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with copy of the EvANGELIcAL REPOSITORY
for September published at Philadelphia, con-
tanning the following interesting letter from Or
. agon, with request that we publish IT. The
writer. Mr. KENDALL, is personally known to
many FOUR readers in this section-havlng not
lonr since been resident of Monroe county,
and his statements viii be relied upon.
LINN County, Oregon Territory,
January 2j, 1852.
Ve,ud.ar Friend:-0ne week since / receiv-
ed your letter bearing date Oct I'D, 1851, in
which YOU express an earnest desire for infor-
nation respecting this shutdown country Tho
a full reply to all your queries would require
fnlio volume. and more time than can at pres
ent spare, yet my sincere respect for you, and
my desire that you may, ere long, from one OF
our number, compel me to answer, however Inn
tied and imperfect 1t may be-
Your first inquiry relates to the health of Or
o ron. | left the states in May 1915; on Platte
riyer-had an attack of bilious fever, from
which at Fort Laramie was be ginning to re-
cover: from the day ON which we left the fort
until the present have not taken sin lle dose
of medicine, nor have | suffered one days Sc
we're sickness. From colds | have sometimes
suffered some Inconvenience, and some unpeas-
ant sensations, But neither ague, nor chIllss
nor fever In any of its various forms, nor any 9th
er disease has settled down upon me. Before
emf grating, sometimes whole boxes OF pills must
be used, and at least twice in the year there muss
be resort to the old, and tried, and steady and
powerful friend Of man, ealomel in order to-
chase away the ills which flesh is her to," and
promote lon sevty NV family has enjoyed +
most uninterrupted health; my nei sh5ors and
acquaintance see enjoying the same high aud
inestmabIe blessing. Livery season we have
had among us some cases of fever, some a5ue,
some OF chlls; but they comparatively lew,
and neither So violent in their attacks, nor SD
obstinate in resisting medical treatment, nor SO
lonr in continuance as in the more eastern
countries.
Now, friend Smith, you and both MAINTAIN
the doctrine of Prime Mover OF the whole
bundless universe. But the FIRST Great Cause
operates by secondary agents I GU can no
doubt trace on your rich elements which impreg-
nate your atmosphere with that tnlasma from
which pestilence and death are through society,"
with such unerrns aim, annually nils your
grave Yards with multitutes OF the slain. APP
ply the same principles to the land of adoption
Durin! the rainy season our winds and rams
are directly from off the Pacific ocean; in pass
inr that vast expanse of water, the mIaSIna,
containing the elements OF disease aGd death
have principally at least been absorbed; they
conse Iuentiy reach in state of purify
Throu n the irv season, though from ali other
direction, we still have the pure ocean breeze
Neither have we the extremes OF heat and cold
TO which the Atlantic countries are subjected.
The annual growth of vegetation in Ore ron Is
very great; but owing perhaps to the fact that
durin. the rainy season it is seldom dry, while
thr1u -hout the dry seas IN it is seldom wet, and
that the nj rhts of the latter unusually cool,
and durin much of the daytime the nth Is
screened from the rays of The san by Intervening
clouds, the process of decomposition is rem lrla-
bly slow From this source, therefore, oar at
m1,phere cannot be vitilte |. Thlnt:r AL
lightning are o rare c urrenl @; another phe-
nom anOn Indicative of a pare atm 'sphert: Chr
br,pks and creeks, AMI rivers come dasiint
from the molntains, with all the clearness and
parele,, Of m orr cinal creltiOI- Or ve seta-
HES are ~ rapid grJwth, lelvIl beh nj the I'M
pts;ties that combine with y tlr " rnItIo1;
our beef all pix are the PrIiIct o. m, .E:s
or the stall. unhes;tatin ,ly, therefore, lirn,
that in nv opinion the territory of OREGON is
much more healthy than any portion Of the Uni-
ted States east of the Stony mountains, in which
! have ever lived, or with which / have been
much acquainted
2. at is hari Job to make farm in the
timhered part of the country" Where the
timber is very heavy, as in some places il would
be, without doubt, a considerable undertaking.
lar re portion, however, of the timbered conn
try consists of open woods, with little and often
no under yrowth of shruo5ery, sometimes sava-.
erti ac5 tt.earinr opl- C.; ARC e. 81
those not 50 very difficult of removal: chm or
bore with an au -er throu n the bark, aud the
white wood, which is not deep, then apply FIRE,
and with little attention they will bdrl DOWN,
and the bodies will principally burn up One
hand within this way remove great mlnv traes
in n short time. IN nv opinion it word ~ m ,eh
| less ti!hcult to make farm in our mo I h a-y
tlmbered parts than on the heavy timoered bot
toms of Ohio or Indiana; while i'm the omen
| wOO's which compose lar re portion of the
t'mbered re 5ons, the difficulty would be much
| less.
3. rs there in the timbered part of the country
snihciencv of ,rass for the cattle to live on?-
When the timber is heavy, cattle food Is scare;
whera the timber is SCATTERING, and iuserspersej
with little rlades, the fool is plentier: and were
such re ion not overburlened with stock. thew
mi ut 10 very we'll Such places are, however.
covered 50 denselv with fern. as to prevent hea-
w coat OF grass. renderin them far inferior for
stock. to the rich grass of the plans.
4. I'm the open or prairie part Of the country
Is NOV -oof timber very scarce?" | have seen
no PLAIN IN this country presentin, the same
scarcity OF timber. as the prliries in the north
western states present. For the examnle tho
:
versed bv the Willamette river. This r;var
Is lined with lar re bo'lies of timber on either
sl''e. The Coast Mountains ON the west, and
the Cascades on the east, run parallel with this
river, boundiny the valley on either side: each
ran re abounds in forests of timber superior in
quality, and exhaustless in quantity. ! know of
no point in the valley at which the river is dis
tant from either of these mountains m ore than
II miles, 50 that the greatest distance to trans
port timber would be only about ! miles. But
IN addition to this, there are numerous trihuta.
RES, on either srle, fIwinI from the mountains
INTO the Wylammette, whose mar -ins are inya-
rlably lined with choice timber. Another char
acterlstc of onr plains is their being intersper-
sed with short white oak trees, sometimes alone,
a ram IN clusters, and sometimes in Groves. ex-
celent for fuel, and sometimes useful for rails.
and even building purposes. At intervals too
there are low places in which water runs durin,
the rainy season; along these places often is
found a considerable growth of ASH maple.
balm of Giead, &C., all of which will be con-
verted into use. In different portions the Main
and timbered country are pretty equally divi-
ded: this Is the case with n mart of tho E-,llou