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(Brig: t. 250; 1. 84'9"; b. 22'3"; dr. 11'2"; 2 guns)
American brig Thoma, H. Perkine was purchased in August 1841 at Astoria, Oreg. by Lt. Charles Wilkes, commanding the U.S. Exploring Expedition, to accommodate the officers and crew of Peacock, which had been wrecked 18 July. Renamed Oregon, the acquisition was taken to Fort Vancouver for alterations and fittmg out for service with the expedition.
Under the command of Lt. Overton Carr, Oregon sailed with the rest of the squadron 1 October for San Francisco, then on to Honolulu. On 27 November Oregon and Porpoise were detached to explore the shoals and reefs extending west-northwest of the Hawaiian Islands, intending to rejoin the rest of of the ships in Singapore. In need of general repairs, the two arrived there 19 January 1842, almost a month before the others. On the 26th, Oregon and Porpoiee left with the squadron for Capetown and St. Helena, then departed on their own again for Rio de Janeiro, before arriving off Sandy Hook on 30 June.
0repon was overhauled and repaired at New York, and fitted for surveying service in the Gulf of Mexico. She sailed 6 December via Charleston and Tampa, and conducted surveys in the Gulf until midsummer, returning to Norfolk 24 July. Used as a school ship there through October, she then carried condemned ordnance from Pensacola to New York until August 1844.
On 21 September Oregon sailed from Norfolk to New Granada with dispatches, returning 11 January 1845. Laid up in the Norfolk Navy Yard on 10 April of that year, she was sold soon thereafter.
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January 31, 1940 - June 7, 2021
Barbara Lucille (Bratch) Kerr, 81 of Battle Creek died due to COVID at Bronson Battle Creek on Monday, June 7, 2021. She was born January 31, 1940 in Winchester, Illinois, the daughter of Gene and Marjorie (Dillon).
Charles J. Hattman, Jr., of Philadelphia, passed away on Saturday, May 29, 2021. He was 59 years old. "Charlie" as he was affectionately known by to his family and friends, was born on May 30, 1961 to the late Charles J.
Charles "Charlie" De Santis, 89, of Northfield, NJ went home to be with the Lord on Monday April 5, 2021 surrounded by his loving family. Born in Petersburg, NJ he was the loving son of the late Reangelo and Maria .
Age 78, on Wednesday, June 9, 2021. Beloved husband of Kim stepfather of Tina Pham and L.T. Tran grandfather of Jennifer, Oscar, Julianna, and Isaac Tran brother of Scott (Nancy) Morrison and Sandi (late Joel).
Dora Sue Jue (Chin), age 95, went home to be with her Lord peacefully on Wednesday, June 9, 2021. She was born in New York City, but was a life-long resident of the Atlantic City area. She lovingly and faithfully raised.
Our loving and cherished husband, father, brother and friend Martin Luff Jr (Aka Marty) age 84 passed away peacefully on June 2, 2021 with his family by his side. Marty was born on November 28, 1936 in Philadelphia PA.
June 8, 1979 - June 10, 2021
Jennifer S. McKee, of Philadelphia, passed away on Thursday, June 10, 2021 at Jefferson Torresdale Hospital. She was 42 years old. "Jen" as she was known affectionately by her family and friends, was born on June 8.
October 6, 1926 - June 11, 2021
Bernard Eloi Marineau, 94, of Manchester, died June 11, 2021 surrounded by his loving family. Born in Manchester on October 6, 1926, he was the son of Alfred and Marie (Girard) Marineau. A Navy veteran of.
January 22, 1943 - June 4, 2021
James Flythe is survived by his Wife Cindy Flythe, Daughter Meredith Scalise, Grand Son Mario Scalise, and Brother Ralph Flythe. Celebration of Life will be held Sunday June 13th at the Florida Fba (The Fire Plug) at.
September 26, 1979 - June 7, 2021
MANSFIELD—Steven Jason Smith, 41, of Mansfield, formerly of Easton, passed away suddenly on Monday, June 7, 2021. He was the fiancé of Danielle Fasulo of Mansfield. Born in Brockton, a son of Steven B. and Angela.
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The former Brigantine Inn is a historic resort that was built in 1927.
According to local lore the Inn was frequented by Al Jolson and Al Capone. There was a famous meeting of mob bosses nearby in Atlantic City in 1929 (2 years after the Inn was open).
The hotel was build by the Brigantine Island Development Company in 1927. The Great Depression had a serious impact on the operations.
By 1940, ownership of the Brigantine Inn transferred to Father Devine, a somewhat controversial figure.
Eventually ownership passed to Sara Spenser Washington. Today the Brigantine Inn is a timeshare run by Celebrity Resorts.
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All classes are taught by American Red Cross certified instructors and are designed to teach children the fundamentals of swimming. Parents should enroll their children in the level for which the child has adequate skills. Children participating in swim courses range in age from 2-15 years. Registration will be held at the James King Memorial City Dock on Wed., June 23rd through Sun., July 4th from 11am to 5pm. Lessons are held on Mon. & Wed. OR Tues. & Thurs. mornings at various times. The lesson program will run from Mon., July 5th thru Thurs., August 5th.
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Engineering, Project Design & Construction Management Firm Remington, Vernick & Walberg, involved with an unfortunate situation in Brigantine.
On April 7, 2021, the Brigantine City Council unanimously approved a settlement agreement under which it agreed to pay $210,000 to a Camden County construction company that it awarded a water treatment plant construction contract to in 2015.
Under the settlement agreement, the engineer hired by the city to manage the construction project also agreed to pay the construction company $440,000.
All that is known for sure is that Brigantine or its insurer and RVE or its insurer, for whatever reason, decided that they would rather pay CNL $210,000 and $440,000 respectively than take the matter to trial.
Perhaps their decision was done to save further legal expense and the costs of trying what were in fact exaggerated or meritless claims.
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During August and September 1841, the United States Exploring Expedition, commanded by Lieutenant Charles Wilkes (1798-1877), carries out a hydrographic survey of the Columbia River from its mouth to the Cascades. The expedition's appearance at Fort Vancouver alarms the British Hudson's Bay Company officials.
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Hydrographic investigations of the Columbia River course were not new when the United States Exploring Expedition began its survey of the river in 1841. Lieutenant William Broughton (1762-1821) of HMS Chatham had crossed the Columbia River bar in 1792 and used his ship's boats to survey upriver for about 120 miles to support British claims of territorial possession. In 1839, Royal Navy captain Edward Belcher (1799-1897) took HMS Starling and HMS Sulphur upriver to Fort Vancouver.
The United States Exploring Expedition began charting the Columbia River in September 1841. Lieutenant Wilkes had made a preliminary visit to the Columbia in May of that year. He traveled overland from Nisqually and then by canoe down the Cowlitz River to the Columbia. From there, he descended to Fort George at the mouth of the river. Along the way, the view of Mount St. Helens inspired him to name the stretch of the Columbia near its confluence with the Cowlitz as St. Helen's Reach.
Charles Wilkes
Wilkes had received command of the Exploring Expedition only after several more senior officers refused it. He was junior for the responsibility but stood out among naval officers for his training in mathematics and triangulation. When first a candidate to go along on the expedition in 1828, he had been a lieutenant for only two years. In the following years he served as Superintendent of the Depot of Charts and Instruments at Washington, D.C. When the venture actually got underway in 1838, he moved into the commanding officer's slot despite having considerably less sea-going experience than some of his subordinates.
In July 1841, Wilkes sailed in his flagship Vincennes from Puget Sound to the mouth of the Columbia. He sent Vincennes on to California, taking command of USS Porpoise, another expedition vessel more suited to river exploration. The Oregon, a 250-ton merchant brig Wilkes purchased at Fort George, accompanied Porpoise on her upriver journey. Porpoise was a 224-ton, 10-gun brigantine (a two-masted ship rigged with square sails and a fore-and-aft mainsail) 88 feet in length, a 25-foot beam, and a depth in hold of 11 feet. The Boston Navy Yard built her in 1836.
On the Columbia
The ships served as home bases. Crews dispatched in the ships' boats did most of the hydrographic work. Fear of malaria dictated the working schedule. "Falling damps," or night dew was the suspected source of the disease. (We now know that malaria is caused by a parasite carried by infected mosquitoes.) Survey boats did not leave the ships before 9 a.m. Before departing, surveyors put on clean and dry clothing, breakfasted, and took time to smoke. Wilkes required that the boats return at least an hour before sunset. Then the ships spread awnings fore and aft as shelters from nighttime moisture.
Wilkes led the way as the expedition moved upriver. His gig was constantly ahead of the other boats. When sailors left a campfire unattended at the foot of Mount Coffin, near the mouth of the Cowlitz, it set fire to trees where Indians had placed their dead in canoes. He attempted to placate the Chinooks with presents, explaining that the conflagration was an accident. Later Wilkes said that there probably would have been trouble, were the Indians not so weakened by malaria and smallpox.
Smoke on the River Porpoise and Oregon followed the boats upriver, occasionally running aground. On one occasion, they became stuck on opposite sides of the river. Assistant Surgeon Silas Holmes, an acerbic wit, commented that the ships "formed excellent buoys, pointing out the dangers on either side" (Stanton). The surveyors also suffered from smoke generated by fires burning along the river. The Indians set them to clear ground and drive game. On at least one day, smoke lay so thickly over the river that the surveyors could not work. Wilkes, a stern disciplinarian, reprimanded Lieutenant William M. Walker (1813-1866) for taking three bottles of brandy as a reward for his boat's crew, who "sweated and choked in the smoke that lay low on the river" (Stanton). The Hudson's Bay Company At the end of August, Porpoise and Oregon reached Fort Vancouver, about 100 miles from the sea. Wilkes sent Lieutenant Walker with four boats to continue charting as far as the falls at the Cascades, about 160 to 165 miles from the river mouth. Lieutenant Oliver Hazard Perry took four more boats to survey the Willamette up to its falls. The hydrographers concluded that sea-going vessels should go no farther than Fort Vancouver, where the Columbia was at least 14 feet deep at all seasons. Coincidentally, the American explorers reached Fort Vancouver when Sir George Simpson (1792-1860), North American Governor for the Hudson's Bay Company, was visiting. Wilkes dined with Simpson and Dr. John McLoughlin (1784-1857), the official in charge of Fort Vancouver. While at Fort Vancouver, Wilkes made a side trip to the Willamette Valley. He told American settlers there that the time had not yet come to try to establish a civil government under the American flag. At this time, there were about 40 Americans in the Willamette Valley. None were known to be living north of the Columbia River. Wilkes told Simpson that he intended to recommend that the United States claim the Oregon Territory as far north as 54°40'N (approximately today's southern boundary of Alaska). Sir George later wrote to the British Foreign Office saying that the land south of the Columbia was not worth contesting. But Britain, he recommended, should not "consent to any boundary which would give the United States any portion of the Territory north of the Columbia River" (Walker). Hudson's Bay officers at Fort Vancouver offered every assistance and warm hospitality to the U.S. Navy party. Nevertheless, the appearance of two U.S. warships off the fort and Wilkes's revelation probably influenced the decision Hudson's Bay Company officials would later make to remove accumulated stores at Fort Vancouver to a new post at Victoria, which they established in 1843. On the downriver trip, Wilkes became ill but continued to work. Then a 16-mile side trip up the Cowlitz nearly ended his life. On the way back to the Columbia, his gig hit a snag. The impact knocked down two of the boat's crew while low-hanging branches ensnared and nearly strangled the expedition's commander. Paul Allen Virtual Education Foundation Charles Wilkes (1798-1877) Fort Vancouver, 1841 Sketch by Joseph Drayton, Courtesy Fuller, A History of the Pacific Northwest Woodcut made on U.S. Exploring Expedition of Indian baskets, 1841 Woodcut by J. H. Manning, Courtesy UW Special Collections (NA4000) Woodcut made on the U.S. Exploring Expedition of Columbia River Indian fishing huts, The Dalles, 1841 Woodcut by J. Drayon, Courtesy UW Special Collections (NA3996) Howard I. Chapelle, The History of the American Sailing Navy: The Ships and Their Development (London: Salamander Books Ltd., 1949) Barry M. Gough, The Royal Navy and the Northwest Coast of North America 1810-1914: A Study of British Maritime Ascendancy (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 1971) William Stanton, The Great United States Exploring Expedition of 1838-1842 (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1975) David B. Tyler, The Wilkes Expedition: The First United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) (Philadelphia: The American Philosophical Society, 1968) Dale L. Walker, Pacific Destiny: The Three Century Journey to the Oregon Country (New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 2000) Charles Wilkes, Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, and 1842 Vols. I-V, Microfiche 20926-20929 (Chicago: Library of American Civilization, [1845] 1970). The Navy will christen its newest attack submarine, the future USS Oregon (SSN 793), during a 10 a.m. EDT ceremony Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019, at General Dynamics Electric Boat in Groton, Connecticut. Rep. Greg Walden of Oregon will deliver the ceremony's principal address. The submarine's sponsor is Mrs. Dana Richardson. The ceremony will be highlighted by Mrs. Richardson breaking a bottle of sparkling wine across the bow to formally christen the ship, a time-honored Navy tradition. "The future USS Oregon will play an important role in the defense of our nation and maritime freedom," said Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer. "She stands as proof of what teamwork - from civilian to contractor to military - can accomplish. I am confident USS Oregon and her crew will ensure our Navy remains safe and strong to proudly serve our nation's interest for decades to come." Oregon, a Virginia-class submarine designated SSN 793, is the third U.S. Navy ship to honor the state. The first USS Oregon was a brigantine ship purchased in 1841 and used for exploration until 1845. The second Oregon (Battleship No. 3) was commissioned on July 15, 1896. Known for one of the most dramatic voyages ever undertaken by a ship of the U.S. Navy, Oregon sailed over 14,000 miles in 66 days, leaving San Francisco in 1898 and travelling south through the Straits of Magellan until finally arriving at Jupiter Inlet, Florida, where she reported for battle in the Spanish-American War. While the ship demonstrated the capabilities of a heavy battle ship, it also eliminated any opposition to the construction of the Panama Canal, as the country could not afford two months to send warships from one coast to another in times of emergency. Decommissioned in 1906, she was later recommissioned in 1911, and remained in the reserve, until stricken from the Navy list in 1942. Oregon (SSN 793) is the 20th Virginia-class attack submarine and the second Virginia-class Block IV submarine. The ship began construction fall of 2014 and is expected to deliver in the fall of 2020. Oregon will provide the Navy with the capabilities required to maintain the nation's undersea superiority well into the 21st century. Block IV Virginia-class submarines include design changes to Reduce Total Ownership Cost (RTOC) and increase operational availability by decreasing the planned number of depot availabilities from four to three. Virginia-class submarines are built to operate in the world's littoral and deep waters while conducting anti-submarine warfare anti-surface ship warfare strike warfare special operation forces support intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance irregular warfare and mine warfare missions. Their inherent stealth, endurance, mobility and firepower directly enable them to support five of the six maritime strategy core capabilities - sea control, power projection, forward presence, maritime security and deterrence. Media may direct queries to the Navy Office of Information at (703) 697-5342. For more information about the Virginia-class attack submarines is available online at http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=4100&tid=100&ct=4 Additional information about the naval history of Oregon can be found online at: EARY SAILING SHIPS TRADING ON THE NORTHWEST COAST OF AMERICA 1788-1837 [Traditionally, the story of the Pacific Northwest begins with the European/American discovery of the Columbia River and the voyages of captains Gray and Vancouver in 1792. These explorers' ships were just two of numerous trading vessels in the Northwest in that year. After the mid-1780's, a thriving sea-otter fur trade centered at Nootka Sound (on present-day Vancouver Island) as part of a vast trading network which linked London, New England, Hawaii, Canada's coastal islands, Russian Alaska, and China. In spite of well-traveled trade routes along the Pacific Coast, the mouth of the Columbia River remained hidden from explorers behind constant rain and mist until 1792.]
Porpoise and Oregon reached the mouth of the Columbia on September 30. There they joined the Flying Fish. After taking on supplies, the expedition's ships left the Columbia River to sail south on October 9, 1841.Sources:
Navy to Christen Submarine Oregon
Oregon brigatine - History
Captain Robert Gray 1755-1806
Payette, B.C, The Oregon Country Under The Union Jack.
An American Ship of Boston, 212 tons, arrived on the Coast in September 1788. Remained until 1789. The Master on arrival was John Kendrick. When she sailed for China and Boston the Master was Robert Gray. On the Coast again in 1790, 1791 and 1792. (Do not confuse this Ship of Boston with the British Schooner Columbia which was on the North West Coast in 1816.)
An American Brig of New York, 190 tons, commanded by Simon Metcalf. On the Coast again in 1789, 1790, 1791 & 1794.
An American Sloop of Boston, 90 tons, companion of the Columbia Rediviva , and owned by the same persons. Arrived on the Coast in September 1788, and 1789 under her Master, Robert Gray, traded north and south from Nootka. In July 1789, Kendrick and Gray exchanged vessels and from that time forward the Lady Washington was in command of Kendrick. On the Coast again in 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1796.
A small American Schooner of about twenty-six tons burthen, owned by a Trading Company in New York, commanded by Thomas Humphrey Metcalfe.
A Schooner of 85 tons under the American Flag, owner and commander William Douglass , formerly of the IPHEGENIA NUBIANA. Was on the Coast in 1791 and 1792.
(Listed as being on the Coast in 1790 with William Douglass in Command).
An American Brigantine of Boston, 157 tons, owned by Samuel Cromwell and Creighton - Master, SAMUEL CROMWELL. Also 1792, 1793 and 1799.
An American Brigantine of Boston, 70 tons, owned by Thomas H. Perkins and James Mages - Master, JOSEPH INGRAHAM. Also 1792.
DISCOVERY OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER BY GRAY AND VANCOUVER
[Robert Gray and the ship Columbia Rediviva sailed on their second voyage from Boston to the Northwest on September 29, 1790. They spent the winter of 1791-92 at an encampment just north of Nootka Sound (on present day Vancouver Island), explored the local Pacific coast, and collected sea-otter furs for sale in China.
![]() THE SHIP COLUMBIA REDIVIVA |
On May 11, 1792, the Columbia Rediviva crossed the treacherous sand bar at the mouth of the Columbia River and explored the waterway. Among the 50 men aboard the first ship to sail into the Columbia River were Robert HASWELL, first officer, Andrew NEWELL, seaman and veteran of Gray's first voyage, ATTOO, cabin boy returning to his native Hawaii, Joseph BARNES, a seaman who had signed on in China, John AMES and Benjamin POPKINS, armorers, Barlet PEASE, cooper, Thomas NICHOLS, tailor, Obadiah WESTON, sail-maker, Thomas TRUMAN, cook, Samuel YENDELL and Nathan DEWLEY, carpenters, George DAVIDSON, painter of the ship (and painter of art), and Samuel HOMER, a 10 or 11 year old boy. Gray and the Columbia Rediviva sailed home by way of China, completing their second trip around the world, and returned to Boston on July 25, 1793.
DISCOVERY AND CHATHAM
On April 1, 1791 Captain George VANCOUVER in the sloop Discovery and his lieutenant Captain William R. BROUGHTON in the tender Chatham left Falmouth, England, on an official British expedition to the Northwest coast of America, then known as New Albion. Among Vancouver's crew were lieutenants Joseph BAKER, PUGET, and WHIDBEY. They arrived in the Northwest in mid-April 1792 and concentrated on exploring the Straits of Juan de Fuca. In October 1792, Vancouver sent Broughton to search for navigable waterways south of the Straight. Broughton noted the Columbia River's mouth but dismissed the river as unsuitable for sea-going commerce.]
SOURCES: Vancouver and Haswell kept journals during the voyages. John Scofield's Hail Columbia includes an extensive bibliography with information on such primary sources as the journals of Haswell and Vancouver. Frederick W. Howay's Voyages of the Columbia to the Northwest Coast contains a wealth of primary materials in the form of journals, documents, and letters. "Dr. John Scouler's Journal," Oregon Historical Quarterly #6, records another early voyage to the Northwest. |
[April 27, 1792: The captains of the Discovery and the Columbia Rediviva met just 2 days sail from Cape Disappointment. Gray showed Vancouver his map pin-pointing the location of the Columbia River (then unnamed Gray had spotted the river mouth sometime during his explorations the previous year and charted its location). Although Vancouver had noted "river-colored water" in the sea as Discovery had passed a spot off the coast just two days earlier, he dismissed Gray's report just as he had dismissed the colored water as the outflow of a few minor streams. To Vancouver, Gray was simply a gullible amateur who had swallowed another legend about a great Northwest river.
May 11, 1792: Captain Robert Gray took the Columbia Rediviva across the perilous sand bar and into the Columbia River.
October 1792: Vancouver dispatched Lt. William Broughton to search for navigable rivers to the south. Broughton traveled just far enough into the Columbia River to judge it "not suitable for major commerce."]
Captain George Vancouver and the sloop Discovery
A Sloop of about 45 tons, built at Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island, in the winter of 1791-92 as a tender to the COLUMBIA REDIVIVA, Same owners as LADY WASHINGTON in 1791 entries. Master ROBERT HASWELL, formerly a mate on the COLUMBIA REDIVIVA and later on the WASHINGTON - Spent the season of 1792 trading up and down the Coast and in September was sold to the Spaniards.
An American Ship of Boston, 150 tons Master, JAMES MAGEE, Also 1793.
[Spring 1793: VANCOUVER's vessels returned from Hawaii to the Pacific Coast with Lt. PUGET now in command of the Chatham.
April 1793: Lt. Puget and the ship Chatham explored the northern Pacific Coast while Vancouver and the Discovery made way up the coast of California. The Chatham reached Nootka on April 15 and the Discovery on May 20. After exploring further north, the Vancouver expedition returned to Nootka on October 5, 1793.
July 25, 1793: Gray and the Columbia Rediviva returned to Boston harbor after a voyage of 2 years, 313 days.]
An American Brig from Providence, Rhode Island, of ? tons. Master . . . . Trotter, Also 1797.
An American Schooner of Boston, 7 tons, owned by Ebenezer Dorr. Master, Elias Newbury.
An American Ship of Boston, 153 tons, owned by J. and T. Lamb and associates. Master, JOSIAH ROBERTS. Also 1793-1794.
A French Brig of 150 tons, under the American Fag, sailed from Isle de France, July - 31 - 1792. --OWEN, master.
A Schooner of 90 tons, built in 1792-93 at Marquesas Islands, by Captain JOSIAH Roberts of the ship, JEFFERSON, of Boston, and named after the bay in which she was launched. Arrived on the Coast May - 18 - 1793, and traded during the season of 1793 from the Columbia River northward as as tender to the JEFFERSON. Wintered 1793-94 in Clayoquot Sound in company with her consort.
1794 |
SOURCES: extensive quotes and use of primaries in Jacob A. Meyer's "Jacques Rafael Finlay" (Washington Historical Quarterly, vol.10, no.3, June 1919) and Agnes C Laut's Conquest of the Great Northwest ,(Moffat, Yard & Co., 1911) John C. Jackson's Children of the Fur Trade details the life of Finlay and other metis [part European Canadian, part Indian people] John McDonald of Garth wrote a Reminiscence in 1798--location of modern copy unknown. |
[In January 1794, the Spanish and British agreed that the outpost at Nootka would officially return to the British Crown but that both nations would then cease to occupy Nootka Sound.]
An American Ship from New York, which arrived at the Hawaiian Island early in 1794, she intended to proceed to the North West Coast for Furs.
An American Ship of 106 tons from Boston, owned by Dorr and Sons and commanded by ELIAS NEWBURY. On the Coast again in 1797, 1799 and 1801.
An American Sloop of Newport, Rhode Island, 98 tons burthen and 50 or 60 feet long, owned by Cromwell Hatch and Caleb Gardiner. Commanded by JOHN BOIT, then 19 years of age and formerly one of the mates of the ship Columbia, on her second voyage 1790-93. Sailed from Newport, August 1, 1794 and arrived at Columbia's Cove, Vancouver Island, May 16, 1795, a passage of 260 days. Traded successfully during the season and on September 12, 1795, departed for Boston by way of the Hawaiians Islands and China. Reached Boston with a cargo of Oriental goods on July 8, 1796. - "Arrived sloop UNION - BOIT - Canton: was the only notice taken by the Boston newspapers of this remarkable exploit of a boy of 19 years.
An American Ship of Boston, owned by Dorr and Sons. Master, Ebenezer Dorr, formerly second mate of the HOPE and later on the Fairly.
An American Brig from Boston, Commanded by JOSEPH PIERPOINT.
[The American ship Sea Otter, under command of Capt. Samuel HILL, entered the Columbia River. Hill reported nine other ships on the coast including the Alexander under Captain Dodge and another under Captain Rowan. Many ships pursued the fur trade along the coast from California to Alaska, some of which may have sailed the Columbia River or anchored off the Coast without leaving records. Ships in Pacific Northwest waters during the first two decades of the 19th century included British, Spanish, and Russian fur-traders/explorers, New England whalers, Boston traders, some French expeditions, and even few Japanese junks.]
SOURCE: David Thompson (Hopwood, narrative Glover or Tyrell, journal 1784-1812) |
An American Brig from Boston, owned by J. and T. Lamb, James Magee, Russel Sturgis and Eleazer Johnson, and commanded by Benjamin Swift.
On the Coast again in 1798, lost her chief officer and four men, who were drowned in attempting to sound the bar at the mouth of the Columbia River.
On the Coast again in 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805, 1806 and 1807.
An American Ship of Boston, owned by Dorr And Sons, and commanded by Captain Rogers.
An American Ship of Boston, owned by J. & T. Lamb, R. Sturgis and associates, commanded by William Bowles. Was on the Coast again in 1800. Was on Coast in 1802 and 1803, John Ebbets was Master.
An American Ship of Boston, owned by Bass and others, master, Asa Dodge --- Second voyage in 1800. Third voyage in 1803 under John Brown.
An American Ship of Boston, owned by Dorr and Sons, - Captain Bowers. On Coast again in 1800. In 1801 and 1802 under Captain Crocker. In 1805 the Jenny sailed for Europe. Madame Bonaparte visited the vessel while she lay at Antwerp.
[In March, the American ship Eliza (Captain Rowan) traded for furs with the Kanganee Haida of Prince Edward Island (north of the Hecate Strait, northern British Columbia/Alaskan panhandle region). The Haida chief displayed a silver spoon given to him by Capt. Roberts (also an American) and explained how the Cumshewa (Tsimshian) Indians had become enemies of his tribe by forcing them from the mainland. The Americans also had an enemy among the Tsimshian, a chief named Scotseye, but sailed to the mouth of the Nass River, Tsimshian territory, and fired their cannons to begin trade.
At this time, in May, the ships Ulysees (Captain Lamb) and another under Capt. Breck were also in the region. The Americans of the Eliza pretended to be British, traded with the Tsimshians for over 100 furs, and then siezed Scotseye with his brother and son as captives. Scoteye's son was ransomed for 3 of the 6 white-men's scalps held by the Tsimshian tribe plus 18 muskrat pelts. Scotseye and his brother, however, were turned over to the Kanganee Haida for execution. The crew of the Eliza joined 1800-2000 of the Haida to witness their deaths by stabbing.
SOURCE: Journal of William Sturges (edited by S.W. Jackson, 1978) |
In 1799, the Eliza became the first American ship to sail into San Francisco (Yerba Buena) Bay.]
An American Cutter of 50 tons, owned by A. Green - E. Townsend of New Haven and her master R. T. Cleveland. She traded southward as far as the Columbia ?River She was on the Coast again in 1801, 1802, 1803, 1804 and 1805. In 1813 on a tree near Bakers Bay was found an inscription reading: "SHIP CAROLINE OF BOSTON, MAY 21, 1804"
An American Ship of Boston, owned by J. and T. H. Perkins and commanded by James Brown.
An American Brig of Boston, in command, Bazilla Worth.
An American Ship of Boston, owned by Lamb, and others and commanded by David Lamb. She was a very fine SHIP
1800 |
SOURCES: on the NORTHWEST COMPANY: Wallace, W.S., Documents Relating to the Northwest Company, 1934, Champlain Society, Toronto David Thompson (Hopwood, narrative Glover or Tyrell, journal 1784-1812) |
An American Ship of Boston. In command Captain LEWIS. The Betsy met her near Princess Royal Islands on the North West Coast, August 16, 1800.
An American Ship of Boston, 183 tons, owned by Joseph Coolidge and commanded by David Ockington. Was on the Coast again in 1808.
An American Brigantine of Boston, carrying 10 guns and crew of 19 men, under CHARLES WINDSHIP. Arrived on the North West Coast in 1800. Also 1801.
An American Ship of Boston, commanded by Captain INGERSOLL bound for North West Coast in 1800 and 1801.
An American Schooner of Boston - Captain DAVIDSON. Cleared for the North West Coast in 1799.
"A very handsome ship" of Boston, 210 tons, owned by Theodore Lyman and Associates and commanded by Captain Wildes. Again on the North West Coast 1802-1804-1805-1807-1812-1813-1814.
CATHERINE or KATHERINE
American Ship of Boston, 162 tons, owned by J. Coolidge and commanded by BAZILLA WORTH. Also in 1802-1805-1810-1811-1812.
An American Ship of Boston, owned by Stephen Hegginson and T.H. Perkins. - OBED BARNARD - Master.
An American Ship of New York, of 291 tons, owned by Hay & Thorn, commanded by Ezekiel Hubbell. Owner was John Jacob Astor. Was on the Coast again in 1810 and 1811. Was on the Columbia in 1816 and 1817 with Commander John Ebbets. Also in 1818.
An American Ship of Boston, of 245 tons, owned by Perkins, Lamb and others. Commanded by BERNARD MAGEE. In 1802 under WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM.
A new handsome Ship of Boston, 211 tons, owned by Theodore Lyman and others. The Commander was S. Burnstead. In company with the Atahvalpa. Was on Coast again in 1803 and 1804. On a tree near Bakers Bay or Cape Disappointment the following was carved on a tree - "H. Thompson, ship Guatimozin of Boston, February 20, 1804." (1813). Was on the Coast again in 1807-1808.
An American Brig of Bristol, Rhode Island, owned by R.J. DeWOLF and commanded by CAPTAIN HUBBARD.
An American Brig of Boston, owned by Dorr and Sons and commanded by JOHN DORR.
An American Ship owned by Dorr and Sons of Boston and commanded by CAPTAIN PIERPONT.
An American Ship owned by J. Gray and in command of WILLIAM BOWLES, sailed from Boston for the North West Coast, December-28-1800. Also in 1802. In March 1803, in company with the Juno, she made an attempt to rescue Jewett and Thompson. Again in 1805-1806.
An American Ship, 285 tons, of Philadelpia. Commanded by CAPTAIN BRICE. Also 1802.
An American snow from Providence, Rhode Island - Captain BARNETT. On her outward voyage she lost her rudder off Cape Horn.
An American Ship of Norwich, Connecticut, which sailed under WILLIAM SWAINE. Owned by the estates of William Coit, John F. Hudson, Providence and Samuel Hunting, New London.
An American Ship of New York. Commanded by OTIS LISCOMB.
An American snow or Brig of Boston, owned by Thomas Parish and in Command of CAPTAIN KILBY.
An American Ship of New York, commanded by PELEG BARKER.
An American Ship from Boston. Commanded by CAPTAIN BOWERS. Also, 1807-1808-1811-1812.
An American Ship of New York, commanded by RUFUS GREEN.
An American Schooner of Philadelphia, under CAPTAIN JONA BRIGGS.
An American Ship, 250 tons, owned by De Wolf, in Bristol, Rhode Island and commanded by Captain Gibbs. Was on Coast in 1803-1805. In May 1810 in Command of Mr. Benjamin.
An American Brigg of 175 tons, Portsmouth, Virginia. Owned by Richard T. Cleveland and William Shaler, her commander WILLIAM SHALER. Also 1803, 1804.
An American Ship of Boston, commanded by ROBERT HASWELL, who has been on the [ship] Columbia during her two voyages to the North West Coast, 1787-90 = 1790-93 and in command of the Adventure on the Coast in 1792.
An American Ship of 285 tons, owned by Theodore Lyman and others of Boston and commanded by Captain Brown. Was also on the Coast in 1803, 1805, 1807, 1809, under Issac Whittemore as Master.
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SOURCES: Nineteenth century histories of Russian America: Berkh, Vasilii Nikolaevich (1781-1834), The Chronological History of the Discovery of the Aleutian Islands or the Exploits of the Russian Merchants with the Supplement of Historical Data on Fur Trade: Works Projects Administration, 1938. And Rezanov, Nikolai Petrovich (1764-1807), A History of the Russian-American Company: 1978, University of Washington Press Journals for this year by David Thompson (Hopwood, narrative Glover or Tyrell journal, 1784-1812 Coues, journal, 1799-1814) Robert Campbell (Campbell). |
An American Ship of Boston, owned by J. & T. Amory and commanded by JOHN SLATER. She left Boston in 1801 for Hull, England. There she obtained a cargo of trading goods, said to have been one of the best and most varied assortments, and sailed for the North West Coast. The Boston arrived in Nootka Sound on March 12, 1803 ten days later she was captured by the Indians under Maquinna and all the crew murdered except two John Jewitt and John Thompson, who remained for two years as captives.
An American Ship of New York, owned by Abiel Winship, Benjamin P. Homer, Jonathan Windship, Jr. and others. Commander JOSEPH O'CAIN. She was "a first class Ship of that day" and under different commanders, traded on the Coast in 1804-1806-1807-1809-1810-1811-1812-1813-1814-1815 and 1816.
[The American ship Lelia Bird under Captain William SHALER could not find a safe passage across the bar at the mouth of the Columbia River in 1804. Abandoning the attempt to enter, the ship sailed south to trade in California.
The American ship Boston was also attacked by the Nootka people of southern Vancouver Island in 1804. The Nootka killed all but 2 of the crew. JOHN JEWETT WAS HELD CAPTIVE until rescue in 1805. YUTRAMAKI, chieftan in the Makah tribe (a people closely allied to the Nootka) had not been able to secure Jewett's release from MACQUINNA, chief of the Nootka. Instead Yutramaki passed a message to Capt. Samuel HILL of the Lydia who arranged ransom either before or after his visit to Oregon.
In 1805, Native Americans on Vancouver Island attacked and killed 8 of the crew of the Athualpa.
In 1805, the Lydia of Boston, Capt. Samuel HILL, entered the Columbia River to acquire timber for spars it returned to Nootka Sound by November 1805. From this-- and probably several other fur trading ships-- Pacific Northwest Native Americans were aware of a European-settled nation far to their east even before the arrival of the LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION.]
An American Ship of New York, under SHEFFIELD.
An American Brig of Boston, owned by Theodore Lyman and associates. Commanded by Sam Hill. She visited the Columbia River in 1806. Also 1810, 1811, 1812, 1813, 1815 and 1816.
An American Ship of 200 tons, owned by Lamb and others of Boston. Master, John Ebberts. Also in 1807, 1808 and 1809 under John Suter.
[To bypass hostile Native Americans in the Northwest, the RUSSIAN AMERICAN COMPANY contracted with the American ship Peacock (Captain Oliver KIMBALL) in 1806-1807 to carry Russian fur traders to California. Timofei TARAKANOV sailed with this expedition and later (1808) with the disastrous Sv. Nikolai voyage to the Oregon Country.
SOURCES: David Thompson (Hopwood, narrative Glover or Tyrell journal, 1784-1812 Coues, journal, 1799-1814) Alexander Henry (Coues, New Light on the Early History. ) on Russian American traders (Berkh, Rezenov). |
Paul SLOBODCHIKOV led another group of Russian traders sailing on the American ship O'Cain. Slododchikov quarreled with the ship's owner, Johathan WINSHIP, and left with his men in Baja Calfornia. There he bought the Tamana (a ship built for King Kamehameha I) and sailed to Hawaii with a crew of 3 Hawaiians and 3 Americans. He renamed the ship the Sv. Nikolai and anchored at Sitka Sound, Alaska, in August 1807.]
An American Ship of Boston. Commanded by one of the O'CAINS.
An American Ship of Boston, 343 tons, registered on January 10, 1806, in the namde of J. and T.H. Perkins, James Loyd and others. Under JOSEPH O'CAIN. Also, 1807.
An American Ship from New York, under PELEG BARKER.
An American Ship of 233 tons, owned by Theodore Lyman and others, built in 1804 at Kennebunk, Maine, sailed in 1805 from Boston, in command of Lemuel Porter. Was on the Coast again in 1809, 1810 and 1811. In 1817, 1818 and 1819 in command of William Martain. Was on the Coast again in 1820, 1821 and 1822.
An American Ship, formerly a sloop of war from New York. Master, Jonathan Perry.
An American Ship of 145 tons which cleared from Boston, under W. H. DAVIS as master. Also, 1807, 1808, 1809, 1810, 1811, 1812, 1813 and 1814.
An American Brig of 108 tons, carrying 14 men and 8 guns, under OLIVER KIMBALL, Commander. Also 1897.
1807 |
SOURCE: David Thompson (Hopwood, narrative Glover or Tyrell journal, 1784-1812 Coues, journal, 1799-1814). |
This American Clipper, built Schooner, 270 tons, was commanded by Richard J. Cleveland.
An American Ship of 300 tons, built in Salem in 1803, owned by J. & T.H. Perkins, George Lyman and William Sturgis. Her instructions suggested that she go to the Columbia River to dispose of her copper kettles, clothes and tobacco &cc. Also in 1808, 1809 and 1910. JAMES BENNET, Master.
An American Schooner of 45 tons, built in 1805. Commander JOHN J. HUDSON.
An American Ship which cleared from Baltimore in 1806. Master, ANDREW STERETT.
[The American ships Derby, Capt. SWIFT, and Guatimozin, Capt. GLANVILLE, entered the Columbia River in 1808.
SOURCE: The Wreck of the Sv. Nikolai (Oregon Historical Society Press, 1985), by Kenneth N. Owens, editor, and Alton S. Donelly, translator, contains the journal of Timofei Tarakanov and the oral tradition narrative of Ben Hobucket, a Quileute, as well as a debunking of the fraudulent journal of "Vassilie Petrovich" (H.H. Bancroft's source) JOURNAL SOURCES: Robert Campbell (Campbell) David Thompson (Hopwood, narrative Glover or Tyrell journal, 1784-1812 Coues, journal, 1799-1814) ON RUSSIAN AMERICA: ((Berkh, Rezenov). |
THE WRECK OF THE SV. NIKOLAI (St. Nicolas): In September 1808, the Russian American Company dispatched a ship from New Arkhangel, Alaska, to found an outpost in the Oregon Country. In October, the Sv. Nicholai wrecked near the Quillayute River (present-day La Push, WA). The crew of 22-- Russians, Aleuts, and one American--fought with the Quileute Indians and fled south to the Ho River. The Hoh Indians took 2 men and 2 women captive. The rest fled to the interior and spent a miserable winter. (The names of the crew of the Nikolai and their fates are detailed in the 1810 section).]
An American Ship of 492 tons, owned by Andrew Cabot, James Lee Jr. and Henry Lee. She carried 26 guns and a crew of 100 men. Commander WOODWARD. Also, 1809.
An American Brig of Boston, owned by T.C. Armory and Obrier Keating. Commanded by SAMUEL HILL. Also 1810 and 1811.
1809 |
SOURCES: "David Thompson's Journey in Idaho" (his journal of Sept 1809 in Washinton Historical Quarterly, vol. 11, no. 2, April 1920) John C. Jackson's Children of the Fur Trade (Mountain Press Publishing Company, Montana, 1995) analyzes a huge number of primary sources (such as Hudson Bay Company archives and Harriet C. Duncan's 6-volume Catholic Church Records of the Pacific Northwest) to trace the history of Metis (part-Indian) French Canadians.
David Thompson (Hopwood, narrative Glover or Tyrell journal, 1784-1812 Coues, journal, 1799-1814) on the SV NIKOLAI (Owens). [In territory that would later become Washington State, the SURVIVORS OF THE WRECK OF THE SV. NIKOLAI, tried to reach the coast after a miserable winter spent in the foothills of the Olympics. Anna Petrovna BULYGIN, the wife of the ship's navigator and captive of the Makah people, persuaded Bulygin, Timofei TARAKANOV, and a few others to surrender and take refuge with the Makah. The rest attempted to escape by sea, leaving the Ho River in canoes, and were killed or captured by Hohs or Quileutes. The survivors of the Sv. Nickolai spent the next year in captivity among the Hoh, Quileute, and Makah. (The names of the crew of the Nikolai and their fates are detailed in the 1810 section) At least three of the SURVIVORS OF THE NIKOLAI REACHED THE COLUMBIA RIVER in 1809. One, an un-named Aleut man, was ransomed by Capt. George Washington EAYRES (of the American ship Mercury) when he was offered for sale by his Indian captors on the bank of the Columbia River. Another, ship's apprentice Filip KOTELNIKOV, had been bought by Chinooks from the Hohs or Quileutes and apparently decided to remain with the Chinooks voluntarily. BOLGUSOV, another of the crew who had been sold to Columbia River Indians, was ransomed by Captain BROWN of the American ship Lydia in 1810.] [In 1810, Indians on the Columbia River shore offered to sell BOLGUSOV, a survivor of the wreck of the Sv. Nikolai, as a slave to CAPTAIN BROWN of the American ship Lydia. Brown ransomed Bolgusov and sailed north to the territory of the Makahs where the other survivors were held captive. On May 6, 1810, the Lydia anchored off the coast of the Olympic Peninsula near Cape Flattery and Neah Bay. Brown negotiated the release and ransom of the 13 captives and set out northward for New Archangel, Alaska, arriving June 9, 1810. The 13 ransomed were Timofei TARAKANOV, Dmitrii SHUBIN, Ivan BOLOTOV, Ivan KURMACHEV, Afansii VALGUSOV, Kasian ZYPIANOV, Savva ZUEV, Abram PETUKOV, John WILLIAMS (American), two Aleut men, and two Aleut women. Navigator BULYGIN and wife Anna Petrovna Bulygin died in Makah captivity. Five others died in battles with the Quileute or Hoh or died in captivity: IAKOV PETUKOV, Kozma OVCHINNIKOV, Khariton SOBACHNIKOV, and two Aleuts. One Aleut man and a Russian named BOLGUSOV were ransomed on the Columbia River by American captains. Another, naval apprentice Filip KOTELNIKOV, apparently decided to stay voluntarily with the Chinooks on the Columbia River. Some of the Nikolai passengers had developed affection for their captors. One captive rescued from the Quileutes (an Aleut woman) was brought along on a later expedition sent to punish and enslave the Quileute she called out to them from the ship and warned away their canoes. YUTRAMAKI (or Machee Ulatilla), a Makah chief, was particularly praised for his nobility and protection. In 1805, this same Yutramaki had arranged for the release of American John JEWETT from Nootka captors. May 26 through July 19, 1810: In spring of 1810 Capt. Nathan WINSHIP of Boston and a small crew arrived in the trading ship Albatross and attempted to establish a post on the Columbia River on an island about 3 miles from the present day site of Quincy, OR (at Oak Point about 40 miles from the mouth of the Columbia). Winship intended to leave a small party under the leadership of a man named WASHINGTON to stay the winter. Instead, during construction of the post, Winship imprisoned some Chilwitz (Echeloot) men mistakenly believing they were the party who had attacked the Russian post at New Archangel (Alaska). As the Chilwitz prepared for war, Winship and his crew retreated down the Columbia.] [The original Pacific Fur Company partners were John Jacob Astor of New York, an American from New Jersey named William Price HUNT and three former members of the Canadian Northwest Fur Company, Alexander McKAY, Duncan McDOUGAL, and Donald MacKENZIE. In 1810 the two parties representing ASTOR'S PACIFIC FUR COMPANY, set out to establish the first trading post on the Columbia River. One party sailed from New York on the ship Tonquin, under the command of Captain Jonathan THORNE. The other party set out overland from St. Louis led by William Price HUNT. Both parties expected to arrive at the mouth of the Columbia River at about the same time. Astor also dispatched the ship Beaver with a load of supplies and some additional workers for the company. Astor's ship, the TONQUIN, put to sea on September 8, 1810. Aboard were Captain Jonathan THORNE, fur company partners Alexander McKAY, Duncan McDOUGAL, David STUART, his nephew Robert Stuart, 12 clerks, and enough voyagers to make a crew of 20. In Hawaii, 20 to 30 Hawaiians joined the Tonquin for the voyage to Oregon.] "Roll of the Overland Astorians, 1810-1812" (OHQ 1933) [The roll of the overland Astorians 1810-12 appears in Oregon Historical Quarterly #34 as well as the trail journal of Robert Stuart] On the ship Tonquin, Robert Stuart, Thomas and Alexander McKay on the trail William P. Hunt (Franchere). An American Ship of Boston, which she left that City in July 1809 entered the Columbia River, June 17, 1810. She anchored at Baker's Bay where lay the Mercury. The Albatross made an attempt to build a trading post on the Columbia, but the venture ended in failure. Also in 1811-1812. In 1813 she sailed for Columbia River under WILLIAM SMITH. Th is Boston Ship had been in the Pacific Ocean continuously since 1810. She was 72' - 8" long, 22' - 1" beam, 11' -6" deep, and 165 tons burthen. She was built at Weymouth, Mass., in 1803 first a brig, but later rigged as a Ship. During the war of 1812-14 her movements and ownerships are uncertain. She was reported to have been sold to King Kamehameha I but when the /Columbia met her at Sitka in October 1815, she was said to have been under Russian colours poaching on the California Coast. The Albatross returned from Sitka to California and the commander CAPTAIN SMITH went on shore in his boat to procure provisions on the Coast of California with four men and they were detained by the Spaniards. Two of her crew deserted. The mate carried the Ship of Ceros where she found CAPTAIN WINSHIP who took charge of her and proceeded to Woahoo (Oahu). The Albatross reached Oahu, March-29-1816 and in the following October was actually sold to King Kamehameha I, for 400 piculs of sandalwood, say about $3000.00 - Also on the North West Coast in 1816. An American Ship of 287 tons, (registered April-20-1809, in the name of Moses Wheeler & Al.), commanded by William Blanchard. Also, 1811-1812. An American Ship of 209 tons, owned by Boardman & Pope and commanded by WILLIAM H. DAVIS. Also 1811, 1812, 1813 and 1814. [THE SHIP TONQUIN ARRIVED AT THE MOUTH OF THE COLUMBIA on March 22, 1811. (It put to sea from New England September 8, 1810). Eight men, the crews of two small boats, were drowned during attempts to locate a channel across the bar during stormy weather. Donald McDOUGAL and David STUART went ashore at a landing site at Baker Bay to scout on April 5, 1811. They returned to the ship with Chief COMCOMLY of the Chinooks on April 12 and reported a better site for a post at a spot later named GEORGE POINT. Captain THORNE set some of the crew and a small portion of the supplies ashore and sailed to Vancouver Island. Rather than begin trade with the Native Americans on Vancouver Island (at Clayoquot Bay), Thorne so antagonized them that they attacked the Tonquin. All on board were killed and the Tonquin burned, exploded, and sank to the bottom with all supplies. An Indian interpreter named JOSEACHAL (a Quinault) returned to Ft. Astor, the sole survivor of the WRECK OF THE TONQUIN. Joseachal said that four survivors of the original attack had holed up in the cabin of the Tonquin with a severely wounded clerk, James LEWIS. Lewis told them to escape and then ambushed Neeweetee (that is, Nootka or Clayoquot) Indians still aboard by setting fire to the ship's store of ammunition. The three other survivors were later captured and killed while the interpreter made his escape. Journals by William P. Hunt (Franchere), Ross Cox (Stewart), Alexander Ross (Ross wrote Fur Hunter of the Far West excerpts in OHS VF--from the Oregonian newspaper, 1885 also OHQ 1913) David Thompson (Hopwood, narrative Glover or Tyrell journal, 1784-1812 Coues, journal, 1799-1814) "Matthews' Adventures on the Columbia" (OHQ 40) Gabrielle Franchere's journal of a voyage arriving in Oregon this year (Quaife) in this year, Robert Stuart was in Oregon--he arrived on the ship Tonquin (Rollins, editor--Stuart's journal begins in 1812 but recounts past events) Thomas McKay was in Oregon, arriving on the Tonquin (William Cameron McKay Papers [son of Thomas McKay] are in the Pendleton Public Library, Oregon) material about the NORTHWEST COMPANY: Wallace, W.S., Documents Relating to the Northwest Company, 1934, Champlain Society, Toronto. The shore crew on the Columbia River could only hope for a speedy arrival of the overland party and began work on FT. ASTOR. David STUART set out with 6 men of this company to establish another post beyond the upper Columbia (on the Okanagan River in territory that would later be Washington State). Stuart's party met a Pacific-bound expedition led by David THOMPSON during their journey up the Columbia River. Thompson, an employee of the Northwest Fur Company, continued with his party down the Columbia, set up camp outside Ft. Astor, and established a presence for the NORTHWEST FUR COMPANY. In summer of 1811, David THOMPSON, Michel BOURDON, BOULARD, Ignace L'IROQUOIS, and others of a Northwest Company boat-party arrived at Ft. Astor after travel down the Columbia River. Boulard, who was ill, stayed at the fort and was replaced by an Hawaiian for the return journey. Those paddling up river with Thompson also included Maurice PICARD, Thomas CANASWAREL, and Ignace SALIAHONE who had left his family at Ft. Astor. (Thompson was at Spokane House on June 14, 1811 at Ft. Astor August 6 back to Spokane August 13 where he met Jacco FINDLAY and to Salish House by November 11). On September 26, 1811 the Astorians had completed quarters built of stone and clay. On October 2, they launched a new small schooner and named her Dolly. A detachment from David STUART's post on the Okanagan arrived on October 5, 1811 David Stuart had sent half the company back to Ft. Astor while he and the rest wintered over at the Okanagan post. Registre BRUGIER may have been with this party or with another Pacific Fur Company party that returned to Ft. Astor in October 1811. At the fort, Gabriel FRANCHERE recognized Brugier from their previous association in the Iroquois trade out of Saskatchewan. Small American Vessel of about 10 tons, brought out in frame by the Tonquin - Constructed and launched at Astoria - Oct-2-1811. Too small for the coasting trade. Her principal service seems to have been as a ferry between the ships and Astoria. An American Brig of 281 tons, owned by P. Dodge, J. Peabody, B. Pickman Jr. and associates of Boston, commanded by Master David Nye. Also, 1812, 1813 and 1814. An American Brig owned by Oliver Keating of Boston and commanded by GEORGE CLARK. She was there in 1812 and in 1813 reached the Hawaiian Islands and there she was purchased on January 22nd, 1814 or February 8, 1814 by William Price Hunt for the Astoria venture. He placed CAPTAIN NORTHRUP in command and the Pedler sailed for the Columbia, when she arrived February -28 or March 5, 1814. On April-2-1814 the Pedlar sailed from the Columbia River for Sitka, Alaska, bearing some of the Adventuers of Astoria. (i n 1815, William Price Hunt who bought here for John Jacob Astor seems to have been her nominal master.) (Also reported captured by the Spaniards). She returned from her first voyage October -16-1816. In 1820 - Under William J. Pigot as master. In 1821 - Under John Meek as Master. In 1822 - Under John Elbets as master. In 1823 - Under John Meek as master. An American Ship of New York, owned by John Jacob Astor or the Pacific Fur Co. and commanded by Jonathan Thorn. This ship was sent out with men and materials to found a trading post. (Astoria) at the mouth of the Columbia River and to engage in the trade along the coast. In July 1811 at Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island, the Tonquin was captured by the Indians.
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