The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-20
The DISCOVERY or OREGON.
a Little OF the Early History of North
western America.

a Little OF the Early History OF North
western America.
In 1910 the eyes of civilized man first
rested upon Oregon, when Cabrille and
Ferrer, sailing under the Spanish flag,
coasted along until they reached as
high as Cape Blanco, forty-three de-
grecs north latitude, which Cape
Blanco, in the year OF our LORD 1892, 10
in Curry county, Ore, and only few
miles north of the California line.
If Captains Cabrillo and Ferrer
thrilled with enthusiasm in contenn-
plating the possibilities of this portion
OF the rim of the North American con-
tinent they successfully concealed It IN
their report 10 that king OF theirs
Charles V, under whose reign Cortez
pillaged Mexico, Pizarro robbed
Peru and AlmaFro carried back 10
Spain all that was portab bic OF Chilli,
for nearly two hundred years elapsed
before another white man gazed upon
it, Or perhaps Charles was TO busy 10
settle Oregon then. ssince he had settle
Eents Of bloody kind with Francis |.
Of France, with Germany, the Neither
lands. Tunis, Algiers, and single
round with his holiness, Pope Clement
VII, spending more money IN these
European pastines than his able lieu
tenants could steal from the murdered
natives of tne western world.
! Again Spaniard, one Juan Perez,
/ IN IVA, sailed as high along the coast as
! the fifty-fourth degree Of north latitude,
! discovered Nootloa sound, and theore-
/ tioslly planted the flag Of CASTLE and
/ Arragon over this quarter of Che earth
/ and sea, while his colleague, Bodega, a
! year later, took in the ffty-eiGhth de-
gree Of north latitude, together with
the remaining earth and sea, including
Mount ST. Elias, which was in sight.
Up to this point everything Yves
STAINS, but north of this \ greedy
/ Russian. who had long been engaged
in building town on the gulf OF Fin
lind, had put in 2 prior claim, having
hired Done, oy name Fitus Behring,
to go cruising along the northeast
coast of Siberia. This Dane discovered
a sea which was named for him, and
which the United States bought, OF
was supposed to have bought, October
IS, 1857. Anyhow, they do not allow
| any other nation to go fishing IN IT
Behring also found cut that it was
only few miles across from Siberia tc
America, and on July IS, 174t, he dds
/ covered" the coast of Alaska as far
down as Mount St. Elias, and claimed
everything for his master, Peter thc
Great, or rather for Eliza beth, the
daughter, for Peter had beer
saint since 1875. Honors were
about even as between Spain and Rus
si2, but in ITS, Capt. James Cook, ;
famous English navigator, who wa
afterward fatally run through tn
middle with q jaralin by Sandwich
Islander, and then devoured in tru'
cannibal style, came coasting along
these shores, saw that the country wa
good, and evidently told it, for in IT'S
school of British trading vessel
swarmed in these seas. and they hav
gwarmed there ever since.
In 1890 the French navicstors got u
courage enough TO get that far from
home, and entered into competition
for trade On the northwest coast.
was, however, not until 500 that Franc
put in her claim for Oregon, by virtu
OF her acquisition OF the Spanish it'll
, to that vaguely bounded territory
Louisiana.
In 1871 sevoa American vessels foun
their way to this quarter of the globe
and one of these on May II, 179
fGeorge Washington had baen tire
years president3, commanded by
Massachusetts Yankee, Capt. Gray
! who distinguished himself by discover
ing and smiling into broad and swift
stream. 1.-THE waters of which were S
perfectly fresh that the casks Of tn
> ship were filed within ten miles Of th
, Pacific" He named IT Columbia rive
after his vessel of that name. Of cours
he landed and claimed the country a
around, including the rivers and a ia
share Of the Pacific ocean.-John
, Wyeth, N. D., IN Harper's Magazine.