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"QYOl-lll Garnish!- can iiussiiie it p111‘: U18 Qulibt‘ Belief ‘workers re- m‘ . .. “The full in vino-fig the do"... means thst the funds on hsnd, and in sight. for student feeding, will care for Ulhy 600 students instead of _1.0ii0 as last year. The dreadful nIternutive-qrlve up your educa- tion or starve~remains for all but, a lucky few of the students of Ger- many.

MORTG

There will be sold by Politic Auction in front of the law com-is nlllmlflli- at" Charlottetown, in Prince Edward Island. on Monday the Zist day of Jgriuairy, A, i)" 192', at the hour of twelve o’clock noon ~AisL THAT parcel of land situate lying and ibeing at Auburn. Town. ship Number Thirtyeill. in Quoenfiq County, Prince Edward Island. bounded and described as follows. being on the east aide oi’ the Mott. agltan Road and bounded on ti“, north by land of Patrick i3, Qujmp on the east by the division lino of Lois Number-s Thirty-six iind Thlr. ty-sevieii, and on the south by iami of James J. Tralnor, and contiim. lug sixty acree of land a little more or 1836, being land formerly owned by George Burnett - and lately by Charles Trslncirv. ALSO Aid. that other tract oi‘ land eitu. ate at Auburn, Township Number

Is Germany Now Preparing‘ ‘Thirty-six aioiesnid. lying on the ~~_e east aide oi the Monaghan Rosd

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. zp-Aiigiaioresald, ‘hounded on the north by triu, although still hungry. is start- land oi John S. Grimes, and on the ing public kitchens and other rc-ieilfll and S011"! by land of Michael lief work for the starving niilIioni-rlliiiriie. and containing fifty scree- oi’ in ‘Gcrntany, because they know land ti little more or less, bBitig ill?" flllflvrlni: IH as nothing cmn-‘iltirt oi‘ trio hundred acres oi‘ [and tiaretl with that of the (levtuan peo-i conveyed by “The Commissioner oi W"- ilulilic Lands" to the late Charles This information has jut-it lJPPDiTFIIIHOI‘ by (iced bearing dim, ti“. “e°°-i"°‘l i" "l9 Allwrlcon Friends thirteenth dav of Mitt-ch A I) “mil” C-“Iiluliiivv hesdiitoiihi-i-‘iiiss: .\iliSO its. that other tract :lnel'(i‘;.erl'xlx"f)zallly(l\lilkcr Rolicf \\'0I'ki3l'$1Iii' land. sittiui-e at Auburn. Town- "iviiiit those last three mfllltllslfillilll) Tl".‘,~;fi‘.i,g,.,,‘.’°w“ggfif have mum i“ "WWW 1m"! i"! iiieiiciiig on the west side‘ of ti“; tragedy flaniini even _ , Dmflme u, German“ ngenséllgléiilgfi: Monsglhiii Rotiihnt the southeast _ ___ n ;_ tointi of James Riel-sh s f-trm, and ‘ '“"_‘“"‘ tlieiici- ivesi one iundrctl chains. In Re Eistfltfl Dqfcas Lilliput-t.- . iiLii eight chains. them-ti Gosbee ciii-ii to siiitl lioatl. and thciice nc-fih

'to llli! plat-c of iaoiiimoni-emciii. The tindereigiieti

.i.-iintnitiiiig oigiity tit-ins oi‘ liind ii Administrator littii- more or lose. being thus des- of the Estate of [Jorcas L. (lounge, crilicil lit it deed iroiii “The Com- Iato Gladstone in King's (lounty in tuisslnttcr of Public Lands" iii Prince Fkiwartl island. widow, here- l-‘raitciz-i tltiltiu. bearing ditto twen- by 11°53" all Persons having iy-st-taoiiil tiny of Nuvc-ttihcr, A. D.. claims against said l-lsinte to pm liitli. 56m l-lle Slime duly attested to the Tilt: above sale is niiide uudi-r ‘lilldeffllllltfd R1 Milli‘!!! ttiveir in and by viirtuc of it power of sale Inns County aforesaid at once, as iroiitiilni-il in a certain iutlenture of the Estate is being closed. hliirlciigv. hearing date the 15th ALEXANDER MAdGCiJSZEEE ilicvvii’ July]. .\. 11., ‘liilll, and iiizitle , m n ra or lli‘l.\\‘i'l‘ll 01in Francis Quinn, of 252-l2-7-4Frl. Auburn, iii Queen's (Iouiity afore- ' "Jill. iiiriiicr. 0'.‘ tlic flip-it pitrt. and i ANNUAL MEETING ci-orui- iiixeii. 0i‘ iiiiiiiiieiii, iii

Quin-it's County iuftiresiiiil, fnrtner, flilil Ada ilixon. of tliv second part, iii-Inuit. having litrcn Illflfli! in psy-

l The Annual Meeting of the Union uiciit of tlic interest secured tlierc- [Dairyuicnb Association will he

H m h d H l ihcid in the hall at Vernon on Tues some i s uce, we reac e arr- . . . . son Lake. a large sheet oi‘ water.|d.'"" ‘Lnmary 8m‘ 1924 at 2 oclock‘

hv into the host] of which empties the;

‘lfor further particulars apply at the office of McLean 8c ihlcKiutioti. Liilooet River. a very swift run-' 5- 5' Mf-LEQD» Prelident "ing anti dangerous stream to nav-

aoliaitors, Royal llsiik Building. igate. We i,'ll8l‘6 tried to secure an A‘ H‘ REYNoLDsf suyy‘

Charlottetown, i‘. E. I. Dated the 24th day of December. Indian pilot. htit could not. as alli575~13-33-lniv\'3i. refused to venture on tho river at‘

A. D.. 1923. GEORGE DIXiON and ADA DIXON Montgagec-s

6T9-12-28-Frl4i. ' ' the high stage of water. The cur- y‘ _“‘ rent ivas thought to run at about fourteen knots. and wo at first de- a e cidetl to wait there until the ivatcr - in the river subsided. but nt ihc end of three ilays found the water _ still rising. cimsctl by snow melt.- lng on the mountains. Before loav- ing Whatcom we had strengthened our canoe by inside rib-work. and let one rib on each side of t-hc bow extend sonic eight iticlies above 111B ilunwnic. We also secured. by the advice of tho Hudson Buy offi- ccr to whom l have referred. ii strong tow line of some two hiin- dred feet iu length. It being quitt- llllllussible to propel thc canoe llilulnst the current with paddles. \\'c hitched our line to one of iltc projecting ribs at the bow. With Jack Wontwortii. an experienced bontiuun in the stern, and another at the bow, we started to asccnd onc of the most difficult streams iii that country.

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making our craft sssworthy satin. This was accomplished b7‘, l9 Ills" some gum from the trees and ‘pins- teriug it on strips of cotton (part of our teiiti: this. 119911911 1n I heated condition over the rents in the canoe. tunde it strong and ws- let-tight.

The following day. as we passed along on the hunks of the river. we noticed the earth torn up in places similar to rootlni; by hogs. some gum from the trees andpisst A lithie beyond we saw a email en- closure. which. thougb very rude in appearance. struck us as being made by human hands. it ‘via’: without covering and the sides were oi’ old bark and rotten wood.| in looking into it we found the l most horrible sight Ihad ever seen.- There were three squaws. one of middle age, and two much younge , and description fails to give a cor- rect idea of the terrible state of their wretcheiiness and want. They were naked. as when horn. and were skeletons in the Inst stages of starvation. It were they. no doubt, who had torn up the ground we had seen and had been searching for tender roots of some kind to appease their hunger. lt was tlicuitht by us that the

Adventures in British ciiiiiiiibii. Years Ago!

Mr. c. C. Gardiner. of Thll Ihd Published by the calendar" Nuwlvlr" l" Charlottetown on December 24th. W“ .-.Q-Q-§Q§-Qm '*“ whet-e my curiosity was stirred st seeing one of the oldest trading posts of the Hudson Bay 00min"? on the Pacific. That which con- stitutes the fort is an enclosure made by large, square timber, set In the ground. about fifteen feet in height, with port-holes for small arms on either aide. In this an- ciosure are about tweui-Y-"VB bum‘ Inge, made of large loge. Willi 1'00" covered ‘with bark. These build- ings are used for tho officers and their families. stores. store-bottsea for furs. cooper and blacksmith shops. etc. etc. The fort thud! 0H the hank of the river and is for the protection of the Company in case of an outbreak with the Indians. During our stay there. what is cul- led the brigade train arrived from New Caledonia, a country situated treat and at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. lu this train were hundreds of trnppers and as many smal-l Indian ponies. Each pony curried two large bales of furs. which were stored in the ware- houses, nnd made ready for ship- ment to IAJIIIlOH. In the COIIIDEIIYH vessels-sine Otter and the Beaver. which were then lying in tho rlvcr. Thousands of bales of furs were to be seen in the furhouses. skins oi every species of animal which cnn- tribitte to thc Hudson Bay Coni- paiiy-‘s trade.

0n the arrival of the brigade. train, a hall was given as an tin» nual welcome to the trappcrs, flu-l great number of furs brought by them going to prove )heir last years sticccss iii trading with the Indians iii that desolate country. To this fiititlaugo we ri-ceivetl an iii- vitiiiioti and iiitcnileil with plen- siire. and were not a little surpris- ed tit siicitig the company, coin» pOSPil of so ltetcrogeituniis it kind. Tiieri- werc English. Scotch. French. Kaiiiickns uiitl ltulf-brt-eils by many different crosses, iiiid so thoroughly iitixcil iii with tho mi- tive Indian that it would he diffi- cult for ll well versed zooiogist to decide what kind 0f people they were and what ri-lution they more to each other. 'I‘iic officers’ ivives living lit the fort ircre sqiinws aiiil their children scented docile and intelligent. The ball was conduct- ed with the best possible decorum. .tlte music sweet. from the violin played by a iialf breed. and the‘ dancing performed in a gracefull manner by the Indians and half- breeds. who acted a prominent part. We retired to our camp t ‘mldtiight, leaving t-hem still enioy- ling their mirth to the fullest ex-

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When a you»; you,» CD66. it is putnmic auu sppeaiing enough, An uni humans ttuie uh: hiesisuulc, "Rt-e l5 wuiatuing so imiuitei; wlwhinx wooui. the iaci that lgu, which enviuu have peace, has ouiy sorrow.

men Claire, whine sympathies were not her strongest point. was touched so that site too, teit her eyes grow wet.

She begun toidefeud herself. "it's not my fault," she said, and repeated it seveial times as though repeti-uion mttet carry conviction. "ion don't understand. soiyve never tried to u..deis.aud. Thats why 3w are hating an this trou- ble now."

"I've done nothing else but tiny to understand," .\ll‘a'. Taibot ane- wered. honestly believing her words. "All this Winter and Spring I've done nothing but try to adjust niyseli to the views oi my children. They all think they know‘ more about .\ile than I do, and I am older and theirmother."

Tears were flowing met still; Claire too. was wiping her eyes. "It's not my fault." Clailre went on. “Listen, ill tell you where you have been wrong.“

There was an lnamticiilate sound from the motiit-i. But she ll-qlifi no objection.

"You think I've been a had wife to Luther," Claire began. "1 haven't When I met hint, Luther “'38 just a tunny. nari-ow-inindeil man vizith- out any experience of tit-e city at all. except ivlizit little he got at col- lcge—atid he studied too hard there to meet anyone or to I-oarn anything but his lessons."

“Seems to me he could get along ivitliout all this ‘experience’ you cull being brontI-mltitled." Mrs, Tal- bot interrupted viciously

“You can't-and live in the city." Claire answered patiently. "They used to call hliu ‘the preacher‘ hc- cause he looked 5I)—-Wl0“. they said ‘sanctimonious.’ But i-l-iked him.

"Anyway. we were lflfliffled. lie was pure gold to all the men l had ever known. And he did mo a lot of good. l-le made mo see that things could be-ddeal, the way we read about them in novels. And I made hint go around and to purines and gave him pleasure-that was something he had been too busy and too poor to know anything about before. The poor boy ihad never been to a really ifnlvoious party in his life before I took him to one.

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_'wltt\ Corinne Griffith us Countess lattiuny.

BVNOPSIIB _ A" New York ma", l. talklugfoalieranoxtnoéil: biy her old friends of the beautiful young woman who“, “i. c: e‘ u? :5,“ it?“ mo? has been seen at every first night. ‘um? W H‘ 5',“ v 3 ‘Mr performance recently. She is saidldaughwm in“! by, ma?’ Pmers “h? m be the ‘mag? u! Mary Ogden‘ amadte up for latk of tiadition by belle of thirty years ago who had married u Count Zaitiiiny: hut all attempts to establish her identity Drove futile. (havering. a news- paper columnistfinaily manage; to meet her snd Immediately fails in love. As time goes on he dist-ow ers that she reciprocates his feel- intr. He asks her to marry him and this finally forces her to reveal her Identity. She herself is Mary Ogden. restored to youth by the famous Stcinach gland operation. Summoning all her courage shei pours forth to (‘layering the whole story-mi her girlhood. her unhai»; py marriage with Zatllsny. hcr‘- "illl-W-qllent love affairs abroad, of“i'“““‘ "M . , r her war work and its toll of barium‘ m“ ‘Mk ‘t “a “ mm“.- 0 Ihealth mm nun"), n‘ the amazmgiciiiii-si-s. The radiant happiness iopemtion which has brought backJlllltl IVuFSBGMSFG h-s-r. rcftisini: as ha], youth or body “- m” of mlm} slic did to look into thc- future Cmvarlng is shocked by the revel!” with its menace to those-bulb dut- flon. bu! an," in lovm liesoflii-i‘ former dcdicstiiin—i-li-ar. Ne“ morning he receive! a sum_;shsirp. yiithlcss chiliiri-n 0f her [nous from his om friend. Mrs-'\\l'fllil——hfif only enlianci-il Milli lit-r Ullethorpe. a contemporary of; stir“); hmtiiegii. She i; won-teit o er a er ran a . Jane,’ who hi? dgvmreg ‘flgstfig: shi- w... t...» hoop;- it. he him-ii. shi». [enflon of marrying wavering‘ Jim rvcn bllllllfPd into it with yiiiithftil Qg1elhorpe_ whm m a tardy ab relish. l-‘or tlii- first ‘time in licr lvlfl‘ temp‘ at discipline‘ has locked his ghp was u! pPaCP with licilscif. lelic unruly daughter l“ her room‘ was not Iii pcncr- when flavoring bin-gm in with me flaws ma‘ Janet marl.- lm-i- ti. iior, for from it: but hug egcaped_ After a“ “usuccesk site vnjiii-i-il with iill the zest of 9i [iii march o; Janet-s “Bums elm tin-man with hcr first’ iovi-r. and vet-lug and Qgimhorm, proceed ‘oilillllffllhifll! r-f the limitlllsfl _ llill‘ clavermgvg rooms__a“d ‘hem ‘hewtntitaliziii: prcliitiimiry to fruition. (ind he“ Her Nun u) farce Cm: Ho“. could shi- |~\'Pr IIHVI- bi-lici-ctl veflng u) nmrry he‘. by being ncomdtliut lint‘ iiiiiitl was old’! She turned promiggd" t5 compieteh. frufltratedllll‘? iitinginatiiin away front that by her (“net's present?’ and shelloiigzi- in ilic Dvlrimltcs. uiid bi-licv- it! wild fury. N91] itrtvns bot-nus; tlic prcstlmt Vvlltli Qonflnued its happiness nit its i-xc tcnicti s sufficed licr. XXXVI Rioreini-r, she tvns linviiir: mic nnvcl "XPPTlPIIUE that afforded licr lie left licr at tien oklock, nndimucii diversion. Th:- newspapers the next morning rose at sevoiiiivcrt- fiili iif hcr. it tflnk exactly and went to work at once on iiigfiive days iirti-r Mrs. ogisthnrpws piay. He chose the one that hadlliinchenn for the story she had the greatest emotional possibili-itold there tn mo». dtiwli to mini ties. Gora Dwight 113,41 mid him Riwv. oiiit itltlioutzh she iviiuiii not 7-1111!- he Dillii. learn to “exterpaiizg consent to he intcrvlcwcd. there hi8 GIDOUOIIB." and he 1511 phat were double-pum- storics iii the here was the ivupremg oppQi-umjug Sunday’ issues. embellished with Never would he hflvg more tui-ggp snapshots iind a. photograph of‘ ‘i Ji-rsr- Cow. Re . in calf 35 Le - , . . ‘ l ‘ f.°.“‘;.‘i”t..‘.f;“l3€. ‘:t.."‘::;'"~..: ‘eh-isntr-i Manure S read» -. ' - _i- -- '. “at of Pin Hat-rows. 1 get offal?) ofrefihaiifirugffillchwéllig ‘TTPDrHrfPU nvEr‘\k'6~\’l\\:‘i:\:‘(\ svilfftsfr.‘ as $5.11 iariilaggealrllceg 2g]: r Still"! ‘Moth Hflrmiih. 1 o“; and wok a [Qng wain- bu; Unfit, hlivluirists endocrlnuln- gy dirty bounding houses and lDB-‘B S h‘ wavy _ v __ . > l‘ _ _' v _ - - I ellingham Bay, and. to our ns- . 0* m" " , E H" Frame, 1 Gram 318- - My“! fltllalllyt-l etiafebtlre- “ $1“ N k raw d‘ “hum: Thgmh: pxerey, com o 8 86 "ituent. continued with American en- , it... fly pan"... 1 59¢ of‘ sated w‘ , i‘? t an,“ s.“ Zn ,.:,,nm,,..,,,,..,,,.,. Lhvtruct ;n“,,,'.,_i “,5! T “mt hm m a re m thafltcrprise, had already two towns in ‘WOC. m,‘ 1 wire whpevl a’- Whe“ “fin-K °" 9 DBY 9 ~ - Icuinr- You“ had ‘time m r‘ Alt-nurse oierection, v11... Sealionio Hqhhwr THe-.wag°n_ 1 - ‘m-s r eh“ ‘Y mm?“ 5° e ~ and W-hatcom. The latter there 1W Tm wagon 1 set or Bob i Bu)’ Q "m “E 9- _ _ was some talk of incorporating, it -' ‘ i 9my'_l Wwll-‘e Yfiueit“ “ml being then about four weeks‘ old ‘Willhb 1 B“ 5M5“- 1 "t °fl inotihing to do all day. i wanted Hun" ,1 t . , w i. h d -' Tmmflamau- 1 "t i" Dflvinl‘ things Luther couldn't afford but! l. e B D m“ ere p c e m - .every direction and a great amount gifting. assent Separator. F°rk5‘| -l was willing to work to get them. o; gambiing Wm, do“, in ... -. I ~ "*3 -_ l‘ “Bi \ I didift want him to work haii-der 00m restaurant and aeceuiue gnfhsehiiigt- Segélasélg-Sl/i lfvgllagiftiol- ggilééigiéflmlléiéléléiplaftti. Some thousand oi‘ h... .. aoo bushels of Turulpe 5 iiiistiei 13...... o ‘ “ ',:‘:'°,'0‘,"“,‘,',:"g,‘“ ‘h“hff*"°“ -~ ' H - ‘ _ ii . I ow ng w c way "liziiifiofoolgbharsburnlture —Range s Yzgillsalmlbglllnliiil? utaltixtfngdyatoo to get w the Bu“, digging‘ Fmseri Modern Alaska Washing fMachine dgtltliltf an?! ling and) show mywif mwr was m m“ “God and mum and Wrlnger and all other articles logpiwcaus: rm an 1ctr9ss lfpldl not be ascended for n“ next ‘w "(it meflnmled 5519 POBlV-lffi Ill) been a clever seamstress and hail months a sufficient distance m’ rémrve ' d emu for oiher‘ "vomen w reach tho mines, the current run- ’Term.s of farm at Sale of Stock on)? s lg v0 would have “mg so swm through the mg ca” , ' i m“ '3 a" new“ ~ “_ _ cn-formed rapids that no craft 0%.. 12 months on all sums over flppIPOi/ed of that as being good. could navigate ‘mm,’ 6 V" cent M’ 1°" cash- n ‘I'd bee" able 1° Pamt- Yo“ wmlm Nevertheless. tinny miners form- stormy sale) ca, flastefgiéadgé. not have tlhought it xviclficil 0:; me ed companiem ’,,ec'ured canoes’ m" ' ' n m iiiieiii ‘ti, ifs? i" °'°"'“'°"s “"" “mm” w “"’"‘ J A. McOONALD Auctioneer and could have ihoeln’ 2i doctor‘ the" way as t“ a“ possible "m" séalzaafit t - would _ have “w m u “nicked the great rush of waters stilisiileil. _ lou- \ liltlror ‘noun,’ Others waited to go by trail. ivliich Olulgfitiaxéggi gm mm“ I-éim was being cut tlirottgh the country Imam“ m ham” a ‘Hue 8mg aucross the Cascade liioutitiiitis to “we gm‘ ‘émk may m nine), w” the Tlioiupson Rivcr tit the cit- . i _ WI‘ T‘ ‘ t, x _ n) pcnsc of some town lot sticcitlators llllllc V“ 11 WMQ- b “l ‘infill i‘; l‘ who were determined to have the feesion ills‘ *“L“:“° muwashilg “is depot and centre of trade on Amer- bmlde" Dr,“ r5 ~me other w” lean soil. The balance of the min- Lilli?!) pitfffssz‘; iciiotzvwicked of inc firsmyerc ‘M100? m oxpmfim‘ ‘he - ‘c er~or ‘run, to want to do the oiilylillllili; 1 ca“ justly say. thli? WlJIPz~Of Tglflii slig- dq.‘ than it i8 if" f‘)- um, m his fllf-igllfllFtl with the chance of A5 T" 1'31“? 13°F}, “hehheqzazed getting to the New Eldorndo. re- llilnk e0 h CR9 —- all? -ca-remmj solved to return to California. The ffl1<>°9111K_ h‘? alrlwrlitrms mm; more determined attd those who ‘(fizzl- Eilimit l,‘ peléme‘ an!“ ‘have persisted in getting to ttlic mince, What managers can ,8 ‘following, irilld that In due time. chose in pre- does not muw. an erencc what was culled the Harri- Qtii-erwise she 1 e she m“ m son-Lillooct routo and the only one “he 10895 h" W“; - who wm'bm, then feasible. though tniiny ‘Ilfld FM" 1°“ vihveiipuf, m), Mm“. he‘, doubts and ihougiirit impossible to igahfimigdiee ‘ e’ “ ‘ Iimsk file stuniiiies lilicrossh the Cas- ~ cii e oun a ns, w er - "4 ‘Md kmw I; lolinggpfiigzle‘ mo‘ dinn trail was Sllllfmfltelfltlg glllzlhlnl Wnllved Llli-hefl 1°d that everyfnlan’ received tho information front an But Luilicndec to] Me bee“ l" ‘on, officer of the liuilson Buy Coin- i ever knew inuetllmu‘ ‘he m love‘ puny that the trip would ho hard wiiih me. or mlll-“ld gt mist "wk and iliitigeroua front the rapids on with nw- "Q i m" m was M. the piiieoiiet River llllll the hostil- uimlg“ x ‘waded m‘ of ‘some iti/ of the Indians". nevertheless one vii fill “i \“°"‘"e"°“ might he iictiotaplishcii. My part-

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Having recently returned from British Columbia and informed my- self to some extent concerning the fiicllillel! of obtniuin! sold in that New Eldoraiia. I have decided ‘to write some particulars of my pros- pecting trip. for publication‘ in your paper. for the benefit of In! (riends, and the people of Prince Edward Island generally, if any there be who ttpropse gain! l0 "i" iilfrflfi country.

About the first of they 1w R great excitement was created and rapidly spread over California. Ore- gon, and Washington Territory. proving equally infectious to men of all vocations. that gold in 8W8! abundance had been found on the Fraser and Thompson Rivers in British Columbia. i. helm: like many others. of a eotuewhat excit- nble ilisposition. left on the twent- ieth oi’ May a mining camp in the interior of California and proceed- ed to San Francisco. where I found the excitement even more intense than in the mountains. the great- est uPCdGIICO being given '10 the stability of the reports,~—they going‘ itnaniniousiy to prove that the min- es could not be surpassed in rich- ness with solii. My partner and l, after no little consideration res- pecting the most acceptable route to the new mines. took passage OII the ship (Toliinibiu to Portland. Oi‘- egon. and after u voyage of seven days IIFHVQII there. We found it to be it sniiill town. built amongst the sititups on Hi0 banks of tlic Willaitieut River. From there we hail plunncil to go north. via the Dulles, that being it rouic by triill across Oregon and Washington Territory to the Tliottipsou River in the British DOHSBKBiOfh-s, but learned that Colonel Stcptoe. with ii company of Vtiitcd States i-"olil- lerti, hail jusi hecti repulsed with considerable loss by the Indians. who were reported i0 he very hos- tile all through that section of lite country. That route being hazard- otis. wi- concluded to cross the country Ironi Portland to Olympia in Washington Territory. This journey. very long and tiresome. we itiade chiefly by triill. packing our grub and blankets, finding our way as best we could, anii camping where night overtook us. From Olympia, where only a doxen or so white people lived. we took puss- tige on a small craft to Port 'i‘nwti- sand, and on the way called at mi Indian Rancliarc. named Seattle. Front Port Towsand we sailed to.