The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-09
THROUGH THU STEHEKIN.

rock ard let IL dark color show ihroggn
ihss. 50 that they resemble daints1v tint
- Tlhhsas. Pl8ngsss with clouds o. spray
into b1iiowg worn IN the rock. these TWEEN
fy-tNo strsans course through fae lower
basin among thfek brush. white and p1r-
pie heather and tender EiseieF grass, which
ncrses consider q great 6eslcncy. and unite
IN Z tsnb.lng creek Thss again asvsses
ana posrs through tro parallel gorges IN
the deeply rent Black rock, makes q
p'nngs q 10 feet IN Twin falls aES PUSHES
on ia continuous rapids Under big snow
drift - fhs Efehekin. Lice feet bslow the
jewel . the lower basin The loser basin
l. bssf 4 mile long and 20 yards wide. and
on the rsgbf-hand side looking up has n
dense growth ~ Alaska cedar. whieh the
snoSdrtfts have bent but could nos break
with their immense weight. ard which
makes fine charcoal FOR biseksmitns' use.
As you near the basin deep. saiien roar
: asKssts thunder. but proves 70 have been
ire report caused by the cracking % tho
great masses o. lee n the glaciers above.
Among the Glaciers.
After advancing Up The Sfehekin almost
% the confluence Of Horse shoe creek. you
md that great canyon Of equai size with
that n front branches or 20 the lefg-Ehs
Seet-aB1 that from this direction flows
tbs main Steaskln river. Near TIE c0nfia-
eres the trat forks. one branch climbing
along the wesf side az Twin falls to the
basin. milo Above while the other turns
AZ right aag.es up TIE main canyon and
climbs The further SIDE. over rock slides
aud snowdrifts. almost 70 the head. Then
Il zE-zags up the moantainsla@, made
ssaupy by many litfle streams flowing
FROM the suewbanils. and pas. where
Doubtful creek tannles frsm a snow cave
several hundred feet into the canyon. The
opposite wall cf the canyon ends in a pre-
eipifons elf. behind which rises a saw
tooth range q equal height with that
above Horse Shoe basin. the sharp pa.n ted
crags Standing much like the teeth OF a
saw standing edge upwards. On the
stony breast OF tbis range three glaciers
slope down TO snowbank Ia the hollow
behind The cliffs IN the foreground, and
from taat great bed OF snow a torrent Is
sues and pouring through a assure
piungss downward zaao feet 70 the bed OF
the canyon. Playing hide and seek under
SfsowdFlffs which ali the galch and from
which It's foaming water is hardly dsst3n-
gl.saa3.e in cosor. This is the main Ste
hek!a river. To the right OF these saw
teeth another ridge Of similar form and
equal height. fran which another glacier
slopes into TIE GUT and 10 the right Of
this again Il lDN gap il the u0Gut ans
through which the trail winds This is The
Cascade pass. $500 feet above sea level
and $3.50 feet below the surrounding
peaks. 70 the left OF the triple glacier Is
line Of broken peaks OF lesser elevation.
over which in the background towers a
sharp pinnacle known as C.eopatras Nee
die, AZ the eye HaBaers onward 10 the
Jeff K meets another line % tai. perpen-
dcular peaks. from which another glacier
slopes. and which extend 10 the sharp cor
ner Of the mountain val around which
the s;ehehin makes a sharp curve 70 the
southeastward In It's course 10 Lake Che
ian.
Climbing a short distance further. over
a saoEbed. from beneath which a stream
flows. FED by its trieklings. you come 70 a
low ridge covered with Alaska cedar, gia-
cieF grass and heather. on which stand
George L. Rogse's two cabins. Beyond is
a small lake seventy acres IN area. COW
cred with Ice and helf-meited snow, and
beyond this again Is a semi-circular rim
81 rock 1.ieo feet high. whose black. per-
pendieuiar SUBMITS contrast strongly with
the ring OF snoWdFifts below. from which
nine waterfalls pour into the lake. Across
this lake Sir. Rouse and your corFespon-
dent paddled a raft on july =. breaking
channel through two inches Of Ice formed
The previous night.
n noubtful Proposition.
There are two stories 81 how this lake
acquired The name of Doubtful Tie true
one Is that when George L. Rouse and his
partner. John c. Rouse. discovered the
small outcrap OF the Doubtful ledge,
George remarked;
= wonder whether that Is worth locat-
insgs'
~Do1btf8i" said John.
'swsn. vel locate IL anyhow. and cali Il
the poabtfai~ answered his partner.
s.s F4H
Tfoebtfai is claim % 30 doubtful value.
The other story IS that when George r..
James EaE working on the Great Northern
surveys IN tae mountains he examined the
Cascade pass wl1a a view 20 the adoption
% that route. Il wAs suggested that a
tgnHei coad De run under Doubtful lake
ard tar1ggn the pass q; depth of r.59o
fesl tsetaw ,ae summit. wheTeto he replied
tE2t. X tie fuHnsi wTe clt. 4 was doubt
Wards SIR Bausa. however. says this
stgfy Is ar1cFyrhal and that bis own IS
the tFae one a % thc origin or the name
Hewever b acquired rs name. Doubtful
Take is a wonderful lltfle body OF water In
several respects. Lying 3 $40 feet above
sea }eyel it IS FED hy streams flowing di-
rertiy from ire snow,icids around Rand Is
es e.eav thst one can see the pebbles IN rs
ised Af q great depth. The rim enclosing
Eta basga on the west Winds around 20 the
r.rfhgsar,4 ara feins me eavtapth crown.
lr.F tfe rir-, ~ Fforse shos basin
one ~ ere familiar sounds az the Horse
Shae sna Douhtfsl basins IS The sh-gn.
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