The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-13
On THE QUILLAYUTE.
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~ = rsptdiy 6iline With sstslsss. mossiy
sseoea. > Wy eood class 81 psopie. who
nSve taken most Of tn surveyed land.
and many s4uastsd on unsurveyed &C.
tiOns.
The Quiiisyuss Waller l. say turnty-eve
miles ioae b. dve TO seven vide; popaIa-
ucn, u iow estimate. IN The valley runs
from northeast - southwest and faces on
tne Pacifc ocean. tbirty-6vs miles soxth Of
1epe Fiaftery. Its climate IL mid buf hu-
mid, and very healthy. and soal Remarkably
productive II u vas eli surveyed there
would b hne claims fos so families. There
are Two stores In the valley, and another
talked Of. The Quillayute Indian villages.
population I5O. are near the mouth of the
river II ocean front, but in summer are
scattered. hunting, fishing. etc. This
country raises fine crops Of hay, oats and
dubious plants. and great bands Of cattle.
sneep and horses roam Ill the rear round
Large Quantities Of the finest butter are
msne. some settlers making especially Of
this business
In the upper valley game abounds and
elk axs common. A little son OF Nj. Whit
ter killed two in one day recently.
Ho river vallsy Is another location. az
teen miles south and directly opposite De-
strnction island. who're there L United
States lighthouse and fox signal. This rich
valley Is four to six miles vide and ten
miles long. Il b rich bottom land and has
an Indian population OF about 100 They
are great hunters and sealers, and have
large quantities Of furs and eikhorns-
This valley. By the way. il In jefferson
county. bat II, - also il QuiIlaynte, Ii 81
great disadvantage. 10. there il no road
connecting with the Straits and shipping
point.
Mr.. Darling says . road from Pyscht
river, on the Straits. 20 Beacon prairie. in
QuiIiayute, fifteen miles long. would enable
the settlers 70 6nd . market. For two
thirds Of this distance would require very
little grading and but few short bYidges II
b singular tbst with such promising col
ony and country within her boundary Clal-
lam county don't build this road. instead
Of foolishlv dreaming OF railroads that may
never come.
Mr.. Darling has. from time to time, seen
fine specimens OF coal. copper and silver
and some OF the finest iron ore imaginable,
and has every faith in the existence OF
great mineral deposits In the Olympic
range at the head Of these valleys. To ap-
proach Mount Olympus. the heart OF this
rugged country. the Qaillayuts valley
would be the easiest route. A party can
easily 20 up the stream BY canoe. say forty
miles. and then 10 Mount Olympus. twenty
miles. through . country OF broken. sharp
ridges. covered with thin. stunted growth
OF pine. cedar. juniper and hemiock trees,
the moss THAT great obstacie) getting
thinner ~ they approached the SUBMITS.
Far back in these Wild eorges lles an
elevated plateau, ridgy. undulating Sec
ton, where thousands Of elk wander and
feed in security. in winter approaching the
coast. but always in summer living In their
mountain home.
Among these rolling hills and jagged
peaks IN swfui silence prevails, broken
only BY now and then q crashing limb or
chaitering bird. and far above all some
eagle towering in his pride OF place"
looks with calm eye upon the wilderness
below. II Is vast. silent land. awaiting
the woodmsn's axe and geologist's ham,
mer--thus far. ii has only known now and
then the rifles sharp crack. as the Iorily
elk falls 10 Be Invested Of its horns. the fat
carcass being let for the wolves.