Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1868-09-26

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t.ef tAst cattle xiater sai keep 10; on
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miles of the summit offhe noantssE.
without any fceG wkzieves. except
ins what they had by grsxins on the
dry grzss- lie supplied one or two
stsnds oil wiater and spring. in IIels-
IA, with the haest quality Of IA, bsef
aud in Nav was obliged TO stop kill
ing the larger ones because they
were entirely Y TO fat. He told me
that during the month of JANUARY he
crossed the mountains several times.
and frequently stopped to let his
horse Craze on the dry grass. lie
also told me that during the winter.
when the snow was only five or six
inches deep OH Little Blackfoot, that
they could. hear by telegraph of it's
being five and six feet deep 400 miles
south on OH the Central route, and
Of travelling being impeded by the
storms. In fact, there never has
been q winter, with all their horses
and men, and stations ten and twelve
miles apart, that tho Overland Com
pany have carried tho mail through
on time, while on this route, from
Hellg.te to Walla Walla, distance
of 400 miles, and that now route,
with stations in places so miles apart,
Messrs. Clark 4 Witcher carried tho
mail on horseback, ard not only
carried it through every trip, semi
weekly, during last winter. but were
never once behind schedule time.
doubt whether the same fact has over
occurred on any new mail route in the
United States. These facts show
conclusively and practically that not
onl y is the country susceptible of
settlement, but that there will be loss
impediment to travel by rail during
the winter months than in any North
ern States. / have learned that this
same character Of country extends
north to the head waters of the North
Saskatchewan and to. the Athabasca,
which smpties int tho Arctic Ocean.
A gentleman who crossed the noun
tains with me this time, and who
travelcdthrough at.country in 1912
said, company of $50 pcraon lett
st. Paul in May, 1862, took It ,ge to
Georgetown, the head Of steamboat
navigation on the Red River of the
North thence to Fort Garry, whcrc
they fitted out with. oxen and carts,
Zone OK ton cart) and went over land,
via Fort Ellis, Charlton, Pitt, and
Edmonton, on the North Saskatch-
evan thence by St. AIMS Mission,
the Jasper House, and followed up
the Athabasca river through the
Leathe Pass, in the Rocky Noun
tains, to Frazer river, and took their
oxen on RATS aud tloated down to
Now Westminster. lie told me
that the country was covered with ex-
cellent grass to the base of the
mountains with plenty Of water and
a fair supply of timber. and great
portion Of the country from Fort
Garry to the Rocky Mountains was
susceptible of raising good crops of
wheat, particularly within 500 miles
of the mountains. The settlers at
Fort Edmonton report raising good
wheat and have q windmill for grind
ing. Tho company saw abundance
of coal, particularly on the South
Saskatchewan; also, found good
prospects of gold OH tho Pembina
and other streams between the st.
AIMS Mission and the Rocky Noun
tains. Fort Edmonton 10 in the lati-
tudc $50 3V, and although tho win
ters are severe, this party found the
summer delightful and invigorating.
without frost At night The winters
are probably not 80 severe rs At St
Pefersburg. where there are millions
Of inhabisants. and where they work
their railroads successfully every win
ter
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