. The great Northwest, a guide-book and itinerary for the use of tourists and travellers over the lines of the Northern Pacific Railroad, the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company, the Oregon and California Railroad, containing descriptions of States, territories, cities, towns, and places along the routes of these allied systems of transportation, and embracing facts relating to the history, resources, population, products, and natural features of the great Northwest . aceable. Warbroke out all along the coast, from British Columbia to California, in Indians had some sort of unison,
. The great Northwest, a guide-book and itinerary for the use of tourists and travellers over the lines of the Northern Pacific Railroad, the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company, the Oregon and California Railroad, containing descriptions of States, territories, cities, towns, and places along the routes of these allied systems of transportation, and embracing facts relating to the history, resources, population, products, and natural features of the great Northwest . aceable. Warbroke out all along the coast, from British Columbia to California, in Indians had some sort of unison, and outbreaks were almost simulta-neous for that distance of 800 miles, though some of the more powerfultribes refused to join the alliance, and gave notice of danger. At that timethe Cascades were already important as the portage where all things boundup the river had to make a transit. Suddenly the outbreak came. Theblock house l)ecame the refuge of all the settlers, who were defended bythe male population and by a handful of soldiers, stationed there at the timeunder command of a young lieutenant named Sheridan. So the legend ofthe Indian and the wonders of nature are supplemented by a bit of historythat has for its heroic character the now famous Gen. Phil. Sheridan, whowas a favorite in the country thirty years ago. A little way below the Cascades, on the south side, there is a canningestablishment. Travelers feel much curiosity concerning great wheels that. Multuomah Falls, Columbia River. Oregon Railway and Na-Gigation Company. 241 float on the tide and revolve with the cvirrent. These are a cruel inventiontill- taking tish. As thej- get into the rapids the salmon swim near theshore, and these wheels are placed in their way and take them bodily upwithout regard to size, landing them in great tanks for the use of the can-nery. The quantity of fish sometimes taken in a few hours good run isenormous. Wonderful Scenery.—Soon after leaving Bonneville, a stretch of thegrande
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