Mobile register and journal., 1845-01-23

The HORSE OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER will rank with the fnesi of his species in the known world His size is fifteen sixteen hands, even in state of nature unprovided with food shelter by the hands of man. His form exhibits much bone and muscle, but not the mass of flesh which is found
 on the fat European horse His limbs are clean and
 slender; the neck arched and rising; the hoos round aud hard: and the noslrs wide and thin. He is equally distinguished for speed and bottom He rapidly and for long tme rvalling in this respect ali that we have heard of the English horses. In | other respects, m 'he docy of his nature. in his capaLty 10 sustain hunger and hard-hip in his pow CTS to provide food for himself and hIs master. he is
 wholly unrvalled. He is readily trained 10 the bu-
 sness of his masters life, that of hunting, and pur sues the game with all the keenness of the dog and with equal sagacity and more success. He will run
 down the deer in the praries, with or wthou, hls
 master on his back and when oveltaken will hold il
 with hs teeth. hen rode aler game he needs no | guiding ofthe brde to direct him. He will pursue drove of but1aloes, and coming up with them will
 stop one by biting him with his teeth. The animal
 bitten immediately wheels defend himself with his
 horns the horse wheels at the instant avoid it and this ment when the side of the buffalo is
 presented the Indian lets fly arrow which ofen
 passes entirely through his body. The wounded ani
 maj always turns of the drove to lay down and die the horse and his rider pursues the gang make
 fresh slaughter. Another horse trained to second part of ie game, with other Indians, take the trail
 of the wnunded buffalo, winch is bulchered and car ried into the camp. These things seem incredible; but we have them upon the authority ol Lewis and Clark and great number of traders who have been
 upon ihe unbla river since the time of their ds-
 covrry; some of win 'm now in this town.
 The capacity of this horse to sustain fatigue, and to provide foo for himsei is equally astonish-
 ing He is gal 'opped all day. sometimes eighty or ninety miles. m the space of ten or twelve hours, and Is then left shift for himself during the night
 In the spring, summer and autumn, he finds no difh- culty. The short and sweet grass of that country gives him abundant and nutritious repast. In the winter, and towards the inounains where the snow
 is several feet deep, his unarrng instinct tells him
 where to search; he scrapes away the with his
 h0of until he comes to the ground and footing there with his nose finds wherewith of moss and grass 10
 sustain his life. On the borders of creeks and r- vers he feeds the boughs of willows, and other soft woed which his master has sometimes the kind-
 ness to fall for him with hatchei. This fine animal is found on the banks of the Co.
 lumbia, in latitude 45, the great plain winch lies on the borders of the kiyer between the upper and
 lower range of mount's6s. His origin is traced tn Mexico; thence to Spain; thence to the north Africa where the Arabian barb is found in all the
 perfection of species. His fine form, his generous
 spirit, and his noble qualities preserved upon the
 CoIumbis river: and certainly il is worth the expe.
 riment to endeavor to transplant him in other parts
 of the United States. Many citizens have attempt ed to do so, but have always been robbed by the In dians of the Rocky Mountains. Lewis and Clark procured seventy three, said by Governor Clark u
 he the beautiful collection of horses that he has ever seen together before since; but the whot
 nuaIbcr was stolen from them bv the Indians wht
 followed their trail and ceased their operations until they had carried off the last -[St. Lotus En- uuirer, a4- l ll