Bancroft's Works History of the Northwest Coast vol 2 . 3. REMOVAL FROM FORT GEORGE. 439 that after a residence there of three or four years36 anew fort was erected about a mile westerly from theold fort. The new establishment, which remained asthe head-quarters of the Hudsons Bay Company dur-ing their occupation of the Oregon Territory, and wasfinally established as a United States military post in1849, was situated five or six miles east of the conflu- ?. The Lower Columbia. ence of the Willamette, and one hundred and twentymiles from the mouth of the 30Mrs Harvey, Life of McLoug
Bancroft's Works History of the Northwest Coast vol 2 . 3. REMOVAL FROM FORT GEORGE. 439 that after a residence there of three or four years36 anew fort was erected about a mile westerly from theold fort. The new establishment, which remained asthe head-quarters of the Hudsons Bay Company dur-ing their occupation of the Oregon Territory, and wasfinally established as a United States military post in1849, was situated five or six miles east of the conflu- ?. The Lower Columbia. ence of the Willamette, and one hundred and twentymiles from the mouth of the 30Mrs Harvey, Life of McLoughlin, MS., 2, 3, makes the occupation of theold fort four years from 1826, which places the building of the new fort this statement she is alone, but she cannot be far from correct. 37See Kept. Hygiene U. S. Army, Art. No. 8, War Dept., 488. Fort Van-couver stands on a point near which Lieutenant Broughton, one of Vancouversofficers, turned back from his boat exploration in 1792, and from the beautyof its position, with Mount Hood in full view in the distance, named itBellevue Point. Andersons Northwest Coast, MS., 90. 440 OCCUPATION OF THE COLUMBIA. The new post is fully described Itwas well planned and solidly built, and fulfilled itspurpose in every particular. Within the picket-wall,which was twenty feet in height, and composed oflarge and closely fitting beams placed upright, was anenclosure 450 by 750 feet, containing dwel
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