THE WEST StfOkk May, 1881
THE WILLAMETTE FA) I S. water Ihc fall in mxly feet, and most Gf ( flritory on the east side of the river.
The Willamette l:"alU arc locjited ,,,e ,i,"r 'fr('rt h"re 10 hal " The KCe,,e granl and we-P'"ng,
bout twenty-foirr mile from the con- plhrt over the ledge of rocV above i especially when the 8un is half-way
flucnoc of that itrcam with the Colum lo ",e Mrcihing maelstrom beneath, down the western horizon, at which
W. The river at that point i alxjtit j w'l'"ul olwtruction to ruflle the de- j time a cloud of rainbows paint the mist
four hundred yard in width, and flows ,c;n,''l torrent. The rim of the w hich rises from the foaming abyss,
through pn ia a rauge of lofty hill fxly formation over which the river j adding beauty to the sublimity of the
covered with denne fir tiinler, except ",w ' ,'lc "rrn a crt"8CC"' j view. From time immemorial the In
wheie the woodman's axe ha felled w'1'1 ,,,c c'rc"'"r h','; "P ,ne "Iream. dians resorted to the fulls during the
I he furel in the intercut of advancing '"IC v'i;w t,,c ca,l,r"c' cm be had spring and fall salmon run for purposes
civilization. At the lowest Mage of from the Mimmit of the rocky prom- j ol fishing. The salmon here find an
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