Arkansas intelligencer., 1844-10-12

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continue to run until October next. They gen
orally commence running the last of February
and end in October. as II -.
have had several messes of fresh Salmon
AT this point we purchase of the Indians Ducks
Geese. Swans, Salmon. Potatoes. Feathers. and
Venison. for little or nothing. Ducks, 4 loads
Geese, 8 loads; Swans, 10 loads Salmon, 4 loads
o. Powder and Shot each. Feathers cost abou,
l23 cents per ID There are more ducks, &C..
here than you ever saw: Also, Pheasants, in
great numbers. They remain here uiI tho win.
ter. have hunted very little. being too busy
We find 1t more profitable to get of the Indians
to whom we trade old Shirts pantaloons vests, md
all sorts Of clothing. They are more anxious 10
purchase clothes. than any people you ever saw
] ou can sell any thing here that ever was sod.-
Stocking Cary oughs, IS each. we have an
excellent Blacksmith Ewing in our place. who
makes first rate Cary Ploughs. a, 81 IA cents
per h.. he finding all.
have seen enough of the country to give vou
a fair description of it. You have aIrendv some
knowledge of its geography. The first and sec.
ond regions differ most materially in evory thing
| shall only speak of this, the first REGION lyirc
along the sea cost. As you come down the Co.
lumb, river. from the Cascade. where the frs,
region terminates YOU high mountains on each
side Of the view, running close to its ba nks. nd
covered to their very submits, with heavy bodies
Of Pire and Fir. There are some narrow bot.
toms ,ong the river. which are covered with
grass. but which overflow in the summer. You
see many beautiful waterfalls. some of them 400
feet perpendicular. Mill privileges are plenty
When you get about fifteen miles above Vancouver
the Mountains become lower on both sides. and
gently decline into wide vallies covered with tim
ber, species of pine. The neck of land between
the Vallamettee and Columbia. about five miles
across, is a rich bottom. but ovcrfows every sum
mer by the rise in the Columbia. which rises i,s,
like the Missouri. highest in June and July.
The Walianeilc has a high. bu. siagke ridge Of
monn,ains on he West bank. and on tic Eas,
bank for several miles. this wide valley is cover
ed with fir and. cedar When YOU come along
tho fisszs. you wiltberefore see nothing iasilipg
except beaulfol streams, sspd mos! splendid tim
Der. When yaa get to Linnton. you lake through
an immense BODY Of most beautiful FIR, cedar. and
other timber. ION TO the FlIa,y Plains, (prai.
rio'5 which are crrteirly the most beautf,I YOU
eve saw. They consist Of a succession fsmall
P'arles about 3 miles long and from one to two
mibs wide. These plains as they are hero called
ber away TO the S. W., until they connec, with
the wide and beautiful country upon the Yam
Hill river. which runs into the Wa!Imet,ee above
theFas some 90 miles. and heads n,owa rfs the
sea This Yam iliIl Valley runs within 10 miles
OF he sea. The Fallaty plains are almos, sur
ro,nird by ridge of moun,ains in the shnpe of
Torso shoe, the open end ,owa rds the Yam Hill
country. These plains lie as handsomely MS Won
wo'Id have them, just rolling enough to carry Off
the water. arc rich. and have no gravel or stone.
Tie soil ls black. on clay foundation. The tim
Der comes up TO the very cdgo Of the prairie, so
thd in five steps YOU can pc out Of the prairie and
IN ihe thckes, taIIest. and most beautiful timber
yea ever saw. The trees arc mostly fir, fro
very small sapIings to one and half feet diameter
at the foot, and about one hundred to hundred
ana fifty feet high, and straigh, ms pi nc timber
generally is. A long all the little branches that
OAK timber. which makes excellent fire. wood &C.
These plains are covered with green grass. as
rich as blue grass, which is green all wintcr.-
ou break up prairie here, with one yoak of oxen.
or two horses. The hills and mountains uron the
border of the prairics in this country are covered
with grass. as fine range could be imagined.
and which can never be exhausted. The whole
Waamettee valley. 800 miles long. and from so
to 100 miles wide. is about such country |
have described to you, and most of it is yet un.
occupied by any one. Farming. is perhaps, the
most profitable Of all business done in this coun.
try. II is easy TO open farm here, as you
have such fine timber TO- all purposes. You
plough all winter and all summer if you choose.
In fact you plough all the year. They actu.
ally SOW wheat here from the 18th October. to the
18th May. and mako as much per acre as in Mis-
souri,. Irish potatoes grow here finer than any
where in the world. perhaps. | saw five acres Of
land sown in whea; in May last, which produced
100 bushels. If you late, you pu, in more
seed. Corn can be raised but not so well as
wheat. You can raise enough for al purposes, as
you need none except for bread.
As to the climate. il is the finest you ever saw,