Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-08-03

.hasa must be added an eighth NUMBER
80 49, remarkable than the others, al
,honyh il IL the handiwork OF nature
M, ~ man. This is the Tsangpo riy-
ar which is the highest OF All hasi-
Vahle streams, which flows Tor almost
: ooo miles at an altitude OF from IL
ono 10 "A 900 feet above the sea level
For the greater part OF its course II -
! sluggish body OF water, but as
nears the coast its current increases IN
velocity and the river becomes a rag
ing cataract, sweeping all opstae'oS
from its pathway and often inundaIlas
the country on either bank. Inc
Tsangpo has never yet been explored
throughout It's entire course II rises
in the extreme northwest OF Thipst,
mountainous region, al height "
nearly is 900 feet above the sea. "
soon becomes nayigable river ana
a considerable traffic Is conducted upon
IL where It's bed almost reaches the
clouds. It's direction is nearly due east
for some 800 miles. II receives nu-
| merous large tributaries from both
| south and north and when near Lnasa
IL is at low water nearly a third OF
| mile wide and OF unknown depth. IN
! longitude "a degrees east II makes
sharp bend to the south and passes
through the Himalayas In a course
known only to the savages who owen
upon It's preclpitous banks, When last
! seen BY an explorer the TsangpO ~ al
height OF from 5000 10 1900 feet,
| but when it energies ia Assam II II
| only 400 feet above sea level. From
this point il pursues its sluggish way
/ for another 500 miles as the Bgahma'
/ putra TO the Ganges and the bay OIL
Bengal. There has been long con-
troyersy. into the details OF which y
is not necessary to enter. as 10 @heth-
or the Irawada or the Brahmapatra Is
the continuation Of the Taahspo
Though there mas been as yet no direct
eyIdeuee-the last expedienl u throw.
ing In marked logs 10 Thibet having
failed-the general consensus OF scien'
tinc opinion is In favor OF the Brahm-
aputTa aud the latest English gazet'
teer describes Il uader this name Il
Is hardly 10 be- expected that pure sell
ence viii be much benefited by the mt,
ing OF the veil which hangs over this
part Of the rivers course. hut theirs
can be little doubt that Il hides scenes
OF magnificent beauty and grandeur
which thrill tho exp~ctaul world and
give Il nrw, and ngbier conceptions,
The Imagination fails 10 grasp the re-
alltys az there Is no other instance OF
earth Of a Large river dropping 500
feet tn 100 miles plgnglus With ths
mad rush Of mountain brook hsmtnst
by ranges whose peaks arr from l1,
900 to y 895 feet tn height. The IA
tive testimony iB conclusive ~ 10 thi
existence Of NJ least Jrir aWsstuapigtHs
tal! before ThIbstan territory h LETT
It's attempted ascent from the plains g
Assam has been absolutely pguhlb!lrf
hitherto BY the Indian government nt
the entirely reasonable gguIal tina
there Is almost A certainty tina, ~
explorer would b" killed by the sagAEi
Mtsbmls. who ars ln.pgerably l.alusl
. w Nat# ttH7Ht+h' va p "hEWWaFF M hH"+
country Taa you'd necrsslgasr a pu
nitiyc expedition costly ia tgrasur
and In ilfe-aau evil by 40 means rous
/, m"nsnrats with the gain %, having sat
tshcd what Is. after all pur" spriusggJ
Tho Thtbetau officials also. eAlfc pro
, vomiting go far as they arc able an,
white man from entering rhlaet 70
some unknown reason forbid Tat5g,
aus even 10 attempt ~ descend the rty
or beyond their owa frontier tn
, FHanEpp has nnNu explored. however
With the exception ot this $50 miles
Notwithstanding ghn opposition nt III
Thibetana and tho difficulties nresrute
= by the highest mountain region in III
: world. though not by white men