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confluence with the Columbia.”(270) No reference found for < Towahnakioks> a.k.a. Shutes River (riviere dux Chutes) other than in Oregon andCalifornia 1848 by Thornton.(271) Ref: cordell – Definition of cordelled at YourDictionary.com: Means to be pulled by a towrope,esp. as formerly used on Mississippi flatboats and keelboats.(272) Ref: Gospel Work in New York City: Some years prior to 1845, ''- young sea-captain, Roland Gelston, wasconverted, and at once commenced a life of Christian activity, as a tract visitor among seamen, in the prosecution ofhis labors,”Ref: History of Benton County, Oregon: “A contract was made with Captain Roland Gelston, of the bark Whitton, toconvey Mr. Thornton to Panama, and the vessel sailed at once for San Francisco and thence to San Juan on the coastof Lower California. Here the Captain informed his passenger that he must decline to fulfill his contract, as hedesired to engage in the coasting trade. From the perplexing dilemma he was extricated by Captain Montgomery,commanding the United States sloop of war, Portsmouth, then lying at anchor in the harbor. This gentleman deemedthe mission of Mr. Thornton of sufficient importance to the government to justify him in leaving his station andreturning with his vessel to the Atlantic coast. He accordingly tendered the delegate the hospitalities of his cabin andset sail as soon as preparations could be made for the voyage. The Portsmouth arrived in Boston harbor on thesecond of May 1848, and Mr. Thornton at once hastened to Washington to consult with President Polk and SenatorsBenton and Douglas, those warm champions of Oregon, as to the proper course to pursue.”Ref: Statistics of California 1868, Part III: August 7th; Captain Roland Gelston, who arrived in Sacramento fromNew York with the bark Whitton in April, 1849, and was afterward in business here and at San Francisco, died ofparalysis in San Francisco.(273) Ref: Transaction of the 1st Annual Reunion of the Oregon PioneerAssociation: “A Mr. Lattee, who was for a long time in the employ of the Hudson's Bay Company, informedyour memorialist that the Indians often brought to the trading post platina and silver ore from the northern extremityof Queen Charlotte's island. There are coal indications near the Dalles of the Columbia, and also upon the CowlitzRiver.”(274) Ref: Latin – English Dictionary: Translation: < Sic transit gloria mundi > “thus passes the glory of theworld.”(275) Ref: First Across the Continent – Chapter XIX: With Faces turned….: “The mostimportant point in this region of the Columbia was named Wappatoo Island by the explorers. This is a large extentof country lying between the Willamette and an arm of the Columbia which they called Wappatoo Inlet, but which isknown as Willamette Slough. It is twenty miles long and from five to ten miles wide…. The chief wealth of thisisland consists of the numerous ponds in the interior, abounding with the common arrowhead (sagittaria sagittifolia)to the root of which is attached a bulb growing beneath it in the mud. This bulb, to which the Indians give the nameof wappatoo, is the great article of food, and almost the staple article of commerce on the Columbia.”(276) Ref: Hastings; A Description of Oregon; Chapter V: “Fort Vancouver; hospitalities of courtesy and kindnessof Dr. Mc Laughlin; of Mr. Douglass.” “A Mr. James Douglass, who is occasionally in charge of this fort, in theabsence of the doctor, is also
an intelligent gentleman, and is alike courteous, kind and hospitable as the doctor.”(277) Ref: Kanaka – Definition of Kanaka at YourDictionary.com: Means a Hawaiian or a person born inthe South Sea Island of Polynesian descent.(278) Ref: Wikipedia Encyclopedia: “Lignite, often referred to as brown coal, or Rosebud coal byNorthern Pacific Railroad, is a soft brown fuel with characteristics that put it somewhere between coal and peat. It isconsidered the lowest rank of coal; it is mined in Germany, Russia, the United States, Australia and many Europeancountries, and it is used almost exclusively as a fuel for steam-electric power generation.”CHAPTER XVI(No notes)CHAPTER XVII(279) Ref: The American Almanac, Year Book, Cyclopaedia and Atlas: “On the 11th of May 1792, Captain Gray, ofthe American ship Columbia, entered the river, to which he gave the name of his ship. This gave to the United Statesthe priority of claim to the Oregon region which then comprised the States of Washington, Oregon and Idaho. InOctober of the same year an Englishman sailed up and examined the Columbia about 100 miles from the mouth.”Ref: Columbia River Pilots: “The Columbia River was discovered in 1792 by Boston fur trader Captain RobertGray. He named the river after his ship “Columbia”.(280) Ref: Wikipedia Encyclopedia: “Captain George Vancouver RN (June 22, 1757 – May 10, 1798) was an officerin the British Royal Navy, best known for his exploration of the North-West Coast of North America, including theshores of the modern day Alaska, British Columbia, Washington and Oregon.”(281) Ref: Wikipedia Encyclopedia: “William Robert Broughton was a British naval officer in the late 18th century.As a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, he commanded HMS Chatham as part of the voyage of exploration through thePacific Ocean led by Captain George Vancouver in the early 1790s.”(282) Ref: Wikipedia Encyclopedia: “John Jacob Astor (July 17, 1763 – March 29, 1848), born Johann Jakob orJohann Jacob Astor, was the first prominent member of the Astor family and the first multi-millionaire in the UnitedStates. He was the creator of the first trust in America, from which he made his fortune in fur trading, real estate,and opium.”(283) Ref: Columbia Encyclopedia: “James Biddle, 1783-1848, U.S. naval officer and diplomat, b. Philadelphia. Hebecame a midshipman in 1800. At the beginning of the War of 1812 he was first lieutenant on the Wasp; he latercommanded the sloop Hornet. Sent out in the Ontario in 1817, he took formal possession of the Oregon country forthe United States in 1818.”
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