Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1867-06-22


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heads in British America. tlr"ugh It's
chief affiuents, the Yukon and P"r-
curine, and has a length of over
1000 miles. pursuing a generally
southwest direction, and debouch-
ing ny several months in lat. 61 deg
to 63 deg, below Norton Sound, in
stead of rai'ni"s northwest to the
Arctic Ocean. as it is gcneraly y made
to do on the maps. We are assured
that the whole course of the river
and its affluents, as well as of the
less considerable rivers farther south,
lies through an immense forest ofthe
choicest pine. Thore are several
large rivers north of the KvichImk,
but the region is so Geld that they
can be of little value. The average
temperature is ssaid tu be ten to twelve
degrees warmer than on this side of
Tho continent Valuable mines are
vaguely reported, hut little is known
of them. Generally the region is
rugged as well as cold, and there
seems little probability that mnch of
its soil will ever be cultivated. The
fact that the Russians s"j"urning on
this coast were long ago accustomed
to grow their grain in California,
1000 miles away, is significant. In
fish and fur-bearing animals, the
country is hardly surpassed. The
following article, translated from the
Cologne Gozete, probably gives as
intelligent and dispassionate an ac-
count OF the Territory as can now be
presented:
If the ccssion of tho whole Of Rus.
sian America t" the United States is
ratified, it will be very important
event-nut because the acquisition
ofa large tract of land by the United
States promises any increase of pow.
cr-for territorial extension is not
desirable, aud Russian America is no
paradise; yet it may prove an FL Do
RADIO IN furs, and its situation on the
northwest coast of the continent will
be of great significance. The terri
tory is Il, 500 (German) square miles
in area, lying on the northwest slope
of the Rocky mountains; has many
snow peaks and VOLCANOES, and is
dcnscly wooded in tho valleys and
on the rivers aud inlets Of the coast
range. The coast has many har-
brrs, shut in by the Prince If Wales
and George the Thirds Archipela-
goes. The Kossack Dechenes first
discovered Behring's Straits, which
were explored by Behring eighty
wears afterwart. and received his
name. The VOLCANOES are generally
very high and streams are very abnn-
dant. though unemployed. The
climate is very diversified. and mnch
n,ilder than between the same paral-
lcls on the eastern coast of Aner'cz
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