Arkansas intelligencer., 1843-09-16
From the Democratic Rerie,c,
OREGON.
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s-Ae 10 oiotiS, lllo uduhS vi UOuIuUIe rivers
trapper and trafficker, ns well as the
ln new countries. most generally direct
rse, because the communication is less
Hitherto our knowledge of Oregon has
ely restricted to the rivers, and the
md mountains contiguous. Very little
of the regions more interior. This
,art, account for the unfavorabe re-
some travellers, who have visited that
respecting certain portions being so bro.
barren as to be uninhabitable. What
: ould traveller form of the fertility of
by passing up the Hudson river and
Lake Champlain; OR of New England,
ing the usual routes Of travel?
'umbia is the great river of the west,
(which falls into the Pacific from Amer
a noble stream, destined to become the
>roughf"re across the continent. Its
are gathered from ali parts of the terri
pit of the northwest and southwest,
m valleys of intersection with this great
running nearly through the centle. 1t
an immense volume of water, as it is
lepth; but its navigation is occasionally
by falls and rapids. Canoes and flat
nd 1t nearly 800 miles, with one or two
Large ships can ascend bout 90 miles
not over fifteen feet draught, to the Cas-
1rly 40 miles farther.
trance to the Columbia is at present diff.
d, for lack Of pilots. light houses. buoys,
It charts, is rendered somewhat danger
U. S. ship Peacock, attached to the Ex-
pedlton,w was lost in attempting to pass the
extends from Point Adams towards
cock Disappointment on the opposite
is said that tho wafer is never less than
feet deep in the channel but when the
inds prevail, heavy seas roll in, which,
he strong current setting out, present a
G eof breakers. There is no doubt, how
good pilots would be able at all times to
Is into the safe harbor behind Cape Han
ciaIly if assisted by steam boat.
ncipal rivers falling into the Columbia
10 south, the Wiilamet, Chutes, Lewis,
Clarke, and Flat Bow on tho north, the
d O'kanagan. These, with the excep-
Willamet and Lewis, are not of much
ce, except for rafting and nianufactur-
,es, being boatable. only short distances,
raft.
ins.-In addition to the Rocky Noun.
,oh constitute the dividing ridge be.
Atlantic and Pacific, and form the east
Try of Oregon, there are two other dis
s running nearly parallel to each other
coast, which divide tho territory nat
three grand divisions, both as regards
productions. The first, or Cascade
chain, commences at q distance vary
p TO 100 miles from the ocean, and is
ion of the Snow Mountains of Califor-
speaks in this range rise to the height
eet, and are covered with eternal snow.
Mountains are $50 miles east of the
by no means so formidable. With
IN of the part near Lewis River, called
untains, none of their peaks, yet seen
.ititude Of perpetual SHOWS. Through
ell as through the Rocky Mountains
~ passes have been already discovered
hahn several small ranges branch of
wards these on either side. Most o.
: ms in this region are volcanic, and the
rmer eruptions are distinctly manifest
tains are scattered over the territory
generally broken and hilly.
ad P,oductions.-All travellers agree
nony respecting the extreme mildness
nd salubrity of the climate of Oregon
stonishing exuberance of its produc
ther section of the United States cal
b it. 1t is never visited by the north
ids which sweep, with such chill anc
ON, over the Atlantic States and down
Of the Mississippi. The prevailing
pm the west, and partake of the tenn
he ocean from which they come, COO
nd warm in winter. The lower re
west Of the Cascade Mountains, i
with snow, nor that portion south O.
with severefrosts. Vegetation grows
b mid wintei. The Willamet valley
ose under the range, and of which
rn than any o:hes part of the territory
'dss the most beautiful, productive