The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-08-09
OBJ Gnaulrsr.
RICHMOND, orb AUGUST, 1905.
TOUR TO THE WEST.
NO III.

OVEttnIS IT.
terent branches of commerce: that, which we
may carry on with the COATS of the p,ci6c o.
cean, and that which we NAY frd in .he ;r.e-;-
or territory tina. lies between lie ,,d the co,N
Thete will furpifl, different articles of traffic
and they viii probably poinr OUT different rou.es
20 the enterrriGre trader.
IN all probability, the prelent tour of dif.o
verv is deigned hv fagacious admipifratio, to
extend the one, to ef,hiih the other. and IN
7',ce both upon fyhematic and certain foun.
iation.
TRADE TO THE PAcIFIc.-Msrv wears have
eIapfed lince the Nrsv-Ens lend aates formed
communication with the wefiern coat of Anne
RIGA, and entitled thcmfeives to that diflineuifb
ed commitment for their irtrepiiity and Kill
which Mr.. Burke paid them in the wear I775.
" No lea exclaimed that orator. bnt what is
vexed by their hberies. No climate that is not
witnefs to their tos. Neither the perseverance
Of Holland. nor the activity of France. nor the
dexterous and firm fagacitv of Englilh enter
prize, ever carried this mott perilous mode of
hard indu.try TO the extent 70 which il has been
pulled BY this recent people; people who
are IT'LL, as u were, hut in the grille, and nc.
vet hardened into the bone Of manhood'
What is here f'id Of their fHeries NAV be alto
extended TO their commerce with the natives
IfanY merit is to he acquired by pluncirc amidR
The ices ofthe north, and encouutering the mon
Hrous tenartsof the ocean, not efSisciue 10 them
For eitabliihIng new perilous in'erconrfe with
the favage inhabitants of the land, and exchan-
g'ng with them the mutual produce of their in
dufrv.
This trade has hitherto been confined TO one
important branch. We mutt not look among
fuch favage a'ions for the rich productions of
the arts: for the diver6fed produce of the foil,
northumberland which aforeigncarrying trade
will flxy
has neither arts nor land Gifts own. Al.that we
can feek among then, is the spontaneous pro-
duce of nature, acquired without much know.
ledge and manufactured without much labour.
From floh nations We may expc6 to receive the
hides OF the animals which they have killed
for food, the fnrs of zach thew have taken i'm
the chafe forthe purpof-s of cloathing. When
the Standards irft viiitcd Peru, they found a
vaft field of commerce in the firft and il is the
lalt which has prompted the natives of N. En-
gland to profecute an intercourse with the
COATS Of the Pacific.
The Rin5 obtained among them are thofe of
the fea-otter, racoon, pine martin, land beaver,
earlefs mammot &c. Theft are obtained in ex-
change for articles ofno great value to our mer-
chants, fuch as pieces OF iron, nails, beads, pen
knives and other trifiing trinllets. Their return
cargoes are not conveyed to the United States.
hut to China, where they are fold and veffed in
Tea and other articles of the ealt. What has
been the mmenfe profit OF this trade will ap-
pear from the following hatement of veiicls that
had viited China from the n. w. coat down
TO Feb. 1892, with the number ofther furs and
the Ultimate Of their value:
Toaf To.ef frs Sold for
PrDE!5. Na.re5 CapA Buyd,n ;e,r5 obtained GoN
Brig Hanna, 60 1785 $50 oits, 90 600
Ditto it'll ibid 100 5000
SnOzv capt Cool Lo0ir, 5000 ,-o.
Snozp Es61. Gull, IOO5 i'oo oo' 24'ooo
- Noofka. Mra-J 1886 357 1922
Imp Eagle, Be,Ely, - 500 10000
sSo"isr5s, nsss qairebS
SKI n: Igs,,. & 1887
14o5lsi I'm. Geo. qoi !. p. 100
II requires little faeacity TO forefee that fuch
ia imncnfe profit INIT infenihy draw great
er number OF nations, ard more velIels from
each, into this trade that their increaiing
competition will gradually augment the avi-
dity or the natives that European COM
modities will grow into iefs, and their pei
try into greater value; and that, in fine, this
lucrative branch of trade, may from this canfe
alone be expected TO become lefs 70 at every Gea-
ION. Still other caufes lhould be recoIeefed,
which may counterbalance this effect. AS vet
comparatively finaTl lipe of the coat only has
been viiited, by the enterprizing trader,
and fcarcely Jingle river has been explored e.
ven at its mouth. Whoever would form An j.
dea Of the creatures of this commerce muR place
before him the vaft extent of coat which ftretcb-
es fom the traits of Behting to the mouth of
the Columbia, with all the POUNDS and ilands
which lie within that compass I've mutt place
before him the inuHmerable firearms in all their
windings and qualifications which empty into
that fra he NUT view the vaR extent of conn
try not wafhed by theie rivers, but 70 contieu-
nrs 20 their banks, To- invite the natives TO
approach them, when they once prefented the
veiIels Of the trader and the means of traffic
He muf recollett too, how much even of the
pre(ent trade is lof by the want of eaablifhed
settlements, and CONF mt, known methods Of
buying and Filling: How much is lsf: behind
by the trader who touches at 4 place for the
acuEi6tion of furrs, and waits no longer than
whiia its immediate or contiguous inhabitants
lhaIl have collected together what accident and
care may have preferved from dearu6ion. Let
the time once arrive, when the Americans fhall
eR1biiih fort and colony at the mouth of
the Columbia river; when intead of oocaGon9l-
ly touching at the coat, they ihall open mar.
ket ready ~ all feafons Of the wear for the re-
ception Of Indian peItries; when they flaIl e.
ven fend their canoes aud fnaller veHrls ND the
river TO- culc9 the produce Of Indian toll then
will the induary % the natives be RirnuIafed bv