Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1882-06-01
LETTERFRoM LITTLE POTLATCH
LITTLE PORT APCH, April "a, 1882.

they occur in this vicinity for the read,
ers of your valuable paper. AS the
gentle zephyrs are waited past my
| cabin ,or, methinks there is an oder
resembling burning tar arising there
from; and one of my neighbors chick
ems disappeared rather mysteriously
between two suns. Is it not high time
for your humble correspondent to feel
uneasy when he meditatcs, how easily,
and as if by magic those feathers will
ornament his. person, adhering to "a
summer dress of black, fit costume to
appear at the next Indian pow W ow
Should | be treated in this wise Mr.
Editor please erase my name from your
| book as a su ubscribcr for the TELLER,
and | will from time to time write you
an article from the north pole, where |
go for my health, for | predict by pres
ent indications it will be quite warm
here This season, therefore / 60 to a
cooler cline, and when I return again
will have painted over my cabin door,
"Sour Dough" the bachelors friend.
Who has charge of our noble Red
men just nowl If the priest or preach
ers have please gather them into your
fod and brand them G. |. (sood Indi
am or 3. /. tbad Indan) SO that we
may know friend from toe. In case
they have an Agent, please instruct
them to keep their stations at home
and not annoy the settlers any more,
furthermore teach them to he civil and
not to be quite SO lppy; of late some
OF them have lips long enough to eat
corn out OF a jug and should this con
tinue-"For rea,4n has its bouuds "
The Agent or lrls assistant may bc
called upon for surgical aid to remove
shot from q n, low down on the noble
Eedmau', .s,ck. Not willing, but forced
to pay t.Aes to support this tribe in
idi, hot willing to be forced to
a.i,H their stock to Craze upon our
srowing grain. This Government has
given them reservation, broad in ex.
tent, where their stock may roam---and
we desire to see them removed from
our midst SO that we may follow our
vocation, "tllling the SOIL" p aceably
For war has its ho rors, and industrial
pursuits its honors.
There they come, just as | predicted
in one Of my former letters, who comes?
why the immigrants. some are afoot,
others on the hurricane deck of cay
use, while some are seen homew I'd
bound by prairie schooner. What has
caused all this commotion, and such a
stampede will tell you. 1t is those
level magnificent prairies bordering on
Bear and Pine creeks. ! caught the
fever, had it badly, could not sleep nor
work until had visited this prcmis
ins land. Therefore in company with
Mcssrs. II. Beeman and VIM Stephens
hastily collected together Il campers
outfit on the lSih inst. aud joined the
tide that is going forward. Nothing
OF unusual occurance happened to our
party on our way up Main Potlatch
and as we assembled the hill near Pine
creek, here We observed vast tracke
prairies awaiting to be reclaimed from
the great wilds Of our grand North
west. 10 the west as far as the un-
aided eye can extend, the same view
greets the vision TO the north on and
on you behold gentle rolling prairie,
dotted here and there by groves OF
pine timber, which beauties the land
scspe, and bewitches thenew conner until
| it Is hard for HIM to decide which is the
ioveiiest spot. To the east in the dis
taut Is seen dark forests of timber, now
and then q crowned peak Of perpetual
snow glist"ning ia the sunlight, which
reveals to the tourist the works Of ia,
ture IN grand subiimity. Lake spire
| it stands pointing heavenward Ike a
seminal to keep watch over'plain and
/ vallies below stands az a guardian
over countle.s pioneers, who will yet
smile beneath It's view. II the south,
and close by Is seen popular busy citl-
zcns of main Pot'ateh, who are, by
their large improvements credit 10
our county and Northern Idaho
These supberb prairies above alluded
to. The settler will BE astonished as
to the fertility, and producing capa-
bilities, coupled with excellent water,
and acked by dense forests; does it
not look enticing for those who crow
ding in upon US in quest of homes. As
the wri ~er pens these lines to night,
and ponders how many there is in your
crowded cities nearly destitute of food
and rainnent with chances against
them to better their condition, and yet
such opportunities offered pause and
pere into the future. Where will our
vacant land be f und suitable for agri
cultural pursuits IN ten years from to