The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1846-01-21
LETTER II.
To Tie Editor of tie Union

~ ItS ANNtCCF y 200 S"'VH'
SIR Il observed in running over your yester.
days paper, that the clerk, in copying my first
number, had altered little my phraseology,t there
by perhaps attaching too much importance to the
eastern portion of Oregon rs a pastoral district
for, notwithstanding the facts qnoted are demon
stration of IFS value and, in addition, it might
have been said ttat | and my companions met
during the present season a large emigrating par
ty, who had just pissed through this district with
a herd of horses, mules, and cattle, estimated at
no less than ten TO twelve thousand head, all
passing the same road, and subsising by the way,
lit is but Just to say, that such are the rugged
features and the altitude Of this part ofthe coun-
try, that it can never yield as much IN quantity
as, or compare in quality with, the middle and
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
rich coat of most nutritious grass throughout
the year.
This part of the country, judging from the hni-
ted statements of the gentlemen attached TO the
missions, and from the concurring testimony OF
Others who have gone out on exploring expedi.
tons during the last few years, possesses much
interest. In the discharge of my official duties
| was once, in the midst of winter, obliged tc
travel many hundred miles in the central anc
northeasterly part of this district and found
from Dallas Of the Columbia to The WallawaIla
and from thence to Wauatpu, DR.. Whitman:
station, among the Keyuse Indians, and onward
to tho Clearwater station, occupied by Rev. Mr.
Spaulding among the Neoperces tribe, numerou:
herds of horses, and some neat stock, scattered
along throughout, appearing everywhere in goot
l.t.o M ra1 hxT1 Mr. a. liz.
that not only horses, but cattle and sheep, owinl
to he quality Of the grass and mldness Of tin
climate, kept throughout the winter in goot
state even for slaughter.
He mentioned a few extreme cases, demon
strating this clearly, and presenting it in a stron
light; and really, in coroboralion, can hard
avoid saying, never did | witness, at the sam
season Of the year, all kinds of herbs in so fin
a condtion--he assuring me that probably, ow
ing 10 the mildness of the climate, sheep ptodU
ced uniformly twice year; and that disease wa
yet unknown among the herds Of the country
/ found the couatry 'undulating, and admirebl
watered, and particularly from WallawalIa ems
ward, we'll grassed--the blue mountains, stretcI
ing to the north and south, affording a rich SUI
ply of timber 10 meet the demands Of larG
district of-country on either hand, Of an invtir
character.
In future number, the localities of these mi
sions will be described, their doings and pre-
poets dweltupon, and the movements Of the Hu
son Bay Company properly explained. In 2
next, the lower country, embracing the Viii
mette valley and seocoast, will be considere
concerning which we are a little more satisfact
.rily informed, though it is proper to say that on
small portions Of il have been duly explored; !;
and earnestly hope, for the sake Of future en-
grating parties, for whose instruction am "
tinq, thai our President, who has SO much at hei
tho well being Of Oregon. will early take in
consideration The proprety Of sending there
properly qualified exploring party, to bring mo
fully 10 light the vast resources Of this new a
interesting country. ELIJAH WHITE.
NAIuSeroa, Dec. l5, lSf5,