Astoria (review) [pp. 59-68]

SOUTHQERN LITERARY MESSENGER.
stuetdicous Caoiparts of [)lack irocl, risin mr,e tiha0 tlcoieit, a pa1 t er f iaeceks, fifteen Am 11erican laborers,
two hotil ediai f'et ie rC)iiai:city. Tl~sl. ]a10 they and:,ix Coaoaiai voy:igeurs0. i' Johlii Ciarike, the
c;410e "Th Cal d iroo Lil"!Icrc i,ivi Cl' p:11 tncr, a lattie of tia 1 d Stare althoesiho
o ic of thie i yelr s, tr (: t.ii. i'l Ih Ixi1i 1,lI " I i:s n'th of' l~is lii in the nor tii-west, 1havinig
thiree of * 1' &e clz:lt:,es s i..i.~:::.,vefi (y ail'ioi; the l'oci., 0ea ep(111111y dci in the,1 fr trada si0c the age of s:ixtecn.
aild on w s weIt away'lci- w, hef ly, youngi000 Aiician10 gentleme0 of
feetls of fr of thle boat0 il(X;eln. oi'1. Astor had selected this reilifli ce The,,,,, situsriehl of, tie prtiy,,-ov lam entable in- 0e0t with tli desg of secur ii- an ascendancy of
ded a"-e, a loss l il l t toria, a d reodoriug the asso'Lh~xt r o t to,h s c ily 0 l 0 i-i cThis, fi'(o10 the pceuliar cplace of their dcstii~ttion, and xt,ith no ieenlan bc~it~.;5 cun:~sta of' tlhec c- se, lie 114 been unable to do in tei
near thiemii fi'omwhom couirse] riigh,t be t aken I). T'~i,~, I r C(ll". o cl' Ycnt ot' Of' I ull itaki0l.
stock of provisi~:,-s wvas r~edulticed to five days allow,,)v;(Aijee, Cii~titaI e I, Cti S e 0001100 cmder of tile Beavar, wa s
aniid faniqiiic s,tar.,edi them iII the face. It1s ofr circ to touch at t011 Sandwich islaiuds, to enquire
ior-e p~eri —lius to ke.ep togeIthr thano separate, The aboout the for tunes of tho T1q0,(1111 and ascertain, if
good-s anid pr-ov'~zsioiis, exep,i~t a sm,~-,all suippy f'cbr- each pith h ttl(n ent 1ad bee n effected at
m~iani, -,were concealed lin cachtsc holes dug, lin tl- eatth), Astoriiia. If' so, hl ias to evois t as nlalny of the anuatives
at the~ part,y Nvei'e divided.intlo severnl sral'l d tet,is-acph-IL ais poiaocd. 1]e was to 0e0 great cautio010
merlits hich started off Itin d;,ei-tit,'n iii.iI Ilolcs. to th! n:.cuth of th1e Coluimbia. If every
the mouth of the0Colum!A-x in x,'iew as their ultimate thii~g' ws found vigitht, I- ( e was to laud such
poinit of dest;.inationii. T, Join thi.'s p-,ost they -,were still (ait of is as vaLis i0teniitcd for the post, and to
distant nearly a hosd is aho:hthis fact wa s s ai fur Ni-ew Aool.an0el witli te Ru ssian sulpplies.
uiiktl~~owin to thei a~t th~e tlime. C a v i. re cived fur iin pa yr, t, lie Iould return to
On the toil Ja te a series oi al-Astoi, tainlle pelti-e1 tlse col',etd and m0nialke
most inet'ciedi~ble aidv-enitur,,i-es, the division in wh.,ichl. the best of' l wty to Caito n,i. T1 ese iveirC thie strlict
}-'iluiteroiiedhiosee struick the watof tte1'0fli in;tl- tleviation fi'om Iihi ich I was
bia soie dlistan,ce b)e!owv the junction of it~s two t slsciquontly tei cause of i,e'at eimbai-i-assn.100nt and
br-anichies, Lewis and Clarl-re rivers, d not fa,r Eofi'o t loss,'aid cotribu ted largely to the failure of the wh1 le
((Ite r Iize1. The Le aver sailed on the teaitli of Octaober,
dr~oti Lliiun, they lader toiled two hun,d fort y d I a y 11(1, ad after t,,,' I i n tIl n v atives at thc Sand tIrug silo)wy wastes and pi-ceipitouismrfioLntait-is, aid withI islani ds, th 4outh01 of the Coile Columbhia, in
six months had now elapsed s;tince t'r departure, fr-oi safitty, on tihe (1t1i of MIay, 1812. Hor arrivtl gave
the Ar-ickii-a vrill;age oil the Miss ri-their whole r out e lifa and vig1or to thie eta-, ishent, ani d afiorded aeans
fi'on thiat to rint, accordini_to tiir omputation, ha,iv (if of extondiug thie i'etlons of the Coi(1_1anly, and fouiid been seelh ddn fyone mi~ 1. e i11 a num11er of interior Etiadi.n p-aosts.
vague i,-tell'gence was now rll~ceceited 01i. heg t0. 0e 0 b ncs y to tsend despa tcei over land
other dlivisoions (If thc pr"y, anJ also of' tlie settler.s at to M. Astor at ]N'-ew York, a, ay attemipt 0t0so doig v hy the m o u th of th Columbia. On thc thii-ty-fir~st, M. ing been haci d some ttite before by the i.cstilIlty of
Hlunit reached th~e f1sof the ri —ver-, anid cinc,ipe(d at the the Iniilais at Tis-Ram. Tl IaskI was coilfided to
willge of IV':sish-l ~. Here ere hea r d tidi n g s of the Ml-. iRob0iert S tu art,Iho1 tlie I e 10,d never beii
massacre on board the Totiq!iini. On the~c Iflif1 o f Fe - cos mountains d giveh i eviden1 1c0 of his co.pe rusr-y, hiaving, pro,cuiredi can,oe,s w Lith uch dltiiciilyty, the teyi suc h undeotakings. l st I-le ovm panie d by
adventur'ers departed fi'(m'V,ishi-R~at, and on L t!e,- fif- 4ie a,,,ll Audri I Villar
e~~~~~andI,O5L iI Casi~ia,ii Ills; tw10 of the part teciitt, swe,-epin,g r-oundii an iriterveniiii cae, th,ey caier in andFms LeCcc,~ Candas I n w h at
s;I-~,ight of the,.- rolo-esired,~.3 I a. Amion ~ 0 the0 first to nro l, M esie,c lla and Cirooks, 1wh1 o were desir eroot th~iem-i on thleir rl ie, v werec some of thr old cori- ous of returciing to the Atlantic states. Thii s little party
fades who ha~,id p~arted fi'ot-ii thlem~i At the Caldr-oni Llil), set iset loto the twaetlty-n(i11h off Jun1e,1 and Mr.I Iiving
and] who had r eahed ttmsettle nentnelyamnth be- aeceon~anic0 s them,n detail, tlctriouihout the wIlhole of
fore. 5 [.Crooks and Johni Day, tel~ uabl,e to e thir o'4a,d'n;coswyIu'n- smgtb x
i tlic,,~(ha- 1 aIll c'll wa 00(1 Iti-,Yfool As iiii,lat be ex on, had been left with in petted, tihe y encountered nsn still 11ore terrible
they afterward,,ti-c~s cam,,ie in. C-arr,i-lei-e, a v~oyag,L,;eurti, who tlt ose be110i:0e experienced by Ay Mi. Hlunt niod his as'wvas also abaniidonied thr.-ous h th~e- sternest niecessity, w s sociae0 s, The 101i e features of the 1o0riiiey, 1e1re tile
nieverhed of'more. Jean Babtiste -P r1ev ost likewise ai Af (r lo od tie lass of all the horses of
(1he pa51ty till 010gh thc v illaliny of tiha UpsaroIkas. This
in ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~~~~tiloaerivr l paries011 1111( 1105' e 1h 0x COlate cireumsaC5e w a thecue o xesv rouhie
tremes of weariness, privatio0(1 and pl. hyhdadge t delly. O1n tihe tliotiath of' April, how ever,
traveled fiom SLLou' tirty-ive hndred iles.Letile party 0ar1i01] 11n fi110 l~iatld a1(1 spirCits at St. Louis,
us n o w r e t ~ ~~~~~~~~ ~livurn hoal r.Atoil hlavinben tinlots 11n peofrorilg tlheir perilous ox As yet he had received n o intllc 4111011Co pdiio. The route takeni hy Mr. Stuart coincided
lumbia, and h a d t~~~~~~~~(o poeduo h upsto htaln arly wIish that of?d r. Hlunt, as far as the WVind river
had gone as he des~~~~~~~~ired1l~i,. eacod.gyfittdiu 0111 mutainslrmt is poillit the formelr struck: s0111 ship, the Beaver, of fbur ~ ~ ~ I hunte inety tons He10 wha tth outlh-oast, following tile ~?chraska to its
cargo was assort ed~~~~~~~~~ w0ith'i aI vieto tesply t-jucinwt the Missouri1.
ria, the trade along the ~ ~ ~ ~ coa'stadtlewtsothRs-ar 1l111i11 at leozll b11rokeu ocut hotwccn the United
sian fur companytha. Ther makdi e fo the11 set-,SaeanEjadM.Asopecieththehr
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