The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1846-06-05

srn military posts. which vonId .n,;,s,r 80.
mand The mouulsia oasses holJ sor.s - III. ~.
most troublesome TRIBES n chcrk. orS 800 ~.
and facilitate our iu,e rcosrse with shs 800
4 boring Spanish settlements. The v,,,ssss =,
The rivers on which lhey voald ne .;,n.,sS ~, ~
fertile the couatry. which suonor,. IN nsen.s
hesds Of buffalo, 10 sdmirabIv sdsn,sJ :.
| gazing. and hrsd. of c.,,,. -. "ip'ea -
1 iained BY Tho posts. or obls,ned s,am ,Ss Sn.n
nh country, which aIreadv .urol,e, . noI,;an
Of their provisions 10 the ,rsd;r. 49, ns.'
toned above"
Now, the British have wormed ,bemselves ~
| far into the heat of ,he O,esoo coun,rv :. ~
have fort within 40 mies ofth;. nss: .si,.J
| Fon Hall, Who knows ho~ ionv i, = n, -. -.
fore they viii claim ,he mas. ;,sef :. ~. c;.,,.
| Of British encrosrhmenls i. eon,Ionss,v s.'
lsrsipsf And when once lhsre' IN com',rsna
of this little sap Of I9O G,et hIost;n. m 80
n,turs designed Is the central highway of ,hc
world, vhocsn predict the vasf smonn, If hi,,,,d
ana treasure M h viii al. ~ J;slnS.s ~.
| Beyond Fort Hall. NJ 4 snlrab,e dina acsi En,,
Neg Pssces. then Yon VsIeouver. and ihsn
Fest GEORGE, making : chain al for, lorts In !,
line from the pass 10 he Columbia n I, nv Mn
Of nineteen o,hors. o,tensihv ma c.d = nroa.rs
British trads,s and smicraris from Inc Ynd;sns
Bot in case of 8 sudden ou,b,esk ~ha. ~o",d
DO the effect of thess mij;tsrv estshI;.h-.rs. >
Again, ia going 70 The psss' our settler. mn M,
eacounler man, iribes Of Ind;sns' s.ch !. he
Pawnees, the S,our. the Cows Ri.ck Zoo,
Fla,heads, &C., oil within the reach Of ennui.
ties and Il il well Known that IN Bri,i n md
Indians arc alvavs allies. Thev NAV ~
now at peace vjtS ne Un,,ed Stsies. I'm, shs;s
thisvsh and brutal prore i,es and their lreach.
cry, arc well known. Hour sovernmeut had =
| fort to pso,ect them on their pasaase frow he
Indians, and. amer ,hsir arrival. Ssd two mr.
three forts 10 protect them from Inc enerosch.
ments of the British and the Indiana. ,heir iot
would still be hard enough. Tventv.6vc kun.
dred miles 10 NO easv tourney. 10 s.v nothing
OF the time lost al Inde pendence, Missouri. vnti
q sufficient number has collected 10 male No
safe caravan, 10 uude,t,ke n ha,a rdovs = AZ
and overawe the Indians. Only think Of h !:
men, women, and children fofsaking their
homes, bidding farewell 10 sll The epdes rca. nts
of society. setting out on iouynev of over two
thousand miles, upon rvuie where sl,ey have
TO make their own roads. coasruc, their own
bridges, hew out their own boats, and Hill their
own meat; and undergoing every diversity Of
pain from sguss, chills. spraius and bruises.
where twenty five miles IL an svsraze DAYS Ira.
vel. exposed 10 every variety of weather. and
the naked earth their only restina. place Ia
sickness they have no physirisn in death there
Is no one 10 perform the lssi sad Offices. Their
bodies are buried BY tho wayside, 10 be ex.
humed and defiIed By the Indians, or devoured
BY the wolves. But yet there are daunIless
spirits Who will brave sll this. and government
ought TO encourage them.
fie knew there were those w'io say that these
emigrants 70 to Oregon in view oil all these
son Sequences, and they need not 20 unl.ss nj
their own option there is no compulsory pro.
cess served upon them, True, sir :; and there
10 no obligation on the pal, Of our merchants 10
seud their goods 10 sea. They know the dan
gers Of the coast, and tho dangers Of the storm
bu. yet, sir, Ne are continually constructing
buoys, bescops, light. houses, and harbors for
their protection. True, sis, and there 10 no
compulsory process 10 force the sailor on q voy.
age 10 sea. He knows that theie ase pirates,
and runs his own risk but yet ws have our
ships Of var ia every direction Tor his benefit.
There Is On extent Of county beyond the
Rocky moaniains $50 mlcs long and $50 miles
wide, covering SOC, 900 square miles, or 800.
COZ 900 acres.
Some gentlemen opposed 10 the psssage OF
this, or any bill Of q similar import, sss gm AZ
reason for their opposition, that tho land il
worthless. Il would be singular, indie, d. if, 10
80 large trac, OF county, some Of il were not
so. That il has its mountains, it's marshes, its
deserts, and ito rocks, I will not deny. Blu, this
is no renson why Gres, Britain should swindie
OF frigh,en u out oftbe whole country. When
she in friendly manner asks US for Oregon. Or
attempts to purchase il, then will il be time for
~ 10 calculate It's value but when she attemptslo
cheat us out Of il by negotiation, OF dive ms
by her threats, |" he who dallies Is bastard,
and he who doubts 10 damned" And Of all
places on earth. this house ought 10 be the last
whese such " coward guilt and pallid fear I"
should be manifested. But, because the land
Is now waste and poor, IL does not follow that