Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-07-27

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ths forest. and tie roar 81 nnueroue
eataraota diia FouE ears. A mile and
haIf from Eaaie Clth tue real aseens Of
iha mountAin begins; hos here yoa
panes % ioek wiih celiRhf upon tue
/ Surav Or Laee Fails, SIS feet IN blight.
4 visW Of this graceful and beautilni
easaade the artist Richards has present
"a 10 TIE world Ia 0ne Of bis ineompaF-
able landscapes.
Ordinarily the ascent 10 hight Of Zen
thousand feet asn BE- made On horse-
| hsak. and the task Ii not dikdealt even
/ for ladies'; but 81 this time the tran hAE-
/ ine been IN plaoes washed away OF OBJ
straoted By the spriug freshsfs. We we're
oompelIed 10 utimb the niope on 10of. Is
vas a toilsoms way. Hour sitter hour
over answ and ice. We gradually ascend
ed, winding cur way aE0und professions
and great masses Of volcanic deDFie, tlli
We reached o seFVation Point, 81 an
elsvsti0n Of ll,o00 feet, and dang our
selves down upon the Ice GREATNESS and
exhausted. This ascent - made on the
northwestern slope, on she dividing
ridge batgoen Puyallup and Carbon
rivers. last below is sesn tie head Of
Carbon river glacier, which noWs north
ward nearly three miles until tns nouns
| 10 bat 1000 feet above sea leyea, and u
has an average width Of one mile.
l Looking beyond this 70 the east is seen
the aiaoisr Of white river, thFss miles
away; and stiil beyond Il 3 rolling park
/ ike plain stretohiaa away 70 the Cascade
range, the mass Of which Is dim and
indiatinca 10 the blush haxs, but their
SUBMITS stFeaksd with Hnow seem like
peneilinRs % she sky. 10 the west 3
grand panoramic view is behsld- Over
the undulatiug foothills you se9 the
NIaqually aud bteilsooom plaina. the
waisra u Puget Sound, aud still Beyond
the white peaks Of tne Olympic noun
/ taina
Turning south, tbe eye ranges over
mountains, valleys and esnyons for 9
distance Of 50 miles, and t1e graceful
dome Of Monnf So. Heieus Is seen, and
% miles further south Monnt Adams
their white summits clearly defined
against the azure sky. IurnInG toward
| the southeast, our eyes rested upon the
eternal SHOWS Of Rainier, upon which
Ne stood, LOOKING up over RoFges above
abrupt walls Of Toe . hundred feet oE
more In depth, where an avalanehe bad
torn loose and gone laundering thou
sands 81 feet below. Up higher. 3400
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cred above us. An almost irfesisti Die
desire took possession OF rs 60 attempt
30 scale those walls Of Toe until We could
stand upon ehaE supreme hight, but
weary, aching muscles and trembling
limbs forbade. Five long miles lay be-
tween us and oar camp; the sna Waa far
down the western horlxon. warning rs
20 depart; bat We tnFned 20 lock once
more upon the Rlistening dome above,
bashed in q glorious halo BY tue setting
sun.
Thou giant sentinel Of the Cascades,
what : greet scan Of the worlds history
doth thine own record When the world
uas young. in the days Of thy bot and
Lastly youth, flames from thg mighty
Bosom shot hiRh into she heavens, light
ing q vast scene Of desOiation. With
awful roar frem thy oaveruous depths
vas yomited great rivers Of redhot lava
bailding up these mountains for miles
around. since that time ages and ages
have passed away, The IRE Of thy youth
has waned and died; thou art slowly
bat surely wasting away. Mighty ava
Ianches have BEEN hurled from thy
dizzy hiRhts-ponder0u zoe plows have
erooved and eashed thy ragged sides
thy rocks have been pulverlzsd, and
streams sent forth laden win fertile
soil 60 the plains beyond. Bat. crowned
with white, as bee Smes thine age, thou
art yet majestic, wonderful, beautiful.
o. d. HESDRIcKsoN. ND.
JULx IS, 1856.