 | Charles Wilkes - 1849 - 186 Seiten
...indeed, it is very doubtful whether they are sufficiently numerous to repay the expense of hunting them. In the spring and fall, the rivers are literally covered with geese, ducks, and other water-fowl. Buffalo are hunted by the Oregon Indians, as well as the Blackfeet ; but the former not... | |
 | Robert Sears - 1854 - 668 Seiten
...animals are decreasing in | numbers yearly, particularly south of the parallel of forty-eight degrees ; indeed, it is very doubtful whether they are sufficiently...are literally covered with geese, ducks and other water-fowl. In 1848, a bill passed both houses of Congress, and was approved by the president on the... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1855 - 908 Seiten
...without regard to season. This is not, however, the case to the north, in the British possessions; there the company have been left to exercise their...are literally covered with geese, ducks, and other water-fowl. Fort Vancouver, on the Columbia, and ninety miles from the ocean, is the principal seat... | |
 | William O. Blake - 1855 - 1010 Seiten
...indeed, it is very doubtful whether they are sufficiently numerous to repay the expense of hunting them. In the spring and fall, the rivers are literally covered with geese, ducks, and other water-fowl. Fort Vancouver, on the Columbia, and 90 miles from the ocean, is the pricipal seat of the... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1856 - 462 Seiten
...without regard to season. This is not, however, the case to the north, in the British possessions; there the company have been left to exercise their...are literally covered with geese, ducks, and other water-fowl. Fort Vancouver, on the Columbia, and ninety miles from the ocean, is the principal seat... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1858 - 592 Seiten
...possessions ; thero the company have been left to exercise their own rule, and prevent the indiscrimiatc slaughter of either old or young out of the proper...are literally covered with geese, ducks, and other water-fowl. Fort Vancouver, on the Columbia, and ninety miles from the ocean, is the principal seat... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1858 - 766 Seiten
...possessions; there the company have been left to exercise their own rule, and prevent the indiscrimiate slaughter of either old or young out of the proper...the rivers are literally covered with geese, ducks, aud other water-fowl. Fort Vancouver, on the Columbia, and ninety miles from the ocean, is the principal... | |
 | Robert Sears - 1876 - 664 Seiten
...animals are decreasing in numbers yearly, particularly south of the parallel of forty-eight degrees ; indeed, it is very doubtful whether they are sufficiently...covered with geese, ducks and other water- fowl. In 1848, a bill passed both houses of Congress, and was approved by the president on the 14th of August,... | |
 | Oregon Historical Society - 1911 - 424 Seiten
...been left to exercise their own rule and prevent the indiscriminate slaughter of the old and young and out of the proper season. In the spring and fall the...rivers are literally covered with geese, ducks, and so forth. In the eastern section the buffalo abound and are hunted by the Oregon Indians, as well as... | |
 | Reuben Gold Thwaites - 1906 - 446 Seiten
...they are sufficiently numerous to repay the expense of hunting them. 94 Early Western Travels [Vol. 29 The Hudson's Bay Company have almost the exclusive...are troublesome to the settlers, but they are not so [305] numerous as formerly. From the advantages this country possesses, it bids fair to have an extensive... | |
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The fur-bearing animals are decreasing in numbers yearly, particularly south of the parallel of 48°; indeed it is very doubtful whether they are sufficiently numerous to repay the expense of hunting them. The Hudson's Bay Company have almost the exclusive... 
