The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-03-28


of' le chainmen, as they kept the rodman
in sight and just ahead the axmen were
dropping the trees out of line to enable the
transifman to direct the course of the flag.
Behind came, the level, establishing bench
marks for that future use to pick
up knocked-out pins and TO cross
section the roadway Tor the
graders. for when the Puget Sound and
Frazer River railroad was run, haste to
grade and establish the right of way was
an urgent necessity.
We had crossed the Skagit river on
mesa, at an altitude of one thousand feet
above the ship channel, the straits of San
Juan de. Fuca bearing west, southwest.
one-balf west. Mt. Baker bore north,
northeast, one-half north. The Olympian
mountains in the dim and hazy southwest
cut the sky line like the point of a sword
FISH.
The Rocky mountains were an impossible
barrier to the biting blasts of the chilly east,
while the Suari War; from Japan kept the
slope in perpetual green.
We struck camp each day. lke the Gay
preceding, from the time we leIt Seattie
until we entered Snoqualamle caiiyoh
Here We went into camp at tDe 1901 Oh
mountain of anthracite coal. Inc SIMPLE
mtuted SiwasL and mis- klo0tchman, httie
massive veins of this mountain rahSs;
We had had an unusually severe Gay Vi
the 5th of December. Gigantic cellars .!
thousands of years standing had grown anu
faIlpni and upon their fallen trunks We're
again sr,wn giants as large as the lying ones
lavino> ,ull length in the moss, Whlch WAS
manys let deep and so sponGy lhlt an
axmaIi Vwho had fallen in moss pea, was
nearlIe ,utfocated before he could De eAerl-
Gated. In one place five Of these giant &C.
dars lay crosswise Of each other, none Iess
than ten feet in diameter or under "Oo lecI
in length and straight as the speeding
arrow of the Siwash for his venlson'
There had followed us from Lake what
com n Siwash brave decked out in colorS OF
red and yellow His m0ccasns were beadcd
in all the colors of the setting sun rs
blankets were colorcd and fancitully 1orned
in save barbarous characters
his +, * he commenced weird, tan
rsstN n his body producing aston
,tions that looked pa!niuiiF
Boston the name which the
euntry gave to all the white
AVER he grunted gutter
FulneSS for the scraps
Giving his limbs an
yellow paint III
himself and
d, Wyuck. Sacre
..fSo on
uck, who is Sacre Ty-
y, big chief live over fire
mn a He speak earthquake. He
speaanco lash, sky moan And sob lie
speaku CO sigh and blow down and tall
over I, ,l~othcr. lie no let Boston so on;
He kii Boston He blow Boston away"
Listening to the Indian in his broken
English, we concluded that there was Il
person living ahead Of our proposed sur
vey who was sacred character to the
various tribes, and had spiritual and
forcifH: sway over them i'll all OF their tn
Wyitbl agreed to take NE to the nearest
point mGcre the Sacre Tyhee could be seen,
and :. leave me to cultivate that sacred
perscour, good will as best / could.
Th intxt morning at daybreak we packed
ZIP sllliIal days ratlons and started on
the tVs = through the woods for the great
Pca1of fountain Oh the Nooksack at the
foot on Mount Baker. A long. tedious
wallomrought us at night to the Nooksack
1ivertl. Upon its right bank we canned
for =, night, Wyuck keeping up the ire
to drive away wild animals. The, next
day we journcyed up the river, until near
uightfal, when we came. into a DeautlIul
basin of wonderful fertility. There were
several canoes upon the bank of the river,
in one Of which ! seated myself, ard I'M
der no amount of persuasion could get
the guide TO 20 with me across to the hut
Of the sacred chief, i'll full view across the
river.
Crossing over slowly and when in about
mid stream, intently cycling the hut L
saw coming down to the beach Il most
peculiar figure. An old, gray and grlzzled
man, his hair and Whiskers falling below
his hips, his garments of buckskin, win
bucIisllin fringes down the sides of his pants
and sleeves and around the edges of his
coat 4 long bow, with a culver full Of
arrows was his armament. In MS lett
hand he held his bow, with arrow In posi-
ton. Motoring me to keep away, still
| padded ahead. at which he winged an
arrow straight into the bow OF my canoe,
motioning me away and gesticulating wildly
all the time: l padded back out Of
range. Standing up. | raised my hands
up over my head and held them there for
q short time facing this strange charac aar,
when ! sat down again and paddled to-
wards him. Again he winged an arrow
into the bow of my canoe, at which l stood
up nth my hands elevated over my head
an,,na,cad this weird man, the flowing wa
tcIaafrrying me nearer and nearer to the
She's when an eddy whirled the canoe
a thel and ran her bow up high and dry
OF. tae beach. I hastily jumped out. my
ARA still elevated, and walked towards
re stood motionless as a statue: his ev-
cry muscle in stern tension. His keen,
gray eye watched me as amount;ain lion,
the blcating fawn he was In readiness to
spring upon for his meal.
| walked up to and in front of him
ana stopped, ana lowering my uailtS TO my
side | eyed him as closely as he eyed ne.
Two living beings could not have been more
motion}ets. Presently his lips began to
move. Strange expressions began to creep
over his features. His stern. eXpress;onlesS
features began to relax. That peculiar giare
of his eyes became softened. Advancing
towards me and towering above me at least
:; foot. his avoir(upos, at least 100 pounds
more than mine. he placed his hands upon
my sholdnrs and hurled me aside as easily
as locomotive would hurl q man.
Stunned and nearly senseless he came and
picked me up and carried me into his hut.
What his thoughts were | have never
learned. He seated me still gaspinG in
followed out log chair and proceeded to
get supper. Broiled salmon, peInbican and
salmon berries.
The hut or log house was about twelve
feet square, an open door at one end and a
massive fireplace at the other. In it was
q bunk, Il log table like butchers block,
two log chairs. Upon the table were two
bark plates, two shell cups. two wooden
forks and two pieces of obsidian, rifte1l out
like knives.
All the time during our supper he eyed me,
never exchanging a word the glare coming
and going in his eyes, the pupils dilating at