The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1843-12-08
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The Company Tor Oregon Is aTsS

Tie Company Tor Oregon is aEsS
place, and at present is engaged in cross
ing Laramic's fork, which is very full.
With the exception Of one man who had
his arm broke by an accidental discharge
from a gun while pursuing Buffalo, all
are well. Our roads have been good be-
yond expectation, particularly for the last
six hundred miles; and do not believe
road equally good and Of the same
length can be procured in the States. Our
cattle and wagons. so far, stand the trip
well Indeed the caisle are idttenng gen.
orally. Many Of the men are working
cows; | myself have Two yoke, and find
them better than oxen. There is no
heavy pulling which requires large oxen.
and cows are decidedly faster and conse-
quenlly better. You have, too, their
milk at night; and in Oregon, am in
formed, good co.'s is worth as much as
yoke of cattle. Let the emigrants next
year fit themselves out with COW teams,
and bring loose ones to supply the places
of such as &c, lame. We work them at
the wheel and in the lead.
We have now travelled more than one
thousand miles since leaving Burlington,
and are in full view Of the black Hills.
Distance 10 the gap in the mountains
about 200 or 225 miles, and Fort Hall
900. The weather has been cool wiIhou,
rain for the last month. Our roads being
up Platte river, in the bottom, our cattle
could not suffer Tor water except at short
intervals, when we left the river for part
Of day.-This, however, we done but
seldom, as that river from the point a.
which we struck it to this placc-abou.
400 mileJ--has scarcely any tributaries.
None Of our stock has been stolen since
leaving the Kansas river We are now
in the midst Of the Sioux and Cheyenne
Indians, where il will be necessary TO
keep up more ygilant watch. AT this
place we found few Spanlards with n
small cargo OF flour, &c. packed on mules
from Towce, in the Spanish province,
about 4C0 miles distant. Their prices
are $25 per hundred for -four; sugar, 50
ner MIN, and ,very dino else in the
s,o,o nroror,;o, Froirrsn,s will po., no
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Loon on Jof IH'sFeS az" co""e'
teferS'--Cadweli ana "'ie' me ieauerS
OF the gang OF th'eVes ana co"'l'e''e,'e''
VINO were taken up III 'n'S wy Aoo"'
a year s'nce' ar. now al large ant, 'o'uy
to resume '"er ola business whenever
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