The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1818-11-11
Erhediti,a 10 ne Ysasv Stone.

ST Louis, Sept. 4--Oo Sunday, the 90
uIt. q bstlsiion OF the iinc regiment, y
\ strong, embarked at Belle Fontsine, to q
cend the Missouri river, to the moath Of n
Ysliow Stone. The expedition is comwsn
ed BY Lieut. Talbot Chambers. The ca
tains. Martin Msgec and Riley; the lieo,eI
ants, Shade, Ciark, Ksvensugh, Fisids Frsl
CTS and Smith, 60 out, with their respeclii
companies. Ia is in,eaded that the exped
tion shsIi encanp during tho winter, sboy
the mouth OF the Kaoses and continuing II
voyage in the spring, shall reach its poini
destination infthe course of next summer.
The Yellow Stone enters the Missouri IL
latitude ~ degrees north, aud in iongilud,
~ degrees west from Washington ci,y
The intended post will be al IT'S mouth. The
y. Sletes will then nave . milissty establish
ment ooe thousand eight hundred miles west
OF The Mississippi, and nearly 100 further
north than The city OF Quebec. The officers
carry with thsm the seeds and grains which
are expected to thrive in that climate, that
the post may have within itself some resource
The failures of Wbcat, rye, bar
ley, and oats are expecrsd 70 do well there.
They attain perfection even a, The Ea,l Of
SsIknk's es,shlishment, on iake Issinboin, 5
degrees farther north The Mandan corn
will iind itselfin lis own climate a, the mouth
Of the Yellow Stone. 10 fact, all tho gFsios,
plants aod vegetable which hso,ish st Que.
bec or Montreal, may be expected 10 be iais-
ed there, as 'he climate In hat interior re-.
gion of tho North American continent is
known 10 be near ten degrees milder than in
the same parallel on the Atlantic coast.
Gu fellow citizens, Manual Lisa, 80 we'll
known for his enterprise, will precedo the
expt diiion, to prepare the Iadians for ils re
cep,ioS. lie will quis, their spprehess ssions,
by showing the benevolent and humane in
testions Of the American government; and
silence the Z, itish emissafies who shall rep
resent The expedition as an act Of war against
the indisa nations.
The establishment Of This post will be an
era in the history Of ihe west. {, will 60 to
the source aud root Of the fatal British IN
hornce which has foe so many years armed
the Iadian nations against our western iron.
nefs II carries the arms and power ol the
United States TO the ground which has here.
tofore been exclusively occupied by The Brit
ish North West and Hudson's Bay conpsn-
les, and which has been the tue sea, Of he
Brllish power over tho Indian mind Now
wilt bc displayed upon the same theatre
The Nor,h West and Hudson's Bay c0mps.
Mas will be shut out ION the commerce Of
this Missouri and Mississippi Indians /; The
a Aaierica0 traders VIII spenetrats In safe y the
recesses Of the Rocky Mounssins 10 searcn OF
its furs "a commesce yielding m,iiion per-
snnuG viii dvsccnd the Missouriy and the
ind'sns finding their wants ssp1iisd by A
m icsn traders, their domestic wars restrain.
cd ~ American policy, viii learn to respect
the American name.
The name OF The Yellow Stone River, will
hereafter be famiiisr to The American car
That stream of its magnitude should here.
toiore have been SO little k1own, Is proof
Of the i'm mensity of our counlry. How liz.
tie has II been thought, tina, 1900 miles up
tho Missouria river was TO be found equal
IN length and breadth TO the Ohio Yet
such is the character Of the Yellow Sione, or
Roshs June, as was called by the French.
Onc Of its branches, the Big tloeo, Issues
from lake near tho peaks o. the Rio dc
Nore, on The conhaes Of New Mesico, and
Is navigsble for many niles. The Yellow
Stone itself issues from lake 10 the Rocky
Mountains II was descended by Captain
Clark on his return from he Pacific Ocean,
tie found It deep, rapid AID navigable from
the place where ne struck IL 10 its mouth,
distance Of $50 miles. Below the junction
Of the Big Hoen, she width was usually from
sOe to 500 yards, aud sometimes m,ie.>-
Ianumerable were the herds Of Buffalo and
other game which ranged upon At. This a.
bundancc OF game Is q proof the richness Of
tho county. In fact the traders speak Of
The face Of tho county rpon the yellow
Stone, the serenity OF the climate, the rapid.
i,y aud ciearness Of the waters, in terms Of
administrator --Enqairer.
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