, 1853-10-01
Answer 10 ANXIOUS Inqulrcrs.

i1us lnquircrs," (Which the press upon our
columns prevents US from publishing cniirc,)
propounding the following inierrosatorics
Ist. Has the road been opened to Fort
Walla Walla, and what is its nlture !-lhc
description Of country it passes through
did any Of the present emigration travel it !;
Give a table Of distances, and description Of
camping places on it.
%. Please give table Of distances to and
from the vaIious places in the Territory,
and the nature Of the roads, or modes and
conyenicnces Of water travel.
81. Please give table Of Post Offices,
aud times Of arrival and departure Of the
mails
4ih. Please give an account Of the loca-
ton and situation Of your prairies, timber,
water courses, &C; in short, give general
geography oilhe country. In this take some
place as the starting point, aud give couIs's
and directions that We can definitely under
stand.
9th. Please state the progress ofimprove-
ment by way of schools, churches, (naming
size and number Of fdenoninaliOns) Libraries,
fruit trees, &c.
9th. Please state the facilities for market
ing its kind, nature, extent and demand,
and prices as compared with Oregon prices.
And lastly, are your best claims all taken
up or will thore be ga few more left Of the
same sort" for the next two or three years
Please give the nature Of your soil, IFS pro-
ducdveness, sc. Was last winter a sample
Of, or exception 10 your usual winters
Describe climate as compared with Oregon.
In short, give any and all information that
you think will be interesting to those desi-
ring TO emigraie and settle.
In reply to the above questions we would
say that the road to Walla WAlla is COM
plete from that point to within few miles
ofPuoET SOUND, and will be finished en-.
tirely through in a few days, As to the
description Of country through whichit pass
es, we would refer "AnxiouS lnquirers" to
our last weeks issue, and TO tho communi-
cations Of Mr.. ALLEN in to-days paper
This gentleman has been engaged upon this
road for length Of lime-is thoroughly ac-
quainled with il from actual observation
and is gentleman whose statements may
be relied upon. His testimony is corrobo-
rated by all that have been upon the road,
and we can safely assert that ou: PEoPLE's
RoAD across the Cascade mountains is as
good, if not far better, than any other over
said range. There is noto luxuriant green
grass all along the road-on the tops Of the
mountains and down in the valleys-ho
laurel or poisonous plants-abundance Of
water-and from the base of the mountains
on this side to PUGET SOUND, the road pass
es through sections Of some as fine agricul-
tural country as the territory can boast. A
train Of sixty wagons are now on the way
through the new route, and as for camping
places, an immigrant can hardly go amiss.
OLYMPIA is at present the largest town
in the territory, and the one which we will
select as a starting point from which to cal
'culate distances 10 others. It is situated ut
the head Of the Sound, and from thence to
Sieilacoom, the next town Of Importance,
the distance is 25 miles From Steilacoom
TO Alki, 30 miles Alk 10 Seattle, 5 miles
Seattle 10 Port Townsend, 90 miles Port
Townsend 10 Dunginess, % miles Port
Townsend to COveluua, (Whidby's Island, ]
8 miles. These points are al on the Sound,
and the most known, though there arc many
others which will attract settlement and
eventually be Of importance THERE'S also
an excellent country in the neighborhood Of
Grey's Harbor, and also Shoalwater Bay
distance from Olympia 100 or 100 miles,
southwest. The Cowliiz country is also an
excellent agricultural seetion-the outlet for
which, heretofore, was the Cowltz river,
empiying into the Columbia. Monticello,
two miles above its mouth, is the first point
in coming into the territory by this chan
mel. Thirty miles above, is Cowlitz Land
ing, short distance from which are excel
lehl Touring mills There is a wagon road
nov under contract, to connect Monticello
with Olympia by which the navigation Of
the Cowlitz will be avoided, and both time
and distance be saved to those travelling the
route. This road will be finished early next
season, and will render communication be-
tween PUoET SOUND and the Columbia riv-
VI both speedy and easy, as the distance can
then be accomplished in day and half
at present the trip consumes three or four.
Post Offices are established at all the
places named, and the mail arrives and de-
paris once a week.
In the way Of roads, We nave not much
/ boi-l or F., ihr ouu'ry j., 'noHcw as yet