The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-31

~ Vonderfui nineteehtn Seusy
~ b. interesting to glance
SsSHWsrd and take view o
II sS1111 " Il was at tho close Ok isss.
2 ~ century aso. In sucn : view
.sSx nalma much that makes this vo-
~ ~ s,Sifs,i. comfortable and profit
- nome Of man, We would miss
49, AZ convenient travel. the hne
l!! 2 rSs-S. ana beautiful homes. In fact,
..sssx saiss the cities themselves and
\ 3sssseands OF people who make the
4..1 sisnb With life, industry and COM
pr.st so,ind was not without it,
43.2..S An then, TO be sure, It was
! 5SS current or contemporaneous his
xitkourh the men still lived who
II 2si <Ss~d fhe very beginning OF that
s.!.ss SS1v must have realized that what
~ yssscSnAd was the foundation of all
~ k;sfosy that would follow in this realm
V ~ IT, e6iferraneAn Of America"
"a ssSSi4 had been visited by Spaniards
xs 6rf4oloms Terrelo, In 154s, to Don
sS e 4 Borexa Quadra, In 1792: by
= issS tVo French scientific expeditions;
S'5sJ3rs, Russian voyagers; by the cele-
E,SS rsot Robert Gray and other Yam
ssS ~ 81 many English captains, In
%siiSf Francis Drake, In 1871. who then
se.s53 Us country Nova Albion or
5sSv rnsland," nearly half q century be-
- cspt John Smith gave that name to
~ lfhntic border Of America. OF all
<s1s cebtains and explorers, the most in
111nf 70 Puget eounders should be
XSk 04ofge Vancouver, who discovered,
- an6 charted this great inland sea
"a ss4uxs's Great work.
esa>yv md prose. oratory and CONVEX
5000. have been used without stint to
j1i56 the beauty Of Puget sound, and yet
F2s ~ hsve surpassed the enthusiastic
7e10atjon ~ natures work az exhibited
~ vkfch was voiced by the very FIRST
~ IN Who bsheid the beauties and the
kaltiSe Of the lands and waters he
I'M Uncovered. On Saturday, May 10,
f. 4hl11 anchored not far from the pres
II ~ q Seattle, Vancouver wrote u
Wifie1 IL this region will. on some fu-
M occasiQn, be q very grateful task to
ift IN Of skillful pAnegyriet. The
4foilly Of the climate, the innunerable
1l615ing landscapes and the abundant fer
m ikAt unassisted nature puts forth, re-
= ~ With villages, mansions. cottages
~ olkeF buildings. to render 1t the most
kfli3 country that can be imagined,
M ~ labor OF the inhabitants would
T. tnDly rewarded in the bounties which
llt1ss sesnhs ready to bestow on oultiva-
NJ Information was first published to
~ Vufi6 Ia 1901. Surely S1ch cofnmenda-
~ " Vancouver ought to have made q
~ Impression upon the world. I have
o. wondered why chambers Of conn
neec4 and boards Of trade do not even now
tzqls4e Fancouyer's words among the pub
MID prAiSee by great men. None sur
~ Inn IA the strength, truth or origin
Any d his praise.
NJ. s I! swo .s ore Of year. little was
4 kDst sound geography. except such az
- NfAiphsd BY occasional Hudson Bay
cQn1any hunters and by such expeditions
y TT q Simon Fraser, who descended
" MIR that bears his name in 1906. But
a ns c9ss ss 1 rex came nsss to 1--WE
UF1Mf This was hrst accomplished In
IN N but win speak OF that q little
ne wilkes Expedition.
0scgfaphical knowledge Of this section
W. ereatly enlarged as q result Of the
S c q re United States expedition under
80 navy. who came here In 1871. It
Sene to me - II there was less informa-
"a among our people about this expedi-
non shan about many q smaller and less
pss!snt!ous one. There has been no Irving
s@ss7y NV ICSQll6 HUT ll68 lnCE0 yet
49, Z ccues to give the Journals q
omaaking editing. 1t was the greatest
snd NEST expensive expedition undertaken
We government up to that time. Con-
g. provided that the wonderfui reports
" copies, ana these we're distributed one
ea3n state and territory and one to each
ulenaY power, with an extra set each to
taset Britain and Trance. The library Of
+. ~! ~ a. ana the Naval Lyceum at Brook
ana Capts.. Wilkes Hudson and Ring
aattion COMPRISED twenty four quarto vol
~! ana sleven others and 1t Is claimed
~ ynat tnere are very few Of these sets
sg@piete at any place. The natural his
w q the expedition was intrusted to
D .,s pane lthe Mtter Of whom accom-
Mned the expedition). and others. There
WA lour other editions of the narrative
NV pS q ne journal: published in New
M M fs sxons,. for the apathy shown toward
ssnoush. First Of ali, the enterprise was
ssSan dufing the stormy portion of An
w. yacxs0n's administration and was
s sSS,oh,,y carried out during the unpopular
5Vvim'ln's, hs OF Martin Van Buren,.
s 49,. Of many superiors in the navy. This
SSe9 jealousy, and when he returned
Va % was court-martiAled on q number
y. cu y. Al Of which failed except the
~ ~ cruelty to seamen. for which he
~. es1ndemned and reprimanded. And
man sI 'n net. was much criticism upon the
NV vaiue OF the real work done. All
ssa 1s tninss seem to have 80 thoroughly
~ ..ied the expedition that we now rarely
~ II mentioned.
NE rss!e is another item that few people
commander x 81 ~ Y RI this sosninsstion The
ls commodore Wilkes who was IN COM
~ q the frigate San Jacinto In 1851,
sisss mo selzsd the Confederate comniis-
III N. mason and Slldell, from the Brit.
q eon Alp trent He received the thanks
~ sug pss lot that achievement, but
0nsss " m,Lssldent Lincoln received from
NJ we Victoria that famous letter. 40 arm
Il s M 80 considerate fthe original draft
IL ssic contains the last handwriting OF
ofiIa{sv.ce eonsort, he was led to disavow.
81 S,sssa, me act Of Wilkes and to liberate
en- psissstfs. thus almost sure war with
Dfltain was averted.
~ shfps Sailed In 1888.
hf m sxpedition. as 1t sailed from Nor
b1lpr vnagust ls 1898, comprised the fol-
81 Peacock, brig Porpoise, ship Relisf
fshhse lenders Sea Gull and FLYING Fish.
IA W. W. 70 cross the Columbia river bar.
puref se,,nses ana Porpolse came on to
fcrt InSn soa ana on May Q. 1871, anchored
vsncouScoVery, which had been named
tThsr e . was afterward wrecked in
rs Sour,Shross the bar at the mouth Of
VI pnyaSmnpia, and Wilkes replaced her
tlnS n Aus'ny tne brig Thomas RI. Per-
wvery W Wss1ria. Tor &c. 900. From Port Dis
ne Hussamnkes sent to Nisquallv asking
plot Thai nay co S,oonmpany's officers for
MA Ana az at Nisquaiiy undergoing re-
Asllneaa ny me mate was sent 10 The a.