The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-07
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TIE British revenue steamer a1a light
house tender Quadrs. stationed At &C.
t0rLas z7s in port yesterday - meet Hon
L n Dawes. minister 81 IlzTlDe ana E4ssl-
sT1eS r sae Dominion % CAuac4- wso Nas
expected 10 arrive over the Great N0rsa-
ern''
wat q aoo6 az northwestern history =
suggested by one word n the above para
graph. which appeared IN a recent issue
az the -EnteIiigsncer- The one word
- QuaGrz- X * 4 name that once had.
and SIN deserves % have, prominent
Place IN fhe geographical nomenclature %
TIE Pscl9c Northwest coast
Those Of you. g years or more o. age.
who remember the geography lessons you
puzzled over when boys al school VII r.
member that the larger island lying Just
north 81 the Straits % Juan De FJ1ca bore
the mama ~ the books % that G8y, 81
"QuaGra and Vancouver island have
before me one OF those old books L =
AitcDa.Fs School Atlas, published r Phil
ade,phIa in INZ IA which the large stand
Is shown sffu 10 hear that famous name
But rs early as ls44 IL was prcphesied n
Robert Greenhow's History OF Oregon
and California" page 2io. thai the island
would scarcely BE allowed 10 retain such
n long name. when that part Of the world
shall be occupied by a civilized people
In a book on Vancouver Island and Brit
y
surveyor general OF Vancouver island,
1ni a number % maps bearing the date
OF lsf9 and on none Of them does the name
Quadra appear. showing that IN the eight
years between Is52 and iSs9, thAs noblest
OF the brave Spanish navigators 70 this
northwest coast was piundereG OF a glory
which he had fairly w01. and " 50 plum
dered he should have been IN some way
compensated bv having his name in
scrfhed where al men would know that
Quadra lived. dared. achieved and died
before the birth Of the nineteenth century
You will probably search in vain. as
have done. the beautiful map OF British
Columbia issued IN 1895 by the provincial
department OF lands and works. for the
name % QuadFa. You VIII find there how
ever. two Islands named for the Spanish
GaIiano. and you VII ind many other
names OF British and Spanish explorers,
but not the name OF Quadra. who. as has
been stated. was once considere1 worthy
OF ranking with the great Vancouver.
But who is the Spsniard whose name
was Quadra? What did he do and how
came his name on that great Island for
more than half century,
Let me tel you some OF the interesting
facts that ! have CLEANED about him.
His early life. like many OF MS kin6 s
unknown II IS stated in one OF the en-
cyclopedias that he was born In Lima.
Peru. IN an unnamed year and died in I7ef.
after achieving great deeds in the Span
ish navy.
Quadra was ushered into the history of
the northwest coast with most thrilling
experiences. In I775 there sailed from San
Bias. Mexico. two vessels whose navigators
made epochs in history. These vesseks
were the ships Santiago and the schooner
sonora TAe Santiago was the flag ship
OF the little feet and was in command OF
Lieutenant Bruno Heceta- The schooner
was at first placed in command OF Juan
Is. Ayala. but he was needed IN the san
Carlos another vessel Of that year, and
his second officer. Bodega v Quadra. was
given command OF the Sonora They
sailed from San Bias on March Is buf ex-
periencing had weather they did not draw
near land until June = when they were in
latitude q degrees. the present southern
boundary OF Oregon. Sailing southwark
they discovered the port OF Trinidad. They
left this port on June 1s sailing northward
and keeping together until the end OF July.
Being driven landwara sooner than they
expected. they came 10 anchor on July u.
IT'S. at latitude & degrees. = minutes. the
schooner behind a line Of shoals and the
ship a few miles south. This was off POINT
Grenville OF the present state Of Wash
inEton.
A barren island little 10 the north they
named lisa de Dolores CThe Island Of S0r-
rowsl from what they had here expert
enced. Capt. Heceta with his Padre 81
ezra and a few other officers landed on
July H. planted a cross and took formal
possession OF the land for the crown OF
Spain. This was the first time that civil
hzed man set foot upon Northwestern
America.
The Indians were friendly and seemed
only DESTROYS Of obtaining articles Of iron
or copper. In some mysterious way they
had learned the value OF these metals
and refused the ordinary gewgaws used
for currency in trading with Indians.
They visited the ship and the schooner in
their canoes and solicited trade. Finally
Quadra decided 10 send ashore for wood
and water. Six men under command OF
Pedro Santa Ana were sent 10 land IN a
boat Some three hundred Indians. who
had hidden In the woods. rushed upon
the men as soon as they had landed. Two
% the men jumped into the sea and were
drowned. the others were torn into pieces
and the boat was promptly demolished
for the iron and copper nails Quadra
had no other boat nor had he men %
send 10 avenEe this terrible blow. The
Indians swarmed out in their canoes 70
capture the schooner. but. coming too
close, six Indians were shot rom one
81 the canoes. Quadra, when Joined by
Heceta, offered 10 march AZ the head Of
thirty men 70 rout the savages. but they
finally concluded 10 leave the place. Tse
Island Of sorrows Is now known as De-
struction island
QuadVa's schooner would now Re looked
upon as little better than a yacht. II was
bat thirty-six feet long twelve feet Wide
md eight feet deep. The craft being -
small and her crew badly crippled By the
loss OF the murdered men. the council Of
officers concluded II was best TO send h=r
back 70 San Bias. but Quadra and Man
reie his pilot pleaded so strongly 10 be
allowed to continue that HeCeta finally
gave his consent and transferred six %
his own man 90 the little schooner
On the 5oth ofJuly the vessels separated
tn gale. Qladra probably took adyan-
tage 81 the storm. for he put right ont
20 sea and ala not search FOR the ship
after separation.
He-eta sailed as far north as the coUa-
Ga CO officers would permit and drew
near land in The vicinity q S0otka.
Coastiug southwark he examined the
coast. and or August 7 re discovered
bay with strong currents and e3dies. in
dicatirg the mouth 81 q great river Or
strait. lie gave the latitude as & degrees
y minutes re did not have Wei men
enough on board 20 raise the anchor =
once lowered. ur 20 man tffe launch. 50
De could not explore the place He gave
30 the name OF Bahia de d Asunc5on.
calling the north point ssn Rogue and
the south point Ca6o Froadoso. The
SFani8rds afterwards called the hay En-
sans1o De He~ota. II was the mouth -
the Crest River Of the West which the
Yankee captain. Robert GRAY discovered
some seventeen wears afGerwara and
NAMED ire Colombia.
Heeeta vas bound hy orders 20 abide rs
the decision OF th@ council % hts officers.
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