Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-09-28
To: ne Editors of the Enquirer.

TO- nc pTr.s.y7 VALLEY TO- T) JuSE 2Oth, 1872
Genensn-pcrhaps letter from llls uis." ncd m Or
In y,r The Oi many are lufn'h ~
, ana All information from here Is nnecs so"e"t "
b rnatcfs of the different journals N me eh'.eu
rh.r. nr. ,any lte:Is however small mat are 'h'e ~
- ,yhn attend rngrang here. The manner I" hVlhs
whn p.opr arrive here ;s the first poni honscs l;n
scarce and emgrans generally build ths's ." u et'.
, no. Il, .. homes Set the Oregonians are very n'" :"
;I, hou., room: but il is not good policy Tor wv" '''
ies in the country live together II IS on sn" rrv
hnild an Oregon ogcabin The timoet Io ,,s,.red
~ ,r her, Houses in Oregon are not dauo"d OF pa 80,
~, f.J Gr b, stock is spread out contlnuai! o'',
ve ,hr next thing After cabin, is 10 enc'oe
r,r,U s, us 10 coninc calves and ponies
" ,,, i, Tho fall season in a the settlements. lhe p'i
, nn,ear very high 10 corners, buf on us "''' -
wnuns are still higher. The Old Oreeoh"'s ~" 80 NV
,, ,yhnu tc cugrants arri'c they hna plenty " t -
anu f., ;s r,ressary 10 put n crop of wheat ana :"
,, ,o,,o,s IN the fall. Alter the INST year. u,eu - 10
''" ,;:, Their cattle become very tat; tncP "i'he
nnch hu,trr rasc chickens and hogr, ana me urn 70 nm
~ ~ 80 =, ,he mincs and pet pile" fowls ssN ~ Ok p
i,1an and pr,ss hogs from 10 5 cents per pouu :,
tom Ga 10 10 ccna per dozen. II - oil great ,po' ~
~ ,, a,od claim The lnnds here are anna,cu -: ~ ~
nal serrr. thereon Each marcd man. VIII ~ e @ 49, f ~
,,,ed 10 32O acres and single man. over = Fe h :" ~
| I6o crcs If the lands have been surVeSeo 49, :; Ian,
ioV 49, menc.d then the clm must be taken IN ie2a
snhdivisons Ii taken before the nes f'uS' @ iu" cs
r,rd n. points but the claimant can nn'a 10 ~ '.' % =
=, n ,,, rusr rs in compact form. Hhen one hu" -,
~ tia' ;rhI nf soil IS conveyed. Possession ami I'M
n,nrrment alone are sold The time o ti o''. NJ
lille runs from the time he more' on a c,a rnsrtr
f a,rh claim with The corners, nhst ": n, IN
~ "a ssnce IF ,wo or more Witnesses Within 'hee l,n ~ -
rom rhr date OF settlement, ii the survey mss zen n.a.
h rntcd Srnrs each claimant must no'ily 'he ou';
e. neral al Oregon City of the precise trac' W To- Gnt
he claims Proof must be made before he han an
raj If each mans age and place oi MS oit"l ~ n.anr
where married. and whom when ne altseu " ~ .a Int
~ h,t he ia white man. American ha o1eea ~ ~
az n. Tho ca Sc NAV be that he has taken 'he ca' wv - ~
own use and benefit that he hns made no ] s..s 81
an nv v,ich the land sh ,uli enure to any o'he >.
,h.I he i. NOT in the employ of anv person IN ahs %
Ii, and that the residence AMI cultivation on eau va" =.
@ 'cnn,nencet and when. II the husband ue o'' =
c,im having complied with me las" men we l'.1 n ,d
confirmed in The widow and heirs oi ms nan w ~ M ~ I
rh red women in Oregon receive one hait OF .'e Id.
in thrir own right Their land cannot o. taSeh ii '
. husband's debs II young men marry WITHIN one ien ~
in Oregon their wives receive, each, lou acre
i Wdnws who lose their husbands on The overland 'f,
hor, starting here receive no land But that is no u
an, q. all widows and girls between II and 81 yea's'
> fn,,nwi,h made into wives on arriving here =
There is system land piracy here, when Iv~ go
>. law tIera,es Anout year swarm o. II i
t. sesE Eers uverun hrpe districts OF the ops p,,aon
e vacant lands and them when re. ,es riog for 1
i've Then comes the underground wire @ V, f sI0O
sale of claims Poor men are often uol docs all he G
siGlG for claim. The Surveyor General ~. ao. ~ :,
IN 70 break I'D this system. J et oelofe ''''