The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1845-05-23

nus "hi'e Ialeu, Olack taxed, jumping and
moose deer the elk red and black md
grey wolf; the black, brown, and grizzly
bear; the mountain sheep; black, white.
red, and mixed foxes beaver, iynx. mar.
TN, ormlnes, wOodrais, and the small curled
tailed, short cared dog, common among The
ChippewHys.
"Of the feaihered tribe, there nre the
goose, the bran,, several kinds Of cranes.
The swan, many ysristies Of the duck.
f hawks OF several kinds, plorers, shi,e ca.
, giles, crows, vul,ufes, thrush, eulls, wood.
g pecker, phcasants, grouse, SNOW birds, &c.
. In the rivers and lakes ere a very snpe.
nor quality Of salmon, brock and salmon
, trout, sSrdlnes, sturgeon, rock, cod, the hair
seal, DC, and 10 tho bays and inlets along
The coast, are sea otter and an inferior KIND
Of oyster"
Capt, WIIke, On The same subjcc, OBJ.
serves:
Fsheries.-It will be almost impossi.
Bile to give an idea Of the extensive fishe rics
IN the rivers and on the coast. They all
abourfdNn salmon Of the fines, flavor, which
run twice year, beginning in May aud
October, and appear inexhaustbe; tho
whole population live upon them. The &c.
iumbia produces the largest, and probably
affords the greatest numbers. There are
some few Of The branches of the Columbia
iha, the spring fish do not enter, but they
are pleniifully supplied in the fall.
'The great fishery of the Columbia is at
the Dalles; but all the rivers are well sup.
Piled.
The last one on the northern branch of
the Columbia is near Colyille, q, the Kettle
falls but salmon are found above this, in
the river and its tributaries.
"ln Frazet's river The salmon are said 10
be very numerous, bu, not large they are
unable to get above the falls some so miles
from the sea.
" In the rivers and sounds are found sew.
era kinds Of salmon trout, sturgeon, cod,
carp, sole, founders, ray, perch, herring,
lamprey cells, and a kind Of smell, called
shr0r," in great abundance also large
quantities Of shall fish, viz; crabs, clans,
oysters, muscles, DC, which are all used
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"Whales u, uuuuuauCe are found along
this coast, and ORC frequently captured by
the Indians in and al the mouth Of the straits
of Juan dc Fuca.
Abundance of game exists,
such as elk, deer, antelope, bears, wolves,
foxes, muskrats, martins, beavers, few
grizzly bears, and iflaurs, which are eat
en- by the Canadians. In the middle Sec
ton, or that designated as the rolling prai-
RE, no game is found. The fur bearing ami
mails are decreasing in numbers yearly,
particularly south Of the parallel Of as de"
grees indeed it is very doubtful whether
they are sufficiently numerous 10 repay the
expenses Of hunting them.
"ln the spring and fall, the rivers arc
literally covered with geese, ducks, aud 9th.
er water fowl.
ain the eastern sections, the buffalo a.
bound and are hunted by the Oregon 10.
dsns, as we'll as the Black Feet. Wolves
are troublesome to he settlers, but they
are not so numerous as formerly"
H then finally summed up his interest.
ing narrative" To conclude, few portions
of the globe in my opinion, are TO be found
so rich ia SOIL so diversified in surface, or
80 capable OF being rendered the happy
q bode of an industrious and civilized eommu-
nlly. For beauty Of scenery and salubri.
iy of climate, it is not surpassed. 1t is pc.
culiarly adapted for an agricultural and pas
lorsI people, and no portion OF the world
beyond the tropics, can DO found that will
Weld so readily with moderate labor TO the
wants Of man" Mr.. Franham dissents
from this opinion, and holds that Oregon is
not equal in its soil or capabilities TO Cali
r a.. Oh
Great Britain clams without reserva.
ton, all the territory north of the Coum.
bia river, and with an equal right TO navi-
gate that river. 1t is said she has offered
10 make that river the boundary between
the two governments. This claim, if al
lowed by the United States, would take full
one half of the Ofegon-perhaPs more
To this, our country will never accede.'-
During the discussions 10 the papers and IN
congress, our title to the 49lh parallel was
considered valid and unquestionablc.
The American title rests upon The strong
and acknowledged right Of discovery. Cap
tain GRAY, OF Boston, in the year 1892, in
the ship Columbia, entered for the FIRST time
the great river of Oregon, which he named
after his sbip--,he Columbia-aud TO this
day il bears that and no other name. This
10 Of some msmcn,, as there is law OF na-
tions which reads thus The nation which
discovers and enters the whole country va.
tered by it," In virtue of this discovery.
The Columbia valley belongs 10 the United
States as against England. AS if to per-
feet our title, i, is not denied thai the
Lewis and Clark and Wallamstts rivers, It's
tributaries which spread through all Ore
son, were first explored by the Americans
by the expedition sent out by the Amer.
can Congress al the suggestion Of jefier'
son, under Captain Lewis and Clark
There was a minseness and q fulnsss in
tboir discoveries which gave the highest
authenticity TO title founded upon prior
discovery.
Oregon is ours also by purchase I'm 1879
from Spain, undeniably the fret dlscoversr