The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-02-27

dred thousand pounds divided into shares OF On. hunJred
saeh only two hundred thousand pounds VI this
have been paid ia The operatives Of this company are Ia
eoassqasnes arge They began ey making large imPOr
OF cattle from England They have also entered into r
Ing extensive scale using lsbores the servant,
o. s hudson Bay ConLany who are bount BY their
them. even 20 the bearing ofsrms
This Company have the supplying Of all the forts and
AmsTie0n continent snl also furnish ports with
grain butteI and cheese; OF the former Rcs the HuIsn
ton when they shall have succeeded in breeding sum
sisnt stock Of cattle snd sheep 10 eSFo hides horns tai
hone comparatively empty a. the lurs occupy only small
portion Of the capacity Of the ship. In this way may h.
resdily perceived that they viii be enabled 10 drive proh
able trade particularly when i Is considered how tls
the cattle require IN this territory In consequence Of The
grass AMI natural hay which the soil affords AZ all
Is the prospect Of the advantageous results to be derive cd
rom these operatcnI that has induced the Hudson nay
agricultural ones 7"
| The servants Of the Hsdson Bay Company are
abandoning the furtrsde, and turning their attention
IN agricultural pursuits. There ID no question OF
the fact i is susceptible Of proof Captain MeNeIl,
| an American Speculation from Boston, shrewd ard
snerprising man, had gone there, and IN few years
had made aad inroads on the profits Of the com 0ny
What were they 10 dOl Unwilling To apply open
| force, they bought him out The facts only 20 10
| show that when an American OF talent and enses-
prise coca TO settle in that country, they Immediate
ly endeayor 10 enlist him in their service. In the
NNst VI mtENcl lhtY hucGac1e0, anu he ~ now
active partner in that company. Such il their poll.
cy They are dong all they can TO get the country
permanently seIIled.
To illustrate further tho value Of Oregon for agri.
CULTURAL and other purposes, ! will give a few ex-
tracts from the Journal OF Captain Spadlng, Of the
ship Lausanne" IN the year ls4l. In speaking
Of the settlement at Fort Vancouver, Aad Of DR.
Mclaughlin, chief agent OF the Hudson Bay Com
Pany, he says
hs doctor has been very ysu In the introduction
Of domestic animals. tie hrt brought lev cattle over
land from California, and he seldom has rny slaughtered
they have now increased TO about seven thousand In
seven year,. lie has also introduced sheep, soma OF
which Of the hiest species Of the MeriB0 and
saNopy breeds I saw a aock Of one thousand at Van.
eOuvcT. the GHest and latest think lie
has about two thousand VI Vancouver and thinks Or.
gon peculiarly adapted for growing Wool Flo has also
large garden aloniny the fort containing about four
hurd with the choicest fruits vH' apples pears pun',
cherries, stmwhGrTes EooseLsnies cUlnts &C. and veg.
etablss Of almost every description
Speaking OF salmon in the Columbia river, and all
its branches, he says
They literally Oliye with salmon 10 the sumner
months which ascend to the fountain heal The company
take about thousand barrels per annua three humid
OF which the doctor gives away every wnter TO keep the
Indians alive,
II have no noubi that barrsl Of salmon might
be taken from the Columbia and m branches without n all
the support Of the Indians salmon constitutes their princL
pal food and doubt ten thousanI barrels annually
taken by them lndeed the whole northwest coast, from
the Columbia has every river and brook
that deep enough for salmon TO enter, llrd In the
mer season gentleman. whose verscity Is uRdoubrd
told that he had FaZers river in Puget's sound
for miles lrl with them, he water being shout three
feet derPJ that you could step without actually s
ing them. The salmon Of he north however not
large fat fine those Of the Columbia river for those
taken from hi. river are doubt the best the world
Some OF them will weigh hiy pounds the average weight
is about eighteen or twenty pounds"
In speaking of the fur trade, he says:
THE Hudson Fay Company has an exclusive monopoly
OF all the fur trade north the United States from udson
bay side to the Pacific and Russian settlements
the oheri and have avery large number of employee who
this mmenSe region in every direction having
posts stations oil over the indeed they have spread
complete network throughout the length and breadth OF
the county As they have the fur trade entirely in their
hands they husband their resources only bring
average quantity Of urs each years and whoa they
become at any post they from there
give the beaver and other rs time rrsuscate
The company consists Of eighty numbers shares eight
Of the reside in England and the others
Oregon country Each shisf agent and agents each
dvdua post shareholders The fur trade entirely
monopoized BY this company but not content with this
they turning their attention every other branch of
business For instance they have taken pos,eson Of al
most every eligible spot in Oregon where there Is
.e farms; they have erected mils-soth saw and
flour mls-wh view Of supplying the sandwich islands
four and butter from their arms they in fact gaspng
at errryhins They are now about establishing post at
the islands, also in California; and a Mr. Simpson has
been sent to both these places effect this object their
instruction being to monopolize the entire trade Of both
places for the sale of English goods lumber aou butter
&c and unless government insist our Just rights
and drive them out OF the Columbia, they will certainly
succeed in driving all the American commerce from both
the islands and California they have already from
the northwest coast Their resources are immense and
their ambition unboundcd But would they confne them.
selves the region north of the United States we should
have less to complain notw they using
our just means that properly belong to the people
Of the United statcs-o annhate our trade in the PacEc
while upon the land they cutting the timber and
improving the best soil in Oregon besides having
the Columbia river Nor does this selfish graspnR at ali
satisfy them for they annually send large party through
MIA, to trap beaver and kill sea otter"
Captain Spauding, in the same Journal after Civ
ing instances Of the barbarty and cruelty
of the trappers of the Hudson Bay Company to-
wards the Indians and the nhuman and cold blood
ed murders committed by them, says
Since then, as would naturally be expected they
Che Indans had been at enmity with the whites That
these irresponsible servants and Of this monopolz
ing British company should be suffered thus to murder de-
stroy and rob these Indians and enrich themselves through
the neglect Of government whose duty is to protect
poor defenceless weak and wreched beings what
man. as It seems to me- who has the blood Of Amer.
coursng in his veins ought tamely submit
to- Ia not high time that government long
ierests Oregon For IL il sleep little longer tina
valuable territory IL certainly lost forever Give the
English only the north part Of the Columbia rver-let
them plant upon Cape Disappointment and all the
naves in the world could NOT take the of the
!S% the s"d
ny have already taken OF the latter a. ney have
Captain Spauldng says it is the prevailing op,n-
ion in Oregon that the graspng ambition of Eng
land will not stop short of the acquisition Of Cali
FORMS, with view Of possessing themselves of the
bay and harbor of San Francisco, the finest on the
whole coast Of the Pacific for naval depot, being
accessible at all times for ships Of any draught of
water. In speaking of the colony from the United
States settled on the Willamette river ninety miles
above its mouth, he says: .
II is the finest grazing and wheat country in Ore
gon At present Qs4 il consists of about seventy fam
lies who raise considerable grain and have about three
head of cattle. The mission last year raised
one thousand bushels of wheat and made butter cheese
&C enough for their They have FIVE hundred
head of cattle and two hundred horses and last year they
sowed four hundred bushels Of wheat. hundred and
twenty bushels Of peas and planted large quantity Of
tatoes and vegetables OF all descriptions.
Tho extent Of the country comprising the willamette
valley about three hundred miles long and two hundred
broad interspcrsed with ravnes of wood generally in
sufficient quantities for fuel and fencing. The land in
its natural state in usually ready for the pow and pro
ducng from twenty to forty bushels Of wheat to the
acre; and the climate mild that the cattle subs in
the fields without fodder shelter of any kind being
pared provided for them through the winter Salmon
can be taken at the Willamette falls (which however
the British have taken possession Of and compelled our
people TO build their mills at the falls above) with little
trouble, from May TO September, in almost any quantity
have hesitation in saying that ten thousand barrels
might taken per Probably place in the world
to emigunts Provisions might