Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-12-09
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branch from the south may be tn
Grand Ronde, the second and large
is the Salmon Tor what they cal
the Lewis) The Snake river come
more from the south than does thu
Grande Ronde. They are more close
ly describing the Snake than the,
are the Salmon river.
There was Il small Indian village
at the forks of these rivers then
/ The Nezperces called this point Che
me-ne-cam. meaning the meeting Oh
the waters. This is happy appli-
cation of a beautiful and appropri-
ate Indian name to an existing fact
And this fact has a significant bear
ing in the trend of human destiny
and in the making of history, The
origin of the fact bears a close re-
lation to the dynamic forces Of ge-
ology, whereby the physical fea-
lures of a vast domain were carved
out and ancient river courses
changed, so the waters which drain
80 per cent of tho area of Idaho
were made to meet here to form the
gateway for navigation to the sea
These same dynamic forces of ma
ture that eroded the formation OF
our mountains and made these val
leys, also released the gold there
from, and ground-sluicedI it to the
creek beds, where in ages to come
it was found by the early prospect
or, which fired the q al of the mon
ey-mad throngs to seek and delve IN
stream and mountain in quest OF
more. And this in turn caused the
steamboat to point its prov INTO IN
known streams seeking the head Of
navigation which was found ct the
meeting of these waters.
Here did the early townsite poon-
err have right to feel that his am
billions for a city would be we'll
fulfilled. Time proved his wisdom,
and time will pass beyond mis-
dreams when the well situated and
progressive little city of Lewiston
comes into all its own.
The great erosive forces which
carved out these deep valleys, left
a medal moraine at the meeting Of
their waters, making a very sani-
tary terrain of land now covered
with homes; and the subsiding tor
rental floods Of the Clearwater left
q long flood plain on which lis now
built the many business blocks OF
an industrious city.
AT the cut in the hill of the
Fifth st. grade. and at the Snake
river grade is exposed the material
composing this medal moraine
Here lying buried in a common sep
nlchre are the remains of my many
friends and acquaintance met with
in the different mountain sections
of Idaho. The Igneous family
group, some of the Intrusives, the
and the Metamorphics.
Lewis and Clark made no proph-
esy relative to the future. as they
gaZed over this beautiful situation,
hut could they have seen in vision
what has since transpired the
of the twin cities named
in their honor-justly would their
hearts have swelled with pride
This closes my narrative for Lewis
and Clark's trip thru Idaho. In
the morning October 18th. 1905,
they push their canoes into the
Twift current of the Snake river,
still known to them as the Lewis,
and descend to the Columbia river.
October 22nd 1906. they strike the
first great rapids and falls OF the
Columbia, and make portases With
The canoes. November End they
first meet with tide water. Novcm-
'Ni ifih lil'y itdtH Tie HlDu'H "
The Columbia On the Clatsao rtvt +
whore elk were plentiful. they build
8 fort whore they live durin.: the
winter. Here the men Du,, them
elves hunting ans making mocas-
sins and clothing for the return trip.
They made 400 pair of moa;tssins.
March card, 1906. They start
back up the Columbia on the return
10 the states. April 18th, 1906 they
cut mp two of the larger canoes for
wood at the first falls of the Col
nmbia. From here on they begin
bartering and trading for horses.
At the Dalles they quit all the can
oes and pack their effects on horses
and trudee along on foot on the
north side of the Columbia. Eleven
miles below the mouth of the Snake
river, opposite to what is now Wal
lula, they cross the Columbia. they
strike the Walla Walla river and
follow it and its Tributaries They
hit the Snake river above where is
now Asotin. They go down the river
and cross at Asotin.
May 5th. 1906 they are again
iNn l.