The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-18

and there against sky that matches the
lake in turquoise beauty Is the clear-cut edge
of the battlements of rock, the archaic beach
Of that old ice river which trenched out this
mighty canyon. At the extreme upper end
of the lake the Stehekin river comes in with
tumult and foam. the largest tributary.
Up the narrow valley from which this river
issues stands the castellated height of Castle
mountain, 5000 feet in nearly perpendicular
height Up Railroad creek, the next largest
tributary, is Glacier peak, 10000 feet high,
and bearing on it's broad shoulders several
enormous glaciers. Though not visible from
the lake, climb of 5000 feet up one of the
lake edges will disclose the entire Gordon of
snowy peaks, which, together, make up prob
ably the largest collection of glaciers, next TO
that of Mount Tacoma, within the state. One
may see here the entire history of the river,
from the ice mountain whence it issues to
the fan-shaped delta Of rocks and sand and
drift which it has piled into the lake. The
descent of one of those glacial streams is Of
course, tremendous. Railroad creek falls prob
ably 5000 feet in twenty miles, and huge
logs and even powders come tumbling afuri-
ously down to be built into 1.-THE great bpier
which the creek is industriously extending
out into the lake.
interest Of Lake Chelan comes the archaeology
ical interest. At several points along the
smooth white rocks which rise perpendic-
ularly above the tapping water (which make
one think of Tennyson's "juts of pointed
rock') there are rude pictures left by some
prehistoric race, prior to the Indians. These
pictures are OF goats ana pears, ana men, To-
gether with a number of pyramidal figures
that seem to be intended to represent tents.
There has been much discussion as to the
fabricators of these curious remains. Some
have held that they were the work of white
trappers in the old Hudson bay epoch. This,
however seems disproved by the fact that
the Indians give no account of their or
igin, and assign them to a time lost in
tiquity. Judging from their location, they
must have been made at a time when the
lake level was twenty or thirty feet higher
than at present. The most astounding and
distressing fact, however, in regard to these
interesting relics remains to be confessed,
and that is that while tourists and hunters
have shot at these pictures from the lake
and have nearly destroyed the finest collec-
ton of them. One can hardly conceive Of
stupid and senseiesg vandalism on the part
Of professedly civilized people going further.
Next in importance among the varied
charms of this wonderful lake is the fact
that 1t is a veritable sportsman's paradise.
In the lake and the numerous streams which
empty into 1t are found innumerable trout,
of great size, gamesomenegs, and toothsome-
ness Spoon bait and fly may ali be en-
ployed for them. though the spoon is most
successful for the large ones These are fire.
quently caught of thirty inches long and six
pounds in weight. But the hunting rs even
more remarkable than the fishing. To say
nothing OF the prairie chickens and grouse
found In profusion, It Ia the native home of
deer, bear and wild goats. The latter 10 par
excellence the characteristic game, Of Lake
Chelan. These wild goats. or MazefhaE to
use the Spanish name, are the widest fheetl
est and most daring of all the hEsdI animals
of the coast. Though they eazE5saGeen ALI
most constantly by the boat travellers below.