The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-09-07
From FRAzER's R1vER-RErURN OF ONE

or THE MEMBERS OF MOBILES ExPED1TIoN.-
We had the pleasure, this week, Of meeting
Mr.. James Oheever, who was member of
MOBILES Expedition, and has just returned
from Frazer River, from whom we have
gathered some intelligence that may be in.
teresting to our readers.
Mr.. Cheever left Walla Walla on the 7th
of June, and came home by Landers' road,
which he cordially recommends as being ex-
cellent, to the Sweet Water river, and down
the North side of the Platte River, to ON.
aha, Nebraska, which has been described
so often as to be well known. He met, in
Nebraska, thousands of Pixies Peakers com
ing home, with their packs upon their backs,
begging their way. H..
Of those who went out with Col. MOBILES
party, Mr.. g. informs us that John Hamil-
ton, was editing newspaper at Portland,
Oregon. VIM. Wallace Thompson was
clerking in wholesale house at the same
place. Pat Dignan was farming in the
Walla Walla Valley, for DR.. Kinney, for
merly a noted man in St. Paul. George
Reed was at Omaha, on his way home.
William Caldwell had left Walla Walla on
a prospecting expedition to Frazer River,
with DR.. Thibadoux. George McCully,
formerly of Galena, was in the grocery
business at Walla Walla, which contains
about twenty or thirty houses and about
$50 people.) Nelson Harris, formerly bar
keeper in the Fuller House, was farming on
the Fuchet river, about twenty miles from
Walla Walla. John Young, 1.-THE inimita-
ble) was at Frazer's river, farming. When
be let himself he told the man that he never
did any work, but that he would do what
be could. The man set him at splitting
rails, and says he is the best hand he ever
had.
Of the mining business, Mr.. G. does not
speak very encouragingly. Gold is found
there, but it is only on the little bars in the
river, which are sometimes miles apart. The
floating population of California, which
numbers many thousands, focked there in
such numbers as to ruin the business of
mining. Millions of dollars were spent,
and only thousands got in return. 1t would
pay well for few hundred persons.
At the Cordelaine Mission, near Colville,
military post on the Columbia river, the
miners were getting out about seven dollars
per day on an average, but it costs five dol
lars per day for expenses of living, provis-
ions being very high.
The climate of the country is temperate,
the mercury rarely falling much below zero,
and there is not much snow, but it is poorly
adapted to agricultural pursuits, other than
stock raising, cut is very we'll adapted to
that.
In conclusion, Mr.. G. says that all the
"boys" from Wisconsin and Minnesota will
be very glad to get back again, as soon as
they can get the means, being well satisfied
that there are no States on the Pacific
slope that will equal the States from which
they emigrated. Much other information
was given us by Mr.. c., but our space to-
day will not allow of its publication.
P.S. For sale cheap, at this Office, a
few copies Of pamphlet entitled: Gold
Gold Gold Overland Emigration Route
to Frazier River! Report from Select
Committee of the House of Representatives,
on the Overland Route from Minnesota to
Oregon!" Selah!