Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1847-09-28

Of the river, and hear their sound which resern-
bles that of distant cannon Four ships have
been lost on the bar, one a great while ago, a
Hudson's Bay Company Ship in IS32,-an Amer
lean Man of War in $40, the saved
but nothing else, ana on the eth OF sept, 1876,
another American Man Of War, the crew was
saved. On the 2nd June, crossed Youngs
Bay to see the Clatsop plains. they few san
dy and graveiIy prairies, bordering Immediately
IN the Sea { cast, they produce potatoes, peas,
and all kinds OF garden vegetables very well;
but the saline atmosphere does not appear to be
ongenial to wheat. Every nook and corner OF
the Sc plains claimed that worth having AMI
tina, not. On the evening Of the same
day went the Sea shore and looked upon the
most grand, awful, anl sublime scene my eyes
ever beheld / gazed with awe, establishment
aud delight, upon the rolling, foanIng pillows Of
that great expanse of water which reaches from
America to ASIA and from Cape Horn to Bier
ing's Straits AMI the Indies. ! thought ieshouli
never be weary of looking the rolling wave
and the ebbng and flowing Of its tide; on looking
o the north | could see Point Adams and Cape
disappointment, anI to the south could see Cape
Flattery, which runs out six miles into the sea
On the }ri Juno. So: sail for Oregon
city. whore we arrived on tho TIN, much
grat,fiod by my trip.
When ! frs, arrived in Oregon and en-
qIired for some business was offered -
nrr scholar pcr quarter for teaching but
bu, did no, engace IS did not like the paw.
~ il would havo been in whant, potatoes
&C. And many Of tho children were bat
half civilized and thcro was lack of
school books. 30 o copies of Webster :
Elementary Spelling Book, havo since
boon printed here and they who will MAJ
teach, for my part T! went to work in ear
nest AMI in n month and n ha'f paiG for n
horse and before the rainy season set III |
had paid FOR another. June 2ls! (lS46)
went 10 the city and worked with stone
mason nj ; ,215 a day and boarded bn, was
unfortunate in getting my pny. In Oct.
bought another horse for $50. And when
win,or set in | rnado 5000 rails for nno-
thor very good horse; this was tho fourth
horse paid for IN ono yenr By my iabor
beside my riding and pacil saddles, clothes.
&c. have traded ono Of my hor4os, but
three are enough for my trip O'll soon
tell WIN. trip.) | am not ashamed 10 tell
you or the world thu, have had 10 labor
in Oregon. nay nm glad to mako living
that way in this unhn!y land. moreover It
is GOOD for 4 law schoo'm1ster to labor
occasionally. The lounging employment
of School teaching, C!crking &c arc rather
on: of fashion hero, and who would no!
work when he could make moro by II!
Since wrote you in 1916 havo seen
great deal Of this country, and may say
| like il n ii.tlc better than ut first, but
do no: like it 100 we'll yet.
Tho Wilame,. valley is tho mos: oxen
sve farming district i'll Oregon. but It IS
no, one of those extensive level countries
like the Valleys of tho Western States
but is much interrupted by hills and noun
tains which extend UP this stream to rs
source.
The prnircs or farming land are gener
ally some distance from tho watercourso5
near them being generally heavily timber
ed. Wheat commonly grows we'll here, nnf
if we'll pu, in frequently yields 40 bushcl
por acre.
Along tho Columbia. there is but httl'
chance for settlement, as the bottoms arr
small and heavily ,imbored being boun
close in by high mountains from For
| Vancouver nearly 70 It's mouth
Around Pugo.s Sound north of the 20
lumba, is n pretty extensive !ovc! but IN
soil is too much mixed with sand an
gravel. Pugc,s Sound Harbor IS tho hes
on tho Oregon ccast.
A party explored the southern part .
Oregon last summer. and say It Is yer
mountainous and that timber Is very pien
ty.
A croat deal of the timber in those par,
is of enormous size and helghth. | We've
ono Of the mos, beautiful groves nea
, Astoria that cvor saw, hundreds OF n
trees wero 300 feet high and many {
, thom 900 feet 10 tho first limb. saw on
. tree thero that is Is feet in diameter. II
a bove the ground and at tho ground Is fe'
tree moro than 100 feet high and fe
diameter. may appear like long yarn
: but If YOU do not wish 10 believe It, yc
/ can Just lie. it alone.
The Indians on tho Columbia and w
! lamctt, ns before told YOU. tlauel the
/, heads. | asked one of thom. who h.
been educated. why they did il" /
; told me it was because they think il pre-
;, ~ and 10 distinguish them from the
slaves. md as dogs have round heads.ih'
!, do not wish 10 resemble ,hom.
: The summer and fall Of rs, was We
:. dry--.here was not rain enough durii
" three months to wet the ground m in
deeD: the grass all dried up. and the
, cat,,o became poor.-the drought coniln
: Cd until tho middle of November, q
then the rainy season set IN and was
- cold the grass could not grow as was COZ
, mon here. and. occasionally. there we
Is heavy frosts. In January snow fell f.
- deep in the valleys and two feet on I
10 mountains. and the weather became ncf
N Nv as cold as ever saw ii in tho States.
HI IT., Cotnp,hjo froy, over solid. which h