Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-11-18

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Celd-Ehe Indiana
Tha OAlearry Tri6nne Gives Tia fal-
l9wlnR particulars Eelafigs g tAs-p Peace
ktVoK eountry, furnished that journal
By the Rev. y. w. Brick, q mfssionarV
OF the kaRliah Church, Who has iusi
Arrived IN Calgary fram thai far OF
country. Mr.. Brick brUnght win him
samples Of wheat and barley which be
Rfau beside fhs mission, and which
shows that The country is not one og
eternal frost and sn0w. The wheat vas
soWn on the l2ih q Nay, the latest
spginR that Mr.. Brick has known dur
ing his nye yoars residences there. The
Wheat b red kyfe. and ID haRd, nlump
ana coed saUplo. With no indicatiana
% any fro1en kernels. The yield waa
= bushels for every bRshel sown, and
the straw was 5 feet inches il length.
In barley, Mf. Brick bad kWo yarissias.
one . hulleas ksFnoi Whioh grows ii two
reWe and is bearded; the other & Rus-
sian barley, which is not marked with
rows, bue grows round B0methina like
wheat and Il not bearded. Ths sam
pies Of both thess varieties we're r.
markahly good, the kernels being much
larger than the ordinary barley, and
which yields aboai IS or 40 bushals 70
the sore.
Dunvegan is nearly six hundred miles
north of Calgary, being about the flfty-
seventh parallel of latitude and llf d.
Rrees Of Nssl lougitnda. Spring usually
opens 90 that cattle iind their own fod-
der from the 18th 90 the 2Slh Of March.
nr,1 n,aG1nr. 49,. 49,. y -. 4 - ! 100
of April Winter aeta 10 about the LIST
az Deeanhar. hut ~ - nfpv 4 visita5
by tie warm chinook winds and 8 great
deal Of warm weather is experienced
throughout January and February.
horses craze cut al winter and come
out IN good condition In the spring.
Ihe greatest degree Of cold which Mr..
Brick has experienced was q dip 30 O.
degrees below zero. This, however,
lasted only for one night. The usual
temperatnre for winter Is bet9een %
and 30 degrees below aero, with freQaent
breaks when she mercury rises to about
the same Number Of degrees above zero.
The valley IN which Dnnvegan is aituat.
Cd is aboat 65 miles in length, By about
from II 70 IS miles In width, and Mr..
Brick says il is the finest land be has
esen IN the whole Of the NoFthwest.
Potatoes and vegetables grow remark
ably we'll. The summer is warm and
agreeable with only an occasional SUM
mer frost. He describes the condition
Of she Indians as noe very bright. The
large game such a. elk and moose, have
become almost extinguiahei. Two or
three years ago the country was almost
overrun with rabbits b1t, strange TO
say, these, too. have almost entirely
disappeared IL the last two years. Ae-
companyina the rabbits we're lynx In
great numbers, but a. the rabbits moved
Oh these animals have also nearly van
ished. DunveQan has long been noted
for the quality Of the fox skins In fts
vicinity, and E great many have been
secured this year. Since the rabbits
havo disappeared, fiah has become muah
more plentiful and has been a great
boon 10 the Indians. The party that set
out last spriug with the portable saW
mill for the Peace River country arrived
there In safety and eunf on 20 YeFmil-
lion, about 800 miles past Dunvegan, Ia
time 20 accompany the reverend gentle
man on his southern "trip, which CON-
mencsd October I'd.
For the bonsft Of thoss Who puFposs
visiting the Peace River country, We
q - . description Of Mr.. Bricks trip
down. Leaving DunveRan be travelled
Sc miles by watsF gill be came 20 the
Reaoe River crossing. Hers be took q
cart trail ana tEE soled 80 miles 10 Lesser
Slave Lake. Again taking boat the
lake, % miles 10 length, vas tFaverssd.
Down the Lesser Slave river for s. miles
and be arrived at Athabaskavilie Land
ina. Eighty-dge miles further and Ed
monton was reached, Aa9 after q 90
miles "trip from Edmenton be reached
Calgary. Mr.. Brick iofl Tor the east.
Ne goes nr9l b HnFonso 30 zee hi1 wife,
from whom be has been absent ave
years; bat The chief ebiaet nf bis visil
is 30 secure small poEtahla RFiat mill
fer ths use Of the Indians, vino mast
nOw dopsnd for q liVelihpod on RAISING
grain. Fleur % she present time am0ng
them u SIC per sack, although i've years
ago Il vas az high as e28 per 100 pounds.
Mr.. Brick thinks thai the Peace River
eOuntry will yet be settled and become
q profitable grain growing and atook
raising country, and tbs enoFt Of the
iron horse Will Yst - beard sohoine
among the valleys. Besides the Hudson
Bag Oompany'g post in the neighbor-
hood, theFa are traders from British
Columbia, who visit the district and
deal With Ne Indians for thoir Skins and
furA