The Nome daily nugget., 1935-01-26

Eventually Wyeth and the remnants of his party reached the Columbia in a destitute condition But they were kindly received by Dr. John Me Loughln, chief factor of the Columbia river dis trict for the Hudsons Bay company at Fort Vancouver, and there began lasting friendship between Mclaughlin and Wyeth, even though the Yankee adventurer was potential business rival of the H. B. c. factor
 At Vancouver came the crowning blow to Wyeth's misfortunes. He learned that the ship which was bringing his supplies around Cape Horn had been shipwrecked and all of his goods lost. Nothing remained for him to do but to release his men from their contract and return home to recoup his lost fortunes. Some of his men remained in the Oregon country and these remnants of Wyeth's first expedition became part of the nucleus around which later Oregon immigrants clustered" So from the historical point of view the expedition was not an utter loss.
 Accompanied by two men Wyeth set out for the East in the spring of 1883 and by November 3 of that year he was home again after an absence of 19 months, having "made the first continuous land journey on record from Boston to the mouth of the Columbia" It is a tribute to both the integrity of the man and the force of his personality that despite his failure he was able to interest his friends in a second expedi- tion. Within F days after his return to Massa
 
 Fishing and Trading Company" had secured money from New York and Boston business men and chartered another ship for the Journey around Cape Horn.
 On his return trip east he had again come into contact with representatives of the Rocky Noun tain Fur company, this time in the persons of Milton Sublette and Thomas Fitzpatrick, and had obtained from them the contract for supply ing the merchandise to be used In their trading fnno Go hon ohocn ohO de of goods to i'll this contract part of 1t In east ern markets and shipping 1t down the Ohio, secured the remainder in St. Louis Again he prepared to start from Independence. There he was Joined by the two young scientists, Nuttall and Townsend who were also Oregon-bound.
 But a more important contingent of his party was a group of five men, whose presence Is accounted for by Mrs. Brown as follows; "When Wyeth had returned to Boston the preceding year, he was accompanied by two Indian lads, one about eighteen years of age, a kind of serv- ant of all work, and half-breed boy of thirteen, the son of Hudsons bay trader and Flathead beauty. Their presence in the East and also the visit of party of Indians to St Louis in search of a Book, the Guide to Heaven,' had aroused great zeal in missionary circles Partly as a result of these visits, small party of Methodist missionaries was In Wyeth's company for safe conduct their way to the Oregon Indians. Their leader was Jason Lee, described by Town send as tal powerful man, capable of han ding men in a wild country With him was his nephew, Daniel Lee, and three lay brethren, P. L. Edwards, Cyrus Shephard and c. NJ. Walk CT, all of whom proved to be good travellers and excellent companions on long tedious trip"
 The journey across the plains was compara- lively uneventful. His destination was place on the Snake river in the country claimed by the Shoshoni or Snake Indians. En route there ,-.- A. ATnK~ UI,xA sons Bay man, who was hunting in that region with a band of Canadians and Indians and who travelled along with him until he reached the site which he picked out for his fort.
 E It was natural meadow of rich bottom land, enclosed by e sharp bend of the Snake river on