The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-06-07

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neEntI0n fos keT eA7drua- An ~
laws, hef k~nons. her vuiein9s are 49,
iaive- A. he stood . tonesy sperfstar
q DE- solikn<ie Of fhe DARK weeds. o.
Hstened tp the roar a The skpru vhiIe
The giants 81 TIE forest sTaved q ss,d
ffo, fmpe{lezd b. rs fury. OF hard The
hoouing thunder md saw he Exhf-
nines gtare. ke hoard n al of this he
voice 0f God and felt in The xp2emn
surroundings His presence. A g.
Stood on the heefiinx s-rxx and Rzxexl
with solemn ave into The sunIess cxn-
ron. or elsmted 70 the top a The
mountain peak and survived the eezA
o. mountssns al Arcupd- With de
riv-fs and walkers and Lakes beyond
N fact, szw nature in al her beauty.
grandeur and suhsinsify, be xss deep
~ ard profoundly snspres~ei Win
kieas n an intsiiigenf first eAuse. 70
thH conefayipn also tended an his
lcueines and al II the oaeuas forces Of
his nasa,s, Inspired by si5ense. By soif-
txt3e- By IL majesty Of nature and by
tbe arfjve and fFemerdors sosre- IN
ssrtn, air. and the st1r-Iit armament
beyond.
supersdsied 70 this pare vein Of reii-
gicss- hesi~f in the character Of the no
neer, am free TO admit that there was
In many OF them
Dash or srPrR<rvrox.
To the attentive stuaent az nature and
OF man. she highest embodiment al
natase and her laws, this il not AZ ali
astonishing The life Of the pioneer
was lonely one He had no hooks
ave. possibly. the Bible. He had no
compsnionship but nature. He had
no pictures bat flowers and the yari-
gated sccnes Of nature. Riorifed by the
god OF day or rendered grand and ter
rlble by the fury Of the storm sod.
His mental and moral life tended in
ward Fancy and imagination had
loose reign Their pictures. flashed on
the mirror of the soul, grew from day
to day in distinetness. Thsf. on re-
turning 10 his humble cabin In the
gloom of night. he should see the
images created By Imagination: or. a.
he wandered in the deep solitude OF
the continuous woe<is by day. that he
should imagine that he hear,i myste-
rious voicings and whisperings, is not
At all astonishing. These. then. were
mysterious occasions In his xvensful
life that excited his wonder and balk-
ed his powers Of explanation. While
his eye was undimsned and his nerves
mistaken he would miss game OF
which he was sorely in need, while the
safne was in easy range: while at other
times he sent the bullet with deadly
precision On its fated mission while
the game was bounding in full fight
through the thick forest. Add 10 this
the potential power OF solitude, the
deepening gloom Of the dark woods
and the mysterious voices of nature.
animate and insnimate, and you can
PARTON the aash OF superstition in the
OF the hunter pioneer. Truer
men never lived. Drawer men never
trod the earth. IL their vices were
marked, their virtues were also.
Though their fare wa- scan;y. their
hospitality was unbouniei. Yoa were
welcome 10 ali their isrsier afforded
] now propose 10 notice character
tstie OF pioneer life that runs down
through the first, second and third
classes OF the same. | have already
advertesi t. the patent fact tina, the
pioneer was
WITHOUT BOOKS or PAPERS.
His conversation, il any, consisted
Of the narration sf the exploits and
OF his own life. Il was
autobiography spoken. not written.
IL consisted Of dangers met and con-
luercd-of difficulties encountered and
and successfully evescome--of escapes
and full of danger-of
situations solemn and lndicrous--of
want pressing and imminent-o vigils
long and of victories and defeats.
When warmed with generous wine or
more frey deeoctions. the pioneer
gave chapters of the workings of his
Tuner consciousness-of his loves, his
hates. his expectations. his desires.
the passions that had swayed him and
the mysterious forces that had Mt
times unncrvesi him.
This tendency TO personal narration
has become to some extent traditional,
and is marked characteristic of pio-
ncer or western society In the Older
conversation l. confined to
the events and topics of the day. rs
by the telegraph and daily
press; il concerns man in the aggre-
gate. In the younger civilization con-
vsrsatioa runs on the events and ex-
psrienees OF personal life; il concerns
man ~ an individual. I do not intend
to discuss the question rs 10 which Is
the better Of the two. ! simply state
IT, II j. from this characteristic that
western men get the reputation OF
drawing a long bow" They get i. in
the regular line of descent and will
pass out OF il a. their Individuality Is
swallowed up in the surging volume
Of humanity.
While what has been said above has
general application 10 nil classes OF
pioneers. IL has particular and special
application to what l. generally known
as the hunter class. After them and
often eo-mingliag with them come the
home seekers and home builders. This
last class was usually distinguished by
the presence of the wife ard mother.
the little ones and all the household
goods. l have always been s great adj
nirer of not only the true but the
grand heroism OF that wife aud moth
er. Love for husband and little ones.
aud the heroic desire TO he a heipmee.
to her husband in the noble work of
home building, we're her sustaining in
spiration in the lonely solitude and
savage surroundings Of the wilderness.
;. Peace" s1ys the poet, has her vic
tories no less renowned thsn those Of
war" When We recount the lonely
toll. the patient endurance, the priva-
tons and denisls Of these these queens
os the lonely leg cabins, when we re-
member the cheerful fortitude with
which they endured want and priva-
tons and the unfiinching heroism
eyiacei by them in time. IT danger,
and especially now when We con;em-
plate the magnifieen. tesal. OF their
endurance we can truthfully affirm
that a. Peace has her victories no less
renowned than war"
IL il an impossible task for me, with
my limited powers OF generality
and description, 10 present in few
-entences current and just synopsis of
rHs CHARACTER OF ruE HosE-EriLDER.
lie had fixed and noble purpose to
which ell things else was subordinate.
rla. purpose was the dominating
power OF all his efforts and Of his lie.
Ia It's object Was inclg5ed not himself
alone. bat those related - and de-
PENDENT upon him-yea. more. IL
reached Gus and beyond the domestic
@syr,ts. ami tgs,sk fslto confederation the