Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1846-06-11
From the ": H. Palladium.
" YANKEE DOODLE"


ed children than Connecticut. In the lar
guaSe OF another" 1t is harder than Chimes
puzzle 10 put your finger on bit of territor,
aisposted or undispued, where Yankee Doc
die IS not 1t you 60 to Lands End, he j
there 10 Mount Ararat, he is there to Chin
orazo' hmaloya, or the Pyramid of Cheops, h
IS tnere; any where in fine. where an ark.
dove, a camel, snake can arrive, by their sew
eral facilities, bartering, and scratching hi
name on trees and stones, and he is hand an,
grove With all the sayages in the world. Fl,
has been to Ichaboe until he has scraped it per
tectly clean; and if your English trader ha,
discovered new bank Of Guano, and is gettins
ready to hre gun or two. and take possession
OF 1t in the name of Her Majesty, imagine hi.
concernment to discover dpzen Yankees TWEEN
ty feet deep in guano cavern, scooping It opt
and Bangor schooner bouncing up and down
in little cove. like duck among burushes
ready to take in the cargo" We make these
observations upon Yankee character as intro.
ductory to notice of fearless, go ahead
Yankee Doodle, from this vicinity, who is
perambulatlng the Rocks and Mountain and the
wilds OF Oregon with as much unconcern as il
he was shooting chipenbirds on Bradford hills
We refer to Mr.. M. GOODYEAR, formerly OF
Hamden, concerning whom the St. Louis Re.
publican, makes the following notice, which
we find copied into the New York Herald -
".Ne'c Enterprise A company, under the
charge of Miles M. Goodyea. has left lneepen-
dence for the Mountains. They number only
six or eight men-have goods with them, pack
ed upon mules-and they intend to trade with
the Snake Indians, and one or two other tribes.
During Mr.. Goodyear's stay on the plains, he
purposes to build kind of fort, and cultivate
portion Of ground, more as an experiment
than any thing else. and if possible make it a
sort of half way house between Independence
and Oregon and California, where the compa-
MES may stop and refresh themselves, and OBJ
tain re.snpplies. He expects to have the COM
ing summer all kinds of vegetables, and plenty
of Indian corn and wheat, which they may
pound or grind into -four and meal Ii is his
intention upon his return to the States, in a
year or two, to bring in with him all kinds of
flower seed and rare shrubbery which the prai-
ries may furnish, as we'll as everything in the
curious line Of the animal, vegetable, or miner
al kingdom
This young man who is about % years of age,
left his home in Hamden, twelve years age
lie was then. of course, l6 Years of age. Hav-
ing read with intense interest Lewis & Clarke's
celebrated travels and explorations in Oregon,
&c, he took it into his head that he must 60
and do likewise, and tn ugh mere boy, he
was off, leaving two sisters and some property
which he had inherited. and for nine gears
not word was heard from him by these con-
nections! He at length wrote, having a good
"a rare thing in that section OF the
continent) and informed his friends of his
and he has written two or three
times since. We have couple of his letters
now before US, in both of which, he speaks of
the project referred to by the St. Louis paper,
that OF establishing, on the Great Salt Lake in
TO the mouth OF the CD, tttaS.aine place on
make few extracts from these letters by wa
of showing the genius and taste OF their au-
thor.
IL have enjoyed tolerable health since last
wrote YOU, when | was ill. Though my con-
stitutinn is not one of the stoutest. am yet IN
clined to flatter myself that the life lead, the
pure mountain cir breath, with my only bev-
erage from the mountain stream, and my diet
from the choicest game that roams he forests
these, with the exercise obtain in my row
ing life, tend in no small measure tc brace and
strengthen me. a.
"l have Just returned from the Mexican set
element. ST. Fernandes, where | have had
glimpse of half-civilized life. This place COLI
tains about 400 houses made Of mud and I'M
burnt bricks. They are very comfortable with
in, though not very elegant without The pop
ulation consists Of Spaniards and Indians and
few foreigners-most Of the latter are traders
The Spaniards have done much towards exler-
minatng the Indians and giving them a Jew no
lions of civilized life, but have not improved
their own condition at all. They would look
with very Jealous eyes upon any attempts that
m light be made to introduce any improvements
among them.
"Oregon suppose is beginning to attract
considerable attention in your part OF the world.
MANY emigrants are here now. on their way to
their new homes in the far distant west on the
shores Of the Pacific. The Columbia although
not exactly a paradise, affords many attractions
70 the enteprisng young man. II is one of the
best places on the Pacific for trade, and Will IN
time become a great market to both continents.
The soil here ia much like that Of New England
but the country is more mountainous Inc tor
ests abound in game, and the rivers IN fish OIL
the best quality
al intend leaving here for New Mexico az
soon as the present company OF emlgrants &c
Oregon have all passed. | am going Tor gralr
and seed and other supplies. when intend te
found a settlement at the head Of the Grea
Salt Lake-a beautiful, fertile and healthy val
lev, and possessing advantages which arr
rarely found in this part of the western world
and the only place on the emigrant route wh.ct
can be settled or cultivated to advantage be
tween the United States and the Columbia"
From another letter we make the followin'
extract:
81 have inst returned from st. Louis, wher'
| have seen much civilized society for tw'
weeks; and l am glad to get back to the wood
again, away from the dandies and high livln'
Of the city. When you last heard from me,
was about starting TO New Mexico. tor seed, &c
| had eight persons in my company besides my
self. When about half way there. was me
by person who had made his escape from
Fort which had been captured by the Indians
few hours before. We concluded to 6. to tn
fort and take what the Indians had LETT. lef
five persons in camp, and started with thre
besides myself. and reached the vicinity of tn
( place before midnight. knew we were nea
| the place by the bowling Of the wolves and 9th
| err beasts Of prey, which had scented blood =
The moon shone brightly, and we laid ourselve
down to rest with our FIRE arms for our pillows
and our faithful horses tied near us. Here
thought of old Connecticut, and the scenes o
nv childhood, until sleep sole over me. A
early dawn we were up and off. and soon reach
sd the fort. Near the entrance lay younj
man whom ] had known, he was naked AM
weltering in his blood. A short distance Of
Law another young man. dead. He had maj
charge of the fort. I gave up my journey Il
! N,w Mexico and went back TO the Unite'