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Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 10, 1845

Page

3

Oregon explorers reach Fort Hall after perilous crossing

Dr White and a small party travel from Oregon through Oregon City to Fort Hall, detailing encounters with Sioux and Pawnee along the Platte, Snake River, and Bitterroot corridors. The group endures ambushes, captures, and loot, with casualties, hardships, and a perilous escape toward the Oregon Road and Republican Fork.

Pacific Umua River Oregon City Doctor White Y Aed United States Fort Vancouver Dalles Columbia Moses Thartis Black Marris Indiana Fah Mending California Whitman Iady H. N. Spaulding Indy Finch Fort Laramie Platte Spane American Fur Company St. Louis Joseph Burk Dr. White Jet Snoke Fort Hall Papin Independence Burnt River Barlow Knighton McDonald’s St. Joseph Company Snake River Grant Saxton Chapman Arene Brown Pawnee Manuel Suxton White Secral War Department Jungauwisca Armauponn Coupe Oregon Republican Fork

Wheat and flour rise as Brittania voyage boosts markets

Commercial report from Orries on Saturday December 6, 1845 notes continued cold weather and light snow. Wheat sells at 70 cents, flour at 5 dollars per barrel, corn 15 to 20 cents, with hog trade awakening next week. Contracts listed: 300 lb hogs at 3 00 per cwt, 220–250 lb hogs at 3 25, 250–300 lb at 3 50 per cwt. Prices echoing across Alton and packing points.

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Flour and hogs market flurry across multiple cities

The report tracks flour demand and pricing with steady to rising markets. It notes specific barrel and sack quotations, river navigation concerns, and substantial hog slaughter with prices near four dollars per hundredweight. Also cited are wheat, corn, oats, and potato movements, with regional price ranges and shipments from various mills and packing houses.

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