The new North-west., 1872-11-16

SSo<S ~ OOuC OUACSSO, cSC.s W COpvSD VI tu9
Statutes.
Up the BITTER ROOT.
WITH JeoT1S on 1u smDL
EDzro. Nsw Nosrs-wssr:
On the afternoon of the 22d of October.
I ssddled up again and left Missoula for q
journey up the Bitter Root-s country
had never yet seen; land flowing with
milk and pumpkin pies; the Egypt Of Mon.
tsna, and the home of the ancient Bitter
Rooters. Fording the He'll Gate near the
city, where the island divides the river in
equal parts, I made the landing without
having to swim, for which was under oh.
legations to Mr.. Geo. Baker, who went
down and piloted me over. The crossing
10 good one, but the water being muddy
from much mining above, and the river
naturally treacherous, one must know just
the ford to he sure of . safe transit; and too
much caution cannot be used. for the He'll
Gate seldom gives up it, dead.
THE NIssoULA BRIDGE,
Which il now being rapidly constructed by
strong force of workmen, will be, when
finished, the best and most expensive one in
the Territory. /. will bc supported by a
pier on the leland. and 10 high. strong and
flrm that the floods Of the He'll Gate cannot
endanger it 1t Is built by the county, and
10 to be free.
Passing over . beautiful. level piece of
high bottom land which extends some five ~
six miles from the river. was soon upon
tha hanks of
THE ROkANTIC BITTER ROOT,
Finding here and there q wellimproved
rancho, with hay and grain stacks in abun.
dsnca The waters Of the river are Of q
pearly clsarness, which as ys. have not been
colored with the mud and sand of the
miners sluices. But tho time II comins
when they will he, for on both sides of the
river, on the bars Of the streams coming out
Of the mountains, ID - fine. looking pay.
grit" - ever proprietor set eyes on; and
doat quartz in abundance can be seen In
many places.
Shortly after striking the river bottom.
came near having
- AN ADVENTURE,
And thought for . while my terrestrial use.
fuluess was going to terminate abruptly.
Just before reaching the crossing, two fair
damsels, clad in white garments. with white
pocket handkerchief tied over their heads,
came gallopiug up. They presented rathe,
striking appearance, I must confess, and
could hardly blame my horse for wheeling
suddenly around and striking out At full
speed In the direction ot the mountains,
some miles of. For awhile he literally go,
away with me-" but I was rejoiced, and
surprised too, when at distance of quar-.
ter Of mile be stopped quickly (slsnost too
quickly, In facD, and faced about to take
. look At the
o1JAcTs OF yRs0aT.
then for The 1sss discovsGsd he was only
''quar,cr horse" (which enhanced his value
800 per cent IN my estimasion). having
halted the instant be thought the 40 yard,
were run; but will wager Thousands Of
fleet" on him his distance.
These girls were Of the upper tens" ot
Bitter Root, or r. +. F.'s-
FIRST yAxnIEs o. THE yLATHEADa
They were sitting their horses after the style
now being advocated, land experimental on
10 some extent) in Central Park, New York
The leaders Of the fashions in that city hav
Ing exhausted their inventive genius In the
line Of dress, now clamor for . change in
the manner Of riding, and urge the total
destruction Of the good old. fashioned side
saddle, which our grandmothers rude with
70 mucA grace and case. The New Yorker
may thsak they are getting up something
original In the way Of lady cqucstrisnism,
but We can assure them It is only aboriginal
The =. r. Ms (First Families Of Mon.
tsnsl, having pracsiced It ~ far back q
their history extends.
Two or three hours ride from Missoull
brought me on
i HISTORIC GROUND.
Through that deep cut in the mountain,
to the right comes the Lo .Lo Fork, named
after the great Indian Nimrod, Lo.Lo. and
Z mighty warrior wi,hsl, who, long while
ago, on this stream, wss killed by . bear
The particulars of that terrible fight wsl
unable 70 gather, - neither combaisns sur
vived to tell the isls. The most we can evel
know of II 10, that .....
=a. Lc, ths poos lsdisn.
Was found torn to pieces, while poor Bruin
equally unfortunate, by dead hard by, al
cas 70 piecss Sic ersssK Rsss IN SisssIi
The Lo-Lo 10 - pretty = stream - evs
creased = mountain. Here upon i,s hanks
near the Bittsr Root. %
oa L.w1s AID CLARKE,
And their way.worn followers. csmpet
sometime before crossing the mountains I.
ths Clearwater. Here they hunted ant
hshed and rested their weary limbs af,e
many months Of toilsome journeyipg. Th'
FAiheads. Nee Perces and Pen d'Oreille
treated the "whi,s travellers, +" ~ they callet
thsn, = their suests, and rendered them d
the assissancs In their power.
a.uIl nIsToRicAL TAcfs, ". a... +.
The lndians who remembered the Expe
ditioa used to relate that the Nes Pesc
msidsns fell deeply in lovo with the ex
p)osers q Arss sisht: they wers % kis,
and ino1snsivs; ihsis actions 20 difteren
u every respect from those Of ths rsd
man coming = n,esssnges Of psaes In
sasad Of was--shss these maidens at once, Il
~ goodness Of their Wild, unsophisticasei
hearts, sosght to retain these pale-facsl
fsjsads = thir own. WIN, then. = =
soaishsd when " hear thss sbey csa6
- pssched theis tspees sossA end ahoa
~ eanp of thsir white visiiors end I'D