Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1890-02-04
hSUHHER'S OUTING IN THE CGUR
D'AlEhbS.
The Adventures of Two Pres
pectOrs and Three Jackasses
in Northeastern Washington
and British Columbia i'm
Search ef Gold and Health. :.
Eroiss 81 Diary kept by George EIGeaour,
AID Edited by aa o.ii Corrcspenheat of
tic Leader.

Erosss 81 Diary kept by George EIGeaour,
AID Edited by aa e.d Correspondent of
the Leader.
(Centisusa frem last wesk.)
From Thousand acre lake" we
descended the leng hill to the Mathew
river. We feund rushing roaring
stream, freE forty to sixty yards wide,
a narrsw valley covered by splsn-
did grew th Of balm, alder, and birch h
tiaahe and hem med ia on each sid by
lofty, rugged mountains. Whe rever
the river bottom is not brush srewn.
the grass reachsd almost over the backs
OF eur littls burres. This grass Is Of
tbs finest quality, resembling in ap-
psarancs, Kentucky blue grass, and
wau.d yield hay in abundance if mown
fer taat purpose. It does net require
ths experience Of a residence in that
locality however, to assure enc that the
winters are lsng, and that the snow
falls to great depth, as evidence Of
this fact is apparent all around US; but
for summer range, these Methew n sun
tains eaanet be surpassed by any rs>
| gion in the world.
We begin TO experience that fever Of
expectancy that comes over the prespse-
tor when he finds himself in locality
containing evidences Of the existence of
prseisas metals. Our practicsd eyes
lad already begun to observe these in
dica items in the formation Of the eeun-
| try ia which we had arrived, and IN
the float quartz that formed POI tien
Of tho Methow's pebbiy bottom. These
PAL ticles Of the brsken lodges had si
ce urss been carried by the fsrce Of the
mountain torrents from miles and miles
up TIE river, and perhaps were not
gold bearing, could we trace them te
their starting place, but we knew taat
although ali quartz Gees net bear geld
all geld was fouaa in quartz, and hailed
its presence, though barren. as an indi
cation that We we're In a gold country.
My excellent partner although
first rate hunter, cared but little fe
that class sf spsrt except az means +
supply eur larder, but he was passion
a.ely foal Of f.hing, aad during GU
long jsurasy through this anglers, a
wall as Hunters paradisc, nave
missed an opportunity to cast line il
the brooks and rivers that we passed
As seen as we had arranged eur cam
for tba day, and having several hears a
his disposal, he prepared his rod an
line, aud was seen 6shing in ths roar
ing Methe~. After finisAing my alta
dianer saske, strsllea down the rive
ia ths opposite direction to the enc b
| had taken. Observing fish trap al
chored near tho bank Of the stream
procured psle and rresesasd to max
seme vestigatians- just to sec whsth,
or nst an Indian knew how to set
trap for sslmsn. The Iadian kne
the trick right well, fer I fsusd tbs
the trap contained three fins salmsl
Now, [ delibsrated fer ssme sims-
? tsuch longer time than it tosk me
coamis tk. deed d-whsther [ sAoul
make public the act [ committed {
that occasion, or ksss it to mysel
Suffice 1t to say that when I rsturne
TO camp in ths evening, I had fish az
Bill had aone; and presume that
NaSk never knew Of his less.
Tbs f9lIswisg Morning we prscsed
. up the river few milss, and the trs
climbing the sias Of ths mountain, v
= ssoll.ned it until we arrived at a Gu
s susly formed little valley, out of VIII
psnrsd bsaatif..i cascade down t
stsep msuntain side. The spot whe
we camesd for the night cssld har6
BE called a valley. 1t locked for
the world like a gigantic pet, the ela
whsre we had entered 1t, appearing
T a great fracture In it's side. We nam
it, at Bills sugsestisn, "Tke Dsv
stew pot" Ths bottom ard surroul
Tag sides were deveid Of timber, a
the red,toa grass waved like splen
st meadow around US.
n Descending lcng hill, VIC ence "a
traverse the valley Of the Msthsw.
3. We have net yet arrived at tn.
tied aartlan Of shis valley, and sltko,
We have been assured that ne ars