Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1843-08-29
The Region Of the Ore;on


has an article Of Which a considerable pog-
ton is devoted TO the description of .hc Orc
gon Territory. Some passages will be
interesting to our readers.
THE LAST OPPORTUNITY or CoLoNIz.-
rIoN.-.-llowcvcr Paradoxical the assertion
may appear, this is tie last corner OF the earth
lett free for the occupation OF Il civilized race.
when Oregon shall be oolonizcd, the map OF
The world may be considered as hllcd up
The romantic days in which every new adj
ycnturcr saw, III the first green shores which
greet him. the nursery oil some new empire 10
be called by his name. arc gone forever.
The world has grown "a in the last two hun
drcd YEAR, more rapidly than IN The proceed
inp two thousand. Our future conqucsts
must be over the power OF the other elements.
Earth has little more surface TO dispose oil. OF
Australia We know nearly all that will ever
be worth knowing and, although there Is
room enough there for great multiplication
of inhabitants. there are no pew spots oil val
ne for the foundation OF fresh colonies. Oi
the beautiful Islands OF the Pacific, the love-
hest and tie largest are already appropriate
ed. Asia belongs TO another race. The vast
and tempting solifudes o. South America II
ford room Tor Empires: but their ar brcathes
death to the northern colonlst. The only re
gion of any extent OF temperate climate ana
agricultural capability, which sill invites
swarIns from the old hivcs OF mlnAiud, Is that
which stretches along the west cotst OF Amer
lea, between the extreme seitlcmcnls Oh t'c
Mcxicans and those oil the kus-ians. Tor
merly this coast was nearly inaccessible ~
ing TO the windward OF the steadily eastern
currents OF ir, 1t was oil difficult ana uh'Cl-
tain approach and the seas which wash 1T
were unknown To commerce. Now steam
will render it aPproaciiable ut every sci'oA.
and from every quarter. HE noun OF inc
Columbia is but eight or ten days SAL rom
thc Sandwich Islands now IL well known ~
the Azores. and Is much visited by Europe
an and american vessels. This country once
settled. will command the Pacific. Ii will
communicate directly with New Zealand,
australia. and China and should The transit
across the lsthmus of Daricn be effected, 1t
will be within forty or fifty days voyage OF
from the shores of Britain.
Cor>ruy MD pEorLE or OREcoN.-
..Such j. Oregon, land of magnificent scene
~. and 4 healthy climate OF limited a@ri-
cultural cap ,bilitics, with Il large proportion
ot unproductyc soil. but with fertile ground
cnouah 10 form the home OF a new nation :
moor IN harbor.. and deficient IN naNlgahlc
rivers. but vet by no means inaccessible, ANA
possessing IN admirable geographical s'tu'i-
ton for commercial purposes. The tribes oil
Indians which wander over It's surface arc
few in number, chiefly sub,i,ting by salmon
fishing and on roots, and very inferior IN Phy-
sicaI powcr and in icrociou- cncrg, To Their
brethren of the Prairics. But ior this very
reason. they offer less Instructions 10 the OPP
crations oil the colonist !; and. 1t must DC ad'i-
ed that their simple. inoiicnsve habits oi ne
are found To be accompanied IN many cases
with "A moral elevation. which ranks them III
the scale of humlnit, far above most sa'aS-
Is: and forms hut too striking contrast to
the moral, and habits of the wandering
whites and haI-brccd, who visit them IRON
the East. No race of M appears to I've II
IN much consciousness, OF the Immediate pre-
scncc of the invisible world. Simply TO cal
these people religious. Irving says, IN inc
character of Captain Bonneville. speaking o
some tribes west OF the Rocky Mountains
would convey but faint idea OF the dcci
hue of piety and devotion winch pcrvades tho
who'll. OF their conduct. They are more like
a nation of saints than herd OF savagcs.
Among such people n these. the cNcruons o
Il few Mi sonaric> have met with rather NOR
than usual success but cNtcruin.'.'oh tFeid
rapidly on their heels. thri,uah INDIANS ar
found here and there up the widest valley
of the tributarc, of the Columbia. 'Cnckie.
a Skyusc. who accompanied Mr.. farilam a
a guide. not only said his prayers moInin:
and night but was in the daily habit OF u
ing small mirror. pocNct-comb. soap and I
towel in ms travels union of riety viii
cleanliness rarely to be found. We >uspcc
among tho most gifted brethren OF the church
Is of the States.
AT present the only fixed Inhabitants
this vast wilderness. may be SAID 10 be ta'
people of the iIudson's Bay Company a
Fort Vancouver. and a few hundred Enslisl
and Americans chiefly men tired with tn
wandering life of the deserts. who have e.
tabIishcd themselves rs agricultural settlers Il
the valley of the Willamette. near the mouth
OF the Columbia. They have at present NJ
governmcnt-hcing recognized neither sub
iccts neither of Britain of the tnite'
States-but are demanding loudly. accordln:
to Mr.. Farnham, to be included within tn
boundaries of the great Republic
PowEa OF THE IIuDsoN's BAY COMPANY
-"Fcw among us arc aware OF the cxtraor
d;n,ry resources and widc-spreading plans o
this remarkable society. which has exercise
in its barren domains n steady cntcrpri>in
policy not inferior to that Of the Fast lndi
Company itself; and now, in Mr.. Farnham