. History of Oregon; the growth of an American state. singeight men by attempting to sound in frail boats achannel that could have been better observed by theplan of Gray from the masthead, the Tonquin made all haste to discharge cargo destined for estab-lishing the fort and trading post, and was ready forsea again. During this interval McDougal, whoshowed himself an energetic man on land, had ex-plored the shores of the Columbia to the mouth, anddecided upon Point George, as named by Vancouver,as the best place for his post. This was certainlywell selected, as it was upon the south side of th
. History of Oregon; the growth of an American state. singeight men by attempting to sound in frail boats achannel that could have been better observed by theplan of Gray from the masthead, the Tonquin made all haste to discharge cargo destined for estab-lishing the fort and trading post, and was ready forsea again. During this interval McDougal, whoshowed himself an energetic man on land, had ex-plored the shores of the Columbia to the mouth, anddecided upon Point George, as named by Vancouver,as the best place for his post. This was certainlywell selected, as it was upon the south side of theriver, about ten miles within the harbor, and had per-fect shelter from the south winds under the woodedhill. It was accessible from the sea, and had the ad-vantage over any place on Bakers Bay in being moreeasily reached by canoes or batteaux from up theColumbia—the long stretch from Tongue Point toChinook Point, and rounding into Bakers Bay, wasexposed to the high winds of winter, and was a broadexpanse of water upon which under these gales the. o H <j H<1 oo oo 3 KH O o AN AMERICAN STATE 257 seas ran almost like the ocean waves. To the covein this bight between Tongue Point and PointGeorge, or Smith Point as now styled, the Ton-quin was sailed with the tides and under sunnyskies—the weather having cleared and exposed toview a region no longer wild and solitary, but greenas the tropics, brilliant with spring verdure andflowers, and with great numbers of birds. Many ofthe natives also appeared, and the river seemed alivewith their canoes. These were very friendly, andgave effective assistance both in finding suitable loca-tion, and in case of accidents; McDougal himself be-ing once tipped over in his canoe while trying tocross Bakers Bay, and but for Comcomly, who fol-lowed in his canoe fearing the disaster, would havebeen drowned; the chief factor was taken to thechiefs house and entertained over night, and there,moreover, first saw his future wife, Comcomleysdaugh
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