, 1890-10-09
ARMED TO THE TEETH
Organized Gang of Horse
Thieves.
The LEGEND OF PILLAR ROCK
How Blowout Mountain in the
Cascades Was Formed-An
Unusual Cargo.

"Speaking of the Indian legend
concerning the existence of Pillar
rock,n said Sllas B. Smith, presi-
dent of the Pioneer Historical So
ciety, recently to the Astorian, 1.-THE
story is all wrong. In the his
tory of the several tribes that in
habited this section no mention IL
made of any irate father hurting
the side OF the mountain down upon
his son, who was returning with n
bride. 1t may be legend of some
of the tribes far up the river, but
none OF the tribes in this section
knew anything about it,
''Tell you the story of the rocks?
Yes, llP give II to you as 1t was
handed down to the several tribes,
those On Clatsop beach in particular:
"In those prehistoric times it Is
supposed that this section was in.
habited by n tribe of giants, who for
years and years had been growing
smaller and smaller. The people
were we're indolent and unthrifty,
and eked out hand to hand exist
ence by catching just sufficient fish
and game to supply their wants.
"Their God was Talipas. lie was
a man of great thrift, and In making
periodical visits to the tribe, which
the legend said he did, he upbraided
them for their idleness and vowed
to visit his wrath upon them should
they not mend their ways. They
needed not the warning, and one
fine morning Talipas made an in
formal visit. He dropped down
somewhere near this city and across
the river saw one of his favored peo-
| pie wading out in the river to pick
up II fish. With wave of his hand
he turned the man into stone, and
that stone Is now the rock near Bar
ney point just across the river from
this city.
"Thus it was that Pillar rock,
Castle rock and other great granite
distractions in the river were
| formed.
This god Talipas did some good
work in turning his people into
stone, for according to the legend it
was he who builded Tillamock rock
on which lighthouse now guides
mariners on this northwest coast.
Talipas was strolling along the
beach one morning when he looked
out on the ocean and there saw
whole fa mily of the tribe of giants
/ gathered in u group fishing He
was provoked, and in an instant the
| Iillamook group was formed. The
larger rock was the father and hus-
band, and the cluster of smaller
ones the wife and children.
"It is believed that the formation
of the Tlliamook group was the last
work of the kind done by the In
dian god. The people took warn
ing, began to build boats and in
other ways became more thrifty
and comply with the mandates of
Talipas'
Such is the legend of the rocks, Us
narrated by Mr.. Smith.
The Oregonian of Il recent date
publishes the following account of
the explorations made in the Quin-
ault reservation by Lieutenant
o. Neil's party this summers:
The party left Vancouver June
%, and have spent the summer in
making IA thorough examination of
the resources of this tract. They re-
port that the agricultural land in
the explored region is not plentiful,
but there Is an almost unlimited
amount of the finest timber in the
world. Indications of coal and
other minerals were also found, and
the streams swarm with fish. The
party encountered some pretty
rough trails, as they were the first
white men who ever entered the
region. a few weeks ago one of the
pack-mules, while walking along
the edge of cliff, lost its footing
and dashed down the cliff over 500
feet, and landed in ravine so in
accessible that Ii was impossible to
recover any of the contents of the
pack. Two of the mules gave out
and were left TO their fate, aud the
nine that reached Grays harbor
look rather the worse for wear. \
full report of this trip will be looked
for with interest, and will, no
doubt, throw much light on what
has long been an uneXplored re-
gion.
The Norwegian ship Thor which
is completing her load of lumber at
Tacoma for London, says the Seat
tie Telegraph, will carry away a
cargo that, in some respects, is one
of the most remarkable ever sent
from the Sound. II includes "a
greater number of long, heavy sawed
timbers than were ever placed in II
ships bold in this state. The last
heavy timbers loaded by means
of donkey engine Were each two
feet square and from l07 To 10 feet
long. There il yet about 45OOOO
feet of lumber to be placed on board.
1t is supposed 1t will take several
months to unload her. and 1t has al
ready taken sixty days to get in the
timber OH board.
A NEW DEPARTURE.
Electric Drills for the Coucr d. 'Alene