Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1845-03-08

seldom frozen, 50 that pIuughlng may
T be- carried on during the whole winter
Wheat, barley, fye,peqA apples, potatoes,
3 &c 9, arc raised horset1nl cnlliu succeed
. tolrrabIv we'll. bu agriculture must al.
ways suffer fromDhe drynrs' Of the sum
mer. The growth Of lumber on The up
lands IS communicating sdfpusslnn In
thickness and sizo any forests in the
, United States. There are extensive prai
ries extremely fertile and ab1vo lnunda
ton, Travellers describe fir and pine
= trees growing here of gigantic SIZE
/ Ross Cox mentions a fir near Astoria, as
feet in circumference 1853 Feet high be
/, fore reaching branch, and 800 feet in
its whole height, Another standson the
| banks Of the Umqua, 81 feet in cirCam
ference, and GIG feet high, below its
branches. Sound pines from 200 to $50
feet high, and from 90 to 40 feet in cir
IcumIerence, are by no means uncommon
2. The mmd1e region OF Ofegoa lies
between the President Range and the Blue
Mountains, chain extended through the
whole territory north and south consider
ably broken, and made up Of steep and
rocky mountains, generally Volcanic and
some Of them covered with eternal SNOW
1t is more elevated and less fertile than
the low country. The soil is a sandy
clay, covered with grass, small shrubs
and prickly pear. Timber is scarce, the
trees are small and Of useful wood. The
I climate is agreeable and saIubrio1s
There is little snow, especially in the
southern vaIIes Few ATTEMPTS have
been made at cultivation. and these are
reDrcsented by travellers n, not very suc.
cessrul. The agriculture. it is said. must
always be limited 10 the wants Of mas
toral people. The region ,hou,h poorly
adap,ed to tilinu, is one of the hes, for
GRAZING in the world Il is in his sec.
ton that all the horses for the snpolv Of
Indians and traders in the interio. are
raised. and often SINGLE Indian owns
hundreds Of them Mr. \Vventh. ndi
ciors travellor This section dsoms
Il for nroducino hides. tolIow and beer. su
oerior 10 anv mart of North Amer
Sheen MIGHT he raised to extent, and il is
one of the healthost countries in the
world.
3. The third division is the hi0b c1uA
Itry, ly ing between the Blue Mountains on
the west and the Rocky Mountains on the
east. The southern part il desert, nf
| seep rocky mountains. deem narrow val
IIevs and wide sandy plains, The dis.
! tinruiShinu features Of This region ore ito
extreme dryness, and the great difference
in the temperature between the day and
the night 1t seldom rains; there is very
little snow in the vollev in winter and
no moisture is danosi,eI in dows diC
ference of forty degrees in the thermome-
ter, between sunrise and noon is not un
common. The surrnce is besides so
strongly impregnated with salts a $ 20 rem.
der cultivation almost impossibe, In
this region are the chief branches Of the
Columbia, the northernmost rising near
the 54th and The southernmost near 42d
para'lcls OF latitude. There are manvI
lakes in this section, some Of which com
municate with the Columbia. and others, !
having no outlet are salt. The lorces,I
ofsthe salt lakes are Youta. oC With the.
situation and extent are Numerically.
known. The northern mart ot ,his roc;on
is loss barren thon ,h.t ms, Jo,asibo4
The vaIIies are wider The rams mnre fro.
one,t o,d ,baoI i 80 60, a,I, -,
he n'.r,arons s,roons wbioh ,.,n os !,
re country oas, nr ,ha 49, No.
,,ins e.. ,,,n, -. - ~.
In,aaI -. ,rai; 80 ,'u"u' :" ~
=, ~ w. ~ ""o'r'"s ~ u '""o'
suppo.s ~ ;"o i','pu'"'''', eAoe'' :" Wv
:''''loG'''o s'Ii"''y 81 Streams n,u o.'e'
ny 'or''''uao'e obstacle " Tue Se'l'e"ie"'
u lne western Ter r''ory'
L hese lhree regions comprise the Ore