The daily mountaineer. (Dalles, Or.) 1861-1866, 1866-06-06
9ailp Mountaineer.
WEDNESDAY, EVENING, JUNE Q, 1866.
FROM;W HITE BLUFFs.
WHITE BLuFPs. ). June ad.

by way of this place, thoughta a few lines re-
latipg to that subject would be interesting to
your readers, aud worthy of publication.
WHITE BLUFFS
Is situated on the east bank of the Columbia,
nifty milesabove Wallula, and derives its name
from the bluffs in its vicinity. Previous to
the discovery Of the Blackfoot and Big Bend
mines 1t was a source of supplies for the
mines on the upper Columbia, and was gene
rally known TO the travelling public as White
Bluff Ferry; but since the discovery of the
above named mining regions it has grown to
Importance ia the eyes of business men and
capitalists as a shipping point to the vast GOLD
regions Of Montana, and will eventually have
good trade with the mines in the British
possessions. The distance from
DALLEs TO WHITE BLUFFS
Is llo miles, and can be easily rode in three
days. The trail is good, and hardy noun tain
eers declare tits the bost they ever Travelled,
There is plenty of wood aud water on the
road, the longest ride being fifteen miles with
out the latter. Mountain grass abouuds on
the whole route, aud good feed can be had at
every camping ground. There are three
streams to,cross--.heK Kikitat which is easily
forded, not taking animals above the knees ;
Cetetas, somewhat swifter and deeper, and
Yakima, over WHICH there is ferry at Halls
Several travellers have missed the direct trail,
by taking one that leads to Priests Rapids,
thereby doing considerable unnecessary trav-
cling. Those who are not acquainted with
the trail had better follow the wagon road
which cannot be missed. This could be i'm
proved, with little trouble, and made first
rate road, and the capitalists of the Dales
ought TO be interested enough in the mayter
to take hold of it.
THE PEN D'oaEILLE ROUTE
Is said to be good road by those who have
Travelled it, and the dstance'from here to the
steamboat landing is only 1870 miles, there
being plenty of wood and aer at convenient
distance', the longest stretch without water
being from the second crossing of Crab creek
eighteen miles, and "a well is being dug in the
centre OF the stretch, making the drive only
hine mlesto water. There has been con sid.
erabte work done on the road in the.way o.
Improvements.
FREIGuTlNG
Has been lively here for the past two or three
weeks. Within that time about twelve team.
have started for the Lake, loaded with abou
5000 pouds each, together with three or fou
pack trains, averaging twenty animals each
for Colville, Rock creek and the Lake. Witt
all this freighting, the s. Oompany's ware
house still remains GRO wdedto its utmost ex
tent with freights for Colvllle and other point
on the Columbia, the mines in, the Britis
Possessions, aud the Lake. The rates ar
five cents to the Lake, aud from six TO eigh
teats to Colvile.
OTHER ROUTES
Are displaying great deal of enterpris
in trying to get the Montana trade. Espe
cially the Walla Walla community are work
ing hard to have the Montana trade go b
way of the Mullan Wagon Road to Palous
Landing, on Snake River, which is at lea:
one hundred miles further from the Dale
than this place and in the spring the WACO
road is impassable on account of the bridge
being washed away which are built over tn
mountain streams. The boat of the .. S.
o. can only run up Snake River durin
ligh water, while they can navigate tn
river all the year except when navigation
impeded by ice. "You Bet" correspond
ent of the Walla Walla Statesman, has bee
fighting this place for the last mouth. L
is known around these parts, and tits ne
cssary to have his abuse to prosper. II
first trip for the season, two weeks ago, wi
satisfactory to his troubled mind, being we
pleased with the route but having preJ
dce,to anything that pertains to tbs plac
he persuaded Kane & kellogg, of Umatlll
to throw ont a sack Of -four, some bacon al
n coil of rope, twelve miles below here,
AS to give him chance to use his gasslr
powers, which he did, giving out the repo
here that the above named firm had LEI. tt
tons of freight at that point, with the ebJe
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