The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1851-07-02

present price; and as to the price of produce
| think it will continue good, as long as the
mining operation in California goes on.
Question 9th. Is the best of the land ta-
ken up? No.
Question 7th. Is there any danger of In
dian hostilities? l do not think THERE is any
danger, and think there is none in Oregon
that apprehend any danger.
Question 9Th What kind of place for
and what could man do with
a small capital of $1,000? A thousand dol
lars is a very small sum to speculate on now
a days in Oregon. Young men who were
not worth hundreds few years ago, are
worth thousands now.
9th Is there any dangr of the probable
amount Of emigration, for one or two years,
taking up all the valuable part of the land,
and leaving none but that which is inferior?
Answer. think there will be good situa
tons longer than two years; yet our papers
state that the emigration on the different
points of the Missouri, is between so and 60
thousand this season, all emigrating west
ward: if that be so, good land here will go
fast. We look for very long line of emigra
don this season from the States and California,
and the farmer here will get almost any price
he has a mind to ask for eatables.
Question 10th. In word what induce
ments are there for young man and wife to
emigrate to your country? Now, cousin
Watson, you must give me the liberty of
giving you plain answer to this question,
without giving offence to either you or your
wife. do think there are several strong
inducements. First, it is the greatest coun-
try for raising children of any country | have
ever seen.
lfa man wants tn become wealthy l think
he can obtain it here, with economy and a
little industry; although have worked hard
since came to Oregon, till within little
more than year pas. | am troubled now
with rheumatism and am not ableto do much;
and in fact have endured hard and scrcre
exposure all my life in frontier country
But l see have got ahead ofmy intention.
| did intend when got through answering
you your questions, to tell you the reason |
wrote down the questions in your own words,
viz: because you may have forgotten them;
and nuw when you see the questions and the
answers it will all be plain before you,
When started in 1842 to come to Ore
gon, intended to settle near the coast, not
far from the mouth of the Columbia river.
But when got into the Willamette valley
the rainy season had commenced, and we
were worndown with the long journey; and
before we could get there, we had another
range Of rough mountains 40 or 80 miles
broad to cross, and all we could take over
had to be packed on horses or mules. The
Clatsup plains are south of the Columbia
river on the sea coast. Those plains are a
bout 5 miles in length and from to miles
wide. They are settled up and are beauti-
iful, but very windy; and I do expect they
arc as healthy as any place in the known
world. The Sounds are north of the Column
bia-rcport says tits good country for gra-
zing, and a partofit good for farming. Some
winters considerable of snow falls there.
The Hudson Bay Company, few winters
Iago, lost considerable amount of stock by
the snow falling deep, and having no feed
provided for them.
| The Columbia river is bounded in with
high and rough mountains, almost from its
mouth to the Dalles or Cyuse country, with
a few exceptions one is at Vancouver.
The high water in June has been over where
Fort Vancouver stands. June is the time
the Columbia river is at its highest. 1t is
Ioccasioned by the snow on the mountains
melting, The Cyuse country is said to be
a beautiful grazing country, and pant Of il
good for farming.
The Cyuse Indians have thousands and
thousands of horses, and good many cat
tie. Their country is more dry and frosty
in the winter, than the Willamette valley.
The Willamette is | think from $50 to 200
miles in length; never have been to the up
per end Of it. There are two other valleys
south that will soon be settled: the Umpqua
valley which is now asettling, and Rogue
river valley which is farther south than the
Umpqua; it is claimed by the Rogue river
Indians, they are ahostile tribe-allfof fight.
The Governor is now going out TO see if he
can treat with them. All the way he can
obtain an interview with them, is to send one
Of our friendly Indians to them to make his
intentions known; he may succeed, but l
have my doubts with regard to it.
The water power in Oregon is the best
chat | have seen in any country, Most Of
the streams that come out Of the mountains
have perpendicular fails, at which places al
kinds Of machinery can. be constructed. /
sold my mills last winter for $4,000, The
principal timber Is fir, il is in thick groves
and green The year round. tsis tail and
beautiful, and do think that can show.
places that there can be twenty thousand
rails made on one acre Of ground: this |