The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-10-26

also knew his characssr sftsrwards - long
- - lived He was man q sxtraofu =.
szy rood natural abilities. and wse noeed
Soe his entsrpfising spirit. MS eood Jads-
ment and superior courage ASS seaman
and navisator hs had lev squaaa Hs Va
vsry benevclent. and possessed neaxs
GIIsd with . tender feelings - any man !
sv0s Va acquainted with He was -
tsemed and loved by I'll who knew him u
his last absences from the United States I
wish 70 impress il strongly on the minds OF
every American NOT 70 let his rars merits
b forgotten"
The Columbia, under Capt. Gray. left
Boston on the 18th Of September. 1870. ten
davs after the departure Of the Hope, and
without the Occurrences Of ANYTHING worthy
Of nots on her way, she arrived ct Clyo-
Quot, near the entrances Of the Strait o.
fuca. on the 5th Of June. 1871. She then
proceeded 70 the eastern side Of Queen
Charlotte Island. and remained in that
vicinity. trading and exploring. until Sep
TENDER. Gray examined many iniefs and
passages between the fifty-fourth and 6fty-
sixth parallels. one Of which. probably the
one called by Vancouver Portland canal.
he penetrated 70 the distance of 100
miles northwestward without reaching
it, termination. This inlet be supposed to
b the Rio de Reyes, Of Ad-
miral Fonts. and part Of it Was named By
Gray Massacre cove. In commemo-
ration Of the murder Of Cassweli,
the second mats. and two seamen Of the
Columbia By the natives on the shore on
the 21i Of August Gray soon returned %
Ctyoquot, where the crew OF the Columbia
passed the winter in . fortified habitssion
which they erected on the shores OF the bay
and called Fort Defiance. They employed
themselves building . small vessel and
named il the Adventure. which. In the
spring Of 1892, sailed from Queen Charlotte
island under command of HasweIl. the
6rst mate Of the Columbia. while Gray
went on . cruise southwark along
the coast Another account says:
AT Fort Defiance Gray and his
Enterprise. the first vessel constructed by
Americans on the north west side of the
continent Of the United States. Captain
Mears had previously built the schooner
Northwest America. the first ever built
While preparing for sea they wers visited
BY two OF the principal chiefs Of the sur
rounding country, with . number of their
followers. between whom and q Hawaiian
islander on board the Columhis il became
evident there was some understanding.
Gray questioned the Hawaiian, who at
length confessed that the Indians had
formed : plan for se;zing their vessel and
numbering the crew. and had promised to
spare his life and make him . chief II he
would aid them BY wetting the printing Of
oil the guns at . particular time. Thus
forewarned they were on their guard, and
the savages who surrounded the vessel on
the following day were kept at distance. -
Vancouver in his journal speaks Of ught-
ing the Columbia on April %, 1872, q fol-
lows: AT o'clock sail was discovered
TO the westward. standing in shore. This
was great novelty. not having seen any
vessel but our consort during the last eight
months. She soon hoisted American colors.
and 6red gun to leeward. At 6 o'clock
We spoke 70 her. She proved to be the ship
Columbia, commanded by Captain Robert
Gray. belonging to Boston. whence she had
been absent nineteen months"
BULFIHCH's HARBoR prscovERKp.
After parting with the English ship.
Gray sailed along the coast of the continent
to the south. and on the 7th OF MAY. 1709.
he saw an entrsnce which had very rood
appearance Of . harbor in latitude Is de-
srees 50 minutea Passing through this
entrance. he found himself in . bay ven
sheltered from the sea by long sand bars
and spits, where he remained at anchor
three days. engaged in trading with the
n: tives. ard he then resumed his voyage,