The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-08-18
n ssoRfs Of cHftlH'
-. Fires on the East Slope
Of the Cascades.
-. sIsehspsA and Bare
= s...s rr.ss Of the L.Ae-Ass
.tscess sesnery.

.s...s TssxnErg Las Jest -. -. -
s n 49,. xssarasr 5sHs ss1I1f'z the
~ ssfI 49, ~ .paxsn county. leaving
kfss s.s .su-r Hax reached by tfsin-
sur;'s. T. f. 80 brought him to Es'ek
{ i sboii So g n, fbe swift C-lHuibis. f-.-
I''sns .sleh po.at and The . $40 -, q ,ss
T 30 ,s.T : ssssaaes plies ~ D'~a''As'
49, .,es,.np4nies By fFienH' aisessh
s's !. chelAn lsnd'ng. ssi''e .~snss
tsffss :. ,.s,ow IRE okassozsn LAKE tne-
fse - go fear niles from he Column
- ). -safh.s; ~ very bad wagon
- =. xs'ksng il fairly good. AZ the
rEl l Il little community OF
5es o. - s.rn,,ses and sawm'lL neve
~ 49, 80. ss.s- ETY. OF enelsD, WhseD -
~ y e-..,i :. tiosisishing place. the out
u efsrs. - ...s.,.s aud the seal 81 great
- o. sieh 1.-ss,,,ssyv. Lake Eneisn runs ~
tgHas.11 -, Is d;feesiol, having l~ux'n
ptnn -s,i.ss ara an syefage width Of
<Esssas .lsagsxh AZ one Toitt u iIsr-
re 81 - - 80. .s4srter< of nile. Ij1e
pxs y - deep and the shores IRE
~ = 80. the water. s10r6ing no OPP
49, - s.s- 4 trail along the r'srsin-
s.ssr,, /. ssais 81 gFanltf' aisa sa,e
y xsI tiratered TO fnetF saiafiists.
49, sIsh DE lsse TEAM s'ass % M
80 rnonnialns, fsslhe y = is7 49,. ~
- sses asd more. - 81 si'o~ = -
=, sIses Of The ptsks.
-. 1exs xgCyrkIE LAKE.
g. Islr .be ioe' OF sAe lake. said W
s,e.r,y IN the morning Oh III
.ui reached IL head st 10
" ~;ysf The scenery during the
sfssfA = ',sxxuigeent. From tEse wstsr
ts9 - ~ the eve eoal's fsaeh stre
~ . v,sasie hills, furrowe4i BY tina
: fya ~ fer. Misty streams dashed
49, saljs The lookine glass OF The
- =. =, IL bosofn the image 81 the
= 800 frsss sbsye. Here and there
49, ~ level ground inter yeiissd De-
- - hsl.s and settler had etiiit
- ada beside funssing safer attire
49, 49, lake rises mountain 10 THE
sss.s q 30 ieet-
rss sTEBEKIS KFEs.
.,nssiss !, ,he upper end OF cheisFi- we
- al horse and set out 10 ascend
80 river, the main tributary OF
- xsica rises near he summit on
- zuxp, and whose heaiwafers
g -, nose al the Cascade river, on tie
s.. ~, i The watershed. There IL ap
s.,ss froEe Puget sound 10 the toigns-
= :. ,.s,osiug the -ksgit and IT. tribD-
~ sa .,,s.esss river. up 20 9 high pass, and
- ss.sen.ing the -iehekin and axe
Isa..r Ihsd bsep ON the summit of the
- ~ ~. with = government survey
ssrx hsstag assembled from the Methnw.
- usz wanted TO reaeh the same point
ss.s ~ I.ke. had II SIDE a .keich seven
.ss.s seo from which ] was con1Sient OF
Lssrps the Old eanp'groand.
~ L far.ts-syst a
.x.ss srysa Toe northwest, like the lake.
s..z s,st,tsiu Pierce of the United States
s.uss named the rivsr after himself. beiies-
fry k had discovered . ueN waterway.
~ tse var Department ~ jecfed the Dom-
s.esait,e. Toe timber along the stream Is
aenst.
5EvES BACK 81 ffRE.
4we sastei up the river on the I'd If
axru.,. The same day the whole country
baas into blaze. Is seems that criminals
seesng lfum the sheriff put the torch To the
vosds behind item ia their race up the
s;eheki8 and aefoss into >ksglt county.
70 haze pnfsaii. aud ibe fie served hem
rs. We u,afehe,. afoot ave miles up the
bo,. smoky esnyon, hoping to get esoad
ID. blaze. Thea cur peck horse gave out.
he hair being singsd from his legs and
tis fey; being burns q. We turned back
aad esnipsd that Rigs; on low bar near
tns mouth OF the riyer, otir horse being
siskesea oa The wet sand 10 police his
taraes. lesi.
aSext aay We packed our food and
blankets Oh cur backs and stariesi siool up
the trail The tired rosred ike thnnner.
and the cir gss sitting sur path lay
among eindcrs. and often We were in dan
ger ifam failing tses : By day We could
.se only fes iret ahead. bat al night the
fses wss grand spd tsFrible. The FIRST
ashi cur camp nsIroHfy escaped burning.
saa al TIE citse 81 the next day We found
" roaid ~ no further. our shoes being
tsslx barn, a. ", had Travelled eighteen
rsls. and we're then twenty i've miles
I-sn re summit. from which point we
tssbl have descended 80 the skGgit In six
asss 70 NC weni back % the lake.
TROUT IS Bio AS sALsoS.
'Ihere We tsh. d for a day, in company
via iLree tourists. Tue Eve OF us caught
elghty pounds OF spsckled trout. The
lsfges' wss twenty-five inches long aus
Ihe smallest weighed pound and "a half
We tFtllrd with spoon, Just as We would
tes salmon IN seattle haroof. We took few
sfsesIsens back With Us - the Steamboat
lanfisag, 20 show Captain Gray how iitfle
be Knew atUist fiIe coHnisy. v hen he said
thee Heie M ash ia the lake la trcinrg
irssn he h Ian steamer se had no luck.
sra iEg BRly ehy.e, suckers and FRAY
ssss Tie arr has driven al the lsid
sains fsf esck into the moulta Is. aud the
seiis's sfe rather alNions ab,.et their
sltseF supply Of meat hunter u TO had
sssin al the head ST the lske told me
aesi hs would lose 500 hitch he * pcettd
= 1sae ilis winter by Killing bears goats.
esef sna other same. We saw only q sin.
Fss He2iisln goat
TnE FLAMING Hills.
When wedtscended the lake the IRE sim
iassd inEiously 90 sll tie shores. leaping
i'eH ait'op TO hilltop and licking up great
Nsss s. y they were but straw. Al night
.he tsssths were red aud pillows Of flame
hss'7l "a both sid' ~ u. The wind blew
lahessiS lro@ the Dcfth. How far the
s'ssakiioh txisndta ! cannot stay, but II
seesssSi y lne thar from August 2 20 August
=, thsn LETT the lske, tbe fire devoufel
sae's utrher- cedar, ff ana pine than all
a-Aiis % Washington could Aft In
IL vas dangerous 70 rnn te.e near th,
shoie 10 eur boat. fo- er, a. boulaess OF
kssii'e, ceischsd IN N the Parent rock IN
~ nsss, rushed down the mountain sides
So F.ehtei Kissing into The bay, ~ ssh
lei. 49, ats" ""sn ''sss
oftN 10 AL s0uARg NKs.
A e'llet pamel H,rlon has Z cabin AZ
'Ae mead o. lake cbelsa. aud signboari
w 'he aeSFWsy reads thus. Horizons
sAyle, ne gateway "a The mines. our door
So, ~ !" - square men. all oisers
- sAss 1es ho'ace. A Horizons cssan
49, a Amal arsenal lusi,ie. aud beng
msss,,..s, hs Woaia IN all probability
ki,sfsa'i. e isif iinse WHO tired Ia Jump
va some men b,eke into lis s.shis,
sls.' snd - ie his Effects while be
81 aag. ""S "e puts up e's
TIA CASCADES.
, Aea' iSesiy five miles fran the mp
y sea 81 ihe lake, oa the west shore.
=, 49, an'nsh falls A creek - consider
ses.s -. g i'is,s rashiug al, AK. when sud
,r-ri,. y A'ris iisyii 80 the brink as a
- ~. !, = *nfy -'3fe feet high IL l,s.s
"a =, 4. - s*At sac is saN ~ spgay. be-
ssf5' = I via tfe tle ha, below
iste. 't'@'" 3aiis afr extremely ts,au-
49, 90 s'lioS 81 ve Bee nluulh 1T the
ss.''. p II r. ere,k comes ia thnsttsh q
- ~ '5@ Wet sla, Iraciue 50 hack
So ''s We cnrfe utun n barrier so
IA IL 49, "At' aaisA gh= ssfer j. .{nsh..sf
c...,,,,'.N i'e surge ana ils fal resemble
S''''''' a. oa ihe unala
thH TAiNFEp ROOMS
eAl,. 80 a'a'd ~ Us. PAINTED r,-.ks oi
-, ale Ne pait them Rylsls ia she
-. iMagine speypeadl'u 80 aud nearly
e-ss,.s, ~ gtagti't, With M ehig,ks sr
49,, sAst @oaie caUh g. ans - aeS.-sgsss
u -. ~ Ne'> alsovv er Ga ascend igsta
80, -, 90 lWC1ty feat above the
lstt+a. t'S'Aisi tesivs oi HEan 81
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a. - 1nv lisn4sf.f u,ei ls bal SD res
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