New-York tribune., 1841-08-13
OREGON R

umbia and various expeditions the Interior had
given the A,,oriaas idea of the country The whole
is described remarkably rugged aud mountainous
dense OF hemock white and red cedar
cotton wood whe OAK white and swamp ash, willow ano a
few walnut. There j. likewise undergrowh OF areiIat
shrubs creeper- and canbering gne that render the
almost irnpenerab together with berries OF various h
such as gooseberres strawberries rasPberres ooth ' ~
lou very large and finely favored whoebeTres, Gran
berries servc.bcrres blackberrie cuan sioes ana WHO
and choke cherries.
Among the Aoyer vines Is deserving oi Paftcl'a no
,;c Each flower Is composed Of six leaves or Pea47' @ou
81 ;s j.; eng,b ofa beautiful crimson, the inside spot
rcd ,b white Its leaves, of fine green are oval ana
disposed in ,hees TINS plant climbs pom 'ii1 HeeS VIII
ol attaching itself them wne4 IL nus iedc''ed 'e Top
, la,c..s II descends perp?ndIcuariv ana Continues
v,rd from tree tree, until its various stalks III
Irc The yr,ye like the rigging Of ship. The
k of this vine tougher and more flexible than the
;, and ar, from fifty one hundred athon in length
From the 6les he Indians manufacture baskets Of such
cI,se texture as -old water.
The principal quadrupeds that had been BIZ the colo
nts their expeditions the stag flow deer.
hart black and grizzly bear antelope, ahsata bghorn
sea and river muskfat fox wolf and panther
ter ex,remely The only domestic animal among the
natives were horses and dogs.
he country abounded with aquatic and land birds, such
rs swans wild geese brant ducks Of almost every dclp
non ecans hcrons, gus snpes curlew eagles, vuures
crows ravens, mugples woOdpeckcrs, pigeons, pieans
partrdges, grouse, and great variety of singing birds
There were few reptiles; the only dangerous kind the
1aesnnkc. and one striped with black yellow and white
about four feet long Among the z9rd Nind about
nine OF ten nches length exclusive Of the tall and three
inches ia circumference. The tail round auI Of the
same length as the body. The head triangular covered
with small scales green yellow black and blue. Each foot
had five toes furnished with strong nails, probu5y 10 AID
in bnrowing as II usually lived under ground tie plains.
remarkable fact, Characteristic oi the country west o
ihe Rocky Mountains, is the n'n and cquaby OF c
climate That great mountain barrier DIVIDE the
continent into different climates, even IA the same degrees Of
latitude The rigorous winters, and suIy summers and all
the caric0u inequalities OF temperature revuen: ~,
Atlantic side OF the mountains but little felt th-ir
decyites. The countries Letween them and the
Pacific are blessed with nider and seaAitr Temperature
resembling the climates OF parallel aumdes in Europe n
The plains and valleys but litte falls throughout e
winer and usually melts while falling 1t rarely lie, on
grouad than days time except the
mits of the The winters rainy rather than
cold. The rains for five months, from the middle Of October
the middle Of March. almost ncessant, aud
companed with tremendous thunder and lightning. The
winds prevalent this from the South and South
East, winch usually bring ram. nose IRON Tie North
Lhe SoutlWest the harblngers OF fair weather aud
clear sky The residue of the year, from the middle OF
March the middle OF October interval OF months
and delightful There scarceyany rainihroughou
this Tine the face OF the country kept verdun
fresh by nghy dews and occasionally by humid fogs in the
mornings. These considered Preudcal health,
since both the natives and the whites sleep in the open
with perfect impunlty.
While the cquablc and bland temperature prevails through
the lower country the peaks aud ridges o the
,ans by which is dominated covered with perpetual
snow This renders them discernbe great distance
shining times ike bright ummercouds Other times
SURFING the aerial tnts and always forming brilliant and
striking features in the landscape The mild empela-
tme prevalent throughout the country attributed by
10 the succession of winds from the Pacific ocean, extending
from latitude twenty degrees least fifty degrees north
These temper the heat of summer, that in the shade
is ncomoded by perspation they also soften the rig
of winter and produce such moderation in the climate.
thu the inhabitants the dress throughout the
year
The soil in the ncgborhood of the of brown
coler nclnag red and generally being mixture of
clay and gravel In the interior, and especially in the va
leys of the Rocky Mountains the soil is generally back>h
though sometimes yellow. 1t is frequently mixed with mar
and marine substances, oi decomposition. Th.
kind of soil extends considerable depth may be per-
ceyed in the deep nude by ravine and the beds of
The vegetation these valleys much abundant
than the fact is in these fertile intervals,
locked up between rocky sicrra, scooped from barren
wastes that population extend itself were, in veins
and amicaons it the regions beyond the mountain,
should become civilized. Irving, Astoria
CnTrnNprN's Foc,BELr-This appears excellent
invention for avcrtiug danger vessels during thick weaker