Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-10-06

sippi, and yearly one hundred miles fur
Their noylll ,han the city of Qae5ec. The
officers carry with them The seeds and
grains which are expected 10 thrive in
that climate, thai The post uiay have with
IN Itself soa'r resources against the failures
OF contractors. Wheat. rye, barley, oats,
are expected 10 TO we'll there. They NJ
tain perfection ever, AT the earl of SSlkirk :
establishment, on lake ASSiai6oin, ihree
drgree3 further north. The Man,lan Germ
will find Itself IN lis own climate al Me
mouth OF the yellow Stone. In fact. al,
The grains, plants and vegetables, Which
flourish al GHeLec or Noatreai, NAV be ey-
pccted 10 be raised there, a. The climate
IN that interior fegion OF the North Ame-
rlcau continent, is known To be- near ten
degrees niilder than III The same parallel
OH the Atlantic coast.
Our fellow citizen Manuel Liza, SO we'll
known for his enterprise, will precetle the
expedition, TO prepare the Imdiams ior its
reception. he will Guie, their appre!en-
s. ms by shelving the benevolent and bu-
mane intentions OF the American govern
meni f.; aud will silence the B,i,isl, eD.issa-
r.es Who shall represent the expedition
as an act OF war against the Indian ma
t.onS.
The establishment Of This post vii. b.
an arra III the history of the west. II will
20 10 the Source and ROOT of that fatal 3ri
'ish influence which has for SO .nany
years armed the Indian nations arai,,s,
our western frontiers. Ii carries the arms
and power of the United States to the
ground which has heretofore been excl,-
siTc'y occupied by the British North Wcs,
and iiudsons Bay companies, and which
has been Tie true seat of The British, pow
or over the Indian mind. Now The Ame-
r!can arms and the American policy, will
be displayed upon the same theatre. The
North West and Hudson's Bay companies
VIII be shut out from the commerce of The
Missouri and Mississippi Indians the
American traders will penetrate in safety
The recesses OF The Rocky Mountains, in
search Gifts rich furs Il commerce Weld
ing million per Gnanm will descend the
Missouri; and the Indians finding their
wants supplied by American traders, their
domestic wars restrained by American
policy, viii learn TO respect the American
name.
The name of the Yeiio,v Stone rieey will
hereafter be familiar TO the American ear
That 1t stream of It's magnitude should
heretofore have been so little known. is a
How lille has ii been thought That 1900
miles Up the Missouri, ii river was 10 be
found equal i'll length and breadth 10 the
ONO! Yet such is The character of the
Yellow Stone, or Roche-.Jdune, as il was
called by Ike French. One of It's branch;
es, the Eng Hocn, issues from lake near
the peake %! III iiio del Norie on the con
iliIes of New Mexico, and is navieable
for many miles. The Ysiior Stone itself
issues from lake in the Rocky Noun
tains. 1t was descended by captain Cla,k
on his return from the Pacific ocean. He
found II deep, rapid, and navisable from
Tie place here lie struck IL TOTS mouth.
distance of $50 miles. Below the iunc-
ton of the Brig i!oen ihe Width was usu
ally from $50 10 500 yards and some
times "a mile. lnnumerahle were the
herds Of Busa!o, and other game which
ranged upo, il. This abundance OF
game is proof of Inc richness Of the
country. IN fact the traders sneak OF
the face ot the country upon tie Yeilo,o
Stone, The serenity OF the climate, The
rapidly and cisaIness of the waters. in
terms of admiral on.
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