Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-09-10
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ing souihNafd fr6D Rainier Will.

gan the asesGa ol . long ridge o. euvr ,t,e., >
ing soutbward ff64 Rainier. While 49,
travelling in the valley it's belts Of Horess2 "A
! rom them the mo untajn and The chsrISSr ~
the region Immediately surrouadine IL no~
rs they with baoyant steps ascesded the lo..,
whole mountain and lie grard and beau,;r.S
surrouneings clearly rfveAied to ihem. The
| found that The siUre they were ascenain, ~
but one Ofa hrke number, Of similar $780,.
confirmation, but differing in their detail. ~
radiating or sweeping from the u,oun,.;n ~
long, gradually sloping Tines, rev of ,b.nt
(rocky and more rugged thai TIE other.y
stretching away Is or 30 miles till lost 10 y;.$
in the mist and smoke Between these slonss
WIN streams from the glaciers of the noun
tain flowing down them, are deep talikt. ;c.r
responding to or terminating in deem Iono;t"-.
dinal depressions in the side Of tine mounioin.
which form the beds Of immense glacier. 6v,,
and six miles in length. The sDur, NJ az
southern side Of the mountain are bear,;e.i
beyond description, and with their hanA.Arss.s
balsam-ars, n some places strttclrisr h Ione
struggling lines, in Others standing in little ;.1
lated groups or larger groves, suggest to IN.
icent and well-kept parks. EyervxS.." ss sn.
are entirely free Of undcrbrush. fallen t," .y
and logs, and everywhere covered with rr..n
grass and innumerable blooming flower. ne
| every hue. DOtting the slope assembled 49,.
small fields OF snow literally embossed in for,1
ers, clear ics-cold streams flowing from them
lakes. '""'' e'y'ai
The tourists camped that night, the 18th. q,
=" e,e'"t'on OF the slope, which overlooked
the deep valley of one branch Of the N;so".iIv
and which comma nded sublime view NJ ~.
mountain: For some time hunger, fatigue and
camp dat'es were forgotten by the pedestrisn.
in contemplation Of the sublime and nnv n,.n..
ically near mountain. Even Sluiskin. VIZ.
had often hunted on the lower snow alone.
ant apart, gazing at the awful heights of III.
mighty Tah-ho-mah." And then the vicvI
Dy h'gnt, rs the stars came out in the clear.
deep blue vault above the mountain, with n,
various and grand sounds, was one never to hs
forgotten.
If thou wouldst view Rainier Alright.
Visit 1t here by the STAYS dim l'eht:
see IT'S spectral form in grandeur rise
TIL scarce it seems below the skies;
List to its avalanches' rom,
Its catarncts that mighty pour
tn thunder Of huge rocks that fall :
Deep meath the glaciers icy pail;
Mark everywhere mystic silence reign,
the plain.
Then 20, aud filthy memory sleep.
Or to thy latest day no scmbtance keen.
Deep-wrought, Of all that vision grand,
Seek not again on tn enchanted spot to
stand,
Lest Tahoma's spirit with veneeful might. :.
Distraction hurl upoA thy soul!ess sight.
| It is to be hoped that the artist Of " The
Mediterranean Of the Pacific" lin Harper for
September, 1907 may some dsy visit this
| spot, and then repent, in sack-cloth and ashes,
| of hrs Fench ostrage On Rainier-"T acoms
from ON camp f2O miles away"
among some Of the Indian tribes super.
stitfon obtains, that Rainier, or Tahoma, ha.
| deep lake on its summit, which 10 the abode
Of solue mighty evil spirit.
To be roneiaded next week,l