, 1865-08-31
:. An OVERLAND JOURNEY.
a Steamboat Ride up the Column
.bin River.

i.
a Steamboat Ride uD the Column
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From Portland to the DaIIe+-RemarK-
able Scenery on the Columbia River
Tho Cascades and tl,e Dal1e~-con1-
merce OF the eCofunabla-Gold in Orc
son' -,,-,"
- :: -, Editorial co;1ospcndenee.l
PoR41Asp. Oregon, saturda, yuIy ed, 1855,
Mr.. Collar and fts partv .haxe.;nst retura-
I'd tom most instfnct;xe md sea;rhtt1 s ~ TIN
up tue coinmo1a River. Fully aware that the
magnificent scenery Of the Cascade Noun
extent OF thc improrcments 49, 49,, ,nsrnitudc IT, -
tha commerre n accnmr1na",. aa ~ sa;i.h ,,sr
rere w. made nav - he Aais nnSs1s S1,ea M tns,
we propose to give. Nothing in al our long
Journey has urpriscd It's more than what we
hare ectcn far the mast two d,ra
1'@ mn rI ,,o,,n.s% 80
fine steamer New World, tho guests ofthc-
Oregon Steam Navigation Companr. Col. J.
Pusi~o1 p,oa,dnst - = -
O. o...0.se ns' '' l.aa,s;n' 1ne =. = w hccas Es4.t
sse's'as, Sa, snp'nn " " AnsEortn'
Fso., OF tho O. 8. N, Co.. tnok snec,n1 ch,rce
80 s.,fo. ,z1,,e ~ ~ 80 r,, ais -
. =! ~, w eoaiao1t, & "une 1ns S1csneacy, aoF+
eibps, Judges strong and Deadly, Col: Lara
bee, Gen. Hamilton and other gentlemen
Ut, one Of the most iufcllieeut md aoreeahie!
narties We haye met On thS Pac;6c cn5st -
20 >' r,,., srv,.,n,. ~ ~'''' :;
~ Srr,,1' w. -, :.
TIE ride down aho willamette from Fort
land twelve miles, aad for the first
twenty miles up, The Colurubia prot
een9 nothlng stman9 beyond densc]y
WOODED 6uoses. Inc Golumbla IS . r1ser
deep. broaa, ana maennetnt, gathering It's
Watets tf9m thonsanus ot ma.es along the
MeSesn s & SLOPES ot od tae ' aoeKy Monnlatas-oqe
ol hnG InIee slsa. !t'G1s o. tas Eontnent. ~
cnts ~ why 0fecly th1onSh the Sacf1a Nc
vada Mountains, ena enc ot tho tirst noticea~
nle onnSs ~ w gel anung the looa nuns u
Tue 1act tnat WaeltecI a1he trees grow
out upon theiF sldes, ne limbs
selves ore bent n INC same direction. The
reason or thaa Is. that during the winter The
cota w,lde tfe1n IG rast plains on tlc upper
,ha 1;nar sss sue onn sne g2fgc mage ~
ne river. Niln asIaenuons power. Boats
t1e mouhtains, hy these "lnas. Ihe dfrec1ton
o. lhcxe "ines VARIES WatA tac seaeons
Inc n1st og}ses "a a.sesSs., M1esou1Gs 'nS ~
aMes, aea5s ~ 1as 1n", H. e.nnosea "
'NoeStsr hoek,i pfopao!y no11 @ us sppkp%a ~
,o sfW ir sdfI r. m f0,T nnJEea
PeIgendlcu.as s Snn t@,a at - oe 1opt aanatsa
.eet hsn, ~" IL Issa t,.e ~ - tns "aig,
w tue suu1n ~ ~ s,a astb tan, T. tfs.. .I y
,a,,". aSse, W vail ~ h,ss,, s"raroi .,r
Hetlen1surh @ tst htnt e1,-ar n,'t tts Sasa ~
mh1sn tns Iases ass sSeeIs m thn ~ r. geanac1n
* ,,s 9;dc lio ,,;1s1 I'M m1sn,, tao
mountnns ~, ~ eaes ~, saae ~ p1'a snS 9poa
~ as1.r ~ aT, }ss,sTSd n sat 'ns nsaa
On % lie south stdes Iapfng nom the bsttiia.
eliils; iii arc seyeFsi 6esulid moantala siseass
one o. %iien M na5 - pesPenolcuM!tf 1all 81 neaf.
y 1nur luhIe1 !cet. otsQt y heaeaes sue
basln ne.o" " u sea.teseu u .a.eh las!, s2oa
10 bc galhefea aP 70 aha ' aao19ea ,e leaf.a
VIII ihe iotao.a 3fn IRON eape ape n01n a; 70 Iaa
lananas tne moutalos a1e m9fe vera aug
Tail;lke, hisner and more aahilme man Lne
mgn!aoas o. Jug n1uson a1a, ~ We nase
70" iooKea opou ~. may DC 1GSaruea ,as
1ae mos Nonoe1a1 en-. IS scenery upon Iae Ans,t
TO nc tontNt, that nsle ean Dc ieano the
gf9nass. g seeneS Il naa Msa ouf gooo iof1une
10 beloM. raj,
I9bt pelo1e leatnlng Ine Gasea9cs, a, easLie
hoca ~ nS odeG icc; uy ,a 'eM X
leS,
irt n me mountains, ioim3 maIAea oh1ecI OF
interest t. anu @ aeae ae11s Me alH o. me Saseaas,
$500 - ~. ,n,,as r. a.. ~, S.1ata f,,i Z.
made within n n,iIe or two. bnf fhn rniIwny tn
lie s1nootl, water above Is fyc miles lonr.
YES. render. Hc found right nere on tha north
bang Of ihe Co1nn,bya, il Washington Trrri.
~ ~ t,t,.cnn n 4 Nav fo,npanv. a. thnrc ano ~
envwheTs In fhe country. and q rocomnttTa ali
fhs Eav rom Pattrrson. New jcrgey. 10 fake
M onward at raiirond sptca, Rom traditlon
and GONE show Of facts 10 to prove that In
~~A-1
baby lalf way M to the Dpllea. The
Indians say. that formerly tho river
here Fan under q t,atutal bridge, and In ter
1ible battle Of the mountains, probably IN
eruption Of Mount Hood, this bridge fel |
down, damned tho water back, and thus sub:
Which aro Standing perpeniiculazly il great
numbers IN the riycr aboro the Cascalcs, far
out ftpu the SHORE. whcro the water is thirty
10 forty feet deep. THIS submerged forest;
described by Fremont mud ali the early es.
plorcrs Of the Columbia, certainly grew where
tion be true or not. II must have found Its
present posftfou by somo great conyulslon OF
1,aturc. j. ". Bruce, Esq, the engineer of
the nI]way. from whom We received this 1
Soii I sides @ Of tho river, rive il Sery consid-
erahte degree Of eredibfiity. IL thr head Of
Tia ersraiies We fonnl another Nne steamer Ia
i wnI1inn 10 convey ,,s ltty miles up to the .
r.,rve Il
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constantly on tAe ueek, a1n1itaaE eSsn 'MS-.
Ing hatt}cnenls o. 1asaN wAscn snoot up sGx-
crai thoatana ieet hsfn on sMat. n'9s &C.
saxe on theM ~ az ssaAs y fssrst ss 60 ~
az o. us al 1nG ,oHt Hill ~ III fsx rpiied nnl,rs
snat.: Snss'5ss asHnd Hss ci,1ex . nc1atnansa .
al towns afe sauea e., cues netsInamea,
DOUBTLESS, from the mus ABOVE. lhcfe nfe
some forty stores VIII rue nsaaI humber o.
tneelianics ana hachlne SHOPS, IN toMn o.
two thonsaud inhabitants. Here We found
several Chicago men, and OF course, NJ: Col i
fax and "lls party" we're treated with the
greatest courtesy and ksudaess. The usual 1!
Speeches were exaetcd aud made, and then
away We went over fifteen miles Of
capi{sl railway along the south bank
oI tic riyef ito Cello, at the head
nr the rap.ds TIC river at the Dal1es has cut
! liz narrow chanpel, at the ordinary ataseof
water. deep down Into the hard basaltic rocks
through which It rumbles aud bolls with fear
| full rower, falling nearly the whole Of the
| c,ghfy-lyc feet it makes in fifteen miles, IN
| half that distance. In high wafer the riyer
| rolls high above the shelving rock On either
side, filling the gorge In some places hundred
| feet above low water mark. That mnst be q
crossing the continent to sec. At present
there are along the shore, at various points,
elumps Of huts, where for the time the Indians
busEow while catching their yearly supply Of
salmon, as their fathers doubtless have done
for thousands Of years before them. Tho
numbers cafe ~ must have been Immense, as
the nauseons eh'uEia from perhaps an acre Of
theads and other otial abnndantly tea,ifed.
Most OF the ndlnns haEe gone back 10
their summer haunts, but enough linges BE-
hind to sao* rs now re & salmon ~ arc eaasns, M
md ns wen 70 mnke the.5 Ugly presence can-
sp'enoEsly visible The lndlan Stand stands ; =. .ad
M nature or aas srtaGiay With 5efk sS d.r9s Is
INC m Ss5T Sina 11 H. ~ ri % a@n atrcan ma bars is
nc a'ps nE:t," ~ ns! ue"H H. n otner Inatters
P1i PIKE !" IT, mn1aM rnn1e oT the3r akill they
~, m.,1 rerr .ap apnerf 10 This Kind Of ashInr.
ftrT o,,r railway ride 1ast cyen{nw 10 Gallo.
va sSents SHoundlr on board tbe steamer
Owrhee. and on waking In the morning found
cursclyes fur up The Columbia river. About
O'Clock We arrived at Wright's Bay, whcre
we tied IN and went ou stiore ia examine tbs