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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 28, 1889)
WEST SHORE. of tli ritliin. While 1 wan Hitting in this cabin one day, two squirrel rami in through the oen window and made themselves free with the ri'inniiiH of Norton's breakfast. Tiny did not wem to mind me in the leant, for one of them allowed mi' to touch his Imek with my rneil. HiirUm encourage them, ami would not have them driven out or injured Um any consideration. Itainlx.w full, situated alnrnt five mile above the cab in and on the right of the trail ascending the river, are ahotit three hundred feet in height and are well worthy of a visit. Our trip down the lake was pleasant, hut we missed the grand scenery on acvoiint of the density of the WBWS ftSaffjarRSffS Kill to " worship nature in her wild retreat," there ig no grander spot in the west than Lake Chelan. Nestled between snow-rapped spurs of the Cascade range, it presents to the rye of the seeker after the beautiful in nature all that ran be seen in Switzerland, except the Swiss. Even the wild goats are there, and we saw many of them climbing rocky precipices fully 3,000 feet above tho level of the lake. The head of an Indian family, known as " Wapato John," has an extensive ranch on the shore of the lake, eight miles from the saw mill. He is a progreg nive Indian, and 1ms improved machinery in the way of farm implements, and a peach orchard with bear ing trees. He wag one of the few wise oneB who took up land in severalty when the old Moseg reservation was thrown open to get tlement in 1885. Thus does the red man endeavor to follow in the wake of his rustling pale fared neighbors. The Stehekin riv er is sometimes called Pierre river, after tho late Lieut. Pierre, of the Twenty-first Infantry, who explored that part of tho country in 1882; but the U. S. engineer depart ment, after investi gating the subject in 1883, came to the conclusion that no new river hail been explored, but that it was in fart the Stehekin river, so called long In fun. I.,eut. Pierce traveled along its banks, and so th ul.1 nam.- has since tan retained upon the govern '"; maps. The name of Pierce's pass might well be 'uhM.tut.H for that of Skagit pass, as that officer cer- " ..'fx. M..MN' Vim UKg nuUM moke, which a.NmJ t.. cover the for,. of the whole cuntry, for rrrtainly the lml.. extern slop.. ,.f the Ca ade rang was burning mo or W. from the inter national Unmdary Ui the 8tam-dc pw. If x)w Uturr of thi. .t.te f Washington will frame and en- tt ifirt at litjtatfliMM l.k .n..il. at t .1 t " " " r"""" no uiroui; h nr.. i . " ' hi .if ..li. U .i A ' """" '"MtP? there of the (Wuh r.,. in .i.- - . V . 1 . lwre ,,r ,SS2 n the face f er.,.. l , .1 .. . " v"r,m OIIU Ull.UT IHC IIIOHl a" the writer can War testimo- A r.ilh4 I. now in cur ..f cn.truction l.tw..,, mw?Z Wm B lhat "'Mn- 11 " llen.burghan.hhe Columbia river. With thi. r.i ! . ''.erget.c explorer, whose iKH-tic pen r.iienM.urgn ami the t'olumlna river. With thi rail r. lit ojrti.m. the IraH U th CheUn and Okano- (tan MfUMi will inereM tenfold. ch gem. to the northwest, should nave hi name tHriMttiHt.l . ... v.., , . f 'peuiaiea hv a 1k.U, ofthegrandfeatuofthenLm; aint he loved.