, 1865-09-02
OVERLAND JOURNEY,
Editorial cosEesponden>e.l
TIcTon1A, VAScouvKa'a Island
EHtpAF. July "a 1Ej15

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,, oo,ra- -and ~ na-.., - - ps1.nnt 1s1uS o,coor
NJ SoAA anu ps's lei1 tort 43ha 49, os.n,
ers Of the Oregon Steam Navigation Compa-
nv had delightful ride Of fifty miles down
ap'o.,,,,,h,o E;,,.r and 'thc,ca no-4h rn +ha
eus ,.." Sv.A - i;tt,s tow c.,,sd a1aa.i.ona
Co~hlk 70 ,a.! ..s1 ,s's. ao"n saneu aoallcelo.
Here we 6aoe sooa oycaso Inc gentlemen who
had during our travels IN Oregon treated rs
~, them we are indebted for come of the rn,st
,.ta-astIno and ,rstruct1ra nort,on. ~ t ~
III Thev richly deserve al. fhe sncresa srd
-pr9s 1t.rr;;nr;as o ~ 4ha o,ras,s I'LL" oseun
ana tne - io.ae,n X r. ~ III. sotoa n. ~ 51see
terpfiMsG M.,4,oa,,, a +oor 4, ox,u "a t.,,,, AZ.
AZ hoM.'n n.as 1890 " .u9A 70 @ uur on ~ 1fle"a tne
stase ,s3}},ses ~ Ii nra n.xe mse e
MegoI, ~ go " on eosst IT. tb ~. nete t
toia tant aJ 10y aoau ~. 20 paa naH III no sne9
e1t M H. ,P,a ~ onu ,astae oe as ~ M
al TINS .tae th - ane iettel. Hnn al our e1pe-
rienGe , o. tnlee It tnoussao miies oy slasa
coaen, anu tni LIZ Anom teos We 9ao aequdssa !.
he1ote lae MG9esn ~ Gonl!lsanca ot fnMays ~
the East nanlsasa ~ tns stage coaen % tas vasl
country mes1 s. " end MtSsoaI1 H He l9unu aefe
the new ano ~ nnPos.aA. M la:t Inat e1sssn FL.
only seaH LOT A1, oy pnttms uFe
on horsepaek- HaVlng decided taste
for that kind Of exercise. the
writer hereof :" took 70 horse,' and thst a;
ternoon ana me nen morning rode capital
animal Ttg-A1 ei ny dne ninety NUT mles, pslWeen
hontlcsil1 Ano Vympla. On leaeaing =
place. 4slsnt = nc suI ~ 1not ~ easHn Itao
name o. skook.am Gn9ck, We me1 az extra
conyeyance ssnt onS .a,; 1om LIN; y;{"pM ioT ous
specal penens, Sn .S1r 9Io a, 0r' ~
acuteiy o1s*t 'Ms p w "Mnsy .ss.tys ~ ~
markeo, LIN mn n,;s ~
NE Way aySS;n!t ~ IN; "or,.s;tfoe !, ~ n.e Io3
,h;n9 70 FL tn ~ with our dsirhtf,i horseback
ride: ~, ro-,,t7 ,,rer q fs,v r,,,ez
a1te1 te.t tne ~ ~ ator;es W. had hea ri
aooVe c 1alsea oharootsr ~ ~ Ibe road were
u Ine .s.1. nn.t,s.5 r. M. co,lnrov ond
nute oS ,,a1a . sandsicae1 hctween hiIis Of eyerv
.asatr mau stasnnass f1ur fricns in The coacl
had Ia ~ hest af nnnortunities to exercise
snc, nsu e an% ~ n.ienceN faTmer. lest thew
sn9uia w. hsnIe ~ hanr -" hnrors rom whic1,
apu .s! ane saa aA.ae1, ~ ,nss,Fia ~ cse"no
1nele Mas no pJs.'1 n iftt1o ~ y, for severc1
AL ~ .nEse H. na9 o5 ~ ~ bast ate and bow
WGcAs, aae sv ~ NJ ~ 1VuSsor tl,e enereetie
is poss,pi ~ W oat IT. the mali throuph il the
,h1tts Mthte ~ AZ "" few a1anr fbe line. that Il
napMa1ts ~ stra nv ." tr ouI H,,nst r. tx them
Moula H. w. PIsd ~ nazsehIe scondItion. and
u tphti I'LL ~ Il ana ~ Wnshinrfon Territory.
s ms sns sar, uas rsce;re t,a mnI7 Nv this route
Mnoeo penp.s ppnrsa,inn snon1d he male by (,on-
gfess l91 us prpo.1hS @ .h.n Ia octs for cnrry.n1
carns ~ ane 1ooIe n1sa aan ha NJ aimtcd nasssnre
me mau. ~ Soulso ~. ~ - ~ nhoIninSh3c
got along nne1y N SPl1e " ene ann,,,,a
ROAD, 1or insy eGnu @ tleh ar,;ah ,ha ;aann W,a
ne oea p!asea snsuu6n ~ ,on+na. ~ nfn,nr,, than
three thousand miles from the Miss Missouri, The h.,
road from me Co"ntz lises 'o " Inpta T. aro ~
far the worst We nave II ti ,et. an,,,,oiu n'In g.
no" annt !o1 nl'S tu'n6 ou' t"e'. 'A|A>A'9 ~
pcss ever. .,,,- -
But not%nastanalns ~ III, IT, 9. u1e saot9na III ~
party "onld nave neea uels11 1 t,i't Ttt y.
the tnp, even nay We uteu ~ apasi5 H ~ " uppi
4 ciate how baa Inc r6ao y; anu no oae sase
should bc. we had the Dest OF oppoltnntiGss a.
10 sec anu auN!e Inc lnas5eleeut PutS n!An Al e
trees OF Washington ,ra actrtoty Ely. , eotset,n s u
them arc rom .V " ~ 'eGs 1sn + EEsstsSt.y
vasyng scef far :. t'rst ~ bun,1rd III fct
And then in places they slang 70 lnick I'm! lnat
| often ono cannot sec through them more inan
| q few rods at most. we A4Ve neala otAels
tell Of the tall trees o. the faelne eoas1, anu
confess to some lfttle ncfeanntI n ING Rasbs
%e have seen and N there
fore, believe. senator Nesmlth anu
other reliable gentlemen whom We
met ut Drew's, where We stopped
tho first night ont from Portland, assured US
that many of these trees bad by actual meas
! found to be more than three hundred feet
high, Beside the big trees, which orc con
stlnt source Of admiration, the roadside was
| filled with beautiful Towering shrubs and
| plants, nnong which the Lespideza1 Acnml-
nata with its long stem Of elegant, pale, pink
flower, was conspicuous, we maoe ~ 1 ac-
quaIntalnee years ago in the vicinity Of Cue.
bee, md now VIC find It here Thousand Of
miles away upon the Pacific coast, making the
| woods gay md charming as It always does
wherever 1t makes its home. Surely hc VINO
can ride through these magnificent old ioF,
ests and not ind enough constantly 70 mslfuet
the nine ana aflgns tne cye, .3 ~ netnrc ,v
direct from tho pencil Of Him whose match
less beauty Of form and color It d mans high
est achievement even imperfectly to initiate.
| At DrcW's, where passengers ponnu noftn
and south lay over foE nc night, we met zen zen
ator fesmtth 9 9nd e1'doy; % %MeDougal, o. a, Ga.l,
hap Snag1 59n ith " WhoI ~ had rary
pleasant evening. On Tuesday aifesno9n'
when within very lev n1lles o. OlTmPla,
VIC were met by acting Governor Mata aug q
large party. of gentlemen VINO, Win mnslc,
anu haSs streaming n a. Inc paes, GoaaasaSn
Us e ene 81 e9pusR fnc Rsnphlic ~ bic ''s
olympia H hno u'.!e .o"1 VI nRl'.at,, ~
hundred hhnbnaMts, ~ s ths MAN. WAY :" ata,, 49,
souna. ~ eauh ~ atooIaa ~ ~ tho s.r,v narsea,'
from reannlE tne sto,es .,a ~ LIZ Guy II, ),
,ra h ~ ts1-n W.
Il WEIGH ~ 1ifet nau ~. ~. t"rcr y
TO correct oat W naa no1.Ms "A1sSer TSe 49, ~
,i. siIss ~, - hayc mot 1,nnn tba Pac0c
! coast, arc lntclusenls en&"o,. s..P Tha.I
who touo" stesn ,1cle anu ~. iauJ , s,.3 =
came hefo 10 euuu " stlto aau aounr ~ ~
stitutions, anu WIZ !aey haSe tin nMeau} ~ w.,
compliahsa Is worthy the aamiIaMoa o. tAe
world. There are rev Of INC indians wnose
fathers were the terror o. ine eafiy ss,Lots a 70
"thc Northwest coast" o. america, out tney
have eeased to excite any iears. ano soon' "'
best, the racc must Pass away iofSSer. ,t,,
The rev nom 1iymp.a tUon soth a;dos nN,,u hu =
don the soTnd oofesasa G@ 1o'n ane aasS
ter a most hospltaoIc r. RECEPTION 'ne M
evening prevIons, We ieit AympaA on
Wednesday morning 10 ENJOY CLOSET W." ~ y,
this splendid scenery, and really. 70 nave one
mcst delsaEta Snn Saeason E1s Sn S1
dcrson, Capt. D. B. Finch, naster. had waited
two days for US. his tsxesneney COY. Eyahs.
Hon. c. c. Hewitt, Chief Justice, nnd asge
party Of gentlemen, DID Us the honor 70 aS,
company Us TO Viciof1ns ano OF COURSE we Ill
had capital time geneTaliy~ , -,
channels Of different widths, extending faF up
into the Land, and furnishes shofe nne Q,
seventeen hundred and SIXTY m1es' Iaa ssa,q mnq
between these chAnaets or SOUNDS = agnsetS
covered with ne hnest PINE aao ~ ar rnant ..n.usl
upon the continent, and, As might oe tiip expeca' e.
cd, numbering Is inc chiei business u ILLS ~
e9%9e e. visited several Of the saw mt1ls during
the day, ono Of which we were assnIea ~ teM y
weeks hence, when more saWs Wonla oe e. sei, IL
motion, would manulaeture @ aaaafea ,aeai .aon a,
sand feet Of lumber per day: shP5, sevefa1 o.
which We saw come nete IRON ~ tas Stvan1 VIZ;
cd nations OF The earth TO get supplies OF some
kinds Of lumber, and large shipments ar
madeA 70 China and other countries on the
other side Of the Pacific
! AS ouz steamer, gaily dressed u aass ane