The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-11-23

In winter they wear short skirt OF dressed
skins, long painted leggins and moccasins
and plat Of twisted grass around the
neck The dress Of the women is more sim.
Pile, Ia winter they hunt the deer on snow
shoes over the plains, fish for salmon and
dig for roots A few days rgo we noticed a
well dressed squaw standing on the bank Of
Snake river with her papoose swung to her
back. The little diminutive specimen OF
humanity, had face as round as the lull
moon and as expressive as a sxteen-year.
old miss chewing gum. Persons who be-
come enamorcd with poodle dogs would
have called the babe beautiful. A few
more decades of time and the noble red man
will only be known in history. 1t is as
tonisting how rapidly emigration is set
Ting up these western territories. The
coming winter three of them will be knock
ing at the doors of congress for admission
into the Union as states, and soon the "hu-
man sea" will cover the whole area of
| Uncle Sans domain 1t WAS in 1853 that
congress cut off Washington territory from
that Of Oregon, and gave it an existence
separate and apart from that territory. II
is $50 miles long from east to west; and
200 miles vide from north to south, and
has an area of 10000 squase miles It's
present population is over 100 900. About
two thirds Of the land is susceptible of cul-
tivation, and about 20,000,000 acres arc
covered with forest timber, much of it oil a
superior quality. Its western shore is
washed by the Pacific Ocean. Puget Sound,
the great inlet of the North Pacific coast,
runs through a large part Of western Wash.
ington The Columbia river, the largest
stream on the Pacific slope, flows across the
eastern part of the territory. The Cascade
range of mountains, whose elevation varies
from 5000 to 5000 feet above sea level, d.
vides the territory. One section is called
Eastern Washington, the other Western.
The leading interests of the territory are
numbering, stock raising, farming, salmon
fishing and commerce along the sound In
the northwestern part of the territory i'm
mense forests of the Douglass pine grow
many Of the trees being three hundred feet
in height and from five to ten feet in diam
eter. This region Is the lumberman's para
disc. An exsensve trade is carried on be-
tween Puget Sound and Europe; the sur
plus grain, potatoes, &c, Of the territory are
thus shipped direct to foreign countries
The average rainfall Of the territory is from
40 to 90 inches. The territory will in tins
become fruit growing country, as the eli
mate is well adapted to it, Game is pen
tiful in the mountains and prairie chickens
abound on the praires. Coal is scarce
copper, lead, iron and limestone are in con
siderable quantities in places. Building
stone is scarce in Eastern Washington
The whole nature OF this region gives evi
dence of volcanic uphe avals at some dat
thousands Of years ago. Lava beds ar
plentiful, and the outcroppings of ston
along the high bluffs look as if it wa
once partially melted and thrown togethe
in a conglomerate mass. We think in tim
stock-iaislng will be the leading interes
as those rolling lands will produce blu
grass equal TO the great blue grass regior
f of Kentucky, and the low river bottoms {
raviues afford winter protection. J.S,F.