The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-13
THE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, SUNDAY, july 13, 1879.

q mile Al half mile farther up are the falls, or.
more properly, rapids, as there Is no very de-
cided cataract, only the rushing, boiling rap
| ids, extending o. distance OF about six miles,
| are here more turbulent and dangerous; still
i ths "wannegans." In the hands OF experienced
boatnen, shoot the rapids In safety. AT the
Dalles, d little back from the river, are large
i number Of wells or pot-holes In the SOLD
| rock, some of which are from twelve to fifteen
feet IL diameter and thirty to forty feet deep,
| which seem to have been worn by loose rocks.
! kept In motion by circular currents OF water,
/ and Indicate that the river formerly flowed at
q higher level. Night came on apace, and
dreams, dreams Of the old days, when inter-
nal fires upheaved these rocks and CLEFT the
/ surface of the solid earth, which did not
wholly close. but left this gorge to which the
| subsidtng waters naturally retreated. l had
/ thought how grand II would have been To
| have witnessed this Titanic CONFUSION OF
| nature from some safe vantage ground,
/ my especial benefit. ThefHfetnal thunders OF
| that terrible epoch are ringing in my ears.
The awful fires blind my eyes. / awake with
q start, and in O moment am on my feet. The
/ tfunders are real, their awful CONCLUSIONS re-
| verberating backward and forward between
| the rocky barriers The forked Iightnings
are real, as they illumine the gorge with
their bizarre splendors. 4 tempest Is raging
fit climax to this day OF Wonders-and the
descending torrents mingIe their roar with
that Of the wild rivers flow In the grand sat
nrnalia Of unbridled nature. The next morn
ing, however, was clear and beautiful. and In
tion Point" the highest cliff along the
"Dalles," and situated on the Wisconsin
shore, from which magnificent view, both up
and down the river, was obtainable. Here,
too, the wonderful eoloring OF the rocks was
more apparent. The cliffs are stained with
yellow and orange and madder-red and dark
! blue--or, rather, these eolors parmeate them
in distinct layers in places, not being confined
to the surface. little below this point 8
distinct copper vein has recently been diseov-
cred, and strong indications OF gold; indeed,
the color itself has been found, whether Iii
paying quantities remains to be determined,
at Tha1ter's Lake, q little farther down, be-
tween the bluffs aud river. This region Is the
range, which has proven SO rich III minerals.
There are two or three other mines, partially
developed, on the Minnesota shore.
The water power at Taylor's Falls Is second
only to that OF Minneapolis, the river having
d fall Of sixty-three feet in q course OF six
miles, which will doubtless be utilized, when
| the Minneapolis and ". Louis Railroad pushes
| its extension from White Bear Lake to this
point, which 1t proposes to do at All early day
The water power belongs to the estate Of
Caleb Gushing, which also owns great deal
OF land In the vicinity. The railroad will also
render the beauty Of the t.Dalles' more ac-
haste to take the steamboat ride. An excellent
and commOdious hotel, the Dalle5 House, is
/ found At the end OF the route. from which. as
head Quarters. many d hunting and fishing
| Marty starts ont for a. week OF sport in the
treat north woods, or along the trout streams
| on the Wisconsin shore.
Many tourists return from Taylor's Falls
across country by stage to Wyoming. on the
st. Paul and Duluth Railroad, some twenty
through q beautiful. rolling, weIl-timbered
country. and by Chisago aud Green lakes
/ two Of the most beautiful bodies OF water i1l
/ the State. /, however, preferred the steamer
| ii the river shores, and returned, al went,
on board the G. 3. Knapp to Saltwater. where
| / bid adieu to tne steamer and genial Capt.
Hays, who knows and loves every foot Of the
proved to me an invaluable guide to the won
| ders of tue aDalles.'
| On my return I took in White Bear lake,