The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-08-09
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rKoa TIE N. y. commrneIAL ADvssrrsr.


oi Salem, fer DR.. Mitchell is h;rhlv ipterel
and as connection with the mfr ve-,,,r
tempt; making by carts Lewis and Cls.i,, 10 ;er;.s.
trate BY land 10 tic Pacific OCEAN
e | fear it Kill not be in my bower. liar fir -
give you very correct infora;ion as TO ,, po;r., Of
your enquiry You ak, whether ain ;nl poiit Gio,
Of any facts, relative the fe,,en,ent or nlp,st.on
OF the Kamiehatkadsles, or fubeGs Of RuG b. lapa
or lea; along the north vef-yll eoan of a.n.r;..
n II p9helion OF no els, etept from the ,n,onpaS
o" o'ners' bus believe 'ts certain tina, the Rus.
Hss Tor q or 10 years pah, have been on the eo,a
and that they extending their et.i.ents Il thew
may be called iuch, To the fouthsari Jsry come.
from hanchatsl. and their protneis is IN The ,o,tb
where have no douht they will prove troubeCon,e
eiher 70 the 5nanards, ourielves il we fioun
Poieu'"n OF that part Of The cosit lard we
can produce better titles the courtry III a, any ,
roPean nation whstever.) Altho' Tam NOT nov, ti
20 point out the places where rliey hav. made en-
oi'ihn'ents, yet have been informed ard tf;rf
correctly, tina, feveral RuIian traders from Kan,l
ichai "a have liked them!eives Queen Charlotea
nand'' and IN that neighbourlood, where they CARR
on an advantageous commerce with the India,
hey remain over winter, and coees LARGE ,nap,J
OF lea otter and other iSins, which are delivered 10
Nr.'ian veels. that reg uarly vft the CO az Rom g.
t,eters and other places the eanern PARTS of Kan
ichatka' here veiielsma frequent .oysses AMI
''e'F 'fat'efS with uch articles as viii fell 10
advantage among the natives. | an, H., no,;,;s,,
that heard III the RuiI1us max rp psrn,aren, ell
mehts' am lure that the Americans have freoret,
y net their traders different parts OF the ca,at
the North OF Nootka Sound. 1t isGaid they NIX fr.s-
~ with me natives, learn their language and end.,
Vo'f 70 eHnc'i'te them By every neAns in their pot
er; and was once Informed by a eep,lsn,an III ~
had been on the coat, that they po(I; fiji ~,
hderaD'e influence over the northern trbs, and f.
was NO oIinion as 1t is n,ine that te R19;an oo &
vernmenr eonempates making encroachm.N, ,os,i.
ionthward' until they HAIL De lopped by the spi-
.,rflS lla A,
arcs, me american traders were afiuredy On Ri.
coat before the Rutiians, exSep indeed thar 1p,,
hon ye.!el or two might have viiited that part a ~
COAX immediately oppoGte tie eatlern exre,,;tv f
ana, 4 lew years before. It is alnctt 90 ye,r. ;ip
the ihp Columbia capt. kendrick ard N. al,sI,
MARY Arlington, capt Gfy, were dipatehed from
ho"'n 10 me N W.coait Sf America; they made
important diicnvcries, and tsol poiIei:on of ea-G
dsrabe tra& Of country, aIiE capt kendr;,t snsn,
received deeds OF large part from fome of the pr;
c.pai Chiefs The river Columbia. il I am NOT ma
ken' rece!Vesrs name from the Boaon ih;, ~
mentioned. iaw the Columbia ip Canton, on IL.
return with cargo OF lea otter lns, (Which were adj
vantageouiy diipoied Of in that nlarkeS Ih,. NJ,
Warrington afterwards came to Ch;na. and =,
irequenr voyages back to the coat, but believe
returned to the u States Capt Kendriek bay;n.,
lent TIE Columbia home, under charge of CAM
Gray, remained in the oop, and finally loft his lie
Oil the coat, in faiutisg another vef.l
" was acquainted with captain Metcalf os ,J
York, who commanded the brig Elcnorab. va.
early on the coat, ard told ne had taken noa NJ;
on IN behalf OF the United States. Captain Metc.,f
was either cut off by the natives or loft on the c,,l
on his fecond trip after he had vfted the lie &c
france Capts'n Roberts and Others from Bopon
foon followed capt. Rendrick Since tbere ,,o,.tas
were made fand they were the Grii under,sk on r.,
tins country the Americans have carried on couGs,,
trade to the ooalt, where they collea otter Aims p
carry Them China, and for ten or fffcan -.
there may have been from FIVE to ten vefies princi-
Paliy from Maiachuiets, engaged in this trade. ~
nave Only Teierred to their voyages particularly to
Capt. hendteks, with view OF ihewing Won fhat
the Americans have good, if not better claims t
the country than the RullIais can pollihIy haze
win collection could be made of all their VOYAGES
the information TO be derived from them wori5cer'
family be intereNing and perhaps important in e}a-
mining our he to the country embraced within the
limits OF their di'coveries Captain Metcalf vis,s
very correct navigator, and has made valuable tr,s
and drawings OF the coat and harbours which lad
entered, but prcune they Ion with hin, I'rb
hrit na"igators chiefly dead, and il is do,b,fI
whether their journals were preferved CAPTAIN In
drck IS iald to have fallen into the hands of nj Mr.
Howell who, it is underAood, died in Manila ,.tra
It IS probable they we're loG Capt. Inerabar, Who
failed under Hendrok in the Columbia. (aftet,,.rd,
made voyage to the norm WET coat ana .honca 20
China, and OH the paffage diicovered fnIll cI,l,a
OF Hands and have heard that his ournI was rre-
iented TO general Washington, and it is very proba-
ZIG IL may oe Iouhu among MS papers. II is poflbe
that captain Magec's may be prefervedbv hi, Friends
or relations who refde in Bottom andir \ cory r,,,
at any future time be obtained Won n,sv dap.,I
viii not fail preiert TO Won do bo, recoIIaa
Jingle veiiel ever having performed voyage from,
Salem to the welern coat of America. I Our w.
chants having generally been engaged in orbcr en.
przts, particularly to the Eali Indies by the of
the Csrs Of Good Hope, few or none from orr ror.
within my knowledge, have difpatched aAy ycgeI
round Cape Horn upon voyares for fea otter 1<ins.
which are only procured in hgi northern latt dies.
on the wei lide Of this continent.
The eaRern extremity of AGa is 70 p.,or the e,.
tern part Of North America, that the RufIisps hay
eaiy and frequent communication with IT, have ntA
the ea doubt but that they have view. Of tai;ne1
poiieihon of the Whole coat, from the northern 90
trernty of the continent (as far as the fea IL ns,o
be) to the Spanh ieieme,,ts to the IoptbvarI &. &
am OF opinion the late Ruliian voyage of dirroyer
is connected with the general fyiem Of extendin9
their iettlement, in tina. quarter of our continent
The Ruihans, for the FIRE time think, are poy, 10
iing Cape Horn, and their hps are defined 70 kan.
ichatka and the N. W. coaf Of America. We ,,nG
wait the event, bu. il am not very much deceived
yon VIII lind thrir attention principally direcled 70
d'coveries and settlements our wo1ern flores
The extreme pont Of their fouihern dicoye,i.s T