Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1871-01-14

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We spread our blankets that night ,-.r
dark at Pcluusc Spring, Oh II li-h '...
overlooking the Wild stream. mu ......-
fire was soon kiudcd and H. hnl. All ...r-
! those whose legs were thu .uaLg. Were.
squattinS tailor Fashion ar0und the a..l.u-
lng conee-pot and crisply y.cOuhcd bacon.
l lie rest OF us leaned unCumio;tah.. .ut
gracefully upon our elbows, with ira- no. .-
zontally extended. In thirty minutes 3d.. re-
the stars were looking down upon our u'.-
turned faces. In another quarter @ a.
| hour they had the looking all to thcnss.rs,.
Tor we wer3 drea ming Of scenes fa Js
tant and lar different
AT early dawn we were again astir. and
after breakfast precisely like the sur."-.
we began our second day in tha wilde.
Our road lay across barren plains. tn rsn
/ tne claters OF volcanoes long extinct .rc
| over lava rocks which these cratery ...G
helched forth countless ages ago. "v..a
this heavy earth was peopled with T.. -
kinds All around was drcarN aud h e.
less dcsOation the herblcss earth poison I
with alkali, and for mites uuv'atrrrd ny
the smallest rivulet. But Nature IS .r.-r
even III her ruggedness, and Oh barren ...-
scrt and lonely mountain top scat,rrs ".lg
jewels which the exploring mind hri =
from the caves of Knowledge IN, g f.
born rocks speak Il language which scieI ..
car interpret, when untlammelled ny taG
| dogmaa ot Illogical superstition.
We were two days in travelling This Plu-
tome region, ;cpiivened occasionally hv TIE
! sight OF II lunk coyote, or ali alkaline lai;e
/ covered with waterhens, wild ducks, aud
wild geese (.tnser Canalcnsis.) une &C
these lakes is five or six miles in leng'r.
and its ieathercd inhabitants were bcyOut
computation. r'locks will hot descrir5
them they swarmed from end t. cad r
this long lake,
/ A lonely sagecock or pair Of runlcd
grouse would sometimes invite a Shot. -
itanXious to rid themselves of life III sue
land. But unfortunately for them. OK
G!HtS and their courses were never eXuct'v
convcrgent, and they were compelled tG
live on.
On the fourth day, within fiftcen miles CT
the Spokan river, the face Of TIE cuuutr.
changed ioI the better. AlAai and iEnc-
Gus rocks disappeared. Bright streams o.
water crossed our path. On grassy nile
we began TO see beautiful groves of pine
aud iIr, as free Of underground as the Il -,
carefully kept park, looking aS # they hal
pNNh h-N' W hNL " Nilt Sip'll VI 4NuAbitf
but Of man" As we app reached the ..,cr
these lovely groves spread into magnificent
forests, which to our dcsert-weary eyes
brought great reliet. Descending trDm ono
broad wooded plain to oanother, before uOnn
we reached the SpOkan. Here we Snid SIP
for the privilege of crossing Il rude bridge
Quilt on tresses, The wrctched nissan
thropist who vented his spleen upun man
kind 10y collecting tolls here, tae originally
a New York Bowery boy. Disgustgd w.tn
the ruthless savagery of thY Five Points,
he had come here to spend the r1s pi his
hie i'll peace among red men-ial les WI
tai and barbarnus. As this WAS probably
the only toll he would collect icr some
weeks, his opportunities for "rc:geuce, rs
the senior Weller termed il, are slightly
precariouS. Hence the erceSS. (or rather
Xlll, of his yindictiycupSS il charging las
Sl2 for q tour-horse wagon and two saddle
horses.
On the opposite bank. were Indian wig
vans covered with skins ot elk and uutfaiD
Out OF these pcCrcd the dark eyes Ot squaws
with matted hair aud make Il laruoses with
dirty noses. | wonder II any one ever saw
a Juvenile Indian without this feature. or,
more accurately Speaking, condition OF tea-
: ture.
The plateaus on this side correspond ex-
} actly, both in eIeyation and numhrr. with
those on the other, Before one O'Clock We
came to a considerable grain farm and
cattle rancho on Walkers prairie. Here
We dincd under wide spry aiding nr, add
in9 sweet milk aud fresh eggs 10 our dimiu-
ishcd harder. AT night we camped on a
beautiful stream, deserving a betleG name
than Sheep Creek, and for the first time
with grand forest trees above ne. Here
We fund wood enough for a huge tire,
which enabled us to play California
Jack" until q decent, gen!lemauly. bed
time. heretofore, for lack of fuel and
pastimc, We had been compelled TO retire
with the chickens and other vulgar crea-
} lures.
On the fifth day our course lay along the
| valley of the CUlyille river. and here We
found at intervals of II few miles the homes
Of white men and red women and mongrel
children. As we advanced these homes
] became more numerous, until the whole
Z rich valley was occupied with wheat grow
ing farms. On some Of these We saw some
c twenty enormous stacks Of grain, with
r straw so bright that il was very evident nc
: rain mad ever iallen upon them. We were
e now IN latitude 4Ss deg.
3 Before sunset we arrived at Fort Col
f ville-thc end of our Journey This is a
: one company post commended by Major
E-au, OF the 2}d Infantry, II is situated
\ on level plain, surrounded on every side
= By high, wooded hills. There is 4 small
2 hamlet oi thirty or forty houses near by
4 As tine inhabitants depend on the post iol
u n Iyiu., they are extremely anxious that il
i shall not be abandoned. They profess tn,
a utmost dread ol the Indians and yet the,
n are 80 peaceful lhat one soldier can go on
y ana capture whole tr.b,. We UrrIr,
i hcp dive days 20 give our engineer office
j. time ~ make "a survey. and On two or thre,
! nights saw the guudest display of auror'
II bngcais expect ever 10 bchu d. FROM
h the horizon tu the zenith wave after way
s oirvcuIc light dashed along the sky Il
% culors Tiyaiug the rainbow, As we gaze,
;, ia awe aud admiration We itit .hat IA
- great ouo-tiod power galyan.c battery %
T. the universe was ~ iull play,
10 We drove over tp the old Hudson BI
i tndiug post, on lAe Columbia river,
"a mlrs wyst-uurthw,sJ Here ~ found
r great variety ui iur,, luulud tg those pl IA
- black All sulz,y hgars, foxes ui All kinds