The Delaware register, or, Farmers', manufacturers' & mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1829, 1829-08-08

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count of this territory than have before published
During the three years which he spent the vicinity of the
Columbia Oregon River the cold seldom passed the eez
points, and the heat greater than seventyve
or seventysx degrees. West winds frequent in
spring and the early of summers northwest winds in the
latter part of summer and first of autumn; and south west
winds blow almost continually from the first of October till
the beginning of January which the rainy season, and the
most dsagreeabe part of the year.
The result of several experiments satisfied him that the
land along the Columbia is generally unfit for cultivation,
though the soil every where the same and there
probably places which would yield abundant crops Various
kinds of garden seeds planted by him in the month of
May but though his garden had fine appearance in August,
and the vegetables suffered remain in the ground
til the end of Decen ber still nothing maturity but
radshes, urnps, and potatoes The urnps of pro-
dgou size, of the largest measuring hrythree inches
in circumference, and weighing fifteen and half pounds
dozen Of potatoes produced ninety which planted the
succeeding spring. but the second much colder
than the first that these produced nothing at all.
Cedar, spruce, white pine hemock, &c were the most
rces the cedars being generally four faoms
inches in diameter An immense white pine tree mention
ed which men, standing with their extended
not able to encircle and which upon admeasurement
found to be fony-two feet in circumference!
Wild fruits in abundance to be found from the middle
of June to the middle of October Besides the raspberry
the months of July and August furnish pleasant acid fruit of
blue color, about the of cherry, and another fruit
which grows in clusters ON small bush like the garden
rant which has a fine taste wholesome and may be eaten
in any quantities without injury ckberries, cherries,
ans wild pears and crab apples also found; together
with great variety of nutritious ROOTS of which the natives
duce paste by pounding make into cakes of FIVE six
pounds weight and bake on fiat stones heated in the fire
producing bread almost paatable
Salmon and sturgeon abound in the Columbia River during
certain parts of the year. and these constitute the principal
food of the natives The salmon fishery commences July
and continues until August the latter part of which month
and during September, sturgeon of excellent quality
caught Some of these very large, of which
measured eleven feet and weighed three hundred and ninety
pounds In October and November salmon again to be
had though of different species and quality In the
month of February, small species of fish, of very fine
flavor taken in abundance but these remain only short
time ~
The quadrupeds of this territory the elk, the faow
DEER the bacaed DEER the roedeer, the black BEAR the
brown BEAR the gray bear, the white bear, the WOLF the
panther the tiger cat the accoon the whistler species of
marmo the land OTTER and the otter The gray bear
is represented being extremely fierce and canivorous
The remarkable birds the eagle, the turkey
buzzard the hawk the pelican the comorant the the
heron the the bustad variety of ducks and several
species of geese The eagle called from its having
white head, though the rest of its plumage is of dirty
black
From the Salem (hiass.) Gazette