tacoma, the ancient homeland of nearly a dozen indian tribes, including the cowlitz, nisqually, puyallup, and yakima, who called it tahoma, the big mountain where the waters begin. white settlers called it mount rainier. man as john muir: altogether this is the richest subalpine garden i ever found, a perfect floral elysium. the icy dome needs not a man's care, but unless the reserve is guarded, the flower bloom will soon be killed, and nothing of the forest will be left but black stump monuments. coyote: a broad coalition, including the sierra club, the national geographic society, and the northern pacific railroad, worked hard with muir for more than 5 years, and on march 2, 1899, mount rainier became the nation's fifth national park. man: when on the streets i meet young girls and matrons with their kindly faces and see the egrets in their bonnets and hats, i cannot help feeling that these daughters of eve do not know how these feathers were obtained. these plumes only grow while the bird is rearing its young, and i believe that if most of the women who wear them knew they were obtain