, 1853-01-15
Fisheries of the Pacific Coast
ultimate Importance to North
ern Oregon, go.


ern Oregon, go.
1t is neither for the edi6eation of the
people of northern Oregon, or from any
hope Of imparing to our citizens new and
important information, that we have here
tofore been led 10 the examination and dis
cussion of the resources of our new and
beautiful country. We are all familiar with
the fruitful productiveness Of our soil-the
winter mildness, summer grandeur, and gen
eral salubrity of our climate-the extern
sive prairies and magnificent forests with
which VIC are surrounded-the immense
bodies Of coal being developed in our midst
four two hundred miles of inland sea nav
igation and harbor, afforded by Puget Sound,
and the iberslity with which the various
pursuits-of industry are rewarded these
are subjects with which all Oregonians are
familiar But it is that these things may be
known abroad-that those desirOus of i'm
migrating to this portion of the Pacific coast
may know something Of the character Of
the country to which their attention may
have been directed, and some of the induce
ments which invite their footsteps hither,
that we have SO frequently devoted pOr-
tion of the columns of the Columbian" /"
to matters connected Herewith.
To the commercial class Of the commu-
nifty on the Atlantic coast, an inducement
standing pre-eminent, and highly attractive,
is the magnificent FISHERIES known to ex-
ist on the shores of the Pacific.
1t is asserted by persons who have spent
some time in the examination Of the FISH
ing grounds of the Sound, Strait and coast,
that in their opinion the business could be
prosecuted more successfully-with less dam
ger and exposure, and labor crowned with
a reward infinitely superior to that attend
! ing the fisheries Of any other country in the
q0Orldl And that for cod, salmon, holibut,
&C., the grounds referred 10 are UNMvAL-
Ed IN oUNuTY AND oUALIrY-abounding,
likewise, with prOfusion Of mackerel, her
ring, with myraids Of every variety of the
shell-6sh order. n 81.
Ii would be almost unnecessary to re-
mark, even for the information Of the peo-
pie of the Atlantic, that these fisheries have
been thus far suffered to remain almost un-
disturbed-that salmon is the principal ar
Gcle of Indian subsistence-th what lit
tie has been done in the business Of secu-
ring the salmon, has been done solely by
the Indians, through their crude method,
and slender appliances, and that their lazy
and worthless habits prevent a sufficient be-
stOwal of time and attention, in furnishing
any considerable quantity for export, be,
yond their own necessities, and what is re-
quired for present home consumption
The schooners "Mary Taylor,p " Frank
hn," "DemariscOve," "Cynosure," and
others, have been engaged in the traffic Of
what oil and salmon the Indians of Queen
Charlotie's, VancouveT's, and those of Cape
Flattery may have had 10 dispose of, as
ouvil;arv in Tho cororlo,;or of .bo;r .,,-c,oo.
and during The wear ;us, closed have nro'
cured for the San Francisco market sever.
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