribs---she grand
passage through the Cascade mountains,
where for four miles the river madly rushes
over rocks so that neither man nor boat could
live on its wa,ers-ths traveller passing along
the river side for this distance rs through a
dream-the mountains gradually growing
less. beyond this point to the Dallcs-'he
green verdure up to their summits-the lttle
valleys with IN occasional cottage nesting in
their bosom-all present picture long to b.
held in grateful remembrance, and one leaves
the Idaho with rcgretful adicus to
"The noble river that foams and flows,
The charm of this enchanted ground,
And all its thousand turns disclose
Some fresher beauty varying round"
FROM DALLEs TO sIMCOE.
Simcoc is sixty.6ve miles north of Dallrs.
Twelve miles take you to the summit of the
Dalles mountains, and here you have view
to be remembered for lifetime. Five Of tho
snow mountains are around you-Mount
Hood, St. Helens, Rainier, Adams and Jeffer-
son. From the plains below, cold and grand,
they lift up their huge masses-globes within
themselves, with every zone girdling them,
with vernal flowers blossoming at their bass,
while their SUBMITS crowned with perennial
snow reach far beyond the line Of vegetation.
and above tho clouds and storms Of tho val.
leys into arctic climcs. Twenty-Five miles,
and you touch the Block House," "ehuck.
full" of girls, with new baby or 40, where
you may tarry for the night with chicken
fixings," or If the rural mood is strong on you
you may 60 on and camp out by some one Of
the many brooks by the way. And you 60
over the Si'ncoe mountains with many grand
views, and If so it b. you have pretty face
along, you can walk down the mountain sleeps
and gather flowers, and talk soft and look
softer, and mayhaps have mule ride with
pretty lass over the mountains, and fur away
through fowrry valleys and by singing
brooks--and so on and on. till you reach Sim
coz. feeling with tho bard
ITO him who in love of Nature holds
Commu ZION with her visible forms, .ehe
speaks
\ various language; for his gayer hours
She has voice Of gladness and n smile,
And eloquence and beauty; aud she glides
Into his darker musings with mild
And healing sympathy, which steal away
Their sharpness ere he is aware"
THE LOCATION OF THE AGENCY, ETC.
The Agency is located in the Yakima and
Simcoe valleys, and has about thirty build.
irgs, four Of them frame and large and tasty.
while the others are neat and comfortable log
buildings. The houses are around an en-.
closed square Of three acres. with oak trees
lining the square. 1t was built by Garrett.
who fell in this war in the rebel service, No a
military post. There are about 5000 Indians
belonging to this reservation, Of various
tribes but called in the treaty the Yaki-
mas" Mr.. A. A. Bancroft is tho Agent. who
seems DESTROYS Of discharging his duties fully,
aud is evidently interested in every plan to
better the condition Of the Indians on the res.
ervation.
THEIR PROGRESS IN AGRICULTURE, ETC.
In the past eighteen months they have
fenced over one thousand acres, and have
plowed and sowed about two hundred. They
have about fifty houses Of their own, with
patches Of corn. wheat potatoes and vegeta.
bles. "Swalter" has farm Of somo thirty
acres Of corn, wheat and vegetables, and we
were in various other fields, and in one l saw
the finest corn we have seen this season.
They were engaged in saving lumber for
some fifteen houses, and have cut some 35,-
600 to 10000 feet Of lumber. "Peter Paul"
Ia quite carpenter. and George Waters"
good blacksmith, and we saw number of
drawings" executed by the Indians. "Give
these Indians = fair chance" said Mr.. VIII.
bur, "and in Eve years many of them will
have q competency and some Of them wealth."
Mr.. Wilbur is sanguine Of their improvement,
and II is quite refreshing to see one who hss
faith in the practical susceptibility of the Gle.
walton Of man. in even the lowest types of hu.
manity. .'
THEIR CHURCH AND EDUCATIONAL PRIV
LEGES.
About thirty of the children have besn
taught 10 read and write, and some of the mum.
Der have made more or Lees progress in gvog.
raphy, arithmetic, etc. Rev. Mr.. Wilbur
breaches to them every sabbath, and in the
afternoon holds social meeting for their in
struction. and they are instructed In Sab.
bath school. We attended service and heard
one Of the most interesting sermons we have
heard on the coast, and the house was we'll
filed with Indians. who were attentive to the
exercises. The social meeting was perhaps
the most interesting, ~ various Indians smoke
and prayed At the meeting, unintelligible to
your correspondent, but not to that sar N,