The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-07-03

of the district have any other means Of
purchasing their winter supplies but by
the sale Of berries.
A few miles above Hood river and
just before sighting the deep canyons
that guard the approach to The Dalles,
is the famous Memalouse Island, where
thousands of Indians are buried, their
bones and skulls bleaching on top of the
rocks. In the center of the Island,
which Is a high bluff promontory de-
void of vegetation, is the large monu-
ment erected in memory Of Wick Ire
witt, the greatest friend the Indians
ever had in Oregon. Trevitt devoted
half his life to the amelioration of the
condition of poor Lo,' and looked with
disgust on white civilization, claiming
that the black man stood on a far
higher plane of advancement. He died
in California twenty years ago, and left
word for his friends in The Dalles,
begging that he be buried among the
Indians there. So they obeyed his re-
quest and laid him to rest on this is
land, erecting handsome $500 monu-
ment. The shaft, twenty-one feet high,
is built of granite, and stands on q
15-foot block hewn out of the solid rock.
And the water came to within a few
feet of the top of this shaft. This Is
held to be conclusive proof that for
three hundred years at least-the length
of time the Indians have used the place
for a burial ground-there has never
been such a flood as that Of 1894, for
the tribes hold as one Of their strictest
duties that they shall bury their dead
'above high water mark"
A shrill whistle from our steamer
calls attention to a little city pictur-
esquely situated at the base of q series
of rugged but beautiful rocks and de-
files. This is The Dalles, looking slight
ly the worse for wear since the river
visited it last week, but withal very
pleasant and pretty with its well laid
out residences and odd-loolSing archi-
lecture, not forgetting the handsomel
little courthouse with lawns and foun-
tains surrounding 1t. A conservative
estimate Of the losses sustained in thisl
town by flood, including the buildings
washed away, sidewalks destroyed, and
Office fixtures and furniture ruined, will
I think, place the figure at $4,000. ThisI
is of course outside of any of the rail-
road losses. Mr.. Souvert, Of the canneryI
firm Of Souvert Bros, told me that hisl
loss in being unable to ship, the cher
ries in his garde would be considerable,
AMI that great many people in thel
immediate vicinity would suffer bigl
financial loss in the same manner. Thel
peach crop will be ready for market inI
ten days, and most Of 1t will stand onl
the wharves and decay for want of
facilities.
The village of Cello, little further
along, 10 a bowling wilderness with itsl
naturally forlorn appearance heightened
by the destruction caused by the flood.
Inc IeDOIlb VI lilC tdicAhAey ~ 0te-fiNr
which have already reached you byl
telegraph, have not been exaggerated
in the least. The whisky distillery and
flour mill are totally destroyed, and
every house in the place has been
swept down the Columbia and thrownl
over the Cascades, each building smash
ing into tinder in moment. The In
habitants are camped in tents above
high water mark waiting for the flood
to subside, when they will get lumberl
and build things up again.
This, then, in brief is a record OF thel
general damage done on the Upper Col
umbIa- But by far the most important
part Of the destruction, and the phase
of the floods rayages that will most
interest Astorians is the havoc wrought
among the fish wheels and other salmon
catching appliances. This subject will
dwell on at length tomorrow.