Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-03-10
1881 of the OREGON Pioneers charac-

terlZcs Ewing 1ounG as "a very can
did and scrupulously honest man,
thoroughgoing, brave and daring"
He writes: Mr. Young being in
want of some supplies and having IL
few be- yer skins, sent them to Fort
Vancouver 10 exchange for his sup
plies. But DR.. Mclaughlin having
been appriSed, by no less authority
than the Governor General of Cali
fornia. that Yonn WAS at the head
of banditti, refused to purchase
the beaver, but sent Mr.. Young the
articles which he had wished to
purchase, besides sending him several
articles of re reshments for his table
But when the articles came, he,
Young Indignantly refused to re-
ceive the goods or refreshments, but
procured an Indian canoe and some
Indian help and went in person to
Vancouver, where harsh words took
place betwte en- the Doctor and Young.
After moderation and reason had
returned, tho Doctor satisfied Mr.
Young that he could not, being at
the head of n company trading di-
rectly to California aud elsewhere,
have acted otherwise than to have
given tredence and respect to the
charge against him ana his party by
the Governor of California. On the
return of tho Caibo,o, the ensuing
year, to California, DR.. Mclaughlin
wrote to the Governor of California,
as also did Mr.. YOUNG. The ensn
ing Fall the Governor wrote to DIR.
McLouglin and Mr.. Young, with.
drawing the charges against Young,
and regretting the occurrences"
Mr.. Walker then refers to Hall J.
Kelly and states in detail the hos
pitable attentions by him received at
Fort Vancouver, and of the free pas
sage to the Sandwich Islands. He
then observes: "On Mr.. Kelly's
arrival at Boston he published an
account of his travels, and dwell,
with good deal of severity upon
the officers Of the Hudson's Bay
Company, and how he ami Young
had been treated. This pamphlet
was sent to our Consul at the Sand.
wick Islands. who was instructed to
make the necessary inquiring about
the condition of Young and other
citizens on the Columbia. About
this time Lieut.. W. A. Slocum of the
I. S. Navy, arrived at Oahu and
MIR. Jones, the U. S. Consul, char.
tered little brig and got Lieut..
Slocum to come and see, etc." This
was in the winter of 1886
This article of Walker possesses
peculiar value, from the fact that
it doubtless gives Young's account
of the interview with DR.. Mclaughlin
1t also exhibits the view of those
early settlers, of the purposes of the
mission of Purser VIM. A. Slccum
q special agent of the United States
appointed by President, Andrew
jackson.
Hon. NJ. p. Deadly, foremost
among the reliable and pains-takine
collectors of the historic data OF
early Oregon, thus wrote in 1867 OF
Ewing Young: He was man %
mork, fond Of adventure and endowed
with force of character. He was q
native OF Tennessee. At an early
age we learn of him in New Mexico
where be married native woman
by whom he had a son, Joaquin
Young. For some reason he left
his Mexican partner and progeny.
sans ceremOnie. In the Summer OF
1884, at Monterey, he was induced
by Hall j. Kelly, of Boston, to
join him and emigrate to Oregon.
The party arrived at Vancouver in
October, 1884. Mr.. Kelly's health
failed him, and he soon returned
home by the way of the Sandwich
Islands. Young settled in Yamhill
county. where ho died in the Winter
of 1901. He left no relations in
the country, nor in the world, so far
rs was then known. He died intes-
tate, and left what was considered a
large estate. This circumstance and
the necessity of providing for the
disposition Of this property, led to
the first attempt to form q provision
al government in Oregon. A COM
mittee, chosen at Young's funeral
called mass meeting of the inhab-
itants of Oregon south of the Co.
lumbia river to be held at the Metho-
dist mission in the Wallamet valley,
on the 17th and 18th of February,
1S41, to take steps for the govern
ment of the community and to pro-
vide for the disposition OF the estate
of Ewing Young.
"The meeting was held pursuant
to tire calf and comprised nearly all
of the male adults south of the Co.
lumbia. 1t was fi,ly called The
Primary Meeting of the People of
Oregon The Rev. David Leslie
acted as Chairman. The meeting
after electing officers. adjourned to
meet on Thursday, June IL, 1S4l.
"The Provisional authorities took
possession of the Young estate. In
the message of the Executive Com
| mitteed to the Legislative Commit
tee, dated Wallauet Falls, Decem-
Der Is. 1874, and signed Osborne
Russell and P. G.. Stewart, it is
stated that the estate had been settled
and the net proceeds amounted to
the sum of So, 734. 26. which sum had
been loaned to various individuals.
"Dec. oath, 1874, the Legislative
Committee passed an act directing
the funds Of the estate to be collect
ed and paid into the Treasury of the
Provisional Government, pledging
the faith of the government that the
same should be refunded whenever
claimed by the heirs or creditors of
Young. BY the same act 81 500 of
the funds of the estate were appro-