Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-08-25

W liiOSc Ol tue ALlanLlc waters. Dut
the Columbia salmon take s:the bake
shop salmon trout (of sixteen va
rieties), trout, cod, halibut, founder,
sturgeon, smelt. rock-cod, sardines,
perch and dog-fsh, for the oil of
which S150,000 worth is produced
annually. Fifteen hundred boats are
engaged during tie fishing season in
catching salmon in the Columbia riv-
er alone, which are chiefly canned at
the large and numerous establish
ments for that purpose on the river.
They grow of monstrous size went
with my husband one day to see them
can fish; we saw hundreds of salmon,
one which weighed eighty and one
half pounds: ninety-eight pounds
and one ounce was the weight of the
largest ever taken. OF clans there
are several varieties, small and large,
some weighing ten or twelve pounds.
Sturgeon often weigh from six to ten
hundred. | know | am telling a fish
story, but it is true story for / saw
the fish weighed. [ must tell you
about the candle fish, which are from
six to twelve inches long they run
in the Puget Sound during April and
May; the Indians eat them, and use
them for candles after the fish are
dry there is great quantity of oil
in the fish. There is plenty of game
in the forests, such as elk, deer,
bear, grouse and pheasants. My
husband went with several gentlemen
from Walla Walla camping out and
shooting bears; they have been gone
several days; | am afraid they are
like the children of old that the bears
eat mp, but | am sure my other half
| is safe for he is bald-head. But
before 1 close l must tell you about
the western hop fields; one is known
as the Snogualmic ranch; this ranch
will produce crop of over $50 tons
| it contains 250 acres; there are at
present ninety men employed on the
ranch. The western part of the ter
ritory is a great hop country. The
Indians come from all directions and
are very useful as hop pickers; thous-
ands of them are working on the
ranches; they are inoffensive and
frequently Industrious; they seldom
get liquor, since the law Furnishes by
a heavy penalty every person who
gives or sells liquor to an Indian.
They address the whites in a language
called Chinook; it was invented by
the Jesuits If you wish to say good
morning, sir, you must say, clay
hower-six cold water is cold chuck !;
eat is muck-a-muck Yankee is Bos-
ton man; music is tum-tum; amnse-
ment is he-be. 1t is said the first
attempt at publication of the trap
pers' and traders Indian jargon in
use among the coast and interior
tribe of the northwest was made in
1925, by sailor who was captured
from the ship Boston, which was sur
prised by the Indians at Nootka
sound, her captain and crew murder
ed, the sailor who issued his adven-
lures under the title, ''The Captive
in Nootka,' and later the 'sTraders
Dictionary" being the only survivor.
Several little books, mostly for trad
ers' uses, have been In this jargon.
A worthy missionary published quite
a number of hymns translated from
English in Chinook, which has been
the only use of the language in the
field of belle-letters. The native
language of the Indian is seldom
heard. The progressive English is
forcing its way even into the lodges
of the most savage tribes. | know
many of my friends would ask me il
it would be better for them to come
out west; my answer would be if you
are happy and have a good home il
the east, stay there. First, if PEG.
, pie sell their property they have tc
, make great sacrifice. As a rule, s
man coming here from the east, OF
even from Iowa would at first dislike
, the country, and if profane would
curse the fates, or more likely the
fellow who tempted him to come
The farmer and stock raiser have thu
, endless mountain range free of taxes
:, to raise their stock on. / could picl
out here and there, all over the Ter
ritory, valleys that whole neighbor
hoods from the States could NOV,
into and find homes, which in shor
7 time they would not exchange TO
their old homes. But / would no
I dare to do it, because everything i
so different from what they have bee
used to that for few months afte
: their arrival they would lie awak
! nights on purpose to hate ME for de
;. ceiving them, as they would at frs
suppose l had. There is one thin:
that would startle the newcomer
], the meats which he would find on hi
table in winter would be fat an
!, Juicy, superior to the steaks in mo;
of the eastern hotels; while if b
]. should go and inspect the range frol
which they were taken he would sc
nothing that he would deem it poss
: BILE for cattle to live on, and if
were to turn a COW fresh from I'll
!, States on the same range and tell h
that she must care for herself ISL
would commit suicide at the We
~ thought, and her owner would n