Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-17


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Poene = gtili fhruGt from - enua6Scsmu
49, q 6uy's bay.
But tho uo1nf keaow Askrrse .--~~.s
- oft-bsse0wed ruynl name 81 deorrr.
e1q enf1sosned itseif With she uni0re
and nonoruus appollntjon of 9usifh- ~
nnme ~ 0soERe bsine aftwvord anoaied
g - Ro1nt On which Anoria nOv
sean0a bEonshton MAKES savural euri-
ous soasements In ounneokion with III
ou0 paxt of the xivee. 10 uueh. h
Iaoe. ers tAsy as vAxianee With rsality
49, - oAnnoe resist sho impesnsion
toas ny uers made On purpoas % dia-
oFeoz! sxays work. and 10 furnish N
snterinG wedge to the British claim of
Occupancy ~ priority u disosvery.
ne nsserss that the section of ths rissx
ooloW vaa3 = nov c1lLed BFook0eld q
= eo1no, having no river-iike ohaxao-
sessstlcA
lie sruo moqsa q the rtyofs he says.
= - oyes Dali mile u1oes and 6 moee
pslnn Shove snere y varies from . half
~ quarter. Inie % any one familiar
.Is1 ne river, - aosufd. IL preserves
- nnvIai c1aracter % Cape Hancock,
ana oorIng tns june mood freshens the
- e socn ~ extsnt tnae olams have
eask a.so . 3 aissanos q nss miles on
49, - q - noutn Ine pres
- s 9a 49, wxssf 80 Deea oesecseo
= . s VI : nunorsd mI1ee oQs
p.A
80. 49, 49, 80 49, = - no point
shsr |. - - -. - .e1, - ~, -
80 : 49,. 49, 2ssss - - = pssoss
49, IL wsoe.
u. 0UR-
49,. 49, o-k .le.u 2, =. tnnReoimeos 20
see,r pkoRfess, tnsy 6sse0wed she names |
- 80 49,, Dsksf snd Waissr % varlous
.s10s g tneif coorse. Iney noticed
e inu.ah oemssery On 2 rocky blum,
rn1 E11 1870 upon y sne name q Mount |
0n: n: some oistanoe ABOVE snis they |
sa { polns on wnicn uas the nrsf
80 = .,n0ef tnns rar sen Sotoey named
= OsA xoins- LUIS wast ovlo0ntiy, nos
sns .rs poals nov kno.n py t1ss nams.
n1 A.soe - ano Dali IRON YAK roint
Ss' Ss.ne sno.nex' when, IRON = mnitary
oencns tssion on toe pan q tns natives
sasnoEea sn canoes around u received
sns name o. WARRIOR FoinG Ih1e must l
nase oeon tne point on which ~ Helens
y nov located. For tne aeoount states
mat nere the nver divides into three /
Dxan0ne.' tae miooie one going nearly /
eooins tne 1915 hand one (which they |
naise9 nosnieiRn nvefl east, ann tho
fiRns hand enc tcalled Calls river 20
ING eousn soufnwoee- hnshleiRh river |
must nave bean the enc now called |
Lewis river, and Calls river must have |
been Mi!ianette slouRh- At the mouth |
Of hushleiRh alias Lewis river Was .
large Indian village, from some Of the /
INHABITANTS OF which they received very |
expressive pantomimio Wsrnings that u |
they continued on Mp the stream they |
DisreRarding the GanQuinary suRRestion |
and strugRling with the powerful current |
they went en- fourteen miles; discover
ing another large river on the right, be-
y0nd which the main stream turnod /
pretty nearly east.
This new tributary was, ne doubt, the |
Willamet, named by them the River /
Mannings. Even thsse stolid English |
sailors were greatly impressed with the |
marvellous beauty Of the scene fro n this /
point. And well they might be-. The |
clear, greonish waters of the Willamet |
ccyiy creeping almost unseen through |
cottonvooded islands, 10 be gathered M |
in the mighty onward sweep Of the Co |
iumbia; the spired peak Of Hood, and |
the shapeless vAstness OF Adams; tbs |
10y smoothnsss and symmetry OF Sc. |
Heleus, and the dim mass, stupendous |
even in the distance. Of Rainier, q don |
ble picture In the air and water, not |
easily matched even On that panorama |
Of subiimities, the Columbia through.
ton called this Belle We Point. From |
here the great peak, called by them MI.
Hood, was In constant view, and "seom-
ed to anneunce the termination Of the |
river. Little did they think that even
this chain OF sky piercing mountains had |
Been cleft asunder ~ this Achilles OF |
rivers. TO reach the headwatsrs OF which
. journey OF over twelve hundred miles
be required.
Broughton must have gone up about |
TO WashouRal.
de noticed the Sandy, which IL would
seem ho Thought TO equal the Willamet,
ana called u bafinR river. Tne highest
point reached BY him be called Point
Vancouver. This he states 70 be 70 lat
itude 10 deg. ~ min-s Longitude lS1 deg.
90 min, or. a. Ne would nov reckon i,
ixz oeR. ~ MN. ne esnmasod tnis
point 70 oe D miles from what ne CALLED
toe NOUN of the river, or lzU miiea from
the bar. de says that the river vas
aoout quarter OF mile n wiotn ~
that point; an unaccountapio mistake,
sinoe, 40 We well know, Il q. Tor some
distance on eithor slde Of WashouRai'
nearly tvo miles vice.
They had spont seven days OF very
hard rowing " reach this point. Find
ing their provisions nearly exhausted.
they decided that the river was mos suit
able Tor navigation, and %. surrendering
themselves to the impetuous current, In
three days they found themselves on
board their ship. Before going: however,
decminR it certain snat no ciyiiized man,
not even Gray, had sver bean before ON
the river, they took formal possession OF
the country IN the name OF nis britan-
mo majesty.
ucnonuous suIks o1 sno -.
getns, with : Snsos q oonnicsing vinos'
kept them In Bakers Bay for some days.
At last, on the l0th Of November, they
stood ont y sea.
TEe waves broke over the anip fkom