The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-25
OLYMPIC Wales.
1fIe Mans Plain, Ulv1r-
nished Tale.
u cpoaTsMeN's PARADISE.
80 =. Kelly Finds Great CssyGus
1psesss IGssntsfns. Iren,
Cssl and Coppsr.

- - =. Keliey returned 70 Seattle -
q ~ 80 = tour Of explorations snd psos-
= - much discussed Olympic noun
sr1yy. IT. Keilsy's party consisted q
E,ss kfmeolf. General n PrA3x. ~ old
.s.,repr and woodman and . mau who
~ x s2.erk eyesy Indian On the e0ase. Thsor
Zsss-,-sm. also I w0odsman, althOugh
- 8 1907 for the PosT-IxTELIxGExcRn,
-, Gss~fsrd. . pew-comes from the East
- ecurdy men.
Z@S,isv thus described the trip - ~
~ - OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES:
sS.s1pd from shelton with compIote out
S - = LOO pounds. including . good
r fpod. utensils. tents and bjsutsto-
q b wagon along the road which
-f<1f sventy miles 10 the northwest q
~ maeh, shsosgh level cocntry. rfOn
|Ss7ee g hnd : trail for shout thrse miles
49, - = cuf our own trail through about
"a slnodr ever saw for travelling Jheso
a Sesvv undesKrowth, and when We GOT
~ hoosy timber the way was obetxuc1sd
- windfsliA
sevIorss we went acres the two Sos1s
.S11noo liver. and then up the second fork
d 1ISre6fun almost due north. We there
~ ~ divide between the streams run
- - fhooe running west This wAs On
ess1o - ecroes the Sound from eeattle.
! sd ;.;Srl1d = the divide for shout eightsea
~ ,Sr1II = s nOstheYly direction. headed IL
;-iA liver. aud climbed to . POINT from
~ - eouId - the valleys Of the Quiniault
5 - sfnIupe rivers We then deot ended 70
:S.1f1e q Che Wynootchee, took Ill our
,D11oo eechs thsse. and made hat our
ssissi 6endouortera Wc cached eli our
;;z;'71 - about enough food 10 last ~ IN
q - sins each-
s y Sdn 1rsak down the Wynootches Ffves
- It1jo West Of south. For halt tho
ss,7 n 1cup through the widest canyons
- -. with rocks rising 30 - -
49, ~ 80 The rock u mostly so1t sand
- - stseta afo almost perpen-
I5719 111u1ne towards the west Between
8 e1r - travelled on the nveS bottoms,
= Ifyef about twenty times dAy. A.
711 - oulo travelling on ten 70 dfteou fest 0f
- M n 1our dayB We csmped On . ridee
S5S - IA 70 melt snow for water The
11 k1uneH. was well PACKED, % that it Wa
|8 1rsoi ever t. At that point Ne wsFs
Z - 81 above the sea, and bat Tor the
u y roInsd all The time. believe Ne
s ~ - 0on both the Sound aud the ocean.
Il 2url avn the wynootchee TO within
% rs niles Of the settlements and then
u = - west fork Of the sateop river,
80 due south 70 sstsop postozhoe
- on June p Thence / came on
i1I75 - Ne rest Of the party By way Of
= shelton. They will return this
{1dkaIl probably join them IN eeptsm-
916611u about there being hne agricul-
- ~ valleys are greatly exaegesa-
ri - oome little patches o. perhaps
uhfoh 4 very fine land. bat you might
6S1nt ulles before finding another such
- - wynoosche this bottom land ID
- and u mostly beaver marshes. but
- q y covered with berry bushes
- oouay \ nothing like the sporssmsu's
1ln eneh = has been described. There
11on19 u signs Of elk. bear and deer, and
~ M o. three cougar tracks and enc wolf
~ III shot ct 3 big. BLACK bear, bat
49, Mn end could not track him, @ be
~ q ~ lat We killed two elk for meat
- shoud have bsen glad Of some on the way
~ Ne could have killed thousands Of
undo q provisious when We did not need II,
~ When ~ ran short o. the way back. we
1 niu4 no der and an elk. which was the only
~ ~ esu On the return trip. Owing 70 :
Mncs q routs " ran short Of provisioos and
RI bur days the four Of ~ suhsisted on what
ooun have maize sns good. square meal for one
~ when Ne reached the nrst settlement
= he'd nothing lsit but one Jar OF extract OF
-.
4 was susprised q the abssncs Of small AMI
nals, such q auirssh and OF small birds
3nsre were fewer than IN any country ever
Nv. We ssv grcue. bnt they were mostly set-
une hena
"Thess N - Hsh q this time Of the year,
- ~ Ia A -
mese VIII y p'ear ef trout, - they are likely
boiling espane
'hap b plenty Of iron and coal in the foot
hi'k Ne found no groupings o! coal, nothing
~ noet The coal would b. no use for mining,
= Ne county = too back In to admit railroads.
Ne also iound plenty OF copper ore ct higher
Gevstion than the iron. though how fine can
8hE, q have noe had my samples sssayed
We nv nothing to warrant prospecting
River We found . few colors Of gold Ct
eoAot paaoes one in satsop and several In
- Wynootchee. but they were extremely few
- MI me. 20 that We could barely see them
~ naked eyA There Ii so little gold that
aon1 consider Il worth while TO do any pros
uelae ioe that metal
n ueee az mostly hemlock, though there
ecae white pine and there are patches OF
~ ~ The country 10 worthless for logging
~ numerous wfndfalls prove that the timber
: s3en, ana anyhow the country 10 so broken
- n'lsoads could not be run In and the
.seens ere % crooked that logs could not be run
- them. Rvould be totally impossible to log
wyoootchee. for, though below the main
o.son y y about twice as large m the main
s1sea Ct the satsor, II IL fall OF rapids and has
~ @res falls. the highest about dfteen or
Rvou ieet
1ao1eh the country Ia full of beautiful, wild
.1aulnous scenery and Is grand among the
~ nounfains, its possibilities a. 4 resort for
D. 49, Y doubtful. for IL 10 too hard work to
NO u The mountains are simple preci-
- N many places On the north side we
49, eovn about 1000 feet on snow to the Wy
. g. not once touching ground There arc
essaeer 81 beautiful falls In the canyons.
nem falling 90 feet without touching
M. The highest point we reached was
- 49, feet above the see, well up in the
eountasns, but IL was raining most Of the
~. - ioexy at other times, so that We could
- eood view OF the country. We caught
q. 80 OF Mounts Olympus and Constance. %
~ No Tor few moments They lay from
- 70 northwest Of where We stood.
= ~ soout three weeks from q point near the
ss.N .skn OF the satsop. 70 q point below the
canyon OF the wynoo,chee. we aid not
Reee Of any human being. Indian or white.
1s eeen there before No, twis had been
wosa Ne zee the ashes OF Q campfire or