The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-02-13

aissr giving do nesiss nf twsiss mnnlhsao
a - 10 ihe osher. Tsi.. then. - he de-
pals.-lhs avnsphip ef he ls,ssp.rv.
OrrssB. IN sgu,.d I. rri.nry, thHs ex-
arads irpm ~ 42.d parallel - he hnesf
Sc 90. Us na,asal haunds.iss are. On
me Rssl. Ihe Rorty MnanlaIns; an he
Snnsh he s, 0wy Mnna'sins; an the wssi.
he Psrifc. from Cars Msnd,.cinaia cspe
| r artery: and m lhs North lhe Strait IT
! Frea. shoa, TO s,ilss eastward. thsnrsa
line ruening narlhue.i alrng the highlands
ssra,a M The aa'sTs nj The rHlumbsa
from ,hase Of F,szsI's river. IN Tie Rocky
Mann,sins. This is tie tertiary dfsin'
| "a " ne coirnihis. and ih~ ext NJ Of is
surface is about 35a COO sqasre mites.
! The rnnniry IL divided BY ils nasnrsi cor
figurstion. into three Rre>trsRians. which
differ from each other ma'eT,slly IN soil,
climate and productive po~rrs.
1. The 6rsi region OF lor eoRfTy. lies
belween The Pacific Cvasl and chain 81
mouL,ains running near The sea This
chain hss rec, i've = variety ri names. TIE
Californian, the Klamsi, the casrsds and
The President range, ard ne ,esen highest
peaks have been named alter the seven
/. Presidents from Washington ta Jarks"n
in sueeesslnn. Thsse mountains are OF
consldst. hle eiesal,on, and lhoss Nhb
have uavell.d over ilifm spe-k in rap'o-
raus terms Of the aide and magnificent
: view which hey present. The dstanrs
} from the coat 10 The Iooi Of lhsse mnus-
] ialns is 10 sane places 100 miles. ID 9th
! ers lrts. The inhrsenIng county -
Z crossed By Iow ridges, between which
!. are valIies drained By rivers flowing lnio
v the Pacific and Columbia. Oh the two
: vhieh empty into the Colombia, the
G Cvwiliz has been but Partially traced ;
the Southern. the Mul,nomah or Wallsme',
o has been traced 200 miles. ,kronph ya.-
u lev said To be the mns, delightful and fer
q tile part nf Nntihwcs, America. The
n climate Of this region is more favorable TO
p agriculture than that OF the other parts 81
Il Oregon. The summer is warm and dry.
! Snow 10 rarely seen 10 the valleys, and
. the gronpd is very seldom frozen, 60 that
q plouehing may be carried on during the
. whole winter. Wheat, barley, rye, peas,
i apples. DC, are raised; horses aud cattle
A succeed Dlersbly well; bot ayr cUliure
J, must slways suffer from the d,yness Of
the summer. The growth 81 timber on
the uplauds il enormous. FIR surprising IN
lh OK ness and s.ze any forests known IN
: the United States. There are extensive
p,a;ries extremely lernle and above mum
aa,ian Travellers decide fir and pii Q
If trees growing here al gigantic size. moss
Cox mentions fir near Astoria. Do lett
: in circumference, I53 ieei high before
!. reaching a brsmh, and 800 feet 10 lts
!, W hole height. Another stands on tie
a. bank Of the Umqua, 81 Ieet in circumfe-
II renee, and ZIG feet high, below It's branth-
q. es. Sound pines from 200 10 $50 feet
n high and from 90 10 40 feet in crcumie'
i, renee, are by no means uncommon.
Those three regions compromise the
lie Oregon territory now in dispute between
lie the United States end Great Britain. II
n derives it's valoe from The Columbia RIVER,
r. TIE nor,hernmos. branch OF this great
ID stream is Canoe river, which rises near lhs
he 54th degree of latitude. Near the SGD, In lis
progress South, tits joined by Two Others
ed al place called By the Traders Boat En-
70 campment. or these Two, one flows from
a the South along the base Of the Rocky
liz Moun,ains; the other rises in a grea' gorge
he OF that chain. near the line OF SO degrees
of and in the immediate vicinity ofihe high
m es, land on theWestern Continent. Ira
es se!lers describe the scene as one OF terri
co fic desolation. From this point the nnI'
a. ted streams run South 200 miles. where
The Columbia receives McGullivrsy''
en- river. and soon after Clarke's, both flow
i. ing from the Rocky Mountains. Clarke
I'll river. which is nearly as large as The 20
rs, lumbia, rises near The head wa ers Of The
no Missouri; The intervening ridge Is no
very high; and i, may form one OF The
en- great channels of future communication
ed The Clarke rushes in the Columbia owe
ice a ledge OF rocks, and then both pass th'
he Bl.e Mountains at Kettle Falls, Just be
nh low which, in latitude 49, 81, is For
I'm Colville, one Of the principal establish
of ments of the Hudson's Bay Company
st The country 10 the vicinity is very feriil
zee and agreeable. Thence the Columbl
"a. flows due west. receiving the Spoka
AN from the southeast, about 100 miles, I
ny the juno ion with the okanagsp. lare
,es stream from the North, where the Hu,
sons Bay Company have another For
RI, Thence the Columbia runs South
st- The latitude Of 46o g. and then IL
Eat the Lewis or Snake river. This rive
my rises in the angle formed by the K OK
be- and Snowy Mountains, between the AZ
CO. 44,h parallels. near the sources ofthe u
ted loradn, the Plat =. The Yellow Stone ar
ans The Nilsson, i;-h,ws westward hrous
fish the Snowy Mountains TO Salmon Fa'l
IN thence northwest to its junction with Z
en- Columbia, The Columbia. below I
UNI junction, receives the Waila-waila,
nro- Umau,sla, John Days river, and |