Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-08-02
PIcyEURE-OF OREG0NY

The t0lioMiuet synop>is,' as III wore, of
he great Oregon CouU!ry, ..ansl .rsaioR Of
st,e Rocky Mountains, is taken 'fipm as.re.
view Of Patkers recent work Il, lhelast MIN
ber of llle knicler,0cker: -a.
"Sprtad. before YOU: -reailer, asRIap
OF that portion of this coutinent: W Aich
stretches westward rr0ul a line wu6.sihe
C"u CHI hluils. on 'lu. Missouri 'River.,hht
with Tho above .n:nmed word. IN yonr. ka,Y,l
hll.wf!s ;tli ir all his iourD .Vjniss. iiuti
You rcuch'.wiih .htu,. that iron bound. caiaa,,
where no!urtai,i bqrtiers repel the. DARK
rolling waves Of the Pacific. which Stretches
wl!!h"ut an: intervening SLANT, /; fof + 5.uoy
m'lo, t" thc,G"ast of Japan. .Whai d ga,r
eNtcn of country you haze iraycrsa.l; how
suhl'pcihe works .of:the Cyealor;, :tliruuii56
which You have takcm Nour:wayi Wefack
l;sphce J." follow our author in:the. detail Of
his Ehr waudrrins~. and shall. no, .heretu>.
n'to'nra Il, ,l"'irc ~ larGe l,,ie volume, ,u1.-
der consideration lnI' shall n,uiaavor .tGrnrc.
sent. in AGA ral virW,. some of ilssSito1fe
pr"n''lrnt features. Mt. Parker 'was Isent
"u! ~ the Anerirau. B"ar,! Of E.oreicn.Mis
SONS, an' II" ;ipnearS To have bccn e,pinent.
y ia,lhtul .t" his trust, nn,lls, numerous
prrilS and pr'vatlons, which are. recoflr,i,
NOT with vain hois,inG AMI exasaerafion.
hn'-wI1h bee 'lnins n'plrs,y and ,.,reyi,x.:-
lis descriptions. Indeed, are all 6f them
gfnR''"' without being ynimu!c. or iedf,us
Before r''nc'i:'" III" Black Hills. he places
hc1urc u the pr;lrirs r"linn in in,insn,c
seas ot Irr'l"r" TN Which millions of ions n
grass grow Up hnl I" roi ON The ground. or
I" ''cd whole leagues of ilahe: oyer winch
sweep The c"h hreeZ"s. like The trade winds
OF the ocean, ANIL mo whose cool recess
hrioh, nNnI IL,
malt wh'~''ng snnti: leaving the iIeeiest
ii"n "a h"rrl'ssly III The rear. There herd
The haiinlnc>, hv thonsamis ,,S c e,ilcr,. .dot,inr
The landscape, seeming scarce rs trs,- n,
rabbits, " hen surveyed at n.tliStance from,
sonic v'rdnnl hInlt. swelling IN lie rrneraIh
waste. Snhii!ncr. far, in'i upon Il ,nijrr
magnificent scale, are the scenes ailonu
the Rorkv mountains. sIcrc are the visible
in"t,lcr, of God. Yonacr mount in above
mountain, peak above peak, ten lhous md
Zee, hr;ivcnward. To regions uEsnernei,aI
slr"M. rise the 'I'itnu> of ilai mi. re:i.n.
Here the traveller threads his wiu;iinr. w,y
through passages 50 inrrow. thai The .,ow,
erin" perpendicular cliffs throw a dim iui.
liyh gloom upon his path cvcl, at mid,,la
An'u ho cmerSrr, and To- Il cararact de-
Srcnls a tli>lani mountain. like a bell of
snowy io:sm. 'gir'lin. its giant sides. .:Ou
one H. nd. .mountaIri~s spread nui inro hnriznn
tai plains, some roUndcd like ,l,.lne,, and
others terminating in short cones. and all
rupt cminrncr-. taking the form, of piHars.
pyramids and cafes; 1.-The other, VAST cir
f"I;ir enIh ,nk nirnts, thrown NJ, liz voIcnhie
fires; mark uuLllm site ~ II yauuiua crs,,r.
Win o far hcluw' perc!,ance, Il river ',lasn..s
IFS way uir1tgh Il ufrcnv. rocky passn.e.
with Il decp-tnn.d roar. in Winding mnzes
in mist and darkness. Follow the yovaprr
as he dcsconds the 'Columbin, suiiIact. to.
winds, rapids, and Ealls.:tw hundred miles
from. any whiHs, and amid tribes: of savage
In f!a'iSi. all speaking different lanauaee,N
Here for miles: stretches II perp. nlirular
hasaitlr will. .ihsre. or four ltur.lcd feel in.
l'ti"hth :Ihcre foam 'lle l,uIli,g t,Idies. and.
rash the var, IN. t.rgcntS:. on une side OPENS
>. Ht;W soty rdlliua .praliies; and lhfpnaal. q.
7eeI vsrT = .sse C,5
taiif, meliowed i'll the bc;rns of the uit,rning
sun. N"" the traveller passes Through !,
forest OF trees, standing, IN !hair natural pn
siti"n>; il, the bed Of: the river, twenty iccI
hc'"" the waters surface: Passing frsc,
he comes 10 IL group ut islands. living huI,
III the stream, piled with the rn.lin-.r,nurS
Oi the nhrive~, filled with their ilca /. AMI
covered Alth mats and split plank. lie an ::
rhns Tor IL while. at II wiltli If n;i,nral ba
slli, bh' presently prdceeds on hi, wav,. III
din" now in solemn silence, ana now inter.
rnpIcdhy the roar oI,ad distant rapid. rlh-
ally growing on the ear. ,inI,i Tie hrrakin.
wnlrrand tenIhcrv foam arise 10 the view
Pan,ins under II rorkv cavcrn by the shore
'iorr.d OF semi :circui;lr misses WHICH have
">erhr""rd The stream for ages. '.1rnwnine
'rrr'hlr, impossible 10 Climb he aw ait; r,.
morning: listening dnrn" The nighlcwatches, :.
to hear 1hc distant 'iIls. -.