Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-09-11
60NEWARD BOUND.
COLUMBIA RIVER
RlP VI Ur.T NATIONAL PARK.
.. wakes start for Home
ls'.p' ,.',ngers to view the Sights
Br' '"' sorests on Fire.
,.o,,ae Daily R,puo lican.

s'Po. s'P'' Montana Territory,
lyIsSsstb NJ, sslb. 1886 After looking at
gass ,sinS ' worth seeing In Portland,
Fy.hins, ,samer Wide Awake at Z
ihe We'd nesday morning, August
&k % ,"sGe the start homeward'
anu ,sr vas built by the Pasey q
), sisSm Germany Of Wilmington, 30 you
~ .nre that ! felt at nome ae soon
De a, on board. ! tried 20 make
w.n' an an the boat believe that our
,e onc ia the head centre OF snip
o,s:v :" tbe world, and l have an
aug Il wss successful, as l spent
a.,ohle % time in describing tno
!. If the builders ofthe IRON h'a'ins
sys ,u our city. w;,,...,.
I've miles to the Columbia
,Son mn it, passing some OF the
!. ssnery in the world. a . ra,l.ISu n,S !
.Iops the bsnks on the right side
~ river, and we saw several tunnels
ps psh Nv the mountains. M My ticket
'u'o1e OG on elther the cars or boat, but
s.aI the la' ter as j thought i
va IT, h,ys hsttsr views of the scenery.
W 49, a rock called the Rooster
rb,ch looked very much like the
H.. rn,ster that Wild Dave had on
s,',ou IN Wilmington a couple OF
','s ssn which you will remember
,hs cause of making Dave get up|
Sr,, 70 perts unknown. sAw sew
nsr,ips Of Indians fsbiDg along the
tsof the river, We passed what Is
"a Iower Cape Horn; It is an i'm
a hdy o, rocks very high and ma
We also saw several very beau.
rs,et!a.ls, one OF which bell z
T., :, Oo0 feet nj. h while the other is
higher. up-.,,I
"apd is splendid representation
mama We also passed o grand
rn,aln called Castle Rock, and
jr.,v s.ler arrived al the Lower Cas-
Es,, We left the boat at this point
landed IL Washington Territory.
| had an bonr's walt for the train to |
p,psst the rapids. and spent the
ksi1 prospeo,ing. l WAS fortunate
bu,b 10 ind TWO pretty nice speci-
[rsot Qoid quartz, and fine piece OF
krIt-d wood, When the train came
,ols SIX m!,es along the rapids to
I Upper Clscldes, and on the route
myeIal seals sporting in tho river.
H. Dased the Old "Blook House,
s,e Get erals tirantanG Sherman with
|sn othe. otIc who became promt-
k.dur.pg tie rebellion, made their
klsggr'ers years ago, while doing
h On lae frontier and Sighting lp
b. Al that time they were getting
IN Lands u for he memorable events
sA.ch they took tuch an active part
IA wi 10 65. A comrade who lives
Warrington Territory gave me
Ce 0. wood which he took from the
bck Hyu-e, that | SHALL briug home
Me The steamboat company are
(tIng caga. along the rap!ds, be-
kl tie cascades, so hat tGey can
Nt,7 boats all the way through
lA.1t having 10 change to the oars
back % the bOat.
Pheu We reached the Upper Cascade
embarked on board OF another
aatfr aud started up the river. We
NJ Muur; Hood on our right; 1t IL
& feet high, and Is conliuuallyl
esed with snow. We also passed an
d,l buIia p,sce, aud could see how
rel men bury their dead. They
dss0ft Of shed, and place the
ls up l.9h, often wrapping them
tetisSins. The buria! place is on
sa4l IL tao mitd.e OF the river,
Tie boat run close enough for US TO
NAsJGd view.
nao named Victor Trevis was q
N liieLd 10 the Indians aud they '
I'd him very much; he died a tewl
AnAao u San Francisco, but before
cah expressed wish that he
0ud 6e buried on this island. The
a"i. OF the Indians was readily OF
tlsl, and handsome monument now
Sin Tue sl.t where he sleeps his last
~ We rlseed the Upper Capel
t' which Is still higher than the
M ! saw a brown bear am using
a*i IL tie woods, but was not
A~A IL; c.ostr acquaintance. Wei
Hl a, lie Dalles at 7 o'clock and
NlptF, AaViag been on the route
W,
MNoG the tran again at 8 o'clock
MIL, AID at 4 o'clock the next
A.Ls at-'7ed a; Wallula, Washing
~ ~ltte we took d train ON the
n.ls'i Pacific railroad, and sh ortly
We Sa!itG saw largo gray
l'aF III road We passed o beau
axe and saw a great manyl
I0., ID ~ alto saw Lake Pend
v''"t' and 1t was almost covered
VaeEs fLcre are forests of im-I
,sv NY "ees oa each side of the road for
,n', ,'1s O' miles, many Of which
NJ Vu ute, causing a smoke so dense
Ivn was almost Impossible to zee
TII1'lg aong the route.
Inr'' n" Vll'ss lha rice TO be very noun
.., .v.', az! there is no satisfaction in
A, r, , VI 'Le mp. The monotony
m. .!'e'el bg several STOW Sheds
IBs B,T.,os VI snow fences. On Friday,
[osr,s,'u o.'u We STARTED up the Rocky
kNsamlsAl AUG CON menced to get clear
M, yil,ke' but tho weather WAS very
,s" ,. ! "tht out on the platform to
kg,HI' %1 nee oracirg mountain air;
NM lug Was covered with a heavy
h, la',.'' ",''' We passed through twol
kcnme 'SaLe!s, aud we're about tgoI
Ti- s1ins np aud coming down.
srs,.sses't point IL 5,S13 feet, and
ID !, plsfe Is jnst about tho same
[As u Wilmington during the
E.r,,,. u'cemb r. Willis crossing
Ets ,s,S'h mS N W. passed several silver
fhl,%. ~ lac right through the
fias sTS TS'. .' I! t.e territory fo- many
|haap5' a'Su s4w many place where the
OM by rs go, CONF elsly turned upside
sal Az" A. searching for the precious
s.Asl H,wF h passing Helena, we
fa mssv SVs.ef s country, and l saw o
tAs hes nle cattle and sheep We
ttp,,,s%H iva rs Of the Missouri river
IN, se'I anss through very long tun.
tsnslirSS SHiel men we saw some more
Sss Sss,iy, aEl 80 o'c!ceS in in ,ba Moa aftsr.
Fatd sclonn.ef n.ef ieaYing tho train l se
seputpose ~ 91&tIons at a hotel, for
tie N0,iouol Naav u taking a trip OF 55 M lies
pOsy. SsvssAl SvaAl Park in Wyoming Ter
tie same "a, comrades stopped here
se that re,oI Ip,tTpoae, but | am the only
|0te,. -, 'oulalnol in tho -, ~.