, 1866-06-29
SNAKE RrYER cAr1nArr.

About two hundred miles up Snake Rive,
from point opposite Boise CitV are tvro fan. !,
the river, either Of which Is more stpnenSon,
than the Niagara. They are unouestionsbIv ~
greatest wonders in natute on the Ameficap
continent 'Ihey are about four miles apart
the upper being one hundred and sixty-sevep.
and the lower two hundred and thirty feet-ma'
King an aggregate fall Of near four hundred fee,
The magnitude Of these falls entitle them to ~
tual visits by special artiJts and correspopdepts
| The latter profess to have done SO and a,temnted
TO describe the great wonders accordingly "a
d: r. Of the New York Tribune and Geldrick Of
Vedete, are two who have, humbugged their
readers in this way. The former saws he visited
the falls, and the latter dexterously CONVEYS the
Impression that be did likewise, though credits
Edward Colmache with whatever Of interest his
sae'Sa sSS contains; a D. h. undoubtedly ~
from old Eale Lyon and LYON from sor's on. ~ q
else. Neither be nor Goldrick are apyWbpre
near correct, and millions of readers-by otier
papers copying their articles-will be imnosd
| upon. We have never visited the scene in ans
uon but have positive and convincing eyidene
'uat the descriptions to which reference is bee
made are incorrect in essential particulars. IL
Seluce' A D. K, in comparing these with tie
Niagara, says: The volume Of water is nt
more than one-fourth as large, for its crescot
summit sum is only 800 feet in width; but the descep
(zOO ieet) IS one-thiTd greater He makes NO
mention OF another fall nearly equal-apd This
one be undertakes. Goldrick's Miltopie nictnrel
says; Through this gap the confined mass of
water preeipitates itself in one volume. witbobtI
oreak or hlndrance, into an ominous abyss eI
most three hundred feet in depth He, also. 10.
uoIes uS tee existence Of the upper or real "Sho-
shone Falls" The lower and greater arecbris.
tened "Great Falls" That the readers of t6e
AVdtGHehe may see plain and true account of
theSe truly great wonders, we give the following
extract from private letter to H. NJ. Swimmer
ton of Idaho City, written by E. N. Sanford
land published in No. of the Boise NetOs-a, Gle
Of which we have before us) who purposely
made the trip in '64 to examine the falls, and
went prepared with means Of measuremept:-
we measured the distance that the whole vol.
ume of water falls in one sheet, and found il two
hundred and three feet. Then above, should
Judge 1t to be about twenty-five to thirty feet
fall before it reaches the grand fall. The width
OF the grand fall should Judge to be abort
$500 feet. have visited Niagara many times
but this fall ecipses it far Four miles further
above we found another one of less note. where
the water divides in two parts and falls dis
lance Of one hundred and sixty-seven feet. ="
Frank Almou, now in Owyhee. made a personal
inspection of them in 90. He was then attached
to Capt. Drake : Oregon Volunteers, and COM
municated his observations to the Walla Walla
Statesman. (See Boise Net7s No o. He ipdor-
ses Mr.. Saniord's report. The soldiers found
the names of some of Capt. Crawford Emigrant
Escort on piece Of paper sticking in the rocks
at the upper or Shoshone Falls-the authors
having been there in 80. Around the lower or
Great Falls there were no traces of a visit by
any human being previous to that of the Ore
gon Vols.-though Mr.. Gale, a guide and
claims to have seen the falls %
years previous while in the employ of the Hud
sons Bay Co. Thesr falls are not noted on any
map.
Very rctgr.,y we Goial the unreliability of
travelling correspondents, and this is a demon
stratIon of the truth of our obscrvations.-O |
hee HUdldRche