The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-01-15

We have published an article from the Boston Courier
descriptive OF this distant territory The delegate TO Con-
gress from Oregon complains Of the naccuacy Of lis
ments. and calls upon 10 republish the explanation
which he has addressed to the Boston editor We yield
his request with great pleasure and lay his com
munication before readers:
To The Editor Of the Boston Courier:
Having examined the of your Oregon correspondent
dated b. Company's Office, Columbia river October
ofpscsmber =. ISIS now ,. ocesd q make few COM
upon IL, and leave the public 70 decide ~ g now
would here remark Of The greatest evils under
which the reading pnbl laboring a the present mo
sperinduce 6y that cloud which
hangs about The public determined 70 write some
they can enlist the public the OF their
tale This, Mr. Editor. with all dus Difference, appears
have been the stale OF mind Of Oregon orespondent
10 this have doabt. aciinx h3 pcwsvs grie
e The Hadsor Bay COnmnys temple And tue profnsion
with which he counted Tor In other
conceive, than that he must have been abong under
the effects Of .ha. sparkling VINE whose age y
Strangers asa sort Eange TO measure their price BY But
to his story.
Near the commencement Of his letter he tells you that
having left his company a The Grand Round he proceeded
the Dales-the mission OF The late Dr. Whitman Here
is statemen In the outset false 10 substance and
calculated 70 deceive the pulc The Dalles never was
known DR.. Whilman's mission, The missionary sta
iion known De- Whirnans inission Is situated at Wall
arpu in the forks OF the WaaW river hundred
h'y Or two bundled miles beyond the Dass Dr.. Whit Whit
that the Dslles the Methodist mission They so
sa s on s 81 he Maoa
flee CORES pondent in This particular
the Grand Round to te Daes and 10 catch the ear Of
your reader, he proceeds as ths fall Of horses and the
afssa FEET end @ While 81 the oie
tops of the mountains tunblng from almost immeas
dsssh !. as his s, death before aud behind him. death be-
meath him, and death above mini Even Headys descrip
play when compared the dangers Of your correspondent
But will not speak asto rs truth IN this particular; for
moi acquainted Il mgh however, deceive public by
leading the conclusion thai tins the ordinarily travelled
encounter like dangers Let luis be supposed
There good wagoi rad fon the Grand Round to the
Dles, which myself have driven ox-tcam OF five
yokes of oxen, with twenty hundred weight without meet
ing single accident Hers will leave this fight OF
Next in ORDER he commences racy denunciaon of the
couatry between Fort Aa the Dalles The ,oto
mountains and the Grand Round, he aiHns be "ncapa
ble OF the least cultivation or Improvement" For six hun
sufficiently large shelrer the traveller. The arte
misa l. the Only usrda thing thar thves IN this couniy"
Now Mr.. Editor, IL ceTtanly must bc sufficiently evident
every that this writer speaks coaceinng that o.
which, the very Iaiuie OF the case he can know but
very litile. He 10 a,en clerk, IN regiment oil
sble despatch Their vso hui ia by very few miles
enarkable genius IN pressing march OF ms Kind s
able 2 make G @ Al l oi AZ that soar ~ I
hundred and Ry niles. aud extending from AZ degrees
20 ~ degrees north lalis-io use his own words. al
able soare cect out the mountains, which, 70 be
clothed with tse naest timber. and The Grand
le least cuvsono or IL IS no wonder that
genius this kind should have able discover that
Snake river of vo origin.
Now. sir cannot stop to describe to you the country thus
horses and mules OF that reg met v- ID for six hundred
nilesartsmsia sanaf might ask him what the oxen
try he a.t n vraf
the thousands Of horses owned by The Snake Indians I
habng the banks OF the volcanIc Snake live uponl
Whether he saw the ca,le and For Hall,
which live and thrive during the winter without being
longing 10 the Cayuse rbe which thrive the year oand
and every year, upon those Immense barren DESERTS
OF the sam Cultivation and improvementi Whether he
their and cows the thousands OF horses owned
Whether il is not q fact Whitman and his fellow
iaborers had taught e Cayuses the Nez Peces and Spo
And whether te.s Indians did not use 10 have sds corn
potatoes, wheat barley Sc COWS oxcn horses and ho9s
improvement or cultisaiion and not ia ib4 Grand Round
the Blue mountains eiher1 would ask him IL IL Is not
fact we'll settled ,hal ha, par oregon lying the
Oregon Of the finest grazing countes In the word
he ioand fourth volume Of Captain wIkes's Ex
ploring Expedton and uttered concerning garden and
mountains and Tue Dalesi They have fine Kitchen gsr.
den. in which grow all the vegetables raised IN the United
which stood fee. high, full head aud neay
rpe Indian corn was ia Iasse and some OF IL measured
feet IN hsighf They will reap thts year about iyes
hssdyed bnshes OF wheat, with quantity of and
tovs. VIII leave this Pan OF bs letter by assuring ycu
and your reader that while there much barren couay
between the Rocky mountains and Foft Hail. bat less
considerable between Fort Hall aud the Blue
and still lsss between ue mountains and tue Dalles
yonr correspondents declarations concerning that pau o
Oregon once ridiculousy exuayagans grossly unfae
and entitled to consideration whatever
Your spondent mex gives de.cfiptoa oi tue Die
uf the Columb river, IN wnGh the gnorance or dis
regard Of ruth presents itself pceed, his pen appears 70
tpped MsshoOd, Wh ch leaves Its tmpNss
upon every line. lie says he Columbia fiyer here
for tn miles, hToa2h'a basaifc can
mel" &c. That all wen enough la part only But lir
prJed.s At the head oi the DIles, where The whole
t~saiy hirty feet" This Is just about extavagaut
the description Of his perous path from the Grand Round
the Dales and Just about near the trnth as HE deela
rations concerning the country between fon it and the
Dslies For moment Just think OF al ue waters Of that
mighty passing through pass io the rocks Of fueatF
feat Bnt 70 show IT'S ahliy copy from Ciptan Wkess
Exploring Expedition, volume page $751; where he
The Dsss one OF the most remarkable places upon the
Columbia The rveri here eomprfsef into narc ch an
nt rn hsscrfd Jsef ride and ha long" "Besides
le main channel, there 10 dive small chan
nes through which passes wbeiI the river highs
but lew tset across Tue f,s about hfp
feet distance OF two miles, and the greatest rse be-
tween high and low watsr mark sixy.two feet The
great rise Is caused by the accumulation ia the
river above which Is damned by the pass, aud
andy Increasing, nbti u backs ihs water and oveows
Inany low gtousds aud sands abovs" Tnig quotatioa
rom OF the moa fHfHest American explorers ap
prehend defines the pJ.lop vi your correspondent as To
truth in inis psrcutsf bot iet % proceed
lie comes the CaAcsde labupaips, aud s led TO
ekciam, "rbis region viii never bccoi9s sgHed and
why because betscen " and ocean COMMUNICATION Tie
all land iuIercoafss The river navigation is nosbng IS
the Gaze caaH0f be rem yyeu