Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1845-1851, 1846-06-20
the skins and blankets. We will now see how the
British Government obtained possession OF the coun-


try:
The l5.h Of November is3 Messrs. Alexander Stuatt
and Alexander Henry, both prop'eofs IN the Norhwet
Company arrived establishment in two bark canoes
manned by sixteen ageurs. These gentlemen had lett
Fort William. on Lake Superior, July. They lent us
some canadian cw,pa,e,s by which we learned the
Birth had, up ~ that time, kept The aScendancy
They also conf that English frig.te was
10 and take cidevan establishments they were
very much suped not to zee the Isaac Todd IN the
On the morning the Goth, perceived vessel which
was doubling Cape Dis pponmenf, and hth anchor ed
B.ke's bay Not Knowing if it friendly vessel or
otherwise, thought il prudent To send To il in canoe
Mr. McDugal with those Of the who had been in the
service Of the odevant p F. c., with the Injunction
themselves Americans If the ship American, and Eng
i>h il il the contrary. Whilst they their way,
Mr. McTavish had which marked with the
Of the N. W. Co. packed upon two barge which
the fort and remountcd the river Tongue Point where
he to wait for signal which had agreed upon To-
wards igr MIR. Halsey, who had accompanied Mr. Nc
Douga to the vessel returned to the FORT and announced
that it the British soop Raccoon Of 20 guns and 20
in her crew, Captain Black commando (. Mr. John
Mcdonald, prop the Northwest Company, had
passenger the Raccoon, accompanied by five
This gentle had left England in the fugate PLebe,
had sailed With the Isaac Todd far JaneIro
Having Joined there English squad on the admiral had
them for convoy the oops Raccoon aud Cherub these
four vessels had sailed in Cape Horn where they
had separated after having agreed 10 meet at the island OF
Juan FernandeS The three vessels of war did there ;
but after having waited long time the I-aac
Todd Commodore yar who commanded this little squad
Ion having learned the American Comm dore Potter
dog great dna the E"gish commerce. especially
among whalegs which equented these seas he resolved
aud find him and give battle, giving TO Captain Black
GO destroy American
Columbia river. Consequently Mr.. Mcdonald and his men
had laccooa This gentleman told
they terrible weather in doub ing Cape
Horn He thought il the Isaac Todd had slackened
at spot would arrive in the river wi hin fortnight
At the agreed signal, MI Nc ravh returned Astoria
his ius, and learned with much pleasure the arrival of Mr.
MD Donald.
he Of December. the barge of the corvette came to
the fort AstO with McDona ID and the lieutenant
named Sheriff As there the Raccuon for
Northwest Company boat sent to Bakers bay bring
them fort weather pad aud the wind
v,l,nt, that size did return Till tive 18TH
goods, bringing also with Capt Black i've aud four
sailors.
regaled our hosts much speudor as was ps-
sble AcI dinner the captain had firearms given the
company'> servants; and repaired, thus aimed,
paluIm ty which ID hccn erected flag staff There the
captain to"k British f's, which he hal brought for the
purpose aud had II hocd Ia the If the staff; ard then
taking bottle full of Madeira he broke staff de-
aiiDg loud voice he took possession of the establish
and The country the Of his Bl~h NJ ,iesty
he charged Of Astoria that Of Fort George
The Indian chiefs had been assembled to witness this cee-
mony, aud explained To them their language what
They fired three di>ch rses of artillery and
ket shot, and the health of the king drunk according
the received customs in such cases.
The vessel finding Itself detained by contrary winds the
captain had survey made Of the Of
and the cha NJ, between Bakers bay aud Fort George The
officers came frequently to see u> aud appeared 10
orally 10 be veIy much disconnected with their voyage they
had expected several American loaded with
furs calculated beforehand their share in the
taking Of A>roa. They had met nothing and their
ishment at its height when they establishment
had been transferred 10 the Northwest Company aud
under the Blush n,g Ii will sufficient quote Captain
Blacks expression show how much they mistaken
with regard 10 This captain landed in the night when
showed him the palisades OF the establishment in
he asked ii there another baviDg
learnt there not he cried with af the greatest
adjustment. What l. this the font represented TO
formidable could down with four
FOUNDER III two hours '"
"The greater part Of the Pacific Fur Company's
engaged themselves to The Northwest Company Some 9TH
l
latter Nevertheless Mr.. McTavish having ntimated to
that would be ne. ded at the establishment
engaged self for the space Of five months that say
until the setting out Of the patty which ascend the
liver IN the spring, Canada by Of the Rocky
mountains aud the Of the Messrs John Stu
AIT and Mckenzie left the end Of the month";
dorer the first the trading which had
abshed IN The interior by the before company
This is the way the British got possession of the
Coumba-as conquest-accompanled by all the
circumstances of national act. The Lords Of the
Admiralty in London, charged with the naval opera
tons OF the war, plan the expedition, and plan it
against the colony of Mr.. Aston and against ii
important American colony. They despatch a ship
of war from London to join squadron in the Pacific
to attack the colony. ship from the squadron
rIvcs finds the goods and fiirs sold is enraged at
the loss of the booty, but finds the American
cigniy OF the country remaining in the form Of a lit
tie fort takes possession Of IL British conquest
runs up the British flag crstens it in a bottle of
rum; aud agents are sent off to the Okenakane, the
Spokan, and Wahlamath, TO deliver up the dependent
posts, and with them the whole valley of the Column
ba as conquest the British took it conquest
they held lt rs conquest they agreed to rctore it
under the Client treaty. And hear | will answer n
question which has been put to me Does the RIGHT
of restoration extend the whole valley of the Co.
lumbia river, only to the post at the mouth of the
river | answer, the whole valley and to parley
about anything les, is suffer ourselves to be lam-
boozed and dIsgraccd.
here my readings from Mr. Franc! { e. sat
i>ficd that, upon his testimony, have made out the
fullest and authentic of unqualified British
admissions, BY ACTS of our title To the Columbia.
To these admissions by acts Will now odd the adj
missions by eords. For il happens that at the
time Of the negotiations Of 1923 at the time we were
offering ttyhve To the British for northern bounda-
~, and fyonc for southern the parallel of forty
nine the most southern 10 which her claims
EXTENDED. This understood ard agreed upon by
both parties in 1918, $50, and 1923 and here is
the evidence of II documents of unImpeachablc at-
lhorIiy. read first from Mr. Adams to Mr. Rush,
July I'D, lS23:
Previous TO the restoration Of the settlement at the
mouth Of The Columbia 1878 again upon the
inst i"rodnt ton IN Congress OF the plan for consu ng
teItr government there, disposition manifest
cd by III Charles Ba.o aud Nj Canning minister Wash
'nS'n T. di Pu'e The right OF the Uniied Stes that
iabi>hmcnt aud some vague iniimaon gwen OF British
cai The northwest The Of plac
ana the OF 1878 were considered a. final dis
psaI OF MI B,got's obectons and Mr. Canning declined
committing TO paper those which he had Intlnated in
/ veTsation"
Two dates and great fact here mentioned
with both OF which | was contcmp rary, and my
Writings OF the time Will prove. not an inaientive
observer. The nominal restoration of the Columbia
which was, III fact, an empty ceremony, and the non
execution OF the Client treaty, i'll IA, of the West
as 1t had happened before IN the non-cxeculon OF
treaties. which required British western posts To be
given up Tint Is one date. The introduction of Dr.
l. L. II IL
IN lS2O':l is another Of those dates and of which
know someihlnr Ihc rreaf f1cf l. and my snnncl