The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-01

rsising Among the rsountasus are many sEna 1.
/ F1ch valleys and ranch good gTnzing lara; Lns
peninsula 20 whole IS heavily fzs1De.ed WI
nf, eesar- spruce aud hsTnlock. TIE heE1ioe P-S
dominating On the western ssnF~. via 49, :
and far between Coal stoa. y fo7Bd on Aun.-
Der OF the streams bsss has rot been nsgen pr2s-
Tscted foF- Iron crops ont u csTssic I 1el
tfy IN several Places Gold i found = se ss1ln
| III nearly all the streams, and within lnr lzss
1 year or two few rFospeesors have peiaelFzsea
the mountains snd have net With lar es.ses.s
sgeTns2s, bringing cut some very prolnisll.s
iooklug gold silver zrd copper quartz n oLss
/ yielding rich ASSAY, Is f0u1d On gns Sxozs-
mssa. Vn tae western sEepe elay 49,
some Oh i, notably some white ara yssagw
BANKS, looking good enough 70 rake Izess esss
Thing o. and know OF ITO very extensive
The streams Ten wrltn splendid ksh. and
game Is abundant On the QH1IlayEEs AnI -
branches are between 30 and 800 settlers.
IwsntF-cns clairzs have been settled % sae
Qui1sauit. and the bach from the agency down
/ 70 the h4rbor Is all taken
The Luzntaul. I1dfsn reservation sxtends
from the Moelipse 70 The Qneets along the ocean
and back % etuinzini. lake, and contains
sbosr 70 square milsz, 1880 acres;
thers were then 9s3 Indians belong.
ing TO the reservation. That lDeiucee
quite . number OF Indians a. the hon sLo
41eets and along the beach south Acss OF tle
/ Indians live on TIE beach, few families only
nFLHg four or Eve miles up the streams thSE
seldom penetrate the interior, and then ONLY t9s
few days al time IN pursuit Of esx, wnlen
they Kill for their hides and horns. seldom ts<-
i1g more than 4 fsE pounds Of the E-ezS tS4ALs-
siult lake. eighteen miles northeast Of The mouth
o. the river. Is four and half miles Lo1g- TWO
miles wide, and from seventy TO 70 feet deep
there - not hzr5or on the coast DesEeen
Sesh bay aud 6Tays baybog.
The principal agricultural region il VIII
be seen from the report, lies on the west
and south Of the range. The richness OF
the valley Of the QuiIlayute has been
known for many years, and vas hrst taken
advantage Of twenty years ago Reports
Of It's fertility are almost incredible The
soil IS Of rich, black sandy loam, that
raises variety OF crops, and Is partieu-
larry well adapted 10 the production Of
vegetables. The pasturzge for sheep hogs
and cattle is excellent, and the abund-
ant rainfall renders failure OF
crops an impossiblity. The winters are
long and wet, but snowfaGls
are rare. The summers are cool and pleas
ant. The settlers are happy and prosper
Gus. though sadly hampered by lack of
transportation facilities Indeed. their
isolation has rendered the production Of
surplus crops useless, as there is no market
for them. Life In the QuiIlayute is there
fore somewhat conducive TO idIeness-
AAt4C - = AEe-1CzS2JaC ffLe 100 q AeAAA-
road win soon be built across from Port
Crescent. on the Straits Of Fuca. 10 Gray's
harbor, tapping the wales Of the QuiIla-
yute, HumptuIups, Queets, Hob, Pysht
and others. These places are Of the same
character as the Quillayute, and xill, it Is
said, produce Just as richly.
The report Of Lieutenant O'Neil has not
yet been made public. but he has on vari-
Gus occasions expressed himself as i'm
pressed with the value and importance of
the great untouched resources OF the OIyrn-
pie country. 1t has an unlimited supply
Of timber, he says, and in many places
there are bottom lauds exceedingly vaIu-
able for agricultural purposes. Promi-
nent among trees, Lieutenant O'Seil
mentions the larch and Alaska
cedar. Both are finishing woods of
value many times exceeding that of or6Iin-
airy timber. Alaska cedar is, probably, the
rarest and most costly soft wood in the
United States, and larch is hardly inferior
in quality or price. Both these varieties
are found in great abundance in the Olvrrl-
pics
There are copper deposits in the Olym-
pics claimed to be very valuable A large
belt has been found on the HumptuIups
and another on the Skohomish- 1t is quite
possible that when developed they will be
ascertained TO be Of very good quality
Settlers in large numbers have gone into
the Olympia country during the year.
They have taken up claims mostly on the
west side Of the mountains. 1t cannot be
doubted that when the country is opened
up theirs viii be found to be amongst the
very valuable claims Of the state
E. W. PoLLocK,