The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1846-11-06

and cattle were fattcr in winter from
feeding on them than he Lad seen
Stalled cattle in tic States.
lie recommended no man to 90 10
Oregon who was lacking in energy
Of character; who was not industri-
Gus or would not sustain those nor
al and republican institutions on
which the well being of community
was based. There was as talented, |
well educated, refined, moral and
religious people in Oregon, as in any
portion Of the United States. He
believed that in the qualities Which
make up. good neighborhoods and
good settlements, the people of Or
egon were in advance of any new
settlements in the United States.
The journey to Oregon was great
lily promotive Of health. He had
known feeble men, women and chill
dren, in the commencement Of the
Journey unable to take care Of them
selves, before its conclusion, become
entirely robust, and are now success
fully cuItiyating farms in the Walla-
mctte valley. lie gave the names
Of several persons and families vino
had thus re-instated their health.
Families should be well prepared
who took the journey to Oregon. If
this was done, and tie cmigrants
: made the best Of every thing, enjoy
ed the varied scenery, curiosities
and occurring incidents of the trip,
the journey would not, on the whole,
be an unpleasant one, but would
crafty in high degree, the admi-
rcrs Of the grand, the sublime, and
the lovely scenery ofnature.
He was enthusiastic in describing
the gem of Orcgon-the valley of
the Wallemettc. All that was love
, ly and grand in nature could be seen
here. The lofty mountains, with
; t cir snow clad spmmitS; the lesser
mountains, covered with evergreen
t timber; the hills and butcS on which
were copscS of oak, and other dccid-
nous forest trees, which rcScmblcd
beautiful parks; the prairieS, the riv-
err, a"d the creeks which thread their
way to it, now glittering in the sun,
now leaping in falls, now murmuring
in ripples, pure and sweet as heav-
ems own fou tains-all these eXhi-
, billions Of nature, and others which
I the want of time did"not permit to
: mcntion-wcre enough to arouse the
most soddcn spirit, and to kindle in
to emotion all the ScnSibilitics of
mans nature. lie loved that beau
I tiful valley. 1t 81 ould be his home
in life, and when tire had silvercd
his brow, and the energies his phys
ical being were exhausted, it should
be his place of repose in death.
In summing up the advantages of
the country, Mr.. Davidson said
: they were,
f lst. MS hcGNhy. There were no
, fevcrs TO speak of. In his residence
there, he had heard only of two ca
SEES of a'uc and fever. These were
. two children who had been exposed
on the river. The cmigrants were
, healthy. 1t was said that trappers,
who lived in filth, with native wives,
upon tie small streams about the
country, were subject occasionally
to agurs. Persons who had left for
: Oregon in i'll health, had fully re-
, covered there. He knew of no dis
, ease peculiar to the country. Peo-
pie who go there would enjoy a rea-
! sonable prospect Of living to mature
. age in the healthy and energetic cx.
= ercisc Of their physical powers. He
y. believed it TO be fact that the eli.
mate of Oregon impaired an energy
r to mans physical system, which en-
: abled the mind to enjoy life, in L c
, full meaning Of the tcrm-thc coun-
tcrpart of the influence of the eli
! mate cast Of the mountains upon Tie
: physical and moral energies Of
man.
: ID. THE Climate is mill. The
, facts in this case were generally
! known. In summer the heat was
not oppressive, and the nights were
ogrecably cool. The labors of the
, farmer were not impcded by the
, iroSts or SHOWS of winter Scarcely
, was the ground ever covered with
snow TO last more than day, or the
+ earth frozen to the depth Of more
! than half an inch.
Q Sd. No SiaY,IecdiHg If Stoch as
= necessary. The cattle iattcn quite
$ as fast, or faster, on the wild, nutri-
@ tious grasses in winter, than they
u would do on fodder or grain. Nc
y better beef can be found than that
9 Of the Wallamcte valley. Horses
= fed on the grasses in winter, can dc
and perform the hardest service.
It Sheep flourish we'll upon it all sea-
t sons of the year. This is proved by
4 the fact that many of the ewes have
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