Dr. John McLoughlin, the Father of OregonA. H. Clark Company, 1907 - 301 halaman McLoughlin came from Riviere du Loup in Quebec and worked his way up through the Hudson's Bay Company until he alone was responsible for that great chunk of continent known as the Pacific Northwest, and the help and support he offered the American emigrants to the Oregon Country in the critical years 1843-1846. |
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Halaman 22
... became the great rival of the Hud- son's Bay Company . Warfare occurred between the two companies , beginning in 1815. A compro- mise was finally effected and in 1821 the North- west Company coalesced with the Hudson's Bay Company . Dr ...
... became the great rival of the Hud- son's Bay Company . Warfare occurred between the two companies , beginning in 1815. A compro- mise was finally effected and in 1821 the North- west Company coalesced with the Hudson's Bay Company . Dr ...
Halaman 23
... en- gagements fought by that regiment from 1795 to 1803 , in the Napoleonic wars . Their maternal rel- atives seem to have exercised a strong influence on both young John and David McLoughlin . They both became Dr. John McLoughlin 23.
... en- gagements fought by that regiment from 1795 to 1803 , in the Napoleonic wars . Their maternal rel- atives seem to have exercised a strong influence on both young John and David McLoughlin . They both became Dr. John McLoughlin 23.
Halaman 24
... became acquainted with the widow of Alexander McKay . Dr. McLoughlin married her , the exact date I have been unable to ascertain . Alexander McKay was a partner of John Jacob Astor in the Pacific Fur Company . He was killed in the ...
... became acquainted with the widow of Alexander McKay . Dr. McLoughlin married her , the exact date I have been unable to ascertain . Alexander McKay was a partner of John Jacob Astor in the Pacific Fur Company . He was killed in the ...
Halaman 29
... became merely orna- mental early in the thirties . In 1841 , when Com- modore Wilkes was at Fort Vancouver , there were between the steps of Dr. McLoughlin's residence , inside the fort , two old cannon on sea - carriages , with a few ...
... became merely orna- mental early in the thirties . In 1841 , when Com- modore Wilkes was at Fort Vancouver , there were between the steps of Dr. McLoughlin's residence , inside the fort , two old cannon on sea - carriages , with a few ...
Halaman 37
... became alarmed for the reason that they . believed the Americans intended to take away their lands . The Indians knew that the Hudson's Bay Company and its employées were traders and did not care for lands , except as incidental to trad ...
... became alarmed for the reason that they . believed the Americans intended to take away their lands . The Indians knew that the Hudson's Bay Company and its employées were traders and did not care for lands , except as incidental to trad ...
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Halaman 175 - October, 1818, it is agreed, that, " any country that may be claimed by either party, on the Northwest Coast of America, westward of the Stony Mountains, shall, together with its harbors, bays, and creeks, and the navigation of all rivers within the same, be free and open for the term of ten years, from the date of the signature of the convention, to the vessels, citizens, and subjects, of the two powers...
Halaman 176 - October, 1818, hereby continued in force, shall be construed to impair, or in any manner affect, the claims which either of the contracting parties may have to any part of the country westward of the Stony or Rocky Mountains.
Halaman 176 - It shall be competent, however, to either of the Contracting Parties, in case either should think fit, at any time after the Twentieth of October 1828, on giving due notice of Twelve Months to the other Contracting Party, to annul and abrogate this Convention: and it shall, in such case, be accordingly entirely annulled and abrogated, after the expiration of the said term of notice.
Halaman 208 - W. X., his executors, administrators or assigns ; for which payment, well and truly to be made, I bind myself, my heirs, executors and administrators, firmly by these presents.
Halaman 29 - March 26, 1837. called the Sandwich Islands) and flour to Sitka. It was not many years after Dr. McLoughlin came to the Oregon Country until it was one of the most profitable parts of North America to the Hudson's Bay Company. For many years the London value of the yearly gathering of furs, in the Oregon Country, varied from $500,000 to $1,000,000, sums of money representing then a value several fold more than such sums represent today. Fort Vancouver was a parallelogram about seven hundred and fifty...
Halaman 176 - Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, on the 20th of October. 1818, shall be, and they are hereby, further indefinitely extended and continued in force, in the same manner as if all the provisions of the said Article were herein specifically recited.
Halaman 221 - Waller, has taken formal measures at Washington to substantiate his claim as a preemptor and actual settler upon the tract of land, sometimes called the Wallamet Falls settlement and sometimes Oregon City, comprising six hundred and forty acres; and being aware that, although a foreigner, you claim to exercise acts of ownership over said land, this notice is given to apprise you that all sales you may make of lots or other subdivisions of said farm, after the receipt hereof, will be regarded by my...
Halaman 156 - American demagogues have been base enough to assert that I had caused American citizens to be massacred by hundreds by the savages. I, who saved all I could. I have been represented by the Delegate from Oregon, the late SR Thurston, as doing all I could to prevent the settling...
Halaman 178 - State, to any body corporate, or company, or person or persons, of or for the exclusive privilege of trading with the Indians in all such parts of North America...
Halaman 55 - I observed to them that it was too dangerous for them to establish a Mission [there] ; that to do good to the Indians, they must establish themselves where they could collect them around them ; teach them first to cultivate the ground and live more comfortably than they do by hunting, and as they do this, teach them religion...