The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-09-14

Of English vessels was received in Lon
 don the exploring expedition was aban- f tdoned, and the greatest fleet of war vessels known in the worlds history up ! to that time was assembled to force ] Spain to repair the damage to British
 honor. George Washington, as presi- dent of the United States faced a crisis, 1 for each nation expected the help of 1 the young republic of the United States
 in the impending war. But war was finally averted by Spain agreeing to the terms of the Nootka convention of
 October 2S. 179O.
 l Then England renewed her plans for
 the exploring expedition. and charged l Captain George Vancouver with the further duty of meeting at Nootka a
 representative of Spain, who would | then yield certain territories to him as
 the representative of Great, Britain. On l this journey Vancouver discovered and
 explored Puget Sound and all it's tribu-
 taries, giving nearly all the present well-known geographic names. In reaching the place of meeting at Noot-
 ka Sound, he sailed along the inside
 passage, and thus proved that Nootka was really an island. -~.-..
 1 Spain had selected as her represen-
 tative a brave captain, native of Peru, who hd forged ahead until he now bore
 the proud name of, Don Juan Francisco
 de la Bodega Quadra. These two be-
 came warm personal friends, and at l Quadra's suggestion that their historic
 meeting be commemorated by naming l T1r0f11iYaor1f aTabia of | ter them jointly, the generous English
 man called his, newly-feund island
 "Quadra and Vancouver's Island" This
 partnership name was used for half a
 century. Professor Meany has copy
 of Mitchells geography of 1852 show I ing that name. = | Quadra and Vancouver failed to
 agree. but other officers in 1795, did | agree, and the Spaniards retired to
 their undisputed lands in the south. In order to commemorate that important
 meeting and to mark the spot Profes-
 sor Meany, in the name of the newly
 organized Washington University State
 Historical society, erected on rocky
 islet facing the entrance to Friendly
 Cove a fine monument of native gran-s | ite. Al s *
 His Honor, Sir Henry JoIy de. Lot
 binere, lieutenant governor of British
 Columbia, graciously accepted the ] monument and finding that the Cana dian customs laws required the pay
 rnent of a heavy duty he paid the same
 from his own purse. Captain J. O..
 Townsend, of the steamship Queen City, l
 .Stockham, Indian trader, with crew , of men constructing a store at Nootka,
 and many others, rendered every pos | sible assistance " The four days at Npotka were erl-
 ployed to good purpose by Professor
 Meany, for Nootka does not depend I alone on the meeting between Quadra and Vancouver for it's fame. The Span. iards had erected fort, a church, and other buildings here, and Professor
 Meany succeeded in digging out some
 fragments of the curious old flat Span
 ish bricks used in the foundations. | In 1903 the fine ship, Boston was cap I tured and burned here by the savages. l All the crew, except John K. Jewett, l the armorer, and John Thompson, the l sailmaker, were killee and beheaded,
 These two were eny sSsd, and about
 three years afterwards were rescued, when Jewett published his Narrative" lThis little book was in Professor l Meany's baggage, and he identified the descriptions contained therein by per- I sonal investigation just one, hundred years later. The ancient Indian village | Z4,It es4 nf thrs
 able-bodied men had gone to Behring 1 Sea on sealing schooners, enough re- | nlaited to make an interesting study, | Still another item helped to repay the study. The white mans camp was pitched a little aloof from the Indian village in little bay, where Father l Brabant, the missionary, who has la l bored for thirty years on this coast, l has built little chapel and residence. I On this very beach in 17SS Captain John 1 Meares built little schooner called 1 the North West America He had l brought the frames from China and had also brought Chinese laborers. This was the first vessel built on the Pacific Coast north of Mexico, and 1t was also 1 the first introduction of Chinese labor l in America. For many years Nootka was consid-a cred the only harbors on the Pacific | Coast north of Mexico. For all these I reasons 1t seemed especially appropri- ate that the Washington University State Historical society should begin its work by marking the place in this manner. The cost of the monument was borne by Orion o. Denny. who is greatly interested in such subjects. He | was the first white male child born in the city of Seattle. The society will ! mark other historic spots in a similar way, and at the same time work will
 be pushed in collecting manuscripts, photographs and relics for deposit and safekeeping in the society's headquar- ters in the University of Washington. | Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
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