The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-01
THE C0LYILLE LAND.
A Rich Country Soon to Be Full
Of White Men.
FERTILE FARMS m PROSPECT
n Description of the Valleys and Their
Advantage@-Fruit. Whea and Cat
tie May BE Grown ~Abnndantiy.

= ~ tHfAuEZA TT EaEHAAtE $500 E
or July S. 1874, by executive order. TIRE re-
serve was changed 70 re present location
on fne wee side Of tie Columbia river
TINS rAr.on then. - now. vas little known
70 the whItss- Is was conceded . NJ =
NOMINATIONS c0uutr5. o. iftue Naloe eAeePt
as 4 hunting ground foF tae inaiafs. lbs
estimation 81 70 holds good - tae man.
fut The government surveys sust COM
rle;es have developed the fact tn1t the
opsHinr ~ erroneous 70 some extent While
fa fact the general Typography OF tnN NORTH
hair Of the reserve Is mountainous. thls
feature f. relieved here and there by sfnat.
picturesque valleys Of rich aEfleuttNtAt
lard Hysaeuffble Of high cultivation.
As YOU travel west from Marcus. on ire
Columbia river. over the old Hudson Pay
Company's trail, son climb steadAF the
TfRs range of mountains between fhe 10
fumbia and tne OEs80gsn rivers NIL you
reach the summit. some 300 feet a70Fe
Che sea. Here a grand PANORAMA % noun
tain scenery spreads 0lt before You. Dun
sa fhe distance are the towering snow
CAPPED peaks % the CASCADES, nearer me
lesser mountains Of the Meihow t. the
north. dim ard blue IN the distance me big
enow-ciad mountains in British COLUMBIA.
while at Your feet, snagly enseonced
among hunchgrass hills, among rock
Ylbbed and timber covered mountains, -
fha Curlew valley.
The Curlew valley. or the karamp val
L.. as " - Known on tlas Ntah F % hAtE -
gfun. IL a narrow valley about twenty
miles ~ length. while its average width
VII net exceed one mile. II IL fertile well
watcrcd ana well adapted 10 the cultiva-
ton Of cereals. vegetables and stock rSis-
sng. ~ present there are A few families OF
Indians and half-breeds settled In the val
lev. They are principally employed IN
farminR. hat All Of them raise horses and
have 4 few head Of cattle. Their farming
So fsr has been very successful. being
under direct supervision Of a farmer en-
pl0yed by the government, and II may DC
well % state that through the careful SUI
rerelsion Of the agents appointed by the
government these Indians have attained
q far degree Of civilization and are now
we'll able TO battle alone for existence.
During the past summer In and about
this valley the government surveyors sur
veved something over 5000 acres Of land.
In the main this II not purely agricultural
land. out there are benches and small BOT
toms IN canyons leading into The main val
say that. when properly irrigated. viii
make beautiful and fruitful farms for the
incoming white settler. This section OF the
reserve = we'll timhered. There are sew
eraI different varieties OF pine and FIR
from which understandable lumber can be
manufactured. 3
n the upper end ~ the valley Is Curlew
lake. a beautiful sheet OF water in whose
DEPTHS sport several varieties II trout.
while upon its unruftied surface float con-
tentedly Wild ducks and geese, with the
noisy loon. The lake is about six miles
long. with an average width Of q half mile.
It's southern half r. dotted with several
email islands on which in luXuriant Wild
ness flourish the haw. Wild cherry aud ser
v.ceherry. Flowing out Of the lake 10 the
nas.h through a tangle Of water plants ana
winding its way down tho valley among
the cultivated fields Of the Indians 10 ket-
sic river. IS Curlew creek.
The San Puel. coming down from the
mauntains to the east and flowing through
tho southern end Of the valley into "A small
LAKE.. then out through 81 narrow gap IN
fha aurrounding hills into the san Puel
valley. finally finds It's way 20 the Column
ba. This stream. like most Of the streams
on the reserve. is a fine trout stream. hat
II has the additional advantage Of being the
orly stream IN the north hair II the re-
servs up which salmon run from the Co
tnn1hfs-
rhe San Puel valley. like the Curlew
valley. Is settled rs the indians and half
$reeds. and the valley being narrow. with
oaly twelve miles Of its leagth In the coded
norton OF the reserve, it ia more than prob
allie that All TIE available agricultural land
viii re allotted 90 them. No surveys were
rad this summer south of the ninth
standard parallel. consequently the san
Ypsi .aliey and the lands - the east and
vrzt - 10 are unsfitvsyed
IN order - get "a general idea 0f the aEri-
cultural resources ~ the north half ~ the
reserve 81 would he well % leave the old
Hudson BAY Company's tra.i when 4 en-
te.s the CurleW valley and g. travel down
Tie valley over a r32d wagon road made
r. the Indians. r. ia twenty miles nv this
road IL Kettle r'ver. hut the ride Is inter
cytfnr. especially II taken I'm thc autumn.
when every thicket 2n the hlisHfos pre-
cents 4 wealth NJ 8utumual coloring and
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