The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-09


Puget sound Juts boldly into the state OF
yre.hsngfon xktrfed on each side. almost
10 the eaters edge. by majestic NOUN
fairs nd their foothills On the one side
ne rugged sublime and spectral oiym-
mics trail their course along like a troop
ing rie Of White Friars continually bend
ing al their prisons. At early dawn their
SNOWY slopes giIssen rosy and pink In the
warm beams Of the newly -risen sur. and
=, evant.d. they stand strongly and dark
II stlboaerfesi against the fieeting pink.
salmon. psIrp,e red and golden tints 81
re Diving day-dyfng Ike the fabfed dol
phfn in 4 reeting food Of prtsmaric glory
On the eastern shore OF the Sound The
Cascades uplsff their verdant nr-clad
slopes broken here and there with star
titar 6se,inrtness hy the dazzling white
ness Of Mount Baker ''the Bride Of the
pa<sscv r~eriesz Rainier. the triple
res.ked Three Sisters. riichuck and others
Of great beauty The stately Bride OF
fsr~ parffsrs' never doffs her wedding gar
r,ents. but stands perpefuaiiy and pa
tiersfly awaiting her dilasory and iaggard
groom on 20 the southeast the beautiful
ana more rounded dome of snow-ciad Raj
nier shows like a supernatural and ffiusy
mirage: In the sunsef II CLEANS and gsis-
tens like q huge fire opal. scintiliating
with light and life. In fact. " seems al
most MS though nature. with prodigal
hand had bankrupted herself in the
adjournment Of this beautiful country.
Daily upon this spIendor looks the Tulalp
Indian agency From the very decks Of
the steamers plying the Sound between
Tacoma and Seattle one may. II the day
hs clear see three OF the most beautiful
snow peaks az the world Mounts Rainier.
Baker and s.. Heieug. either of which
might well be called the peer of celebrated
Mont Blanc
Down the great waterways the mount
aims continually send their tributary
floods 20 The Sound. which almost lave
their very feet. One OF the largest of
these waterways. called the Snohomish.
possrs the mingled streams of the Skyko-
mlsh and SnoauaImie. whose estuaries
drain the slopes of the Cascades. into Pu-
get sound: and the cold and unxaited
waters mingie with the briny tides just
whore Ssfioks. or Priest point. pushes its
bold and rugged binff into the restless
currents of the Sound II was here that
Father chlrouse. the good oblate father.
the kindly Catholic missionary. first found
the sdohofsch OF Snohomish Indians I'm
1857 The name III these Indians has been
Angiieixed into Snohomssh. and the coun-
~. county seat ard river. all OF that
name. ia the state OF Washington. have
heen named after this trfhe which once
ranged the wiids In this vicinity. Though
Edehobsch more accurately and phoneti-
eally renders their name for the tribe. II
Was here, at Priest point. that Father
ChIrouse lived among the Indians. and
here that he founded his mission and
school which he afterwards removed and
maintained at Tuiaiip and where II re-
mains IN existence and In active operation
10 this day Ii was here. almost alone
and unaided. that he went carrying. into
the hames OF the savages. civilization with
the one hand and Christianity with the
other: administering at once TO their
spiritual and their physical needs. No
spectacle can he more inspiring than the
sight Of a human being sacrificing. or
rather conseerating hts whole life and
endeavor 20 the good Of his fellow men.
II matters little whether we deem his
theology sound or unsound. lie may be
Catholic or Protestant. Buddhist or Ma
h0uaetan. II matters not what. but
30 long as he unseihshiy strives. by pure
precept and noble example ~ elevate his
fellow man TO the highest plane within
the range of his mortal vision ne is
worthy Of all reverence. and We are con-
strained 10 admire. ut least. the honesty.
sincerity and nobility OF his work.
Bat long before the Sdohobsch knew
aught ~ Father Cbirouse or his coming
long before the psh-stud stohsch white
mani had set hts feot upon their land
long ere the coming OF kah bake ah-ote-
huss tmany large canoes. meaning YES
eeis)- these shosigines had dweit in the
fertile valley II the Snohomish and upon
the lands extending away from It's hanks
on either side. Not that they cared es, g.
eiaiiy about the fertility 81 the sell that
was merely an Incident. for they are
mainly fisher folk. Who dies not know
ihat these forests once literally ,eened
with game of all kinds And who does
he.
come 20 Sssioks indeed the indians even
have iegend TO explain why il Is that
the salmon come 20 Priest point In psare
with the StlohohSch dweis some Of the
trihesmen of the Klckisilises. the Sno-
qnslmiss, the Skagifs and various other
tribes Of the Salishan family or Flatheaa
gruur, most ~ these had married frtc