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Show 1.Votes B!J the Way. ·- - -- - - --- -- .. pally iu the brain of n?velist8-and the cast in" pleasaut places," we n1ust ex-· Indian of fact and of faucy, ro1nance ercise our endurance for a tin1e, for, and reality, are two widely different with slight paraphrasing, characters. rfheir WOlllCl1 as is the case ''We'll stand the storm it won't be long," ~ith all savnge tri b<;s, are inferior to Wc'llleavc here by al1L1uy. the n1en, aud none of then1 arc very This evening the rain has subsided, prepossessing j~1 appear~n1ce. Scarcely but still the clouds hang threatning. had we been allovvcd t11 nc to stop ere CAl\IP 97, SEPT. 21 :-The rain as excanlp was thro11ged vvith thmn, 1no.u?ted pected, descended in liberal quantities on ponies, eager to trade _o-a: pr~vtsions, all night, and this 1norning while it was their stock iu trade conststlng In pota- still falling, we 1noved out , finding that toes and peas, for which powder, shot, our forcibly selected stopping-place was salt and soap in s1na1l qu.antities would no longer tenable. It continued to rain purchase: no ~no1~ey b eing necessary, at ti1nes during the day, and the feelthey not knowu1g 1ts value. Although ings of the co1npany were regulated . uoubtless on n:any o~ the1n soap :would son1ewhat by the condition of the have a beneficia~ !lect, yet . then· n.p- weather. The roaus anything Lut good, pearance :voulclindicate th~t It was sel- vvere rendered \VOl-. e by being soft and do1n apJ?hed. In the evening the~ re- slippery, and vve jogged along at a slow turned 1~ fore?, and up?n. one of the pace. Crossed seven creeks, one ten co1npauy s taking the v1ohn and play- times-and-three 1nountains. From ing.a lively air, they cxl~ib.ited ~he utmost the top of one we had an extended del1gh~, one of thCin ofienng lns best po- view of-forest. In ascending the ny ":hich he valued ~t one hundred dol- nJountaius we do nQt speak of to-day lars 1n exchange for It. alone, it beca1ne necessary to stop often CAMP 9G, SEPT. 20 :-Soon after day- to let the teams rest. At such times the light it con1n1euccd raining. On exhib- vvugon vvheels.n1ust be blocked. To do iting signs of ceasing we ~truck our t his a rock had often to be carried from tent and started on our way abont 7 o'- the bu.~e to the top. It seetned like carclock. J:?ut the stonn increased to such ryjng a large rock up a hill to prevent an extent that four 1niles out it -vva.s one fron1 r~lling down. Camped in an found necessary to stop and look up a open section at an early hour driving place on vvhich · to cmnp. We being in but )wJf a day. the deep forest, such a thing vva~ not an CAMP 98, SEPT. 22 :-Crossed a very easy 1natter. The road, not to speak long bridge, over a very narrow creek lightly, was--very bad--even worse as the first moven1ent. Said bridge is than previous ones, n1ade so by rain. a very sleuder, loose jointed thing. The We pitched our tent while yet raining next, several hills caine in the way. To in as convenient a situation as possible, gain the top of the first, the road was clearing_ away logs aud brush to make long and vvinding, going a long distance room, kindled a large fire, and tried to around to gain what is a short distance make ourselves as comfortable as the across, and was infinitely worse than situation of thing_s would allo\v, al- anything yet experienced. At noon though to a certain extent that co1n- left the n1oun tains and descended to the modity, now rnuch needed, had ban- shore of Cmur d'Alene lake and halted is~ed. Fee~ · up the 1nouutain is ob- for lunch. Geographically the lake l~es t.a1ned by cl~mb1ng:. . north and south, the road passing at 1ts . But n?w ~s _no t1m·e, th1s no place. to northern extremity. This afternoo~ the Indulge 111 pnnng at our lot not bc1ng roads were all that could be desll'ed, Notes By t!te fVoy. 47 1 w=r' 'ail ' • _.., __ v f?llowing the course of the Spokane bearing to the north-\vest, until \Ye ha.Yc nver, the outlet of the lake. Passed near] y reached the 48th deoTee of north an Indian burial ground, in a pleasant lati tude, placing us a Jitt~ 111ore than and retired spot ; over . the graves a one degree fro1 u the north boundary of number of s1nall log cab1ns had been the United Stat es. On reacl 1ino- the fererecte~, su.rmounted by a cross, typical ry at 10 o'clock A. 1\J. jt ch~no·ed to of the1r fa1th. w_ e cannot s?'f wh~ ther south-vvcst for but fe\v rnn es, th~n due they ~~anged their superst1t~ous Ideas south, the direct ion we shall keep until of sp1~1t lal?d! for a full bchef. of the reaching vValJa Walla. This section is cathohc r.e~1g1on or not. Can1ped ~nan a _ s~ries of pine opeuing:, abont equally open pr~u1 e, and \Vas favored with a divided between pnd ric. aud thn ber.sun- set VJ.ew. We ~re far fron1 wood !he .season being so far advanced, grass and watei, and feed Is poor and parched. Is withered and almost worthle. ·s. To The sun had long sank fron1 si.ght ere th~ so.ut h-ca .. t the Blue l\Ionnt ain range • we settled down to snatch that h tt1c re- sk1rt the h on~on as a re]jcf to the blank pose allowed us here. appearance ?~the land ·cape. Desccnd- CAl\fP 99, SEPT. 23 :-The praJnC \VC ed a long ]u n n,nd camp~d at itH base were last night camped in, is divided by cl o~e hy a stre~n1 ~1po n mthcr f;ide of a narrow belt of wood , then extend.· \v1nch \Vere t l.uck tHnbcr and l1rush hut along the river banks on both sid es, as forn.ge exceedingly .·carcc. far as the eye can reach. The roads CAMP J 01, F;EPT. 25 :-The count rY were inc?1nparable, and we pushed vvc J_Jissed through to-day \Vas op en an~l along unt1lnoon, at that tin1e arriving rolling, but bleak nn<l barren. I t is a at what vve ~upposed to be the regular great \Vaste of country, (le. titnte alik<' ford of t~e n ver.. But it did not prove of vYater n.n~ feed, iu ftlct anything that to b~, as 1ts bed 1s full of huge bou ldcrs, could 1nakc J t congenial. As far as we 1nak1ng a terrible place for both t cmns h a~e passed over it, it is one vast rocky and wagons. We managed to get two reg1on , un<.l what nat nral ly follo\vs, the wagom over safely; the ren1ainder of roads are the sa1ne. \V c found sarre the party concluded not to venture, but bruRh t o-day ; it is so loug si nee :.c went farther down to either find a better parted .con:pany with the pl ant, t hat vve ford or to the ferry. Two rniles belo\v had quite forgotten it. I t is s1nall and theY: found an excellent crossing. Our stunted, but \Vhat puzzles ns is to knovv fording the Spokane will lon (r be re- how even sage can gro\v here. n1embered, and will not soon ° be re- Sage is a native of, ana thriveR 011 peated in the place \vhere it was effected dry, p arched, Randy soil t hat \vii i not ~o-day. Camped by the river side where produce any other shrub. In fact it ~t r~shes past like a torrent ; our t ent n1ight be said t hat it gro\vs only in sand, Is p1tch~d beneath the branches of a and n1ore prolific -vvhere t hat is deepest; dwarf p1ne. and w b.erever vvater t ouches it in 1nore · than slight sho-vvers, it is sure to be a()' ~AMP 100, SEPT. ~4 :-The day .'vas kille?. I t is _confinecl t o no particular 1 oain ~leasal?-t ~nd bnght. In~n1ed1ate- local_1ty, but Is ~catte~·ed over the couni~ after starting ~n our way this n1orn- t~·~ fron1 the M1s. oun river to the Pa-g we were . obhged to go out of the clfic coast , and \Ve are t old is not lin1- r?ad some d1stance t? avoid ~n exten- ited either nor th or sonth 1 y boundary s1ve stone meadow; 1n so doing found 1 ines. • ~~~';stones in t~~ road. Since entering vV c looked long an(l auxiously for a Lodge Pra,u1e our co11rsc has been ~nitabh"' p1n ce. or any placP to · cnn1p. |