Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-17
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Capt. Gray, having ssesnded shs rive
sooot q miles, - ks judged. Isf1 q
u1E1e e! nie snip 81 i1a stead and aeA11
eomnssesd htDself 70 ths - prubabl,
ne .as To- pk1ct1e41 . man 20 induirs &
nocn pose1caI op0eu3ation q 10 tie II
sure Of this region. But II Il was AZ,
Gay when be spread his sniis for Noofk1
Sound, and II the blne cirolot Of moan
tainss punctuated on the south By ths
triple crest of Saddle mountain, roel
unbalanced aeroas the tranquil sxpans1
of Young Hay. and II the snowy tiarr
of Mount -. Hslsns aiittsrsd above ~
waverInR linsa of Cathlamet Bay, q nov
scmeelmes = does, ard The 0aeQy pii1
q Tillamoek bead sunk IN the purpI1
dseps Of . cIcudiess sky and 80 0fav
must have been dull indeed IL be did moi
o4er . vow to Neptuns for safs snd
speedy return. But u is quite likely tbaI
. confirmation Of his suoosas In the fur
trade was uppermose IL his mind. And
Tor the further proescutioa Of this he
sailed for Nootka.
Arriving there he informed Quadra,
the Spanish oommandant, Of his disoov-
cry. and he In turn communIcsted Il e
Vancouver On his arrival at Nootka il
August, 17s2.
The mention Of Vancouver introduces
the most thorough and Important voyage
yet undeft4ken. During its progress
mueh Of the .nomenclature Of Oregon
and Warrington Territory vas fixed. II
demands, theref0re, an extended 60
count; and II order 10 come 1T Il clearly,
let az take I brief backward glance and
sse what vAnoouvsr had been doing prior
70 his entrance TO Eeotka. II appears,
from the quaint and wid< -maFRined old
edition (1796l Of Yancouver's Voyage
Round She World,n to which ne have
had access, that be was commissioned
by King George Of England in 1870 to
survey and examine the entire coast Of
. New Albion,n . between iatitudes 35 and
IS degrees, paying especial attention to
the supposed strait Of Juan de Fuoa.
Vancouver left England In Jsnuary,
1871. In the ship Discovery, accompanied
BY the Chatham. After spending con-
TINS In the south Sea, be
reached the coast Of Ameriea In latitude
30 degrees n minutes. on the 18th Of
April, 1872.
Passing slowiy along the coast, be nor
tioed capes Mendooiuo. Oxford. Gregory,
FouiweatheF, Lookout and Disappoiut-
ment. Az the last named oape he OBJ
served that the ocean was discolored;
but, with the curious fatality that seems
to have marked all these almost discov-
cries Of the Columbia river, he did not
" consider this opening worthy OF mere
attention.
Just below the mouth Of the Straits Of
Fucs he met q vessel which, having
brought TO. proved 70 be the Columbia,
Robert Gray master.
After exchanging the compliments Of
the sesson-and, it may also be sap
posed, of the sea-the vessels parted
company; Gray going south, where, Ia
Q few days, be made his discovery Of the
great river; and Vancouver passing on
through the Straits Of Fuca and pro-
ceeding TO thorough examination Of
the sounds within.
Vancouver seems to have been q singu-
larry bold. snterprising and fair-minded
man. He was. however, fully imbued
with the idea OF Bri.onizina everything
on she coast.
To that end he named the baye, sounds
mountains and rivers TO an extent hith-
efto uninterrupted. and his names were
almost invariably those Of British nota.
bIea sometimes unnotables -or Of his
own officers. His three principal officers
we're baker, Whidbey and Puget. Their
names were bestowed respectively on q
mountain. an ialand and sound
Hoods canal Was named from Lord
Hood Of England.
Vancouver's clear and attractive mar.
rative gives the most glowing account oi
the beauty Of the sound and its adjacent
waters. He says: !" As We bad no reason
10 imagine that this country had eveI
been indebted for any Of its decorations
10 the hand Of man, could mot possibly
believe that any uncultivated country
had ever been discovered exhibiting &c
rich picture"
As they progressed up the Sound thsy
saw three more stupendous peaks souti
Of Baker. One Of these was named
Rainier, from Rear Admiral Rainier, ol
the EnRlish navy.
The other mountain was subsequently,
called Sc. Helens, without the apostro
phe, "a commonly written) In honor ol
the English Minister at that time sta
toned nc the spanish court. Tbs thir(
was not named at that time, but was, M
doubt, Mount Adams. After minuts
examination Of the Sound, with Its al
most countless branches outssretche<
like 90 many fingers 20 clutch the for
ests, Vancouver proceeded slowly up th'
Gulf of Georgia. named by him Il
honor Of King George. He hatteres
himself that he wac the first Enropeai
90 gaze on that marvellous expanse o
blue water and green forest and rock.
shore. IL appears nov, however, tina
an American named kendrick, in com
mand Of she schooner Washington, ha'
two wears before sailed clear around th
island to Nootka. And Vancouver, .
his great chacrin, met on June I'D tw
Spanish vessels, under command OF Ga
liano and valdes, which had come dow
| from the northern end of the gulf. ]
was now evident that all the land wes
OF them Was an island. SO Vancouver
calling around Il. examining ever
| inlet carefully In searca OF q possioi
Strait Of Anian, squared away 70
Nootka, which he reached on she 81
Of August.
Al Nootka the English vessels ver
met with the greatest kindness and COL
diality by Quadra, the Spanish CON
mandans. Vancouver especially mer
tions dinner such a. they had "latei
been iistle accnstomed 70 or had %
most distant idea Of meeting IN thl
place. A dinner OF i've coars 9, cousis
ING Of superfiuity of the best prov
sions, was served With great elsRancei
and salutes in haeor Of their respectis
sovereiens were fired With great oerem'
| uiousnees-
Qundrs and Vancouver. In fact. eel
| 10 have been nightly pleased With eac
other; In token Of which they name
the great island after both OF then
selves, . The Island OF Quadra and VA
couyer." Time has, however. canoeie
the Spanish half Of the name, 30 tEi
Il il ID now called simply "Vsncouv'
Island
while at Nootka, Vancouver lesrns
Of Gray's discovery OF the Coiumo
river.