The Hawaiian gazette., 1869-02-10
The Territory OF the Hudson
Bay Company and the Worth
West Passage.


hia- oy foGo<iag a straight westerly direc-
tiou. hzd besn mere speculative idea /;
hzt usE they INST dstszniss precisely
upon the plznz TO be adopted IN order TO
carry o1t Their resolution Their isiagiDa-
tiOu =as good deal excited b the tales
Of x0odro1z fsats accomplished BY some
Of the half-eassss ard Indians hying
zroGad the Fort One Of them an Indian
Gree. kad made hzS eseaps-th4nks % his
sEiftness and agiHty-slsho1gh closely
P1rs1ed By Ehole tribe Of Black Feet
and aaother story Vas told Of Al Ausri-
car rainer named Perry. who lad crossed
the continent alone. pushing before lin
his EassloarroE. laden with his tools zad
provisio1s. for s distance Of more than
200 niles The two English gentlemen
desired to show thai although they had
been broGght Up N the most delicate and
s6sa,iaase manner, they could. f they
wished. compete With Al Indian IN eniHr-
ancs and fortitaie. OF miner. II harii-
hood and Iasrepidity- Their uadert4kiag
us. however. universally esasured. and
the opinion Of al Eas decidedly agaizst It.
They we're told that i was Impossible 70
reaeh Cz-iboo. westward that the only
passabEe routes eou7erged 70 the south
ward Of Ccfzubis River and that the
Only practicable ons 70 the northeast Vas
that followed. every SIMMER, By detaeh-
ment Of men il the service Of the Con
paay. The western slope Of the Rocky
Mountains vas described TO them Is haE-
ing the most friShtfal aspect the largest
rivers rushing iupesu01sIy- ike mountain
Streams. between high and PERCEPTIONS
banks. rendering It Impossible To follow
thar course. or 10 sal beat IN the midst
Of the coof1sed chaos Of rocks. EhiripooIs
ard cascades On the other hand. It zoald
be utter razhness to attempt to pass
thruugh the forest the trees beng 300
feet high with trunks 10 and 20 feet IN
diameter. and the vegetable dstritus.
accumulated fer centuries forming Insup-
erable obstacles. After having vainly at
tempted to fad people daring ensagh to
accouPsny then, they succeeded, al East.
n securing tue services Of haIfeaste,
named BAptiste FAssinIboi1e, Who had
IN former years. acquired the repgt4tiou Of
being the best shot and the most IN
dauatsd Traveller n the country. bat who
had lost the Use Of one of his arms By the
explosion Of gun and had been excou-
n1Dicatsd b. his priest Tor committing
murder This uan insisted IN his eoa-
tract. upon a singular conditional elaHse
that his wife. and soo- Is years Of age,
should be allowed 70 accompany him As
Il this we're not ehoGgh. they also coz
ssnted TO take charge Of IN old Irish gen
tisnan. who had been a newspaper editor
in the East Indies. teacher IN New
Orleans. and for the previous twelve
u0aths an Invalid AZ Fort Edmonton
without knowing how he cane there or
how he could leave Il The advice Of tke
sxperenes,a- and the rsmocssraness Of the
wise. we're not spared 70 cur travellers. and
Wide unsbls 70 conquer their VII, their
eject vas only to encourage them N their
eatsrprise and 70 sxcite their ar5oc- 4
party Of sixty snigraatz bad 5asssd- the
PrsEiazs pear. thru1gh Edmoutoa. o. their
zzE % Cariboo- Had they reached their
Destination Were they sti1 aEEsE Ne
sody hsE, but n any event. they must
have oPensd 4 path. and tbs, n iszelf. vas
Al advanEage- Only oos mooth before.
FIVE miners had gone the sane way, and
i you'd perhaps. Be possible to ogsrtzkz
thea
Having disposed Of al ok5sctious. the
party, eo@posss Of two Europeans. . ous-
a-med IndEaa. one voaza- oue ehIIz- and
an Old uan- asesupaaisd b. twelve horses,
ax Ct which we're assd for czrrying the
pr0visans. coasisting of 40 rs Of -four,
200 rs Of -Psnnican-- tea. sllt, tohaeea,
hlankets. cooking utensils. ann1nitiou,
a1d three zzss. stEtsd On their perilsas
journey, under the most z1EaE0rzhle or
cumztzness. &C the ID day az June. 1864
They lad 70 step 4 Jasper Ho1ss. sta-
ton ef the Ha1sea Bag Company situated
On tie eastern sl1pe Of the Rocky Hozzt-
ans. sas 40 Il : pLaes eaHsd Ia Cache
d IA TsEs Jszae.7 = nzzed from tie act
q Al In.szaa having lived thers f1r nauy /
ysa-z- uakn0su u any oue- Bat fun the
list Hsnzinzad psacs % Cariboo, 70 Il
furnaEiaa esald Be obsziaed eEsrytEhinr /
Uas 1nkn0En- even b name
II
VIE falI0zing. frua Fort Garry 70
Fort Edn1nfsa. ne aluoss parzIIsI q 1