The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-02-13

An Enthusiasts Description OF the Crown
Covered Glaciers, Fertile valleys, and
Colorcd Rivers OF Washington Territory.
ICorrespondence Of the, Chicago ! lines !

| lifii ~ UtNlltlN UINIUB NtSiflU llUiti td-t~
/ ern Washington Territory IL, OF itself, a
| very acknowledgements mountainous
mystery, ever varying, always alternating.
, and plea>ingly picturesque In lis created
majesty. Its average altitude on summit
hnc u 800 feet above sea level, M d
It's lowest pass 1900 feet, that being
| the Su0guallmie, over which the rail-
road line has been located. aDG by
which caltlc.men, packers, immigrants. and
piigrimS. travel with their herds and trains
| from this beautiful Valley OF the Klttitass
| TO the commercial marls on Puget sound
1 a distance Of one hundred and ten miles
| from the centre Of the valley 10 Seattle, the
| centre of THE Sound" section. This
mountain range being The highest on the
Pacific coast, and forming the northwestern
spur OF the Sierra Nevada. Is Justly entitled
TO ITS place IN geography as the Alps OF
America. II rears itself in many points TO
celestial heights, aud considers itself not at
all abashcd, like an innocent school maiden
would. when the morning clouds, like 4
| heavy band, glide gently across lis beamiDg
bosom; but, raising high It's snow-cre>led,
crown. covered glaciers, b3lhes them IN the
| golden beaEls Of The rising sun, and gush-
! ingly, blushingly breaks away the rolling,
/ rollicking clouds and misis below, which.
1 w SIiOiiiNN ldbtNs N'hiN
| them from this chaste and yIrluous sphere
Of lofty bearing.
| II i from seventy TO ninety miles across
| these mountains
FROM EASTERN TO WESTERN FOOT HILLS.
and many are The lovely lakes OF clear, cold
water that nestle in the daes and on the
Itable.lands of the Cascades; many are the
rolling. roaring, suTgIng waterways that
wind and wend their Silyery streamlcts.
crawling creeks, rushing rivers over bow J.
der, ledge, and gulch. dOwn-deep down
from prccipicc 20 precipice, one after
another, in crashing cItatact and Ium-
bling, tumbling, foaminG, seetblng wa
tiers, whose voice 81 war and yibra-
tion through air I'll ones soul with
awe.in> piring dread OF the tread and
Tramp Of heavens high brigade Of heavy
artillery on lis war match against the hosts
of Baql, who have seque,tcred IN the gloomy
caVcrns below. Some Of these lakes are
from seven TO eleven miles long, one to
ltrrec miles wide, very deep, and fun OF
SDecklCd trout, white salmon, sun-fish,
p-rch, bass, and the present. ever cX-
iStcnt, neycr-edible sucker. There will be
many a fine residence and summer resort at
some OF thee lakes ere many SDOWS come
and 90, A. nature has laid of the lands IN
pretty lawns, meadows, farm lands, sylvan
>e0uesiers. and coy retreats, well suited
for loves lonely l0unglngS and maidcn'S
merry musings. The poets corner, the
philosophers retreat, the artists studio,
the scientist, delight, and the naturalSi'-
Elysium-all, all are herelWay.
The lofli,st peaks Of The Cascade chain
are IN order OF height as follows: Mount
It. Elias. in Al>ka, TWENTY-FIVE thousand
feet: Mount Rainier, in Washington,
eighteen thousand feet; Mount Baker,
Mount Adams, the Wenatchee Wonders,
each seventeen thousand five hundred feet,
and all IN Washington; Mount jefferson,
Mount Hood. and the Three Sisters, all in
Oregon, near The Washington line, each
over fourteen thousand feet, and every one
OF these peaks far snrplss the Colorado
peaks Of Long, Fremont, and Pike, and are
as grsudly and glOriously above them IN
true altitude and magnitude as the name Of
George Washington is grandly and glOri
IOuslv above that Of Benedict Arnold OF
Aaron Burr. From the base Of all these
PEBPETUALLY SNOw-CRESTED
peaks are sourced many-colored waters a.
they rive their river course through del
aud cavern, over limestone, gneiSs, copper
coal, iron, plaster, aud suphuride stralaS
There are rivers As black as pitch, rivers a,
white ~ milk, rivers as green as emerald
rivers as brown as Ochre. rivers as gray a,
"A Confederate coat, and rivers as blue Is the
pants OF Union soldier on big pension and
no fight. And as the Cascades are all The
clustatOn OF one vast illimitabe deposit
Of minerals. marbles, and metals, the
cour>lng of the rivers and theil
branches over the various deposits get
color TO their waters from the shade and
tint OF the crude matter over and through
which they pass. There is no subsistence
Of tue water power in Washington Terrific.
~: and no state in the Union has so many,
50 large, and so always full rivers, creeks,
and Streamlets Of waters. Nearly all are
snOw.sOuiced springfield. and lake-lifled in
their origin. Besides, the high altitude,
pure, cool air, and eyer-m0derate tempera-
tuTe of the northwest corner, and its near
ness 10 the great salt sea OF the Pacific, will
ever guarantee unto it the Abrahamic waters
OF the West. from whence all the Dives OF
the East can ever get drop without
money and without price.
THE NAyIGABLE RIVERS
! for one hundred miles and upwards are
| First. The Columbia, which is a ligbt.hlUe
colored wafer, and the widest. most rapid,
and most wonderful river in the United
! States-the waters of which are medicinal
! SLOAN, and beat the Jordan all out OF his
| tory for either drinking or bathing pur-
| poses. Their chemical compositions are
iron, sulphur, maonesia, soda, nitrP, and
potassium. The Snake riyer-bting the
united waters of The Clark and Lewis
rivers, ! a red color, much like the
Missouri, and as difficult of navigation.
! a,.,s. =,
Columbia. seventy miles southeast OF this
valley. The Ok1nagan is the next largest
stream, rises in British America, and flows
into The Columbia north Of This centre. Its
waters are brown, aud their bOrder.landS
beautifully embroidered with varying foil.
age OF tree and shrubbery. It is noted for
iis picture ,quene,S and lis wealth Of silver
regions through which it passes: also for it.
being the eastern dividing line OF our mod
EN- Indian Noses" iecenlIy-rcDted re-
servaiiOn. The following important rivers,
on account Of their meandcrine through
large and fertile valleys in eastern
Washington, are now most noted, As they
are most novel, in their cha>mS, waterfalls,
cascades, rapids, and TOck.llned courses
to wit: .Pell dOreiIle pronounced Pom de
ROW. Spokan, Kettle, MethOw, san Peel,
En-te-at, Wena(chee, Yakima, PalOnse,
Walla Walla, and KIickitat. All these
rivers pass through and irrigate the soil OF
the best lands Of eastern Washington,
which, in all It's bearings, resources, and
pretty Landscapes, is nowhere surpassed, or
even equaled, for climate, fertility, and al.
most miraculous growth Of grain and
grasses.
THE VALLEYS MOST NOTED
are in OF der Of grade and superiority az fol-
lows: For wheat, Killitass, Walla Walla,
Pal0nse, COIyile, SpokaD, Ahtlnnnm,