Weekly national intelligencer., 1846-05-30

we were provided with large supply of merchandise
that we had more iurs than We could carry away"
Here is important fact stated that of hearing Of the
and desparng Of protection from the United States The
agents of Mr. Astor upon full consultation, determined TO
abandon the country.
Mr.. FTanchere continues:
'Some days after Mr. Mackenzies departure perceived
TO great surprise, the extremity Of Tongue Point
canoes carrying the British flag and between them another
returning with Messs j. G. McTavsh and Angus Be
hune of the Northwest Company He had met these gente
to the in consequence OF the news which they
had given him. They light canoes, having LEFT be-
hind them Messrs John Stuart and Mcmillan with brigade
OF eight canoes loaded with furs
:" Mr.. McTavish up lodging and showed us
letter which had been written TO him BY Mr. A. Shaw one OF
the agents OF the Northwest Company lhs gentleman an
nounced him the letter that the ship Isaac odd had sailed
from London in March in company with the rigate Phoebe,
and that they coming by order OF the Government to
take possession OF estabshmentths establishment being
represented Lords the Admiralty important
lony founded by the American Government
The eight which had been left behind having joined
the first camp of nearly seyenyfve formed AT the
te bay near our establishment As they we're without pro-
visions furnished them with what they needed; neverhe-
less kept guard for fear of surprise from them
for were much inferior TO them in number
The advancing and their vessel arriving caused
them find their situation very diagreeable without prov
sion and without merchandise procure any from the natives
ON an e, good
provisions they proposed that should sell them esa
bshment and its contents Placed in the situation in which
we in the daily expectation Of seeing English OF
appear take what possessed listened to
their propositions We had consultations nego-
merchandise and the treaty signed by
parties the Esd Of October The gentlemen OF the North
Company Astoria having agreed
pay each Of the cdevant Pacific Fur Com
pany chosen by Mr. Astor the of their
full deducted from price the goods delivered
them feed them and to furnish passage gratis to those
among them who wished to return to Canada.
cit thus that, after having crossed and endured all
sorts OF fagues and prvatons lost in an Instant all my
hopes Of could prevent self from remarkng
that should look tor such treatment from the British
Majesy's Minister before left New York But as have
just said the value of had been much exagg
rated to the Minister'S for if they had known it. they surely
would have taken offence it, at least would not have
judged it worthy of maritime expedition"
This the which the effects Of Mr. Astor passed
into the hands Of the Northwest Company this the
in which they became installed in the valley Of the Columbia
II purchase of goods and fu and of the buildings
which contained them, and nothing more No one was
childish enough suppose that the sovereignty of the
try was or could have been ed appurenance
the skins and blankets We will how the British
Government obtained possession OF the country
The 18th of November 1873, Messrs Alexanie- Stuart
and Alexander Henry both propetors the
pany arrived the establishment bark manned
by sixteen yoyageurs These gentlemen had left Fort Will
liam, Lake SUPERIOR in July They lent Cana
dian newspapers by which learned that the British
had up kept the ascendency They also confirm
ed the that English igae to come and take our
not to see the Isaac Todd in the harbor.
SON the morning of the Soh, perceived vessel which
was doubling Cape and which % sGTp Ga
Otherwise thought prudent TO send to IT in canoe Mr.
MeDouga with those Of the who had been in the
vice of the c-deyant p f. c. with the injunction TO call them
selves Americans if the ship Amercan and English If
the contrary Whilst they their way Mr. Me-
lavish had all the furs which marked with the name OF
the N W. packed upon barges which at the fort
and remounted the river Tongue Point where he to
night Mr. Hasey who had aecompanied Mr. McDougaIl to
the vessel returned the fort and announced to us that was
the Brt. soop Racoon Of 90 and gO men in her
in the Northwest Company had passenger IN the Ra
accompanied by five This gentleman had left
England in the gate Phoebe which had sailed with the Isaac
Todd far Rio Janero. Having reoned there an English
squadron, the Admiral had given them for The soops
pany to Cape Horn where they had separated after having
agreed the island of Jsan Fernandez The three
vessels Of war did there but after having waited long
squaap 1aS having Iesrea
commerce. especially among the whalers Which frequsnted
these he resolved and find him and give battle Civ
ta5ishment Of the Columbia siver Consequently Mr. Nc
Donald and his had embarked the Raeoon This gen.
teman told US that they had endured the most terrible weather
doubling Cape Horn He thought that if the Isaac Todd
had slackened at spot would arrive in the river
within fortnight At the agreed signal Mr. Meravish re-
the arrival of Mr. Mcdonald.
The first of December the barge OF the corvette came
the fort Astoria with Donald and the first lieutenant named
Sheriff As there the Racoon goods for The North
west Company boat sent to Bakers Bay to bring them
lent that she did not return till the 2t with the goods bring
ing also with Capt Black FIVE marines and four sailors
eve regttef hosts with much spendor
sble After dinner the Captain had firearms given to the
companys and repaired, thus armed to plat
form by which had been erected flag staff There the
Captain British fag which he had brought for the pur
pose and had hoised the the staff and then taking
bottle full Of Madeira he broke the a, declaring in
possession of the establishment and the
country of his British Majesty land he changedthe
Of Astoria that Of Fort George The Indian chiefs
had been assembled witness this ceremony and explained
TO them in their language what il They fired three
discharges OF artillery and musket shot, and the health the
King drank according the received customs such
The vessel finding itself detained by contrary Winds the
Captain had made Of the mouth Of the river
and the channel Bakers Bay and Fort George The
officers frequently to and appeared to generally
be very much with their voyage they had
pected American vessels loaded with rich furs
and had calculated beforehand their share in the taking OF As
tora They had met nothing, and their astonisbmeHt at
its height when they establishment had beer transfer
red TO the Northwest Company, and under the British
flag will be sufficient quote Capt Blacks expression to
show how much they mistaken with regard This
Captain landed in the night when showed him the pas
sades Of the the morning. he asked there
another fort and having learnt there not he cried out
with air of the greatest aonshment, "What this the
fort represented to formidable Good God could
batter il down with four FOUNDER in two hours ~
Tbe greater OF the Pacific Fur Company servants
gagged themselves the Northwest Company. Some others
preferred returning TO their country and among the lat
that my would be needed establishment
gagged myself for the space FIVE months until the
setting of the party which ascend the in the
SPRING Canada by of the Rocky Mountains and
the rivers OF the interior Messs John Stuart and Mackenzie
left a the end of the month"; the last to deGuer the first
the trading posts which had been established in the by
the before mentioned company"
This il the way the British got possession Of the Colum
ba-as conquestaccompanied by all the circumstances of
a national act The Lords Of the Admiralty in London,