"...what is Yoncalla--Now it is not a town nor a place of man's creation nor of a white man's naming--but it is a hill round and high and beautiful; a splendid representative of hills in general--it is ten miles in circumference and one and a half in height.

"The north side of it is covered with fir timber, oak, hazel and various kinds of underwood...from time immemorial a harbor for deer, bear, wolves and many other kinds of wild animals..."