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 Portland took it on up the river and by it we received your letter of the 12th August, so you see I was just in time with this.

We cannot conceive how you get the idea that Milwaukie is at the mouth of the Willamette, for I was shure I had told you better. It is six miles above Portland, and Portland is 12 miles above the mouth, Oswego is the next town above, then Willamette Citty with 6 large houses and no inhabitance both on the west side of the river, this place is on the east side, Oregon Citty is on this side also, and is 7 miles above, and Lyn Citty opposite, I borrowed two maps of Capt. Whitcomb today for the purpos of drawing a map for you, which I will try to get ready by next mail. One is a map of Oregon & Washington, the other a map of the surveyed part of Oregon.

I have got the Ague and must quit, and finish in the morning. The Sal-lal Berries is a large, dark blue berry, somewhat resembling the wherttleberries, but as large as four of the latter, grows in clusters like grapes, and are rather sweet in tast, very pleasant, the bush they grow on is an evergreen. They grow much larger on the coast than up here. They have an oblong shape,

The way of raising produce does not differ materially from the method adopted in the states some people sow their Cabbage, Onions, Peas &c in the fall, or in the months of Feb. & March.

There is an abundance of springs all over the country and