The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-07-21
IFHEd 4. Dali I Yl1's'lEMPTREiS'
~, mae y, IA. "a. ROBINSON, .dA'nr
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] NaHfN tfN 9hft NffIolNns 1NHH uffN
Away In the yyildsl Of IdAhps midway ,be-t
tween salt Lake and Oregon, tho air is
Numbered aud the earth Is rent by a catag
ract as imposing as Niagara. ASituate on
The Sagebrush plains, bebWaien tlln Rocky
Mountains and the-u6aseade Range, the
Great ShosAene 4siasworid wQnilen which
foroisayage scenery md power yspbliRc
stands unriYpled in America, These falls
of the Snake OF Lewis Fork 81 THE Coin6h4i
bia, have been batA eoupleof years disebV-
cred and have been seen asriYet by scarce
rs many scores of white mep,T, ,,,.,t..,.. -.
\ This majestic masterpiece OF .natute's en-.
gineeriUg Hes p few miles on fr0m thei
erly hetween Salto lake and Boise cities,
and hal lf7wayi (oT about 300 miles) from
those said capitals Of Idaho and Utah.
Travelling BY compass across the bOundAi
less sage plains, wher0 INC living being
iIrealtsi tho desert stillRess, (saye here AMI
there lhissipg snake, halt bid between u.
regiment of horned t0adb and high range
Of ant hiilsy and the 'f6af Of The eatafact,
which may ib6iplaihly heard Mt starting.,
has gradually died aAEay,i The sage plain,
remains unbrokeh 10 the view, and no ap.
pearahce Of any river Stfi1 riding on
and, suddenly, wIshout warning, he reinS
up on the brink of a ipeFpendiQItlar preeiTl
piee over . Thousand sect ln hightza at the.
foot of which y, apparently uniathomed,
abyss Snake River Seems but Ike 4 marrow
silver ribbon. Down streaIng About n haltl
mile Distant an1ong monument of mist
walls rise FROM earthto heaven, sd -, ,.,. -,
| The river, about two hundred yards III
With. c0nnitg slowly from the southeast,yi
oveftowered by perpendicular walls ofba-l
saltic rock, over eight hundred feet high,
suddenly expands Into basin Of twice its,
width, and there Is divided into a half
dozen streams by dark booking rocks, which
raise their gloomy cTests allowable sparkf1
ling surf Of the maddenedl waters. Every
stream rIshes over a. iall Of thirty feet and
fancinir and lffuctuatltigg yet physically
fixed rs they have ever been while centn5
ries, like shadows, have flown over them,i
The river, resnming its course, Is again de
lvided, and takes second tumble OF Sixty
feet still further, but this time by only
lthree different strenmSl Three falls are the
result; one on each side, nnbrOken and fall
ing In solid sheets, the central one being
Horned by seven fan smpedsteppes of rock
From the one Of these benches 70 the other
Observation-Disclosures falls in I'd A. smo0th,l
transparent sheet, forming n cascade nnAug-
passed in the, world, and contrasting
lwith the rhsfltinay soaring. foaiuins stroasasi
lsurroundmg itbOth above aDd at tbs. eides,i
The river becomes once more smooth aud
! dark in color, It's banks suddenly jut out
| from both sides, narrowing the ehantiei 90
os ,,,aao. s,soi,sitats ltsaI,
in one whole volume without breaI or
Ihindrancc, into ap ominous abyss almost
ltIIrte hundred feetin depth. No pen can
describe this scene. This is in ircalityithel
'(4reat FALL" and Is well worthy Of, its
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waters appear iblueuntil thay meet the
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looV c,,',d VI o,iV Il, " I, "a IL - AZ,
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EnsSod Nv M VIII nf ~ waters ~ fate
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y NV W., n, ~ Inias,g sts, ~. sf S,aI,,
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falling 'abontr eigRt feet on 70 n grassy
slope, that, leads, 70 the waters edge,
within two hundred I % ieet q The ,,ts loot
Shs ' reiss' a,,a wet. tl,Toa,vh IN an Instant.
4. 4. hara that nv IooLing M the anor-
.os,s sitStnds ~ tbc MI can ,e reaiiaad
lanG tlin arst teeiintr a. one ~ sale br1ser2
vSfion, aninyoIn aIa, tira,Sihr htck, ,Gor The
whole mass aeenis ready 10 drop pand.crush
Won Whare ROn glanl. Never Ran the
SYqi bea,,, ! ~ Il, ,is sl,1ne III IL, by
IohnIderS Rah,I,ncss -l,fls th,S,,ss nj b,,S
s"an, 10 surronnd VIM and their irises In
srch ,,a,. IN I'M, II II 90, tV,,~9 .,"ffS
Thg Rite foaIni,1o M aters Earm a b,SI-
Iliant baeIground to tbe ma9ic nrisms Me
tured BY The spray. The dark, frowhing
rocks relieVed by the bright greeh Jdntp-
erS' haHs hstlIs .ia1hip 'oI .nis L"akhu,-
eenL slgbt, Ssfohe " 9ells ~ polslts " HolT
me as ~ svponN ~ lioilS " sal ", tfSS ~
ranusur as nes.ileu Wy olllceTs "a INC
trst ,oregoh ,stish.sy eleaha ~ u,
ilR, 1e man lam slV lest poln Sne L,,, leoge
V the ievsi q .lls Ntlet psA9ss ~ tle w,
per lalls oi uls river, on t,ie tlIee uls'inct ,l
tnnpies ~ ntkes, cahnoL pe less tilan % ~
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