Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-08-20

NEW AoRTuWESI.
To-day thousands OF families ars
on the various railways. westward
bound. in quest of new lands. upon
which to make new homes, and
other thousands are vending theil
way acioss the great plains and
mountain chaius having for their de.
Situation the Pacific Coast. Wins,
stories have been told them. VIVA;
iancies kinGIed, we may never know.
The fairest tales. and wonders Of this
great part OF our greater aud grander
country that have warmed their Ina.
ginaiions, and decided their action
perhsps for al time-wili only be dis
closed piecemeal. rs the history oil
our times SHALL be written on the
landmarks down the broad way OF
"a unknown generation. As you
catch the glance Of their bright eyes,
anxious and sometimes cautious ex.
pressions st the car windows, or
from the end OF the prairie schooner
on the mountain side, the wilderness
Or the treeless plain, you cannot fall
TO discover that the determination, %
peculiarly Characteristic Of that 10.
Vulnerable army who having subdued
the forests. driven back the cunning
redskins. and bound the mighties. OF
rivera With iron bends. have now
gathered to their fathers, and we
trust constitute no insignificant CON-
pany among the exalted on the ceies-
tial plains
Multitutes that no mao can mum.
Der have looked out from their prison
homes in earstern lands, from subur-
ban towns. villages and cities, with
heart-crushing anxiety for q better
land; have climbed mountains. hope
inspired. thinking that somewhere q
land was fair. where perpetual sum
mer. and Italian skies, fruits and flow
ers would greet the eye. that they
could betake themselves to aud cali
that laud homo. In the silent night
watches when hope was well nigh
gone. when life was but span. and
the grim terror beckOned from ''iusi
across the river" We have heard the
wish. "Oh! that I was there; where,
where Gao mortal fly, where go, and
be free from anxious care" When
evening gathers around our lonely
door. or morning sunlight gilds the
mountain laud-that wish comes to
all hcarts-that We might be else
where. Place US IN the mids: OF para
disc. make every tree and plant to
chant in praise; mako the heavens u
reflect back our glory, and all hearts
sing our own excellence, still we
would not be happy. We live at u
time when railroads ere too slow;
when animal locomotion il as the
suaifs pace, and nothing short of
telegraph and telephone connection
answers Us; We are led to inquire
where can we plOw. Sow, reap and
NOW the same day. find market for
the fruit Of our toll, and where secure
the greatest and best returns for its
results. What land. that is fair,
whose gentle winds shall WOO US to
rest. whose life-giving sunbeams thrill
our life. and make Us once again as
wien We wandered careless and
thoughtless along the banks and braes
of Donnie Doom, or meadows fair of
New England. or a little nearer the
sunset land, awaits our coming, to
blossom as the rose!
Not to the valley of tbs Red River,
the Rio Gaande nor Colorado. nor
among tho numerous glens Of the
high mountain chains do we find the
coming army. The tinkle Of the bell
arising FROM the flock feeding among
the wooded slopes; the lowing herd
and shrill bark Ut the shepherd dog
awakes the stiffness of mountain and
boundless prairie; the Businesses OF
the wilderness reverbate the wild
birds note, while from the cold and
cold and icy SUBMITS OF surround
ing mountains arises the signal of
alarm from the Struggling Indian who
impatiently notes the aggressor upon
his hunting ground.
But winding on ON ceaseles sasthe
food Of Niagara. irresistible as its
forces, up aud down patiently, month
after month, until they see the golden
flash Of the great ocean bsthed ia its
glorious evening light. that sends
new life through every frame and
contemplation of its vastness and
mystery, leads to reverie. aud reverie
to sadness, and that awful feeling
home sickness-creeps on apace, and
We sigh for home, which slartles and
restore US 10 realization of the pur-
pose that has forced Us out from the
old home and all it's associations in
search Of a new. These reflections
press US on TO action; We look over
the maps. listen patiently to all the
stories Of the richness Of
the valleys Ut the Golden State, go
forth across them only to be dlsap
pointed, their unlikcness to the agrI.
cultural actions Of the East, want OF
trcrs, fences and dwellings. with sur
rounding embellishments fail to at
tract. And the great tide OF emigra
ton moves on. 'Northward as well
as westward no." has become the
signal And. centering 10 the
NEW NORTHWEST,
The white covers OF the patient, slow.
moving caravan is found dOtting the
plains, valleys and mountains Of Ore
son aud Washington Territory. The
great reservations upon which the
noble redman lords in thriftless indo-
lence are no longer his exclusive
domain, the pillow and seedman are
working revolution. Those vast prai.
ries clothed with bunch-grass are
now dotted with houses; long lines
Of fences mark the boundaries Of each
claimants domain. An industrious
people have come into the land where
but q few years since roamed immense
bands Of cattle. We see green fields,
and much that indicates comfort.
while here ard there the thoughtful
parents have planted the school house
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