The Wilmington Gazette

              the wilmington uazettji publiihcd every tuesday by allmanu 1 1 all at three dollar a year payable in advance or four dollars if not paid within a yesr numher 51t.j 10th yeah.j frum the kentucky i'.ilitjium which exitted throws i'°'e motirttain to t itc colninbil river ; nml h-.id we cren known the route we win hrsijtuie of horses whjob would have been indnpc-nniimy necessary lo enable at to tmmport the requisite juamity ol mnni'iniiinii ith oilnr stores to ensure the remuiiiini7 part ijf o»ir voyage down the i'o luiiiliia vro tlv.ttlore rdcrmitied to navi kati lli minourii j far as it wn practica mt or miles we met with some ofihe natives from whom we could obtain faorm and infor mation of the countnr accordingly e un dertook a ii.i buriohs purttye at the falu nftho mluourt of s m^ies wi.ich werlltc trtl with aur ta i hu !>;..' • f l>y tlie 3d of jirly i i in i ;.. in • tacet d n the missouri wn ptttetnted uw rocky munn'ainatthe dis i»"i •• • . « i i.:ili >. hunt tli upper part of the poit»n . and penetrated a far us the three '"'*' •' '!•■" eis ■ diatatice of 180 miles i '' ri hi r •■•■; miitourl divides imo three near eq'tal iranene at the nrac r.iitit i n iv largest branehes ar id i eaily o.'ine mn ■ d fnltjr tiut we tiid i o conceive that eitiitr ui tii i.i could with propriety retain tin tinn i.f ill ; mutiiurii and thereforr cal led thusf itre*mi jeffei»on i madison and oi.iutnrsriv.rt the r ufiuence of these runs is s84i tnilei from the mouth of the mieaourii l tlie meandert of thtt nver we arrived t h thrc-c forks of the mimotfh the 37th of july not having yrt iwen s lortiinate ai to meet with mic nui'ives ilttio 1 i had previously made several exertlrrrn fi-r thin pur|ki>e we mire cunipellcd atill to con tinue our route bv water m»ll canoe we g mir hofic in charge to tlic i'allotepsllors until we returned and on the 7th of october re-embarked for llic paci fic ocean we descended by the route i have already mentioned the water or i lie rivtr btnn low at this aeaton we experienced much difllruliy in descending we found it nlntiucied by a gri;»t number of difficult tmd din^r rmii rapid in passir of which our perogbm several time filled and the men tr-caprd narrowly with their lives however tlm difficulty docs not xist in high water trhich liup,nii<i within ihr period which i li vr prcnoi.ily meniiored we found tkt natives ejttre i^-ly nmnenmi und griicwl i iritii.lv rhoiirh we uuve on levcrai oc cblloni owe 1 otir lives and the fute of the exptdition to not nuibber which consibted of 31 men on the 1 7th of november we rnehrd hit ocean ( where virloul comidtra ti'n induced in to upend the winter we therefor marched for an eligible situation for that pofpole and selected a bpot on the outh tide of a little river calkil bj the nytirei n't ml which duehtrms itietf nt a 1 bar n ih mniili side of the columbia r " l within pufot adiffii hcrowa < wme log houses and defended ' : • • rn itockade work this r : ' ctamqp after a nation ■ wera our nearest neigh ''' ' ' 117 e found an abun b4rrfl ' • ■ '. «; lubiitted princi ! uring "'- lt»t wintrr ; wr left i'urt 1 ''< v '■■• • ''■■' of march on om homeward vnnd tojrage btlngmueh b«u«r acquainted with the country we wtr en»!>l ed to take mje'vp-fcatrirm at in b mea sure serut c us from the wmt of pi-ovi!,ion at any time and greatly lessened our fatigtaa when cotriparcd with those to whtrh we were r.(,m|jel!ed to submit in our outward bound journey we hart not lost a man since we left the mandiani a drcutnitanca which i assure 5-011 is a phasing con«tdcritloo tome as i shall shonl be with yon and ihe post is now wailing i d-rem it innecessary here to attempt minuttly to detairthc mcurcncet of tliel.ist eighteen montljs j am kc your affect icnate 6rpt er , wm clark mbw.tokx nv 14 forca of prance the other to the king of huvaria to announce to him that notwith taurting the intrigues of the court hi ma jr«ty the emperor mill hopes to preserve pi-acu with prussia ; but in case that this power should not make a prompt and cntej,'firical an ner to the explanations which have been lc mantw thnt hismajestjr is rea«l to enter into germany with uwm hundred thuu^uml men we congratulate the public t urge ami the particular i'rii'nds of mcn'ri lewis and clark and their enterprising coimitnionti itn the happy termination of an expedition which will doiibtlc.v b productive of ukulc jluilo commercial advantuirci to the wcium coun try at no very distant period - tnipruvc our geographical knowledge ul those hitherto un explored regions ami atsiit tlie government of the union ir estimating the true value ul those boundaries which i luim hy the pur chase nll.imiiilniiu wh.i'.cvcr ttillvicm «.-• of opinion t»*y exist on this polni \ ve are |>. r suaded all ihutk auil frel alittt i.r the e«u rage procvertiice n i nu l"i ik-puin.i hi lupluyol l>y thi a<u nii-mi j r . |^ v re entitled to ami will rccn\e ll,c pui.ii.ii of thir cuunti y iin'ii one or the passengers in the richard in the bearer of riinpaickn hi gor*rau)tftt and an elegant nit'oal a present tiom hit imjji ri al ranjusty to tli trasideiit of tue l'mitd statw __ lord f.aurterriate wai still at l'aiii fie i a september km no expectation of i»«ace trim t/e stibll gazeitr by the mail o hi morning we h,vr rr eeive.l froman oltli,>iti k rnen.l ilie fdllowfitt letter from captain claik hi ins bnnliat ge neral clark near l<«ni,»ilie chj>i t.ui-u lid hot perhaps intend it fur puldicjimn ; but to gratify in some nioasurc the bjipttietk vrishet of hi couiitrj men the tntr «■», j>rev».led upon to ytattuil iu appiarikce in our paper ul tu-day the of pen f tht tiffairi f tkt jftfltrn cuuiiy und cel liar's tat v'fit thi icictn tdbiinfftration has b nona of tliofe ili-t lij.ij.i-n i'jiic ..'..■- li .', i siatct added dlglipv id he national cli radcr and urqniicd a l cxitut of ler rnory t<i i » fanrrtrfiot i without cotiduef t'ae ace ifiu i of the lcu-iuna h bl_i j diamond in tlir prvfenl adtnir itirition lich wlllgrftw brighter t main i 1 1 1 ! 1 3 n r , at tbie bovanccf 5 it will lie re corded 11 kiinry a « the mnll important epoch 01 mr jerrvrf6o adminiltraiiun ; it wiii n'.d 10 thtluflre thai will hiite to the iltelt po((«tliy grid will b iufcribcl oft me memory of every true american tc the la'eit period the louiliana country w*g acquired at a lime when it vras impoqible lor the piflelfoit ti hold it nw h longer ; nnd france dreading the coufcqurncei torlc ilie eatliea itop to rftfpofa of it to the bed ailvantage and fi:ue we have bcci put in pafleiiicnot it we luvcdtawn uponui the jei-lotify t.f all europe viewed with an envious eye in our rapid progrsfs to wards eaih and power untitanglm with national warfare enjoying rhc ua aliernb.9 light of necnalny an rr.al ; the^reaiefl hridej tnwarda agrlcultu»e at.j ex t mliiijn mjr eomir.r.ce tl>e iat expeilitiun bf captain lewtl and claik will reflect on mr jtsvrfon a ray-that bef|-eaks the man whole pene iraiing genim ha reacl.tj to the utmeli of human conception and unfold to ihr if tonifhed wotld vart extcofiv and her tofore unexpected region his rsdieric will now fparkle and confound ihofe rue ful being who fiii££ert(f at t!>e txpeti m»nt 4 a tiling next to irflpojiibility j v/l e cipufot lewii a d clark wurt ihtu - nol'e companr will receive thrgs neial applaufe and ha icwarjcd wi>h th thanks of a kjratelul cotiritry many perfoni !. • • ctu^>tfd mr jcf fvrfon forapfjoin'inp general vv ilkir.lbn in atlditinn 10 the otiice bf corr.rriam'fr ia chirf of the aterican armies governor ol upper lomiiana ut if ibofs pet fool were acqsainttd with the ciicufr.dance refaeaiig the appointment thsy won't willingly erafe that cenfuire from the lift which has been to uijuftiv laid to hit charge and it cenfure can t.e a"ached to mr jtfferfon on that fcore it will he for not taking the earlieit opportunity to ar reft or remove from uflice a man fo miich abhered by many of the american citi 7en at gen wilkinfoo a man fo ftrongly fufptdled of befng on a good cn derflantfing withjthe enemy now approach ing our territorial — and a man fufpctu-rl of being engaged in a nlan ths mod hohil towards the peace and happtnefs ot the u stares mr jefferfon on being afked by a te prefentativc in congrefs from the late of kentucky a gentleman of the highest ief peffability his reafun for appointing ge neral wilkinfon governor of upper lou iliana anlwered that as to hi own know le ■'' i e he knew nothing of general wil xinlon but that he had been highly re comwended to him by gentlemen whom he had confidered his warmed friend it in whom be placed the mod implicit con fidence and relying on the integrity of thole gentlemen was thecaufe of hisma king the appointment or words to that amount here w may naturally draw a conclu fion tlz hat general wilkinfon had been tampering with men of high handing and in the confidence of the psegdent through thejr felicitations and recommen dations had appointed him to the office of governor in a former rnimher we touched on th inconvenitnee that the executive depart ment laboured under with refpeel to any difadvantage attending the weficrn dates and the territories in conf«ej«ence of their remote fiiuation and in time to remedy the i for the molt abandoned ana si lmh stpt 23 ltio6 dear brother we arrived at this place at it o'clock to day from the t'acifick oicuu where we re maiiuil during the l-tat whiter mar ihe en trance oftlie columbia river i lin station we left on the j7th march last and should have reached st louis early in august had we not been drtained by the snow which bar red our p<i<tagc across the rocky mountains until ihe 34th june in retuwiinp through those mjuiilutni we dividad ourselves into everal p inus digmriag irom the roote by which w went out in mffr>r the more eflec tually to explore lh country tnt discover the most pi\»tiic..hle roule which doe ex'nt across ihe continent by the way of liie mia ouri and columbu river t kt this we were completely ue«esi|ul and h»vc thcrefun 10 liesitdtion in declaring that such a nature las p«rmkl.;d we huvn discovered thr !„ r route which doestxist acrum tne contintn oi worth america in hat direcio snrh i that by way of i miaaourt to tl.e timtxt the r-pidabslowthe great fulls of thai river a ilis tanceof 2s75 miles thence by land passing by the iluoky mountain to a navigable part of the kooskuoike i4i ; and witli the koo kooiike 73 miles lewis's river ml m les tt the<v.luinbia4l3t<»the pacific uctan ma king the toul distance from the confluence ul the m.ssouriand mississippi to the discharge of the columbia into the pkcific ocean 3s5j miles the navigation or the minourl inav be deemed jood its difficulties a ; bc from it's fallitii banks umber embeded in the mud of iu channel its sand-bars and itaadv rapidity f n current all which mb y i,e overcome with a fci-eai degree of certainty byutintrtjie necessary prer.i.utions the passage l,v li.r.d ol3«o miteafintm the fall of the missouri to the kooskooske is the mo»t for.miu.d.le part of the tract proposed across the continent of this distance 200 milei is abn ff a k oou road and 140 miles over tremendous moun tains which for 60 miles are covered with c ternal snows a pansacs over these moun tains is however piscticallc from the latter part of june to th last of september • und the cheap rate at which horses are to be ob tamed from the indian of the rocky moun tains and west of them reduces the expen ces of transportation over this portage to a mere trifle the navigation of the koos kooske lewis's river and the columbia is ii nd «° od ' f : r '"» the first of april to the middle of august by making three portaees on the utter river the fi rst of which in descending is 1200 paces at the falls of the columbia 36 1 miles up that river the second of two miles at the ion narrows 6 mile be low the falls and a third also of two miles at the great rapids 6 miles still lower down the tide flows up the cohunbia 183 mi!es sc within seven miles of die great rapids — large sloop may with safety ascend « hi k h as tide water and veste of 300 tons burthen reach the entrance of tha multnomah river • large southern branch of the columbia which takes its rise on the confines of new mexico with thecallerado and apostle 1 * ri i discharging itself into the columbia 135 miles from its entrance into the pacific ocean i consider this tract across the con tinent of immense advantage to the fur trade as all the furs collected in nine tenths or the most valuable fur country in ameri ca may be conveyed to the mouth of the columbw and shipped from thence to the east-indies by the brst of august in each year ; and will of course reach canton earlier ea than the fur which are annually exported from montreal arrive in great britain the mint nothtrly of he three fork that to which we had glvtn the nar.e of jeft-r mb'l river was deemed the most proper for our purpose and we accordingly ateended it a«hinilos to the upper forks and in ex trcmenavi^ible point miiki'ig the total dis ttncettvwliii.il we ha-l navigated the waters orihf missouri 3096 m : s nf which 429 lay within the rocky * ■!•>; jitains on tlu mor nlnjjofthe itth of august 18c5 1 arrived at tne torkt nf jefferson's river where i met r.nrr lew's rho bad previously pcn-traisd •• h >',''•' ■ thr«e men to the water of tiie colvim i a / tcov*r<d h^nd of the bhoi l>«-w 1 j i had foundmmns to induct " 5 •"' " ■*"!' waj s to acenmpsny i.im jjtthnt plice j'roni these people wv lc«r 4 v s rrrercjii which they rs.si.led wi no .. . mi and a paubge through the fnountnitik , . l.ut diiccti n t iniprarti r.ahle v ■<• amviiiing lo confide tri this un uvqrablt unt of the nsavet it was con eer ed befwei n t»pt lewi's'aha myself ih»t o'i jl iii shotj i go forward uniiirirairly with a irtuir party and explore the ■,•.-, w hii e ifie otli-r in hie interim would lay tip the rs r.nesat t!t pljce and cn«;aj',e the eativrs with li-eir horses to a*«ist in transporting our storeiand l.ak«a«;e to their camp accor dingly i t nut the next clay passed hi . di viding mo infuir between the wuters ol the miiiouri and columbia and tuirencle 1 th river which i s'un:c call the fsst folk f i .» is'n river about 70 niile finding that the indians ncctnnt of the country in the direc tion of thii river was correct i returned un joined cap'.ain ltw;son the 19tlt of aii"iist attln.shoslione can.p excessive fatipiud as ynu may suppose , baring passed moini tafntajntutt thaccttsibu >■• d compelled to au'iiut on b'-rris ilqring hie greater part of my route we now pureb'aied 37 lnr»e of theie indiani and hired n uu'u'e who a.su red •> thm he eould in fifteen ays ukt us to alarga r'.ier in a open country we»t of the»e mountains by ■ route some distance to thtnorth of the river on wbidi they li e d and that ty ww h the jtivc west nf the mounuiaii visit the puim of the mistonri for thrjiurpa-e c hunting the buffalo e very preparation being made we sat forward with our guide on the slat of atigiikt thronr-h tho«e tr mciidou mountains in which ve continued until thr 22d of september before we reached thu lower ccmntry lv yond them ; on our way we met with the olelacluhoots the 1 uchapiins from whom we obtained an accession of seven horr-e»»nd exchanreii 8 er ten others ; this proved of infinite service to us as we were compelled to sub-ut on horse ilesh alnut ei s ht or ten dayi beiore we rearh ed the kioskoiiiie duhng uur passage o ver those mounulni we suffered everythine which hunger cold fc btiguetould imt>ose nor did our difficulties with rebp«t to pr 0v i lion cease i ■• our arrival at the kooskooske for although the palotepallers a numerous natioa inhabiting that country were ex tremely hospitable and for a fewtriflir b arti cles furnished uh with an abundance of roots and dried sr!:,.oti the food to which they were accustonu .! ; we found that we could not subsist on these articles and almost all of us rrew sick on eating them ; we wtre o bilged therefore lo have recourse to the flesh pi horbt-s and dogs as food to supply the ilif ficiency of our guns which produced but lit tle meat as game was scarce in the vicinity ofourcampon the kooskooske where we were compelled to remain in order to con atroct our pero r ues to descend the river while we remained here i was myself sick for everal days and my friend captain lew is sufiered a severe indisposition having completed four perogucs and a a letter from governor vm c c clai norne to captain john shaw commander of the united states marine force in ni w-or leant copy « ct " newol ' t i th oct 1806 " pers.ia.1rd that the umc fe*lin of patri otism w nch has induced n declaration ofyour ntdmm to art in any f|iiri ler for llic defence cf vmircou'itry would induce you to-upport with fc-reat li-mneil the irneral wfety 1 shall vi:h v.-a f urt av;,i the public of tmr g vi er rrs wh never the oeculon may require for ihl preteirt sir i cannot ay what pnrticu ur i.t wll he exacted orn.c navy but i am fofciious thkt yov ihould make every po kiole txenioi to have hie boats in part prepa red for » cruize nml i feel the more wlicitoui on thin pi int mce in twoor three dayisomc m ittary it6rci will be shipped f«r nachito che and i am desirous that the rim-boats i'oul.-l give them convoy by the fort of bos ton rouge i am sir with great respect your humble servant signed vvm c c claiborne captain shaw " mew-orleans tth oct 1806 sir « i he most recent communications to me tram the honorable secretary of the navy re entirely pacific i am barely instructed to it out and enter a few men for the safe guard of the boat and port however sir i am ready to act on any quarter from yo«r sii ftiroctions in defence of my country and'in caie you anticipate immediate service from the navy ym will be pleased to make your nd they shall be strictly at tcndiil to j liiive the honor to be your excellency's most obedient servant «• r i john s a\v his excellency governor > c t cltubome j ..... ncw-nrk nov is arrived this morning the ship richard rogers from nam sailed oct i latest paris papers j5th sept the publicise of the 35th says the comcrvatwe senate hat been convo ked thu day the object ofthi.extraordina ry convocation by his mnjeity is said to be tn communicate to the senate the marriage ot his imperial highness the prince jerome buonaparte with one of the princesses royal ol the house of wirtemburg two copies of letters have also been read one to the prince primate of the confederation of the rhine to make known to him the intention of the em ptror to support the confederation with all the in ouroutward bound voyage we ascended to the fuotof the rapids below the great falls of the missouri where we arrived on the uth of june 180 not having met with any of the natives of the rocky mountains we were ef course ignorant of the puses by und wilmington n c tuesday dtctmnkrt 2 18og