Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1838-08-11
r,,pE OF OREGON.

] PICTURE OF OREGON {; ss,. Of the
...-ne synopsis, as 49, paoLv
y sSosc suniry, and region OF ',ie l1ocAs
n5 ,.ten from a rcsie" oi a.ne.
% the last H1"''f Of me A'
vo,. reader, n map oi the poE
:.sn, winch stretches westward
~ cou The Council Bluff, on The MIS-
bsc will, the above named work I'D
te, ~ is author III all its Journeylng
~ p 9Th him that iron bound coast,
barriers repel the dark rolling
ssna.'. ,;ch stretch, without an inter
n..d. for FIVE Thousand ih''es, - ."u
What vast extent OF country
Eak,.ed: how sublime the works OF
1, - .s,oupl, which you basc taken your
| ns.l space TO follow our anihor IN the
Me- vanderings. and shall not, there
~ ,o,ice at large of The volume IN
fsn1' 80 but shall cndcavor 10 present.
ssIce', sw some of lis more prominent
snefa, parker was sent out by the A
- of Foreign Missions, and he ar-
. I've been emlneniiy iliihlui 70 ni'
aa,' numerous pcrlIs and prlva'ions,
s'a.'.,orded, not with vain Boosting and
~ hat with becoming inodcsiy and
Esa'n =. descriptions indeed, are 81! oi 'hcfn
essi ao,, being minute or TEDIOUS. Be
L.ass H,hs black Hills, he places before Us
ssss ,o,,;no in immense seas OF vendfue,
ssns'',, of tons OF grass grow up but fo
on h'" 'a.,nd. or to feed Whole leagues oil
sSe high sweep the cool hrcczcs, like
>; os ID of1he ocean, and inio whose green
~ .h,.eyed antoInpes bound away, "'ii
. 's,rg snuff, leaving the Nentes' houn'
sp = the rear. There herd the buff :
s'S '.o,s,nds together, doiting tho land
r.;,y scarce so large as rabbits, whet
distance from some vcrdcnt blum
F|'as the emerald waste. Subliner Tar
more magnificent scale, the scenes d
p,ckv mountains Here arc the visi
s..s Of God. Yonder, mountain above
= peak on peak, ten thousand Ice
~,j. TO regions OF perpetual snow, fis'
go. Of that mighty region. Here th'
ia.,,sads his winding way through pas
arrow that the towering perpendicular
e. - dim twilight gloom upon his path
y : nadav. Anon he emesges, and 10.
ven On. iescends distant mountain, like bel
: = =. sam girjing its giant sides.
" -. hand mountains spread out INTO hori
~ ~ sl.,o.. some roun led like domcs, ans
l y. ,ss,n,,oa,ng in sharp cones, and ahrnp
's's taxing The forms of pillars, pyramids
nm. 40. on the other, vast circular en-
y ...sao,. thrown up by volcanic fires, mark GU
10. r., yasn;eg crater; (which far bclow,pcr
~. . nyef dashcs its way throughout nar
rarky passage, with q deep toned roar, !;
limo mazes, in mist and darkness. FOLLOW
,,racsr. as he dcscends the Columbia, subIac
! winds. rapids aud falls, two hundred mite
INV whites, and amid tribes Of strange In
M speaking Il different language. Her
gIes, stretches n perpendicular basaiic wa
ar four hundred feet IN height, here tonn
oiIiog csldics. and rush the varying currents
! side opens a,icw of rolling prnirics, an
,a,' n rocky vista OF The utncr, raise the Ia
,antasns, mellowed i'll the beams OF 't'
~ sun. Now the traveller passes thro'
Il trees. standing ~ ,hCir natural position
he'll OF the river, twenty feet DC.oW Tn
surfarc. PASSIVE these he comes 10
Of islands laying hg, IN the stream, pile
5. .ofI;.-.auocs of rho natives, filed wit
"A and covered with mats and spit plank
.asN1,. for Z. while at n wharf Of natl:a
~ ha orescn!lv proceeds on his way, glid
o,s a so,emn silence, aud interrupted BY III
Il distant rapid, gradually growing on III
nail the breaking wutct and feathery loal
Dyiew."