The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-07

west winds and though the season was
considered i2te ard the food was nearly
gone the men and officers agreed 20 push
on and asa 20 contribute for a mass n
honor q Our Lady q Bethlehem that
sic might aid them 90 reach = degrees
north latitude according q the original
instructions given 20 the expedition.
On August Is they came again near -
the land az - degrees. ? minutes near ira
present site q Sitka- They noted and
named Mount Jaeinto now Mount E.5ge-
combs. gladTa went I'D TIE coast % 3
degrees, returned % g degrees. = min
utes and went up again 70 - degrees max
ing thorough examination Of the coast
lins and taking formal possession O the
Land II the mama CT Spain ~ two points.
Most q tae u8eD we're Tow sick with tns
scurvy and On September they started
southwark They examined 1he coast as
they went guadra ard MaureI,e were
both stricken with the fever. Their lltils
craft had r1aay narrow escapes from total
destruction. They discovered a bay 5ust
north OF san Francisco bay and 10 THIS
day = bears The name % this bod Span
isit captain. Bodega- They reached Mon
terey On October aud then both vessels
left FOR San Bias. whore they arrived On
November 70 I775.
This remarkable voyage in such a sIen-
der craft was undoubtedly a great factor
in the advancement that awaited G9uaGra.
for he became A great man.
In 1779 another expedition sailed Tor the
north from San Bias. Hecefa had been
named 70 take command but TINS was
changed and Lieutenant Tgnaclo 4rteago
was placed al the head with Quadra as
second. though he should have been the
chief They did extensive work in A.asKst
the voyage lasting from February Il 10
November p. i77s. They did not know that
Cook had done the work before them.
Spain never published the work Of her ex-
psorers. while England always did so. The
work OF Cook is therefore famous while
that Of Quadra IS little known.
Quadra seems 10 have steadily al
vanced IN fame and power until he again
appears IN eur history as Don Juan Fran
cisco de "a BodeEs = QuadTa. He had be
come one OF SPANS chief officers in Mex
co. When England disputed SPANS title
10 the northwest coast Of America a treaty
was finally agreed 10 IN 1Is9 which re-
qu!red some diplomatic negotiations at
NOofka, the center OF dispute and the only
known port on the northwest coast at that
time England named as her commission
er Capt George Vancouver and Spain
named our good friend Quadra. The events
surrounding the negotiations resulting
from these appointments formed what IS
probably the climax IN the life OF each or
these two iiiustrous navigat0rs. These
same events also marked the climax IN
the marine explorations OF the Pacific
Northwest coast. for they embraced the
great results % the important year Of fss2.
This was the year that Gray discovered
and named Bullnnch's Harbor. after
wards called Gray's HarDor and the same
captain discovered and named the great
Columbia river. IL was the year IN which
Vancouver explored so thoroughly ror the
first time Puget sound the 'Mediterra-
.Es . -
charts the names that have now remained
for more than a century, and which VIII
undoubtedly remain as long as the Eng
lAsh language endures among the races or
men. IL was the same year that Van
couver and Quadra met az Nootka 10 ne
gotiate the details OF the 1870 treaty that
made the province OF British Columbia
possibility.
Capt. Vancouver received his instruc-
tons on the S,h OF March. 1921. which in
formed him that he might he called upon
10 receive from a commissioner Of Spain
certain properties at Nootka, but he must
await further instructions. Arriving on
the Coast early in 1880. he proceeded 10
make the most OF his time By exploring
and chartIng Puget sound. Hearing thai
Quadra was awaiting him az Nootka, he
proceeded 70 that port, arriving az the
end Of August. where he found the Dae-
da3us with his additional Instructions.
Qusdra had been sent north 10 Nootka
in March. 1882 and had improved the tine
while awaiting Yaneouyer's arrival BY col
lecting evidence bearing on his important
errand. At the same tine that he left for
Nootka. Fidalgo had been sent north 70
form a settlement at Nunez Gaona CNeah
Paw. the Spaniards intending 10 give up
Nootka and all north or that place. but TO
retain possession OF al the lands south OF
the Straits Of Juan de Fuca.
The negotiations between these two COM
rllssi0ners make a long story in them.
selves. The men could not agree as 20
terms. and finally concluded to send to
their home governments for new instruc-
tions. Personally they agreed most har-
moaiously Both were brave. Intelligent
masters Of their hazardous calling. and
they became warm personal friends.
II was during these negotiations that the
harbor Of NOotka was proved 20 10 on
4 large island instead OF on the mainland,
as had always been supposed; and N the
spirit or perfect friendIiness the ISLAND vas
called Quadra and Vancouver island.
II was in September Or this year that
QusdTa bought the Adventure. the little
vessel built the winter before By Capt.
Gray. The price paid was seventy-fve sea
otter skins, and the vessel vas the sec
ond one ever built on the North Pacific
coast.
Quadra returned 70 Mexico. where ne
died n 1924 before he could complete the
negotiations wtth Vancouver Al NOo.ka.
Another officer did this work for Spain,
and England trlumphed as she has always
done in such negotiations spaIa aban-
d0ned her settlement AZ Noo,ka IN March
of f1s5. sad from thRt day % this there
has been no home ar settlement % white
men IN that once famous hart0r
IL seems strange that Sootka or any
other port on The western shOre Of Var
couve- island could ever have been con-
sdered : good 1arbor. The early uavtEa-
tors gave one shelter the coy name %
Friendly cove but there Is Drobahl TO
stretch % coast % Western America that
has witnessed the wreckiug a more ves-
se}s than this ssuos stor17-swept shore.
The Post-Tnt tell iFeucer OF February 3 115.
published a long illustrated article on this
bit q famous coast. II vas called out BY
the wreck of the ship Ivanhoe. with the
loss az al on board. iocludins Hon. Fred
erie James Grant. ex-Uuttsd States min
is-er 70 BOLIVIA ard ar The tiu1e % bis un-
timely death editor o the Post-FnteIEEen-
Ger.
= seems gracious az f9r the British
authorities 20 have named a fight house
tender after TIE a-reat Quadra, although
g. would have heen a more f8sf and Era-
efouF act bad they hssf owed his name anon
ore % the{r best cities or giveu lt some
other permanent abiding place. FOR few
men have earned more fairly or mare
f4iy a monument n speak az al times of
courage. Bravery. chtva'ry and n1anllnezs
than has This same Don Tgza Francisco
d. a BD1eEa Qusdra.
EDMOND STEPHEN HEANY.
Very ~@Nere nebuEa