The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-06-07

sferprery ON the &ofthwes< rcas<. and
they landed u SDoska susn<i GA the
vest eoast Of yanpuvex Isfarsd. The
nexs samnser sziiSsx from xssxk down
theeo1st. czps Gray, in The Washing
ton- entered the Strait. ef Fnea, and
he says i sailed through IL Gfty
miles IN an exst-1outheass s,;reetion,
and found tie pzssaxe Eve leagues
wide. In returning ~ xosska she
met The siip cosususds bound for
6hfna. Gray fax1k rosnsnand OF she
eviursbia and Kensr:ek transferred 10
the Washington. sailed shrosgfs the
strajs. nsrthzsrsI fhFouris some eight
degrees Of lzfitaae. passed b<fsern
the costiHent AMI The i3ansis 81 Van
eonver and Qseen Charlotte. and cans~
out into the Pacific ocean north of Lar
isusie S. nofsfs. The cosunshsa. having
exchanged her far< f.r cargo u tea
- Canton. sailed via the Esr< OF fso<si
Hofr for Boston. where she arrived
August ~. f7s5. And fh:s was the
ART voyage around the xiote by ves-
sri carrying the dag 0f the Tinted
sstasr<. the young fcpuh.ie jast then
entering upon her national existence.
I'm the spring and -smiser OF this
year
csrrsfs eEsEsE VANCOUVER.
The renowned British navigator. en-
Gagged In the explorations el the id
ands. hays, harbors and inlets of the
great inland waters of Washington
Territory. From this famoa= voyage
arose the names of Admiralty inlet,
Elliott bay. Hoods canal, Gulf Of
Georgia. named after King George III.
then reigning monarch Of the Bsisi<h
empire. Puget ssuni. called after
Lieutenant Pugei. one Of his snssal-
terms. and numerous other names. 20
many OF which are sfiII preserved.
In the same year Captain Robert
Gray, in the good ship Columbia. re-
appeared on this coast and again shed
luetre on the American name In the
field Of discovery. In May he entered
the hay called by him Builfinch's har-
Dor. bat which n grateful pesterify
has named after It's disroyerer--tsray's
harisor. A little later he successfully
effected an entrance into the great
river Of the West, to which he gave
the name OF his nsiie ship--the Cal
iusnlia.
with the exception OF Lieutenant
Broashfoa, of the royal navy, second
In command of the yaneomver expe-
.3tft..o ~..fx< .~t.~.s H. fs.,f...t.ss =
river in i.as and aseeneesa in an open
boat 10 the point upon which the city
of Vancouver now stands. nothing
wa- -cen OF the interior os our Terri
tory until Captains
NEsfwETnHK. LFwfs xxs WILLIAM
CLARK,
Leaders OF the American Exploring
expedition, sent out by the admins
iraslon of Thomas jefferson, explored
and followed the Columbia river to it,
head waters in the Rocky mountains.
arriving ht its mouth NJ Cape Di-ap-
po;ntment in November. issk5. after a
hazardous Journey oi three thousand
miies through an unknown hostile In
dian country.
s.ihese occasional visits OF American
and En4Iish nayigatofs and explorers,
aud the hunters and trappers Of both
nations operating in various parts 81
Oregon Territory. gave rise 10 the con-
/ fiirsins claims of both countries 10
sovereignty over the great donaini, ing
ives. of the Rocky mountains and south
OF 81 deg. 10 rsin- north latitude. which
bv sripart.tc agreement hetween Eas-
sia. Great Britain and the United
states, was recognized as the southern
line OF Russian America. This con
/ fsiet was temporarily adinsted in isis
by a treaty between the United States
and Grea, Britain, permitting joint
occupancy by citizens and subjects Of
both nations Of the aispated Territory.
and nine years later these treaty stipu-
iations regarding joint occupancy were
continued indefinitely and antil either
party should give twelve months mo-
/ :lcr OF iss desire to ahrogate tie same.
tip to 1884 the Hudson Bay Com
pany and the Northwest Company
both British corporations, the latter
being swallowed mp, however. by the
( former in fssi. continued practically
( the sole posscsseFs OF the territory
west OF the Rocky mountains, with
hese and there an occasional trading
PARTY, hunter or trapper. employed by
enterprising iur companies In -. Louis
attempting 10 enjoy their doubtful
i aud dangerous avecaiien.
"rax MISSIONARY SETTLEMENTS
From the United States commenced
in 1854 ard under the auspices OF the
Board oi Foreign Missions a station
was essahlis he'd at Walcpta, near the
present site al walla walla. by nr.
Marcus Whitman and his ecadjators,
and another nesr Spokane river. by
Rev. Mr.. Eels.
Recurring so the chronolngical or
! der II important events ecnnecse.'
/ With the advent of American cisiiixa'
lion, viii mention that in 1871 the
yai.ed states exploring expedition,
an,cr the command OF cepsain Charlie
wiises, distinguished officer in the
Amegican navy. Surveyed the coast,
hays and harloSS OF this Territory ana
we have his testimony IN his report,
wherein be says. I venture noshinE
( In saving there i no country in shs
I sorlA tha; possesses waters eqaai u
f these
/ In 1858 toan c. Fremont, the Path
finder. who was tairteen years later
the hrs, Republican candidate tot
/ presi.seas ~ the United states. On hi-
second expedition reached Vancouver
,heres,y eanaeetiag his Reconnaissance
which had only extended q the South
Pass, with he eastern terminus OF
Csp.aln Wilkes exploration.
L SETTLEMENT
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