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Show 66 PEOPLING OF AMERICA. Steamer,s arr1. va1 on that coast ' many of them, ou. t in their canoesd~ some d1. stunce f1· om larld • As soon as they perceived· hPd. r, ht hey fhie for the s h ore, an d the ·s teamer J1Crsuin00" , so . tern. fic t ern, t at 1 d they not on l y a b an cloned their cano.e s ' but thell' v1llage. s a so, un fled en masse, to the mountains, lenvmg not only the Japanese' but every t hm. cr e 1s e b e·n m· d tl·1em • The Japanese were taken on board 0 the steamer, conv eyed to Fort Vancouver, and sent from . there to L on d on, w h enc e they were curriP.' d on board an East lndm.m an, to t h e·l l' na tl' Ve count1·y • And beside this, there a. re the remams of a wrecl { , n ea· I. Cape Look Out ' at which the lndtans have frequently collected beeswax, which was thrown out on the beach, by the surf; and it is the general impression, that this also, was a Japanes~ or Chinese vessel. The Indians have some strange and mystenous traditions, concerning this wreck; but ~ve w~re not able to learn a ny thincor definite from them, concernmg 1ts charact.e r, o. r the time of its destruction; but it is evidently runny years since 1t was lost. We know of no account of the loss of any such vessel, from anv of the Commercial nations of the world, and it is, at least, pr~bable, that this als9, was driven from the shores of th: Eastern Continent· and if this were the case, here then, are two mstances, ' . in which people have been cast upon the Western shoi:~s of Amen-en, from China or Japan, perhaps from both; two mstances, by which, had the Continent been at those times without inhabitants1 it would, or might have been peopled. And since the Chinese Empire has been in existence so long, and since they have been,· in many respects, so long enlightened, why may not this have' happened, thousands as well as flfty or an hundred years ago; and why may it not have happened, before this Continent was inhabited, and they have been the Parents of the present aborigines? The scenery in Oregon, is varied, romantic, picturesque, and grand. There is certainly nothing to equal it, in North America, East of the Rocky Mountains; and, although much has been said of the beauty and grandeur of the scenery of Switzerland, we doubt if any thing can be there found to equal it; taking into view, the rich) ~xtensive, and flowery plains, surrounded by tall and heavy forests, of ever-green, watered by many large and living streams, flowing sometimes smooth and gentlle, then rapid, and again precipitating, in broad, and heavy sheets, down immense per· pendicular Falls. There may be, some where on the earth's whole eurface, some spot which c·an equal in the mighty grandness of its- SCENERY OF OREGON. ~7 scenery, the mountains, the valleys, and the shores of Oregon; but if there be, 'tis vast, 'tis beautiful, 'tis grand mdecd. Let the beholder, stand upon the green summit of one of the high isolated hills, that rise from the plain in the upper Willummette, and what a prospect! The imagination that has been accustomed o?1~ t~ th.e level surface, and dull monotony of the Valley of the Mtsstsstppt, must be stretched to its utmost to comprehend the mighty picture. The fair Valley of the Willummette, with its hills, and its vales, its forets, and its plains, is spread out before you. To the East, and extend in()" as far us the eye can reach to the North and South, the b . . Cascades, in one lofty, unbroken range, nse mountaw upon moun-tain, and forest over forest, until their highest peaks, wrapped in eternal snow, and white as the unsullied fluke in the storm of Winter, stand high and giddy, far a hove the clouds. At your feet you can see the W illammctte, meandering down the w~de fertile Valley, and can trace afar, the course of the broad Columbia, winding through its forest-crested hills; and further away to the North, St. Helens shows het· towering crater of eternal fire; and further still, the eye is lost in the wide lab1·ynth of dark and clustering heights, in distance indistinct. Away to the South, the peering summits of some lofty chain, are dimly drawn upon the sky. To the ,.~;rest, vou hear the distant Ocean's sullen roar, as its waves, with crash. tremendous, break upon its rock bound shores. The bright clear bbc above is cloudless; all beneath, seems hushed in deep repose ; even the loud Catarnct's thunders, wake not so far the circling waves of air; and save, perchance, the carol of a mountain bird, the breeze sighing to the leaves, and the heavy murmuring of the distant deep, all else is sitent, as it was upon the morn, ·Nhen God created it. Ilerc may the im~gination lift the veil which hides the future~ and peer into the destinies of this fair land: As it runs over the wide prospect, it peoples it with thousands and tl.lousands of busy inhabitants, sees every plain checkered with fields, nnd even the steep and rugged Mountain-side, made to yield to the hand of the husbandman; every where, houses, gardens, orchards, and vinyards, scattered in countless.multirudcs, over hill and valley; :flocks and herds feeding, on every hand ; the broad highways coursing the valley, or winuing away over the hills, thronged with a busy concourse, all moving hurriedly to and fro, engaged in the avocations of a civilized life; se~s villages, towns, and cities, with mas- ~- sive walls and glittering spires, which have risen above the moul-dered huts of a deported race. It looks forward to the time when, |