, 1880-04-08

| lily, anu II IlIUUuhI Ol IlNlICc WIS eSllu-
liShed with power to punish offenders of
their crude laws. and officers appointed to
execute such judgments as might from
A time to time be inflicted The radical
change from their former state may be
imagined when considering the tact that
to-day they have comfortable houses, a
regularly kept day school lin which they
have a white teacher employed. a church
buildiAg, Sunday School, with occasional
Divine services; that they have married
their wives according to the White mans
laws and the Divine ordinance OF mNtri-
mony. and that they pay taxes, live sober
industrious lives aud are growing up
with the country according to Civiliza-
tons plans. Their numbers are perhaps
not more than 30 or go. all told. but their
example will exert a far reaching aud
wholesome Influence over their Indian
friends and raise them greatly in the esti-
nation ofall.
| The Dungeness river, small and some-
what crooked stream, about 25 miles in
length empties into the straits about a
mile ABOVE or eastward from Dungeness
harb0r. About half mile from its mouth
it is spanned by bridge ninety feet in
length, connecting the cornty road above
and below. The immense amount OF soil
and earth washed down by this river has
been deposited ut lis mouth and caused
large mud flats to be formed just outside
the mouth Of the larhor. The bottom
land Oh either side of this picturesque
mountain stream Is all occupied. and a
number of fine farms are found near its
banks.
Directly back from, or south of the town
the country is comparatively level for u
distance of about eight miles or more,
On this strip Of land. and between Sequim
bay on the cast aud Port Angeles on the
west-a distance Of about twenty miles
there are located about eighty farms. On
the greater part OF them families are To-
Gated. Good schools are taught in all Oft the
four districts organized, during the sum
mer months. There Is one society of the
NJ. E. church at Dungeness, and regular
monthly services are he ID there by min
lister of that denomination. The farming
carried Oh is of miscellaneous character,
the nearest approach to specialties being
t Il fen dairy farms and "A few hay farms
The soil is generally quite productive. and
! thrift prevails. Around the ellges of tile
settlement few fair claims are vacant
within the survey, aud some fertile unsur-
} yeyed lands are to be found.
PORT ANGELES
Is located about fourteen niles below Dun
geness, just back OF and around one of tho
finest harbors north Of San Francisco.
This h1rbor like that OF Dungeness, is
partially enclosed by curved sandspit OIL
the extremity Of which stands govern
mcnt lighthouse, A small town was laid out
here about twenty Yeas ago when it was
the port Of entry tor Puget SouGd, but
when tlie Custom House was returned to
Port Townsend u little later, general
decline IN the growth OF the place COM
ncncpd. All that there is of tat present
Is a few houses, not all OF which
are occupied. IL il thought, however.
: that OH account OF the depth and security
ofthc harbor, lis accessibility to the OCEAN
ttc.. tue place Is likely to become rail
road terminus at some future time when
the iron horse shall have been provided a
right OF way down the west side of Puget
Somid-in which event we may Of course
expect 10 see folriShing and growing
young city spring up here. The townsite
is eligibly located, well watcrcd and
affords II commanding view OF the straits
and the mountainous country beyond. A
number ot fertile farms IN the immediate
vicinity Of Port Angeles are occupied, but
the adjacent farming country is not ex-
ten"ive. A few good claims may be picked
out here and there. but accommodations
could not be found fer any considerable
body Of immigrants. Morsn's creek, about
a mile above, flows through n na row but
fertile valley, most If the good land OF
which has been already appropriated. Port
Angeles llaAno churches or religious de-
nominations. A Good TcmpTar society.
however, fonrislies there, and they have
a school IN summer. 1t Is connected with
Dungeness by a wagon road small por-
ton only of which lies along the beach
A few scattering farms intervene between
the two places, bur the general character
Of the country Is that of upland. Port