Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-10-12

cling to our readers the following articles,
the one exhibiting in most interesting
! light the yastness Of the yet UNEMPLOYED re-
eions of The western world. and the other
the richness of the fund which the United
States possess in their millions of acres oil
unappopriated territory.
EXPEDITION TO THE YELLOW STONE.
81. Louis, September a.
On Sunday the 30th inst. a battalion OF
The rife regiment, 800 strong, embarked at
Beie-Fontaine TO ascend tie Missouri III
yer to tte.mouth Of the Yellow Stone. The
expedition is commanded by Lieut.. Col.
Talbot Chambers. The captains Martin,
Magee and Riley; the lieutenants Shade,
Clark, Kavenaugh, Fields, and Francis
Smith, go out with their respective COM
panies. II is intended that the expedition
shall encamp during the winter at the mouth
Of The Kanses and, continuing its voyage
! in the spring, shall reach its point Of desfl.
nation in the course ofrext summer.
The Yellow Stone enters the Missouri in
! latitude 48 degrees north and in longitude
81 degrees west from Washington city
| The intended post will be at its mouth
| The United States will thenShave militia
~ establishment one thousand eight hun.
dred miles west of the Mississippi, and near
| " one hundred miles further north than the
city Of Quebec. The officers carry with
them the seeds aud grains which are ex.
pected to ;rive in that climate, that the post
may have within itself some resource a.
gainst the failure of contractors. Wheat,
rye, barley, oats, are expected to do well
there. They attain perfection even al the
earl OF Selkirk' establishment on Lake As.
siniboin, three degrees further north. The
ManGan corn will find itself in its own cli-
mate al the mouth of the Yellow Stone. In
fact all the grains, plants and vegetables
which flourish at Quebec or Montreal! may
be expected to be raised there, as the eli.
mate in that interior region Of the North
American continent is known to be near ten
degrees milder than in The same parallel on
the Atlantic coast.
Our fellow citizen, Manuel Lisa, so well
known for his enterprise, will precede the
expedition, to prepare the Indians for its
reception. He will quiet their apprehen-
sions by showing the benevolent and hu-
name intentions of the American govern.
lnent and viii silence the British ennis.
saries who shall represent the expedition
as an act Of war against the Indian nations.
The establishment of this post will be an
era in the history Of the west. II will 60
to the source and root ofthe fatal British in
fluence which has for so many years armed
the Indian nations against our westernir
tiers. II carrieSthe arms and power OF the
United States to the ground which has
heretofore been exclusively occupied by
the British North West and Hudson's Bay
companies, and which has been the true
seat of the British power over the Indian
mind. Now the American arms snd the
American policy will be displayed upon
the same theatre. The North West and
Hudson's Bay companies will 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 Of its rich fur;
commerce yielding million per annum
will descend the Missouri and the Indians
finding their wants supplied by American
traders, their domestic wars restrained by
American policy, will learn to respect The
American name.
The name of the Yelloy Stone river will
hereafter be familiar TO the American ear.
That stream Gifts magnitude should here
tofore have been so little known is proof
Of the immensely Of our country. How
little has II been thought that 1900 miles
up the Missouri, river was TO be found e.
qualin length and breadth 10 the Ohio? Yet
such is the character of the Yellow Stone,
or Roche jaime, as il was called by the
French. One ofts branches, the Big Hoen,
issues from alake near the Rio del Norte,
on the confines Of New Mexico, and is ma
vigable for many miles. The yellow Stone
itself issues from lake in the Rocky noun
tains. 1t was descended by Capt. Clark
on his return from the Pacific Ocean. He
found il deep, rapid, and navigable from
the place where be struck it TO its mouth, a