The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1881-07-01

had 10 expect-snd they universally loved Or.
| Mclaughlin as = man and respected his author
/ ify as a chef On March 10Th, 1879. the Had-
son Bay CompSuy's ship William AID Ann vas
wrecked on the north spit. in nearly direct line
Z between Care disappointment and Ciatsop
Point. Such & the crew As may have escaped
by boats we're murdered BY the Indians at ClAt-
SIP. Suspicion VAS aroused faat alter the snip
had been disabled the Indians had overpowered
/ the crew, strip and plandered her. None had
survived 10 tell the tale. aud mnch o! her car
90 vas in poSSe>s.0u Of the Indians. DR. Me-
Laughlin with party armed with swivel. de-
maaded restitution OF the wrec ked goods. The
: demand was met by the Indians firing upon the
I party Upon the disc barge of the swivel the
I Indians fed, except one who raising his gun 10
t FIRE was shot dead The wrecked property was
I then peaeeably surrendered. The Indians were
admOnished that they could not profit by dis
asters to vessels. nor murder white men for
plnnder- The NEXT year, MAY ?, lSS0.) the
ship Isabella from London, struck on the y. +.
point Of Sandy Island. Her officers aud crew +,
6emoraliZed at the fate Of the William and Ann.
1T once deserted her. never landing from their
boats until they reached Fort Vancouver. The
cargo remained undisturbed by the Indians. and
was entirely saved by a party from Fort
George.
In 1892, Captain B. L. E Bonneville u. 8
Army, on furiough, commanded an expedition
of one hundred men. twenty wagons and a large
quantity Of trading goods from Missouri to the
regions watered BY the Columbia and Colorado.
He remained west of the Rocky Mountains
over two years. The narrative of Bonneville
adventures is among the most fascinating of
the works OF Washington Irving. Perhaps, the
historic claim Of this expedition mainly depends
upon this fact. For Irving in his own inimit-
able style has ehronicled the vicissitudes and
novelties Of life in the Rocky Mountains. as
experienced By these Adventures. In language
mo bril- md al thap h.
pictured the trapper's life, its dangers, its ex-
citing pleasures. the bitter rivalry Of Compel
ing traders, the hostility of the savages, in
short. pen picture has been penciled by the
master hand. and latest posterity can learn
what constituted the fur trade and how il was
prosecuted in the heart OF the American CONT
nent and in Oregon less than hall a century
ago. To Capt. Bonneville must be awarded
the credit of first crossing the summit Of the
Rocky Mountains with wagons. His parties
penetrated the valleys Of the Humboldt, Sacra-
mento and Colorado. Competed with by the
Hudson Bay Company. encountering the most
bitter and unceasing rivalry of the most ex-
perienced Missouri fur traders, Bonneyille's
venture was pecuniarily failure.
In 1882, Captain Nathaniel J. Wyeth of Mas.
sachusetts. with party crossed overland e.
Oregon, for the purpose Of establishing salmon
fisheries on the Columbia river in connection
with prosecuting the Indian and fur trades He
dispatched vessel via Cape Horn to the COL
nmbia river with trading goods. Capt Wyeth
and party reached Fort Vancouver October 10th.
1t was calculated that his vessel would make
the voyage to the Columbia in bout the same
time 1t occupied his party TO prosecute the over
land journey. But the vessel never reached
the Columbia river. She was never heard from
after sailing. John Ball. member of Wyeths
party,s opened a school at Fort Vancouver in
January 1888, but the attempt proved failure
On the lst Of March following. solomon H
Smith, another of Wyeth's company accepted
an engagement TO teach school for six months
The teacher was at first discouraged. Instead
OF an English school, he found great confu-
sion OF tongues. Says he {: The scholars came
in talking in their respective languages, Cree.
Nez Perez, Chinook, Klickitat, &c, &c. |
could not understand them, and when called
to order there was but one who understood me-
As had come from a land where discipline
was expected in school management, could
not persuade myself that | could accomplish
anything without order, therefore issued my
orders, and to my surprise, he who did under
stand me Joined issue with me upon NV GOV
eminent in the school. While endeayuring to
impress upon him the necessity of discipline
and order in school, and through him making
such necessity appreciated by his associates, DR..
Mclaughlin. Chief Factor, entered the room.
To the Doctor explained my difficulty. He
investigated my complaint, found my statements
the refractory boy. that / never afterwards ex-
perienced any trouble in governing. con-
tlnued in the school over eighteen months,
during which the scholars learned to speak
English. Several could repeat Murray's gram
mar verbatim. Some had gone through arith-
metlc, and upon review copied it entire These
copies were afterwards used as school books.
there having been only one printed copy at Fort
vancouver. The school numbered twenty five
pupils"
Captain Wyeth returned overland TO Boston
in 1888. Most Of his party remained in the
country, several making settlements.n the Wal.
lamee valley. Not discouraged with the fail
ure OF the first effort, on his return to Boston
Captain Wyeth renewed his efforts to establish
direct trade between Boston and the Columbia
river. Having dispatched the brig Mary Dacre.
Capt. Lambert, laden with trading goods and
supplies to the Columbia via Cape Horn. he
crossed the continent with party numbering
Two hundred men. In that overland train were
Dr. Nuttall and John X. Townsend of Phila-
delphia, names well known to science, the lat
ter the author OF pleasing narrative of his |
journey. The pioneer party of the Oregon |
Methodist Mission, consisting OF Revs Jason |
and Daniel Lee, Messrs. p. L. Edwards and |
Cyrus Sheppard, lay members, and C. NJ. Walk !
er, employed by the missionaries for one wear. |
also accompanied. The party left Independ- |
ence, Mo-. April 24th, 1884, and reached the |
junction OF the Snake and Neuf rivers early in /
July. At this point wyeth built trading post |
called by him Fort Hall, in which he stored /
his trading goods. Having fitted out trapping /
parties he proceeded to Fort Vancouver. reach. /
ing that place aboutthe same time that the Mary
Dacre arrived In the river. At the lower end |
OF Wspato (now Sanvie's) Island, Wyeth es-
taolished salmon fishery and trading house
which he named Fort William. The salmon
fishery proved unsuccessful His Efforts 10 i
trade with the Indians and TO purchase beaver
skins were without profit. The powerful com
petition Of the Hudson Bay Company, constant |
trouble with the Indians. the loss OF several of /
his men killed by Indians or drowned, at length |
discouraged him. 1t Is stated by competent
autnority that the Island was thickly inhab-
nearly exterminated by the conpestive chills /,
ana iever: There were at the time three vii
leges on the Island. So fatal was the effects of
the disease. that DIR. Mclaughlin sent a party
10 rescue and bring away the few that were left !
and burned the villages. The Indians att ibuted
the introduction Of the fever and aeue 10 an
American vessel that had visited the river a
year or two previously. Ii Is not, therefore.
matter oil surprise to any who understand
Inu'an character, and their views al TO death
resulting from such diseases. that Wyeth's at
tempted establishment on Wapato Island vas
subject 70 their continued hostility. He was OF
tne race 10 whom they attributed the cause of
tne destruction OF their people, and MS employ
ees were but the lawful compensation. accord
fered." 'e' '-1 SUI
A hall. cargo Of salmon having been obtained
iot tne oriG she sailed In 1895 and never re-
rned 70 fot William. In 1896, Capt wyeth
o1oAe Up tnat establishment, and disheartened,
returned u Massachusetts,. The remnants of
ms property in Oregon he endeavored 20 sell in
London to the directors of the uudson o..