Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1850-12-12

route is q healthy one and wish all TO know and m,
derstand, that emigrants the Oregon trail meet with
none OF those disasters for want Of water and GRASS
which have been so destructive the California emf
grants. have driven a team the route and this
know Keep In small companies OF not exceeding twen
ty wagons and always remember to avoid s1ar1srs 70
wards the last end OF your Journey, who Will meet Won
with all manner Of Stories for the purpose of buying
your cattle, horses, and property for a song Treaf
them WITH the contempt they deserve The cost of oct
ting to the place of rendezvous will depend on the dis
count the final cost
Suppose you pay $50 yoke for YOUR oxen. a b;ob
price along tie frontier. Five yokcs would cost Won
$3.50. a wagon well rugged. SIS. a GOOD Americon
mare SO, and two S25 foF both maxine the en-,
total, S425. Your provisions would be two b.ndrsd
pounds of flour, and hundred pounds of bacon 10
every person Then there would be coffee tea sugar
spices dried fruit lard honey, small quasy Of Indian
meal, some hard bread, rice, beans, salt and a small
stock of medicines, enough of each kind 70 last ron
through. Your cows would furnish YOU with milk and
butter by the way. We will estimate your provis;os.
and victuas to cost 500, which added TO the fornor
sum, would make Sj25. After You start YOU will rare
ly have occasion, and still more rarely chance 10
spend dollar. With prudence you will lie very I'LL,
to get through with all the stock You start wi6 RI,
let US make all due allowances for losses by the wa
which will suppose to be yoke oxen and thsn
let us reckon up after you are through without sayinq
anything oil the magnificent farm you are forthwith
sessed Of Your four yoke of oxen will be worth sf
least $780, your wagon $780, your American marc e15
and your cows 500. These prices are low estimate
have
paid out but S525, that YOU have made s235 bv tb
journey. This may be taken fair illustration G,r sU
have thus fellow citizens, presented Won the CAGE
fairly and without exa9geraton. What do Won tbiD f
It! took my own family To the country in 1s47 and
by the overland route. have never regretted II "a
were back here with my family and know what now
know, would neither slumber nor seep tin I had IA
termined TO 90, would sacken nv exertions rim
had reached there. The inducements are unnrece5a,
ed and the advantages certain The country is an nv
ting one in point of locality health fertility richness
and location. Her rich praries and public dop,a;n'
free Of charge TO the settler invite YOU her
Golfers running for your reception and her rJ
fields urge YOU enterprise. You can come anon ne
and enjoy life and health to an Unprecedented 49, =
you make fortunes for yourselves and vour noSf;t
after you and when you have finished your coIrSo 2
will leave your children in land that flows with hi
and honey, in a land Of education and morals 81 49,
try and enterprise, and in the garden of the pac6
where looking out on her placid waters thew NAV ~
hale her breezes, and learn measure the extern f
her Improvements and enterprises by the vostne Of
that mighty ocean. VI
here have TO request, as most earnestly do all ~,
pers throughout the Ulited States do Oreoop .n5 H.
people the especial favor publish this circuar and
also solicit all persons who feel an interest in thai conn
try to request their iavorite paper do So And for
this act OF generosity the part of the conductors &C
the press, and on the part of those who request 10 he
done. hereby return, for myself and for that hardy and
noble people represent, our sincere thanks
Very truly, vour fellow citizen
SAMUEL r. THURSTON
Delegate from Oregon.