, 1873-07-19

Rocky Mountains with htintln B land trapping,
and enlisted ovor 300 mon In tho undertaking.
Aftor several lossoa by 1ndlan robbery and river:
handsome fortunes. Ashley waa Lioutenant-
Governor OF Missouri, and afterwards d r,oiiib0r
Of CongrosB, from 1881 to 1887. Ho was q man
Of groat determination md bravery, a,ld highly
respected for his integrity, taloats, and entor-
mon which wnB attacked by Ariokaree fntlnug,
on tho Upper Missouri River, IN tho 2d Of juno,
1873. III tho same year he commanded 30 yolun-;
teern In fight which Col Leavonwozth Ind
rivor. Our mon attaokcd tho vilIagoB OF Tho!
ArickarcoB, Which continued betwecn Goo aud 700
warrlors.. LeayenworthB forco consisted Of 22O'
mon Of the Sixth regiment OF Infantry, ASH,
friendly Sioux. lho 1tiokaroos r.. wv
loning ovor 80 killed. Tho fighting took p1nsee on
tho 9th, loth, and 11th Of August. Con. Ashley
forward, and died at Doonvillo, no, on tho 2oth'
Of April, 1883. 11o obtained fits tito by boing a
Drigadier- General Of Missouri ilitin. Ills wfd-
ow married. tho hon. John ]. Crittendoni Of
From what I layo boon ablo to olearn, Con.
Ashley and his mon did moro towards .tlie OK
ploration of this region than any, other. mon
who ovor .visltod it,. Flo made many Of tho
rohla which liave Hinoo boon travelled by So
called explorers, and had his hunters aud trnp-
In by way OF Taos, III Now Moxico, struck went
to thu. Colorado, and thon followed up. tho
streams Which 60 toward making up that river,
until hc found their sources In the mountain
chain OF tho Rocky Mountains. do not moan
to say that he did all this personally !; but il
was all done by hiH mon, and undor Ills man
agomont, and he is, therefore,
ENTITLED TO THE CREDIT OF TT
Thls wns an individual onterprfso, and not
backed up By tho money Of tho Government:
Tho timo had not yet come for uH to wish to
6cnlo tho nlountain-barrlors, or push our infant
sottlomonta over towards the shores Of the bluo
Pnclfc. But that time came In 1914, :'5,i 9, y;
9, md o, whom our Oregon immigrants started
across, aud tic great exodus to tho gold-Aolds
Of Casffornia set mon crazy with d now form Ut
oxcitoment. Then Aalaloys roads were used to
sonlo purpoao, and weary travellers know very
lttlo what obligations they we're under to tho
In thiH Hensoh
THE WEATHER IL Superb:
Tloro ia hallowed beauty about everything,
that rendors 1t more pleasing than. ovor. The
on tho dirk mountain~pides forms picture Of
surprising loveliuess, which .is tho ,roaaon why
tho motntain-barriers possess such q fascination
TOR bold and free spirits Wild scenery, wild
life, and wild days fall naturally togothor; md
from them is eyolvod . fabric rare III its finish,
and glowing with all tho glittoring jewels Of on
chantmont. Ono can almost fancy tho days OF
tho 1otos.eaterB Tho dark glenB are tho homes
OF Indians, who wish no bettor life, and cannot
understand why civilized mon desire to live In
fixed abodcs. Civilization, too, longs sometimca
to throw of its expensive surroundings, and
range FREQ ns the breezcB round the baseB Of
grand old mountains, which gazed upon tho
dawn OF creation, with 'Arcturus, Orion, and
pleiades, and the chambers Of tho South" Tho
summer:wcathor Is perfection itHolt, and no onb
mood look for scenery moro bold and magnificent
than this. Way up hore, on tho back -bono Of
this Continent, one gazes out upon scenes Of
awful sublinity md nntohless grandeur.
ALGEBRA.