Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !

Updated: June 26, 2025


Hunt, and his indignation was complete, when he discovered that M'Dougal had become a partner of the Northwest Company, and had actually been so since the 23d of December. He had kept his partnership a secret, however; had retained the papers of the Pacific Fur Company in his possession; and had continued to act as Mr. Astor's agent, though two of the partners of the other company, Mr.

On the fourth of December they came in sight of the Falkland Islands. Having been for some time on an allowance of water, it was resolved to anchor here and obtain a supply. A boat was sent into a small bay to take soundings. Mr. M'Dougal and Mr. M'Kay took this occasion to go on shore, but with a request from the captain that they would not detain the ship.

Hunt and his associates, the little colony might be able to maintain itself until the return of peace. Affairs of State at Astoria. M'Dougal Proposes for the Hand of An Indian Princess Matrimonial Embassy to Comcomly. Matrimonial Notions Among the Chinooks. Settlements and Pin-Money. The Bringing Home of the Bride. A Managing Father-in-Law. Arrival of Mr. Hunt at Astoria.

Here was a dilemma, for on the stolen goods he had depended to purchase horses of the Indians. He sent out men in all directions to endeavor to discover the thieves, and despatched Mr. Reed to the posts of Messrs. Clarke and David Stuart, with the letters of Mr. M'Dougal. The resolution announced in these letters, to break up and depart from Astoria, was condemned by both Clarke and Stuart.

M'Dougal, shortly after concluding this agreement, became a member of the Northwest Company, and received a share productive of a handsome income. * Not quite $40,000 were allowed for furs worth upwards of $100,000. Beaver was valued at two dollars per skin, though worth five dollars. Land otter at fifty cents, though worth five dollars.

On the following day M'Dougal convened the clerks, and read to them an extract from a letter from his uncle, Mr. Angus Shaw, one of the principal partners of the Northwest Company, announcing the coming of the Phoebe and Isaac Todd, "to take and destroy everything American on the northwest coast."

General M'Dougal, whose numbers did not at that time exceed two hundred and fifty men, received timely notice of his approach, and exerted himself for the removal of the stores into the strong country in his rear. Before this could be effected, Colonel Bird appeared; and M'Dougal, after setting fire to the remaining stores and barracks, retired into the strong grounds in the rear of Peekskill.

He hit on an expedient which none but an Indian hunter would have thought of. Mrs. M'Dougal had a young child, which the Indian's quick eye had not failed to notice; and, finding that his eloquence was completely thrown away upon the parents, he approached the cradle, seized the child, and darted out of the house with the speed of an antelope.

The honey-moon had scarce passed away, and M'Dougal was seated with his bride in the fortress of Astoria, when, about noon of the 20th of August, Gassacop, the son of Comcomly, hurried into his presence with great agitation, and announced a ship at the mouth of the river. The news produced a vast sensation. Was it a ship of peace or war? Was it American or British?

M'Dougal, who now considered himself at the head of the concern, as Mr. Astor's representative and proxy. Not having the captain to contend with, they soon pitched upon a spot which appeared to them favorable for the intended establishment.

Word Of The Day

opsonist

Others Looking