The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-06
10IERY OF PUGET SOUND.
vsc ACCOUNT OF CAPT.
T-.rrnUyER's VOYAGES.
- delivered by Gen. }. b.
life, Rspubiished In Full In
!. .e 10 Request of Pr0mi-
= pleaeers Rare HtstOry.

Aud4oce IN SiotIASs" l"1n' va ssss
= a ,as strait o. Juan &c fueA- me
w,lAsr Elisha r. Ferry. then governor
~ ~..,,. presided. Al the CONCLUSION
~,@rcases q monster clam bake,
49, lren arranged Oh the beach.
- GOV Ferry took occasion 10
s.s the address highly as valuable
l.s.ssen 70 the geographic history Of
u ~ .aa many distinguished visitors
CAPT. Rooiey ID. Evans. pet
-. Is ..r9ghtsag Bob. then in com
"a he Yorktown. since IN command
- IA an whose broad deck ne immoi-
go h,us4If al Santiago.
ss5rsss was a scholarly and au-
-. s@roln, OF the d eccsery and nam
"a ,isres Oh PQget sound by Naneouv-
- address vas published Dy tue
srsrs O, the day, put there are Jul
Sk~safs TO be found Ndncouvers pUs'-
ynsage are very d!fTicuit 10 De OBJ
"a u i. in response 20 All urgent
n .ns part oil many prominent
[rs tsat the Post-inteiligencer mere
Esssss the historical speech in full a.
a.~~s Cooks Expedition.
-. relation Of historical facts, not In
srfiy fails upon indifferent ears. I'M
- s1uch facts are mingled WITH some
49,. generous or exacilis ae~ol. Dul'
~ r+rs relation Of the events connect
sish he discovery o! Puget sound, be-
49, !. ssenly Interesting to you as their
S1ra.,or, has been TO me, VII! content
Si9 that the time spent II determining
~ sccuracy has not been IA VAIN.
4dfore processing with the substantive
- a my remarks. / desire 70 eail your
- keion TO a few events happening prior
~ ~ dtscoyery OF Puget sound, which
al ~ b inappr opriate
sDuyang tbs years Immediately prior 10
~ ~. Attention. OF the English govern
~. "a turned 10 that 'iguis fatuus' OF
Sanr brave navigators, the Northwest
.1Sass that mythical unknown roadway,
ri history OF which 10 this time has been
6sjxed only by the gloom ana horror
lSrdan, upon the loss of 80 many unset
~ and INTREPID men, whose brave spirits
- out amidet the most narrowing scenes
% eksis lee bound world. To ascertaiu this.
- vessels were fitted out, the Resolution
ibs Discovery and the great English
adx1sOr Capt. James Cook, was gwen
Y1nmznd OF the expedition. In January.
nj he discovers and locates upon the
49, the Hawaiian islands. and gives them
u name Of the Sandwich isianas. In hon.
kfn the then first lord Of the admiralty.
jcsn Montague, fourth early of Sandw! ch.
4 March, i7ss. he reached the northwest
p ~ Of America, then known ia New AL
iak' and followed the coast as far north
ks Cooks inlet IN southern Alaska. Cooks
E,isf OK river. as IL was then called, Was
k3wsed to be the passage into the great
~ In the British dorninioDs. and through
ht apparent channel, the Atlantic ocean
prn11 be reached Disappointed In learn
n mar ne inlet which bears aLs name
~ not ."V.. and did not present the
pv 70 the lakes, he sailed into Bering. sea.
p3efe be finds an impenctrable wall OF ice,
IsyMd whose forbid1ing barrier the lives
u many splendid adyentnrers were yet
n b sseriiice to sts pitiless secret. He
splYs 10 Hawaii. where he meets a bloody
)sta a, the hands or the natives. Dur
~ H. s4ts If laya.a sAS
ZAs hats Of the sloop OF war Discovery
k.mR<ared. and presuming that IL had
besn stolen by one OF the natives. he fol-
Rve1 his usla! expedieni OF se.zing the
lei or king untE the property was re-
ftorG or rsparation made. For this I'M
brtkn, action, he was murdered by the
1laGta while attempting to board his boat
- ~ return 10 his ship.
|, JxPi. George Vancouver, whose name is
kaeNrahly linked with almost every cape.
n. irlet and sound from Cook inlet TO
ysp4 Mendocino. was a mldshipman I'M
WA scarcely second to the great navi-
Blt0 10 the wealth of his geographical d.s-
1osH1ss Ills work on the west and north
~ eoasss OF America was OF SO System
stand accurate character that 1t forms
pc sEs day the basis OF all subsequent
lEfNys. Capt. Vancouver was 80 years OF
- when. In April ilal he sailed from Fal-
ls-sssss. England, In the sioop OF war Dis
(coss'y OF $40 tons. Cooks Old ship and was
AEON panied throughout his voyage by the
Feued tender Chatham. or lbs tons. In
|cs1nshd OF Lieut.. Broushton. upon A mis-
80 which was In fact triple In its object.
HI foyages we're undertaken by his mai
[eEs liking George llIl command. prin-
qNT with view 10 ascertain the ex-
DNee of any nHVieahle communication
&sssa TIRE North Pacific and Atlantic
sAas His commission, which is signed
y Caatham, Hopkins. Hood aad Towns
O. reads
>vIn which examination the principal
xets which you are 10 keep in view are
ysfst-The acquiring information with
k9eel 10 the nature and extent Of any
/. nj communication which may. in any
s1sAsfable degree. facilitate an intel
|eNse Tor the purpose OF commerce be-
WI ,ne northwest coast and the country
w. Ihe opposite SIDE Of the continent
I.@h IS inhabited o. occupied by his maj
|fsu Subjects
Tie other two were to explore the coast
IL ,l'a 2 degrees north latitude In Cook in
WI aAa 10 determine whether the Straits
=. STRAIT ~ Juan de fuca was really a
e. ard 10 take over from the Span
We Al Nootka sound thu lands from
ssn ''''e' some ~ '''s TN
ne sailed from the Sandwich islands In
- - sffehs OF isal, ard arrived of the Strait
- satH de Fslea the latter part OF April
.aas yer. hasing on the 18th OF that
ana - spoken The American ship Column
Il = hostou, ahoat ten miles outside
- shifanfe The Columbia was IN COM
-. 80 81 tap'. Robert Gray. fer whom the
ss~ssA1ai baFhpF into which the Chehafss
az 49, tHptles = named. He Is Informed NJ
- me ny Capt. Gray that the latter had
49, Asatt ut'x miles into that peerless
'aa, Which reaches from cape Flat
~ % Admiralty head and which had
80 t9s sixteenth century N5ssl borne its
- vgSs'erS pane ttfe Greek p.lnp. Juan
a. eca he SIS ms az this time 20 fres
- ag7e5latG.ri stcgd aaier the curb
I'.,' as MS anxiety VAS great II ex~
49, 'Ae promised expansive Mcdiecrra-
- e.faa for ~ tbls time his voyage
eseef'd excessively trkson4r ~ the
49, % %tad. To Teaa MS comments A,
- Psi,ed ei fis voyage mlght iatil.ce the
". ''F of FnEti1ri. or 20 crit Else the
a.. TaptAir. a. &r Is approaching the
~ tntai - 'Ne grand discoveries
~ ssfroura BIS name MIN :wper2s Ia
So VI, re b disposed 90 have scant
q. $3.50 n ias csogya pllcal theorists ~
ese ard calls ga.tn closet rs.ia~o-
~. rf.e sccr''f doubts the sX.steuce
49, Columbia river. "a courSsrg its nay
sx.se ga AHNN acre between the promou~
9axxssW Aeneacinc and Fiatterv. Having
a. ~ entrance - ;hat miGaty stream
Ets s.th - Aprl ard NxgnE Us .o-ality
&c cAanr- - ne aarcr frcr, l,s ocean
A,s..1 Hifene .vtsct be remarks: II
t-v i, existed a. sHat ra'nt Il mus. be a
D.. - ''i-*'t- a"f A04 soar5essl bic - YES
>As.~ eai hufttrn HWl~s to reefs nHi
seAt stfF M1'r' .-Fa 8noearct }u the
- hoef' a. ss.. Ne ceu}t not
fap5. ,tls 7est sry safe naviSab5r
49,, has r- :iare ~ socuri.> COR
en itif c.asz srtm care II ria-
E~,~ ,5e ifoa "ters II C.ass.i f,-sEe
ca Hs fr1''sr -s4s thtf cas-,