, 1890-06-05
THE 0LYMPlCS.
Return of a Brave Band OF
Explorers.
SIX MONTHS IN WILDERNESS
A Story of Hardship and Priva'
tion--Porilous Ride on
Raft.

a Raft.
rAberdeon Semi Weekly Bulletin, May
| As the shades OF night were ialllng
Tuesday a few people who happened
near the wharf at the foot of II street
were surprised, not to say startled, oy
the appearance Of five human beings
clothed in tsttored garments, bare
headed except a strip OF handkerchief or
other cloth around their foreheads
dusty, unkompt beard and flowing hair
| like wild inca of tho woods. They were
sunburned and tanned as by long eN-
posurc, aud no feverish gold hunter oil
40 could have presented a more utter
absence of the outward CIV
iii1ation of man than did
these strangers. Following them
were three shaggy dogs such as might
have trained with the Esquimaus or
dragged the sledee OF Arctic explorers
As quietly as they came these strange
Lei ngs sought refuge from public gaze IN
one OF our hotels, declining to talk OF
say who or what they were, and CON
ducting thomselyes as though they knew
their own business ana proposed to at
tend TO it.
The following morning Bulletin
ror,cs,n,a,ive uho had noted their
coming and believing shoy were return
ing from n prospecting and exploring
expedition in part of our state
| little known, sought an inter
viow win their leader. This was
n,.J I'M, n,oved of small
.W -, n, ,hs mon rea,llly dis
cInsoj ,hsir identity and the
nairra of ,Le vova,, irum which they
10 H., " rs,n-na1 a.. aylny other sourrs,
oe III infn,natian Lo,ysycr We scribe pro.
caa'aJ 20 Learn somethiny OF their ex.
,,a,is,.so and ofthe ronn1rv they had
$4,000 "'1 "
kNFIohiNo THE oLfNflCs'
The Olympic mountains are a short
ran 90 AZ n,aci nitous iasyed broken hills
and - 80, ,,,i,,a a sraa,sr nortior
"su P."'s .r' rI.h1..
OF thal country nortn oi "'ay
basin between the Pacific ocean, Puget
tie of the lund has been surveyed or set
| tled anil with the exception of n rim a
low miles Wide near the waters edge
inc country. lis inhabitants. re.
son rec, and characteriatlcs Are ms little
known TO the general public as Is the
heart OF Africa. Occasionally some
ven tiiresome spirit would wander back
into IA almost Impenetral,io fastnesse,
and relur,,inc tell lofmacniflcent o forests
yerdant table lands and a soil itch in
nroduetive canacity. as we'll as coal and
precious minerals. but his story would
be merely an echo against the clin OF
indifference and would soon be forgotten
~. ai,a hS",a io, W ',v ..c,,iaiion % snd .,srn,
Of money eating
But last fall a compane of enterpri-.
ing. patriotic and generous men, headed
by Mr. Bailey, OF the Seattle Press, CON
eelved the IDEA oi ssnSlns OUT an ehpIer-
III 70 III ,hs aua rln G, "'' sneiovS ,
hid To,D ciyiIiration in these mount,ir
reaches. In pursuance to this object
they organized an exploring party, plac-
ing ut the head Captain Z. A. Barnes, a
sc'ch.lnc seiieush iyns eI"p.oyeu
~. H,. H. rni,ey st,,es ''r',,,,r,,.,,,
e. do; .ssis,ant b. haJ NJ N ~ ris'
ia ~ az b,,r,,,, ,r,n,cr ,,ujda anJ
s''l,,' 49, ~ NJ ,..,sa.s..t ,i,,as, &c., nninN
Iani,.'I 90, ',r H., Nn,th M. r,can co,,.
,'no,, ~ p lon, r,,,, hscn,na c,,noms c,,
his ~ IN as , yoois man and intr.nititv
a. kra In al LINDA nf ftaril fIha
",iu !, , 80. 80 W si,,.
n C.,,,,,te. y, ',y P'yt n t,ays ,r,si
arJ ,r",. men ssisr,ej for thsir atnoss
a. L. -. loo ,ha,,
'"I sns noIn oeiVio ,1e'',i To-, -, ~
-, g.. fa,,s,,oJ - ~. tl.'i' =
49, ,nd he3o ad,e,' 10 tha amt. az a. u u
wII,o nan To ,bc ics, w.s Nonn,
Hi,'w nA"' ''' " ''
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HOAnY AND MAJESTIC.
whose lofty ton ulistened with tho eter-
nal snow that made il seem almost like
a ,.a,,o,, ii,,h, a, ,h. La,hor ~, no., n
''s"' "' -
oI Vympus cou'u ue seen houh' .oh
stance, silent ana grim hke watohful
sentinel, while further on lifting thsir
heads above this Jagged ranFp were other
peoks Ike soldiers in line of battl. n. 4,
-, -, 49,
hua'".us s.'s u"N''"h i's'o' ''o'h '"e
intrusion OF man
Our adventurcrs had counted on an
upen winter such as bad preceded the
lnst one but were doom.d Ia disaunoin,
ment and CONSEQUENT uriyation ~ onl y
n few days out thpv we're met ~ So,
y.re snow form. folloyed nv heavy
rains ana slcet. some forty miles M
I thu EIwha river. which is a precipitoIs
stream flowing from a Considerable nIti.
tude thev emerged on 10 great taLic
lands on which was but little timber m a
| oils of which was deep rich and fsriiIe
and produced wonderful srowtL |.
OF native grass and herb.
No trace OF the white man :
presenee was visible; put Indians
were i,dluc"t' seen hese are 70 th
tha. tbe memory of The oiJest Of ,%nnHS H
knoweth not to the contrary. and many
OF them had never before seen palo
face. they were thr stoical sort OF North
american hatNes, hlhu ana Wiling "