Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-11-27

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fS6 oo11c11lled u b &merciful % on
: horppe- apd took - oar feet- Aftez tv1
J miles a climbin9 ~ we're & The ton,
, where 4 iInc psnofsmA q moontain and
vaitsy. rivew nud forest, awaited "a. a
Ishort rsst. and On Ne vent iva mikes
. fursher TO Jerry Be piace, a. the lover
end Of 6aoQuAlmie prairie. This prairie
6Ils aleveI space between tw0 raroes Of
hills. and y about eight miles lone ana
ihrte or four IN Width The Snouual
mis- rivsx b formed ID the praifio 81 the
conhuence Of four forks % oinQ down
frsm different cacyoc8 and short al,
ltAncs below the foot Of the prairis ere
he ooleb0eed enoQuaimie Falls. which
veiufenoed TO visit. 6toppiux at Jerry's
house. - left oar horses, and, crossine
| the river IN . canoe, started for the falls.
A brisk walk Of Q mile and q half
brought a. within hearing Of the fall
Ing waters, and pushing through the
dense thicket Of brush, which e va
tered oy the spzay Of the falls. Ne oaxne
out about fifsy fest down the river from
the fails, and about the same distance
below the top. On the EDGE Of the yast
cauidron iufn which the waters pfrnUa.
frou orr standpoint we had q fine view.
The sheer descent Of the entire river II
30 feet, and when one considers that
the rlvef II 80 large at this point as 10
be naviRabie for steamboats, nearly to
the falla and ID clear "a crystal, he
can readily imagine the effeot, with the
sun shining a. IL vas on that beautiful
morning.
Aft0r % ha1 saan and baara aroruh
VS. vent baok n Cha yivsr strrrs5 ~
the noise ana aved nv the vondsrsni
diaulay Of pover - had vitnaaaad IN
arriyir,c a. Era houae ma u,ornted ana
aftee 4 uIeasank ria ~ 6ve -n;iss svss
the prairie. arriyed at I,noirda n "a
place. on The bankn NJ one ~ tha so,ks
q the river. Iris ladv Il sornethirS -
q local celebrity. She was born and
raised In thie county. And. so Far as
know. has never bean ont sf The conntv
She In slichtly inc,ined to e,sho.Do;.f
veiohinc over three jrnndred rours3s. 4
about Ave feet three inohes tall. and IL
vithal as ioIlv and coed natured q Iadv
AZ conld b found IN 4 years ionrney
She hea 4 herd Of COWS that eke rnilks.
sud which sbe has trained to a remark
aF,le deorae We Witnessed their rex,r,. |
lar uerformance AZ milkinc time in the
svaninc She sa.fa heraeIf an q stooi in |
: coruer NJ the BARNARD. and the oovs.
some half dozen in number. come in |
chair ra.niar tnrn. or an Abe NAV dire,t. |
caIIinc them nv name. 10 pe MIXED |
Thsv asem almost ~ undarstand the
Enoi;sb langnagc. ana ohev her everv
ordsr rarfactlv and dramatically. We
stavad here the rest Of the law and ali |
nici,t In she atrearn va caueht front
in shnndanoe- and n went ar, a shnrt
hnrt;nr syradit;or rstnruino with a
ccoS enrriv of oronsa' Fer dessert at
or avsr;ro meal "a had salmon berries
and crssm Thee berries look nneh
like a rasnharrv- and GROW Wild in oreat
ahunda,sa m ali tina a.vAams fiovino
insc tha Sorrd Thav are yellow an
nss,,v tw;cs a. iaroa al a rssnberrv and
ara dsl;c;ons.
Arising in the morning refreshed and |
iuyiQorated by a good sleep in the pure
mountain air, We Get out after q snb-
stantiai breakfast and started for the
summit, thirty miles distant. Our road
now Law along the branch of the river
that We had fished in the evening before,
and took ne into the mountains in earn.
eat. The first Ave miles af or leaving
the valley Law along the top Of o steadily
ascending ridge called the DEVILS
Back bone.. This weary ascent made.
We met with the river again and crossed
II. The road then crossed the river sew
enteen times in less than that number
Of miles. bat has been remodeled since
40 az to Ont of some fifteen of the CROSS
incs. Some of the fords were particu-
lariy irving. being deep and swift, with
huge bolders sprinklinQ the bottom of
the channel. Oar road this day was ell
M hill and very muddy. In places the
horses would sink to the saddle girths,
and the DAVIS work was a hard one.
Riding was an. imoossihility, and we
walked All the Way. towing our horses
at the and Of a rope. We made only a
brief atop for lunch. a. we we're anxious
n Get as nsar tho sum nit as possible
before night.
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