Pioneer Catholic history of Oregon . ge Simpson, who was Governor-in-Chief of the Hudsons Bay Company, criticisedMcLoughlin very severely for assisting theAmericans. The correspondence became verybitter. McLoughlin declared that no personpossessed of common humanity could do other-wise than he had done. This brought back thecommand from Simpson to render no more as-sistance to the immigrants under any circum-stances. McLoughlin replied with his resigna-tion: If such is your order I will serve youno longer. That was in 1845. Twelve monthshad to elapse before the resignation becameeffective. In
Pioneer Catholic history of Oregon . ge Simpson, who was Governor-in-Chief of the Hudsons Bay Company, criticisedMcLoughlin very severely for assisting theAmericans. The correspondence became verybitter. McLoughlin declared that no personpossessed of common humanity could do other-wise than he had done. This brought back thecommand from Simpson to render no more as-sistance to the immigrants under any circum-stances. McLoughlin replied with his resigna-tion: If such is your order I will serve youno longer. That was in 1845. Twelve monthshad to elapse before the resignation becameeffective. In 1846 he retired to Oregon City THE AMERICAN IMMIGRATION 57 to pass his remaining days on the land claimhe had taken up as early as 1829. As ChiefFactor he had received $12,000 annually anddespite the loss of many thousand dollarsthrough the fault of the early immigrants, hewas still a wealthy man for those days. Helooked forward to a peaceful and happy oldage in his new home. But he was destined tobitter disappointment in his DR. JOHN MCLOUGHLIN- FATHER OF OREGON CHAPTER VII. THE MACEDONIAN CRY. 1. Canadian Fur-Traders Spread the Faith. The first tidings of the Catholic faith reachedthe Oregon Indians through the trappers of thevarious fur-trading companies who had learnedtheir religion from the pioneer missionaries ofQuebec and Montreal. Canadian voyageursformed a large element in the expeditionsof Lewis and Clark in 1805 and of John JacobAstor in 1811. This latter expedition espe-cially, which resulted in establishing at themouth of the Columbia the first white settle-ment in Oregon, the present flourishing cityof Astoria, was accompanied by a numberof Catholic Canadians, who became the firstsettlers in the Willamette Valley. The piety ofthese voyageurs may be seen in the rather un-usual fact that the early missionaries on theirarrival found a church already erected. 2. Iroquois Indians Carry Catholic Faith. Another agency instrumental in bringing thefaith to the Far
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