Wilderness Courtship
“He had not been able to purchase everything they would need for the final leg of their journey, either, though he had been assured that one of the stores in Olympia would be able to furnish the rest of his gear.Thanks to the needs of the lumbering operations nearby and the brisk fur trade, Olympia had sprung up on the banks of the upper Cowlitz between the river and a snaking finger of Puget Sound. All manner of freighting was being carried on there, both by river and via the sound. To his surp...rise, there was even a newly founded mail service operating by horseback and canoe between the town and the mouth of the Columbia, far to the south.Thorne would have preferred to keep to the water as they had so far, but from here on it wasn’t practical. According to information from the men who ran the mercantile, Rev. and Mrs. White had built their mission farm on the part of the prairie called Nisqually Flats, near Fort Steilacoom. Therefore, the fastest, best access to them was on horseback.Leschi had wanted to tarry with his kinsmen at Cowlitz landing so Thorne and his party had proceeded without a guide.MoreLess
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