The Arkansas banner., 1846-01-28
From t6t Ua,on.
THE OREGON COUNTRY
LETTER II.

LETTER H.
 To Hte Editor of hhe Union.
 Sia : observed, in running over your yes terday's paper, that the clerk, in copying my first number, had altered a ittle my phrase ology, thereby perhaps attaching too much importance to the eastern portion oi Oregon as pastoral district; for notwithstanding the facts quoted are demonstration of its value and, ii addition, 1t might have been said that and my companions met during the present season q large emigratng party, who had just passed through this district with herd oi horses, mules, and cattle, estimated al no less than ten to twelve thousand head, all passing the same road, and well subsisllng by the way,--il Is but just to say, that such are the rugged features and the altitude ol this part of the country, that il can never yield as much in quantity as or compare Ill quality with, the middle aud western portions Of the territory which, so far as We are informed, from the north to the south, from the Boisco to the Cascades, yields generally a rich coat of most nutritious grass throughout the year.
 This part of the country, judging from the united statements of the gentlemen attached to the missions, and from the concurrlng tes- timony of others who have gone out on ex- ploring expeditions during the last few years, possesses much interest. In tie discharge ol my official duties, 1 was once, in the midst of winter, obliged to travel many hundred miles in the central and northeasterly part oi this district, and found, from the Dalles of the Columbia to the Nallawalla, and from thence to Waulatpu, Doctor Whilman's station, among the keyuse Indians, and onward to the Clearwater station. occupied by Rev. Mir Spalding among the Neoperces tribe, numerous herds of horses, and some neal stock, scattered along throughout, appearing every where i'll good condition; and was as sured by Mr. SpaIding that not only horses, but cattle and sheep, owing to the quality ol the grass and mildness of the climate, kept throughout the winter in a good state even for slaughter He mentioned a few extreme cases, demonstrating this clearly, and presen- ting il in strong light; and really, i'll corro- boraton, can hardly avoid saying, never did witness, at the same season of the year, all kinds of herds in so fine a condtlon-he assuring me. that probably, owing to the mild ness of the climate, sheep produced uniform ly twice year and that disease was as yet unknown among the herds of the country. found the country undulating, and admira- bly, watered, and particularly from Walawal- la eastward, well grassed--the blue noun tains, stretching to the north and south, afor- ding a rich supply of timber to meet the de- mands of large district of country on either hand, of an inviting character.
 In future number, the locaiities of these missions will be described, their doings and prospects dwelt upon, and the movements ol the Hudson Bay Company properly explain ed. In my next the lower country, embra- cing the Willamette valley and seacoast will be considered, concerning which we are a litle more satisfactorily informed, though Ii is but proper to say tIiat only small portions of it have been duly explored; and earnest ly hope, for the sake of future emigrating parties, for whose instruction am writing, that our President, who has so much at heart the well-being of Oregon, will early take in- to consideration the propriety of sending there prcperly-qualfed exploring party, to bring more fully to light the vast reeources of this new and interesting count1
 ELIJAH " TIE
 Washington, Dec. l5, l845.