Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-11-16


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vsnfnses - ths R1slfs srsaisd quite .
oommoelnns being sc6xsd On tke CAiffor-
u Bsifisb Il IL Hsw1iisn - a d..eI
Ina the var. 1ne was - SLOW sziies
thAs tho nrasa had ample time - grow
on her uncoppere4 bottom; hot she Vas
efew, and at her 6rss nnchor1oe, which
vas at The Easter IsIandz. two hun5r~d
days oot, there w1z not angle case ar
spnrvy or osher siakneas q hoard. Al
tex several o<her stoppa9es fox wood and
water, daring one oil which ten natives
we're employed 70 dive and scrsss si,e
SHIPS bottom Of iss baruacles. Wlnxhip
reached the Hawaiian islands, where Sc
found latter from hrs bxufner of the
OaCAinr advising him 10 hasten 20 the
Columbia 10 cut OF the Ru&sianG Who
seemed 20 have q oovetoas ere On these
parts.
Further snsrsstionst we're llkswsss
made % 90 aonausainQ the propoaed
settlement and a. @ anbseoueut Joint
Operatives of - hro&herx Tsklna on
board eume Nor an e0a1o nn1 twenty
i've kanak3n ~ iaholern. - Albasross
sailed from - io1ands - - issh Of
April. $50. entsFud The O11nubia the
26th II May, and, passtna H. Chinook
Village, aDohoeod abou1 3h1o0k niles
above Is. Five days vere 1han scent ID
sounding the channel, which vas found
70 be intricate and the current strong;
the ship in the meantime slowiy fol-
lowing the Surveying boats ap tbs
stream.
TIE frss Of June Winship and smith
cot out in the vhaleboats Ia search Of Q
site on which TO plant tho proposed e.
tablishment- Ascending i've miles from
their last anchorage, they came 10 whore
the river ID suddenly narrowed By 3 pro-
jsction of the seuth hank, forty aniius
from the see. On this projection grew
oak trees, the first found after sntsrinR
the river, which fact gave IL she name
of Oak Point
The place known N Oak Point today
10 on the north side Of the river, oppo-
site the original Oak Point, % that Mr..
Evans- : History of Oregon rs, 90--is
in error when he says: !" rhus il will ap-
pear that the first American ssetisment
on she Columbia river waslooatsd In the
present Territory Of Washington, q Oak
Point, she site Of the mills beisnsina TO
A. 8. Abernsthy.nl
Il was q pretty piecs of fertile low
land" continues the narrative. and
they thought is Just the place for their
purpose. Therefore they returned, reach
ing the ship at q O'Clock that evening.
Head winds and strong currents prevent
ed the ship from reaching the station
before the 4fh.
Preparations we're Immediately made
and building begun. Ground was clear
and seeds sown. But unfortunately the
spot chosen lay 80 low that the summer
freshets covered Is with water to the
building was completed. A higher spot
and the logs hoated Down to il; but 10
troublesome that Captain Winship de-
Il was evident the savages could only DO
E0o&k oA0C3 AOk0rS 640f 1O8ktkittc8 0kkEo
declared, an interminable var involving
destruction alike to trade and agricul-
ture would be the result. In fact, on
dropping down to Gray's bay the 18th
of June, Winship was informed BY the
native pilot that 70 had been the inten-
ton of the Ohinooks to capture bis yes
sci, which they surely would have accom-
plished but fer his vigilance. After re-
naming for time at Bakers bay, trad
ing, the Aibatross sailed away dowR the
California coast. leaving upon the banA
Of the Columbia its first embryo netrop-
oils, with all its brilliant collateral con-
oeptions, in the form of a few hevn
logs. Astor's attempts prevented the
Winships from further efforts the fol-
lowing year"
The above quotations are made as
illustrative Of the interest of the subject
and the manner in which 1t Is treated.
Every effort il manifest to make the
narrative accurate and impartial, and
the incidents of the long ago, whore
RULED the Oregon and heard nc sound
save his own dashings," are told In q
natural and life like manner. A graphic
account is given of Astor's settlement
and the English occupancy Of Astoria,
bot sufficient has been said to indicate
tue admirable character of the work aud
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