New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-12-12

without q f9rGtlTt ne CiES pttAFt Nt+-S-5'
one horse or mule. and packing his provisions, e.
on oue or two more. This IS the quickest mode.
Mules or horse teams, with light loads, the next
IN roint of expetiti0u oxen the last, bat ute as
s1re es either. The cost by this route, Ia the
end will be but small, as the folio wing caieoatoh
will show.
Persons from Ohio. Michigan, or Wisconsin
and all points west OF these States, usually starr
viii their teams from home. Those farther easl
~ south FIRST find their way into some State Wo3I
of those named as Illinois Missouri, or Iowa ana
there purchase their teams. ANY one VINO pteaseS
can go to Independence, St Joseph or hanesyHe'
by way OF the Missouri river. and then go oisA
into the interior ana purchase their cams 4 ael
man should buy from three to five yokes oil oxen
for each wagon according to their load lay IN pro-
visions plenty 10 last him through, and nave
eo,a Ia snare in case OF q contingency, and starr
with as light load as possible, losing no tme'
either SUNDAYS or week days, unless IL IS a9so-
lutely necessary Be careful not to Whp or IIet
your teams AID you Will have no trouble 4a5
yyorra - he althv one and wish all TO know and
understand that ep3igrants on the oregon iran
meet with none OF those disasters tor want ol
water and grass which have been so destructive
on the California emigrants. | have driven ateem
over the route and this ! know. Keep III smdI
companies of not exceeding ~ wagons an d.
WAYS remember to avoid sh0rPefS to"afu Vue
last end OF your Journey, who VIII meet you Wiz
all manner of stories, for the purpose OF paying
your cattle borses and property tor son5.-
Treat them with the contempt they deserve. Inc
cost Of getting to the place of rendezvous will de,
pend en- the distance from the place OF starring.
From this place let US count the hnal cost.
CuppOsc YOU pay so yoke Tor yo1r oxen,
high price along the frontier. Five yokes Wouid
cost Won $3.50. wagon we'll rugged, SO,
GOOD American mare So, and two cows SO Tor
both. making the sum total $50. our provisions
would be 200 pounds of -four, and loo pounds OF
bacon, to every person ihen tnerG "o3lu oe
coffee, tea sugar, spices dried fruit lard honey,
a small quantity Of Indian meal, some hard bread,
rice. beans salt and small stock OF medicines,
enough of each kind to last you through -FOUR
COWS would furnish you with milk and butter by
the way. We will estimate your provisions ana
via-ictas TO cost S'l00 which, added to the former
sum. would make $500. After you start you VIII
rarely have an occasion. and still more rarely
chance to spend dollar. With prudence YOU
will be very likely to get through with an the
stock vou start with But let US make all due al,
owances for losses by the way winch we VIII
suppose TO be one yoke OF oxen, and then let US
reckon ND after YOU are through, without saying
ANYTHING OF tho magnificent farm you are forta.
with possessed OF. our four yoke OF oxen VIII
lie worth at least 500, your wagon olO0, your
American mare $3.50, ana your COW 500. These
prices are low estimates upon the whole. me
amount is $3.50 But you have paid out but s.'?5,
50 tbat you have made s225 by the journey. Inns
/ have thus fellow citizens presented You the
case fairly and without eXaggeratlon " nat GO
YOU think of it 2 | took my own family to the
country in 1S41, and by the overland route. /
have never never regretted it; and were back
here with my family and know what no" know,
| would neither slumber nor sleep TIL had deter
mined to go nor would | sacken my eXertlons
TIL | had reached there. he inducements are
Unprecedented and the advantages certain. Inc
country is an inviting one, in point OF locality,
health fertility, richness and location Her rlch
prairies and public domain, free Of chafge 10 tie
settler, invite YOU, her OVERLOOKING Golfers are run
ming over for your reception, and Der wife ileids
urge YOU to enterprise. You can come among us
and enjoy life and health, to an unprecedented
degree; YOU can make fortunes for yourselves and
your posterity after you; and when You have
finised YOUR course, you will leave your children
in a land that flows with milk and honey, in land
of education and morals, of industry and enter
prise. and in the garden Of the Pacific where
looking out on her placid waters they may lnhale
her breezes, aud learn to measure the extent OF
their improvements and enterprises, by the vast
ness of that mighty ocean.
here have to request, as | most earnestly 40
all papers throughout the | nited States to DO
Oregon and her people the especial favor to pap
lish this circular, and also solicit all persons VINO
feel an interest in that country TO request their
fayorite paper to do So And for this act OF gene
rosity on the part OF the conductors oil the press
and on the part of those who request 1t to be
done, | herewith return for myself, and tor that
hardy and noble people / represent, our sincere
thanks. Very truly your fellow-ctizen,
SAMUEL R. TIL RSTON, Del from Oregon.