A pictorial description of the United States; embracing the history, geographical position, agricultural and mineral resources .. . ny of the wa-ters of the Columbia. In 1810, the Pa-cific fur company, mider John JacobAstor, of New York, was formed ; andin 1811 they founded Astoria, eightmiles from the mouth of the Columbia,as their principal tiading post, and pro-ceeded to establish others in the inte-rior. A little later in the same year,the Noithwest company sent a detach-ment to form establishments on the Co-lumbia; but when they arrived at themouth of the river they found the postoccupied
A pictorial description of the United States; embracing the history, geographical position, agricultural and mineral resources .. . ny of the wa-ters of the Columbia. In 1810, the Pa-cific fur company, mider John JacobAstor, of New York, was formed ; andin 1811 they founded Astoria, eightmiles from the mouth of the Columbia,as their principal tiading post, and pro-ceeded to establish others in the inte-rior. A little later in the same year,the Noithwest company sent a detach-ment to form establishments on the Co-lumbia; but when they arrived at themouth of the river they found the postoccupied. In consequence of the expo-sure of Astoria by the war of 1812, thepost was sold out to the Northwest com-pany. At the close of the war, Astoriawas restored, by order of the Britishgovernment, to its original founders,agreeably to the first article of the treatyof Ghent. Various attempts have beenmade since the viar to renew the iur-trade in Oregon. In 1821, the Hud-sons bay and Northwest company, whohad previously been rivals, were united,and since that time have greatly extend-ed their establishment in the region 632 DESCRIPTION OF THE TERRITORY OF OREGON. That section of Oregon watered bythe Columbia river and its tributaries,was for a long time a subject of disputebetween the United States and GreatBritain. But by a treaty concluded atWashington, on the fifteenth of June,1846, this long-pending question, whichat one time seriously threatened tobreak the harmony existing between thetwo nations was put for ever at rest,by fixing the parallel of division be-tween the respective portions, as givenat the commencement of this have been for some years sev-eral missionary stations at differentpoints in Oregon, and since the settle-ment of the question of boundary, newones have been established. It will be almost impossible to givean idea of the extensive fisheries in therivers, and on the coast. They allabound in salmon of the finest flavor,which run t
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