The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-08-04
euuDlln PACIFIC.
"a Trip From s.. Paul
70 seattle.

:, u sAs Reetiss-Liss''
So. rewre-Sotss II
vsest sssnd.
pogrrAsp, Or. July 10.
rn.rox. Orr excursion
j q paul. Ninn., June II, n
So - washington and Oregon
4 !, & 3. Pacific route Oni
..i.tsd D! eleven coaches, q
s, - ear, an elegant Pullman
.srs. selkirk,v contained
-s,e Mr.. ard Mrs. Turney
~. scho,tz, OF Dss Moines, Ia.
?s nom Austin, MINI. amons
!. 3 Cor and family, Miss Mol.
- & Boston. Msss.. J. w.
rs. Eyer, son and daughter
z3 s.sss ! number from Alden,
q, lyons, OF Des Moines. la
!..ssrs ! ere Insurance company
~. cn The train, going to Seattle
3. !:ss.e tbe losses of the company by
"a! j! .!....t sreat FIRE, and did much 70
s. - ma eaiiven our little com
Adj and gentsensanly passesi-
s:s..t 8 the Canadian Pacific rail.
p, stebbins. accompanied Us
Is - eolicitous for the comfort
...r;ence Of one and all, and
- q entertain the party.
s. 5S.,d the first city of any ira.
s ! p,easing looking town Of
IN a. inhabitants. IL situated on
49, rseirie. This city was very
f-;ared by cyclone two OF
81 !. ~. - 10, but there are very lii
~ s3es = . remaining now. A very
8 s..t = the country was now
$500 rIrgcxh until darkness settled
$50 - ! very tired party and
- euf view.
! &: =. ..sessSsy morning. June u. we
Use. 49, 1ksouxh Fargo, OAK. at s.2J,
Il !..,ss. = crossed the Red river, aud
$3.50 Grand Forks, where We
4z..i f.r1pd. The country from this
s ~ =. 20 : perfectly level prairie
~ srses. This Is the Red river
I ssIss~ wbere SO much wheat i raised
~ 4 srtendsfo Winnipeg. At 1915,
y. !. toxn called Neche. we reached
q. : fsnsia line, where the custom.
I ser.e officers came in TO inspect ouf
ssIensinrs--a matter very easily got
- srer. A ride OF two miles into
Hs.sds we reached the town oil
5000 With small settlements OF
Tsnanites Russians and Germans
e-esr Russial They come TO this
~. Iecause of their religious
s;s~s They are poor and low, still
ikey are Q thriving kind OF people
e1res they reach here. The govern
ssnt made an appropriation OF land
s ~ Meuoniies, and does not allow
envene else to set!le there. Mr. steb-
lns left us ut this point, nuchs TO our
reeret. The country passed over now
IA acme distance is dead level
prairjc, with not tree or building IN
sIrht. and continues until We reach
Winnings. Reached Winnipeg at
r. AZ The train stopped fifteen min
rfrs and we went out on the platform
q take observations and learn What
Sc could. This is = city vi Is. U0 in
hsbisants, ard is the capital OF the
province Of Manitoba. Ii is located
where the Red and Assiniboine rivers
hin waters, at an altitude OF 700 feet.
Il has been chief post OF the Hudeon
l)ss Company for many years. The
Iosn is well built. There are street
failways, electric lights. and the rivers
~ navigable for steamboats,. saw the
eunteb's mail roll along, and the
tecu,iar style Of dress showed that
se we're In her majesty ) iominions. !
ssked one OF the railroad employees
when the train would leave, aud he
replIed 1880 which shows they
reckon time differently from
What We are accustomed. But the
tram moves on and nay observations
are cut short. As we passed out large
herds Of cattle dotted the plains. and
he shriil whistle of our locomotive
scattered them from the track. So we
sptd on, through Portage la Prairie, a
town Of s.00o Inhabitants, and on fos
long miles where NO see oaiy scatteres.
f6sn.s aud catch the names of the sta
lions only. The menotoDy is relieved
kpnlewlat by cowboy trying his
Need 70 keep pace with the train. and
4 Was exciting while il lasted, which
sss good three ,niiles, till we saw the
poor brute faiter and then We were
out of sight. II Is just little hamlet
but the familiar name Austin looked
refy pleasant In this wilderness,
sighty-four miles west Of Winnipeg.
More stations are passed and we coue
10 Brandon, a town Of 4 500 inhabis.
lnts, at an altitude Of i,I50 feet. II i
division point aud an extensive
rain market The time nov changes,
me hour slower. We pass many
mali stations and the land il more
olling or unduiating. Much land i
'sld by SPECTATORS. passing along
tine farm Il pointed out. The Bel
FARM, said 10 contain 100 square
nile-. The timber we saw was al
mall growth, owing 10 its having been
'fvs:ously destroyed by forest fires.
lkhorn was the last small station We
aw before darkness OF the second
ay ont closed in upon us. Near this
amt ~e saw Cree Indians, who came
ewn Ia the stations Ia sell huflalu
urns and ether curious things
'hursday morning, the call that first
resied our ears was "Mooseiaw . 1
ame much abbreviated from the origi
al Indian name which was 9TH,
ssek where the white man mende.i
he cart with moose Jaw hone.
his town has GOO Inhabitants. and i
4 an elevation Of i.725 feet. ard Is :
abroad division point.
The surface Of the country i I'll
'oihng prairie. and prairie-dogs scam
per into their little mounds a. uu'
train PUSHES by. Ii il a sandy. gray
ELY soil, and projections against SNOW
frists in winter are built up out of IL
Reached Chaplin, az this point ar
oid Wives lakes, twenty miles il
fnsth. having no outlet. and 80 Goa
ain alkaii. la many places We saw
he trails OF the buffalo, and occasion
iily an antelope passed quickly ont o
ne way II cur train. We also sas
,aagers.
II MAS cloudy ia the morning an,
'athed much of the day. We passes
many small stations. but did not sfol
sssg enongh tn learn ANYTHING ahou
hem.
Va Appclle Is situated on the fish
ne lakes IN the Qni Appellee valley
Regina Is The capital at the province
y Assinihosne The lieutenant. gov
'rnor resides here. IL is also head
quarters OF Northwest mounted ~,
iee, numbering 900 nyen, Who ar,
talioned AT intervals 10 hook alter IN
Indians and preserve orier generally
lbeN entered our ear tn the uigh