, 1858-07-23
Rspsflsa Cold Discoveries on Ihe Nah
ths, WenaicAoe, &e.-ROuis 70 The
c0ld Regiol, &e.

choS, Wenaithoe, &e.-koule 70 The
c8ld Region, &c.
The late Portlhnd papers nppear to have
uoked themselves into something Of fe-
rtf, growing out Of a report brought to
that city bys portion Of the company Of
mineu who were recently repuhed BY the
Indians, near the Wenaichee river, whilst
slF0uts for the ShushWap river mines, and
driven back to the Dalles. The nature Of
TIE report TO which We refer, and which, we
believe, has been published in all the Port
And papeIs. is, that Capt. ROBEETsOS, and
aieW members Of the company allnded to,
found he sUideaGe Of god on al ne streans
aloag fhe rome, bstseesn Ferf iSiMoos and ne
Relaieies rinsr-ineludiag Tie Nab-ehes, va
Rina, Wess0ieks &e, IN some Of shaeh, Gls
aos' extraordinary prospects had been Obain-
q! We certainly hope, most ferVently,
hat The statements Of Capt. Robertson, and
others, made through the Oregon press, con
ssrning the discovery Of gold, in the diree-
ton indicated. nag PTO1s sniirely true, but
We must confess, that, Notwithstanding the
bes. q gold diggings may be found along
those streams, yet the published statements
70 which We refer, are Of little evidence to
usof that fact. and for these reasons
7Beenuse the company Of which Mr. Rob
srtsou was captain, is the only prospecting
party that has tFaversed that section Of
eOuatry-or has 6aa fhat far out from the
Dulles this seasoa and from the fact, as
wehase It on good authority, that there is
. East difference Of Opiplon, concerning the
richness Of that region, amongst ne man
bgsref sShiat tAs company sOas cOzpOsed--
some avering that although they prospect
"a very carefully on all the streams, they
asiiher found geld, or ne color thereof 9th
srS stating that they heard nothing about
iho discovery Of gold on the route, until
ihsis niBrA 70 ne DaHes whilst others as
sert most positively, that the prospects
dai4sl 70 hare been taken Oat BY Capt, r.,
and o,hsrs. Hasi AaVseO~ from California,
Frazer rfrT, OF elsepAeTG " s5
,. Because It Is ven known that a csr-
faia portion Of the citizens Of Portland, the
Dalles, &C., IN connection with certain
steamboat lines, and other ''institutiOns,'
are most abandonedly Inscriptions 10 the
means which they employ 70 induce a rush
Of travel through the Indian country, ho-
ping. thereby t. intimidsts the hostile In
dams BY having them logged and subdued
By large companies Of miners--tO the end
that they may, eventually, secure Az the
travsl 70, and furnish al the supplies for
The shushwap and Thompson river mines,
b diEeFting the same, from It's legitimate
eourse-viq PAgst Sound aad he SnOqnal-
ais Pass--apd capsing It to aow tirOHgk
tis ColHnbia rirsr, ria tie Dalles. -
3. Because the statement Of Capt. Rob
srlsOu Is ridiculOusly inconsistent upon its
facs, in many respects, and We are surpris-
"a that the Portland editors, who are pecu-
Iiarly dbs in having every favorable report
soneeruing the Dalles route, dressed up to
she best advantage possible, did not disco
YER the lameness and absnrdity Of some
ofils parts. and given it the assistance Of
. zutal, In order TO afford an illustra-
tion TO our readers, Of the statement Of
Capt R, We make the following extract
from his letter, published in the Oregon
Siandard, concerning the engagement Of
bis company with the Indians, his TrOspsa-
i1g operations, sc. he says:
= Next Day We travelled down The weewltoh, Ia III
hutary 81 the Wenarchee, and north Of the crossing
of he Yakimal and camped about u miles below a
aboutl O'Clock, P. u. The day was quite warm, and
ailer We had camped l went down 70 the stream 70
hathe While there the appearance Of the soil indn-
cd ne % take up some gravel from the bed rock 10
he stream which Il That point was about three Inch
g below the surface. and wash il IN my hand In this
Hound tUo particles of gold. l returned 70 camp
pa, viii hen geBf 10 The stream and ascended Il
elenE ne route We had juSt passed over about two
niles There We commenced digging Of the surface
an 9e.t ne edEe Of the water. We took on about
gravel and drt which lay next beneath In the first
pan fnl o. this earth We found about one dollar and
~ d god We then went about ten feet from this
place, and amer removing The surface as before we
washed pan 0i the gravel and ohiained about hoo
dolars. We made third trial At another point ten
teet u another direction, and from one pan q irt o.
tained about dollar IN gold dast. We exhibited
the result Of our prospects 70 part Of our company
a Of whom naid that The prospect rich, and thai
" pe lad an months pro1isi0Hs igifh u.s. Il tooud BE-
bitter Jor ~ 70 reEain ere and tcOrk than % 10 for
lo1rd q 1AonPson's riuer.s Bat the company being
hound for ThOmpson's river deemed Il best not %
make the discovery generally known among the com.
pany. but % proceed at once 70 The ShushEap."
That is to say" if they had sir months
PrOuisiOas" along. they would have stop
ped at place at which they could have at
any time been readily supplied, and where
they could have made from one 10 ttoo dol
lara 70 fAs PaS but iDasmuch as they did
not hava a eir S,o1fbs, .,-o,.;.;,,,O % tL.,