The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-06

ctsrs eat .hem on tre srot, sesJofH tsAAn-
an OF them home However. OF great
OCCASIONS. Sach as marriage or E'ci-
lefcA. mis- queer rock she..asa aoli place
=. sono- II is servee on the halfshell
ara rar-:sf.sG Wiz raw salmon eggs aid
60 -,rss A. curiosity IN the natural
world X Is worth the astsE,Icn ~ Eat
.,-sgls-. The sea gull ard the crow car
often % seen making. saia enteavo-s 20
reach The Nrgls Dlvalve. 5ut lis home -
a castle which can De assas!ed only by Sne
human Tacs-
Up the Quinault River.
Leaving the Qaina8!t indian agency
ard striking Into the interior The only
neiho6 CT trave. is By water. The Qui-
naul: river a broad. deep stream. rises
n me heart CT II. Olympic range and
flows wss.eT.y. II the log Jams and drifts
xer- c.eaasd CT his RIVER would %
raslxabIe Tor n considerable distance oy
small steamers ard lighter craft. AS u
ross IS. the oa.y means OF navigation IS
the indian canoe. A. the NOUN OF the
river IS the usual bar. which prevents yes
xels az any size from entering from the
ocean In 1870 hundreds OF honeseeke-s
fiockca into the QulnauIt country, look
ing for land upon which 70 settle and build
homes. At taat time the only route open
vas va the ocean beach and up the Quin-
auit river. The intending settler would
point on Grsy's haroor 10 the beach. have
them hauled UP the beach By tho Indians
10 the agency. and then loaded into ca
noes and poled up the river 10 Lake Qui-
nauli by the Indians The trip from The
agency 20 the lake IS most interesting
one. Seated in canoe with an Indian
IN each end to 90 the work. one is very
comfoTta Die. The Indians are generally.
a buck and his kiootchman. The klootch
does her half OF the work in the canoe and
when camp is made looks after the cook
ing fer the party. Immediately upon
leaving the agency the wilderness Is en-
tered. Il Is only within recent years that
evidences OF civilization could be encOun-
tered after the first bend OF the river
shuts out the view Of the Boston
houses. The methods and manners OF
many Of the Indians living in me interior
are IN some respects the same today as
they were centuries ago. Here the Indian
medicine man is said 10 hold full sway
and IL an unfortunate gets sick the un-
earthly howis and lamentations al his
bedside only cease with death. Their
htte wooden images. with their ugly
faces. are held before the sufferers eyes.
with the request that he look and live
practically no medicine IS given in sick
ness Noises and mysterious rites are ex-
pected 10 accomplish the desired result
If the good spirit" desires The sufferer
10 get well, he gets well, II not. he dies
and that's all there is 10 st.
Indian Burying Grounds.
The term burying grounds is misno-
mer. for these Indians do not bury. They
elevate. Four posts or sticks are set
In the ground firmly, and then covered
With sticks or cedar slabs and the dead
body placed upon the covering This i'm
provised grave is about four feet high.
The spot selected is q secluded one off the
he aten lines OF travel by the Indians, and
always close 10 the edge OF a river
or lake. After a period of time, during
which the body decays. an enclosure is
built around the grave and a roof put over
II. Then the decorations are placed upon
IL. The outside OF the enclosure is liter
ally covered with clam shells. dishes. both
OF china and tin. All of the bric-a-brac
known to the Indians is gathered and
used to decorate the outside walls which
enclose the remains of the departed one.
These Indians have the custom. common
among so many barharous races. of bury
INK worldly effects with their dead
Clothes. money, gems. paddles and some
times even canoes are placed along with
the deceased, together with personal or
naments. such as finger rings. bracelets,
earrings and fancy pins. The graves are
rarely desecrated. never 10y the Indians
and seldom even by white men. on the
journey up the river number OF grave
Yards can be seen from the canoe in which
the traveller Is seated.
Along the River Banks.
FROM the ocean to Qulnauit Lake, a dis
lance OF some twenty-five miles by d.
rect course. bur about forty miles by
water. the river runs through one OF the
garden spots OF the state OF Washington.
The topography Of the country is about
onc-half bottom land and one-haf low.
a.EFH . IL.
immense forests OF fir and hemlock, while
the bottom land 10 covered with cedar
and spruce. The trees grow right down
10 the waters edge. The soil OF this
regio. shows its wonderful capa city FOR
production. evidenced by the immense size
OF tha trees and the ever-accornpan yiug
underbrush. For the first fifteen miles
the river ia not n rapidly flowing one. IT
moves with gentle current which is
easily Stenmed by the canoes. For the
las, ower ty-ave miles before reaching the
lake. however. tho stream becomes very
swift. II seems 10 De one series OF rapids.
Some idea OF the swif;nesS OF the stream
can be imagined whsr 81 IS known tina,
while Il takes two days OF steady pushing
~ land the canoes al the lake Il only re-
qlires four and hair hours 10 go down
thu river from tho lake 10 the agency.
Along the banks Of ne river ara many
4eN-g narrow sAtlI aitI SEANca oars. par
tally ov@rgrown with young trees. II is
pleasant change FOR tbs voyager 70
aight a. the poiri Of one OF these bars
and street his legs along the shore for
hair Or threc quarters Of mile. Game
- frequently seen along he banks. hoth
the deer and hear being plentiful through
the woods. During the salmon rcn * IS
a common thing 20 see bear along the
stream fishing or d-vourlng FISH already
secured
Lake Quinaulf.
This lake rs ono o. the most b-auiteul
in tie STATE. Ia greatest i4ngtA : about
seven miles and It's greatest width about
three miles. It's area = probably zen
square miles. I. abouuss with fish and its
tfou, cannot - eXce3lcd BESIDE ~. sal
mon ana trout there are plenty II white
fish chuhs ana suckers.
The country south. north ara east q
ths AXE a fasi becoming thick.y seittcd
and there 50 qui,. a population immeGi-
ate,y surrounding the lake. There Is
rostoffice and schoogho1se and good
supply store. ard out Of The wilderness e
a.. few summers ago has grown = pros
porous. tntelitgsut community 81 AN
abiding. self-surport.ng citizens Tire SOL
here = generous one and no such th.n.-
a failure cf crops IS kao0D. f-rult
trees Rrow rapidly. ana some % Them.
folr years cid Lass season. bore hand
saUr'y. Ths timber production az this
cnst-0 re2i0n cannot be oyer-@s irsl4t,.f
ao3 t8 years 20 cocue Wa ee the sasvra
from waicA oar larEes. humber est ufl
come TIE cray Aarsor * No~-herq
~ ~eas staring a. Aberdeen Va fe tNa
u~ar fl.u~e. tsp tets secton art ;r~n r.
wi Pc shat ere fsti measure r prosr.~fs,,
~l come - The pioneers % us noN re-
raot. s~cr.a9 % he state