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. Fort Vancouver for a cargo of goods. “ 
ince his arrival, several other persons,  aacipally poh aes es- 
tablished themselves in thé valley. Mr. Sinclair, Jrgpwh om I ex xperienced . 
much kindness during my ah is settled a.few miles distant, on the Rio _ 
de los Americanos. “Mr. Coudrois, #gentleman from Germany, has estab- | 
‘lished himSelf on Feather river. and is associated with Captain Sutter in 
agcicultural pursuits. Among other improvements, they are about toin- 
troduce the cultivation of rape seed, (brassica rapus, ) which there is every” 
reason to belie¥Ve is admirably adapted t to the climate and soil.. The lowest ~ : 
average Brpauce of wheat, as far as we canat present know, is 35 fanegas 
_ for one ut, as an tratanke of its fertility, it may be mentioned a : 
Seftor V. Fa & obtained, on a piece of ground where sheep ha ad been p 
tured, 800 fanegas for eight sown. The produce being acer in various ; 
places, a very correcteidea cannot be formed. = 
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n impetus was ‘given to the active little population by. our 
Wwe were in want of every thing. Mules, horses, and cattle, were to beeel-* *. 
lected ; the horse milf was at work day and night, to make Seat bal flour ; 
the blacksmith’s shop was pu t in requisition for horse. sh os 
aék saddles, ropes, and bridles, and all the he offfar Pe 3 
ments;of the camp, were again to be provided. re a “te. «. 
The delay thus occasioned was one of repose tee ich our 
situation required, and, anxious as we were to resum mesour homeward jour- _ 
ney, was regretted by no one. In the mean time, I had the Sais to meet ~ 
with Mr. Chiles, who was residing at a farm on the other side of the river 
Ppa cto, while engaged in the selection of a place for a settlement, for 
which he had received the necessary grant of land from the page 
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It will be remembered that we had parted near thikdeoudias of the state 
d that he ha d subsequently descended the valley of Lewis’s fork with 
& party of 10 or 12 men, with the intention of crossin Sn flaca tinic™ moun- 
_ tains to the waters of the bay of San Fran rancisco. @xecution n of this . 
_ design, and aided by subsequent ormation, he left the Colum c?s 
mouth of Malheur river ; and, making his way to the .head waters 
Sacramento with a part of his eompany, travelled down that river to he x 
settlements of Nueva Helvetia. The other party, to whom he had com- 
*mitted his wagons,and mill irons and saws, took a senate further=to the 
south, and the wayons and their contents were lost. “i 
On the 22d we made a preparatory move, and Sa se near see : 
ment of Mr. Binet, on the left bank of t eee ee fae ¥ 
ischarged five of the party :_Néal, the blacksmith, fan excellent wor man, « 
an unmarried ng Be a ad déne his duty faithfully, and had mee 
ery great service to me,) desired to S rediale: as stro iegemtniey 
offer d here to mechanics. Although at snanideenble > mm 
is good oe induced me to oa with his request ; an 
ned for him, fi Captain S utter, a esent enti off Fe 
and a half ae with a promise og it should beiner to fi 
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