| Show III t fa I fil I i 1 r rI I rs I I l y I t 1 Eli El i ir t r r Y e If 4 r t l v e eI I rA A ri t tJ ll J i it t f e f i I 1 r rf 1 r 1 It 1 k 1 It II i N Na t ole m toM soil to tho th e 1 United Stets Slat te that va vat l terri tern territory i f i tory tiny tot then Known a sa av tana f t and awl most mo l of oC the it country there them blot bios bl I l omed In tho brain of or Join Jolin Jacob Astor Aitor Astori r i t a plan of DC development nt m magnificent t In furl tI 1 It tired fired th the Imagination 11 of C Thomas Jefferson until he rut got ot to toi i 1 a f think of DC It a All as hi ltd own ld Idea a Time has hal hast t not dimmed but rather mellowed lit Its It I for lor It gave to 10 the world on one of oC the tr gal that never will b be for Cor forgotten fora a gotten and that marks make a rugged rugg chap chapter chapter chapI I ter tor In A Am American inert can n history Uy By the camp campt t lines In the far northwest and arid In the Canadian wilds the etory story of oC tho the Ton e ii has hall been Leen told and retold until itIs it il itin ilI in Is I a Q part of oC the folk lore loro of oC tho the people I p of oC the tho forest and the plain Too bad ball that such a brilliant under undertaking undertaking 1 t taking did d kI not nut JIU have e a LL ter termination termination but oven ven Bien If IC It did not fulfil t the expectations of oC It Its r It U Ity y brought to 10 the mime nume of oC Astor Actor a IL fume fame famei i 1 t I that Is III enduring urel by b the con conditions u ot of a century ago and those thou of oC I r 4 today the project of ot Astor far tar mir eun those c of or any y r 0 of or trade transportation or finance Ho Fie I t t planned Il a IL real winning of or the want we wea LL a L peaceful i 1 conquest of ot a R great groot region aI to which the tho nations title was waa doubt doubtful I 1 ful tul the establishment of t y t a IL long Ion cal calp p of ur trading that would would blaze blaze blazei i l tau thu way wo for tOl civilized mOil men and open tin time lj p I door of oC opportunity for counties mil million t i I lions lion beyond tho the west Itself h he reached out to lu give to 10 America tin tho trade trudo of ut ulna China and practically the con COli control cont 0 rut t ot of o the lime To do It all he 4 y t naked no old aid Out of oC a ale hl hi porno purro ho he II drew k tile th money mOlloy nm to pay f IlY the time vast tout r a UL 1 THU THI IMMIGRANT FROM WAli WAL WALDon Don DORF John Jacob JIlt Astor had coma collie to the they y United States In to 1153 nn Immigrant i I F t from rum Waldorf a village on the tho Rhine I Ho He expected IId to become h a 0 wile sale saler r a coat but while the chip that brought 4 him over lver was wac Icebound In tho the cake he heard enough from Crom ono one of his bus follow era to convince him tint that tintin I 1 t in this country there were far more inure tt I for lor him aa ns u IL dealer In furs fun thin than a as a dealer In instruments t mints ments When he ho got to 10 New York ho he started In at once oneo aa tie a buyer of pelts 1 cIt Its i I F s At that time lime the wee wall In sal cad salI I t disorder In dupe day the French Frencht t had controlled the trade Through 1 Canada tho the Ohio valloy alley the Great f 1 lakes and tho the French trap trappers trapi I i t pers pen ranged and their product found Its lid r I t way woy r to 10 t o Montreal 1 When tl tho m o I r t i t drove the Trench French from Canada antI and antIL andt t a 11 a L now nol system of oC trade mme come with a H anew at new lieI order of oC men nten the trappers trapper found U It IlE E j t difficult d cu l t to adjust to tu altet altee r 1 od ud Hardly had affairs affair right righted i ed I and the spend spendthrift spendthrift thrift but hardy handy Krench voyageurs be bet t t tome inne accustomed to their now new masters s I than the war of or the Revolution came Mine cameon camet t on and at Its It dole the business was in 11 i p 1 i the tho same mine of f us ac II after atter tin tar L French war var In It the tho nor northern them pert part of oC Canada tanada the flay lIay company wa HI waIn was In control but it was not at that time Par Far more business buln was wan i dune by the Independent merchants merchant of t J Montreal who a little later merged their lute Inter lI formed ll the Ihl powerful I Northwest company and controlled tar th t whole take lake region and the th territory t went The men In III the Northwest t com coin company vt 4 pany were wor t and they wow win we wethe the tell mil r lord lards old and an rulers ruler of the Can Cn Canada t ada uda II II There wa was a II smaller concern f a ae 11 th U the Mackinaw company m ORl that t operated In It the upper vat val valley a aley t ley New York In III th the Maya day of Ir t y f had a fair trade but bUI the love HuY 1 war heal had driven easy away a the thell ll British in merchants t Patiently and carefully Astor Antor went i mE about building up U II a trade Irad un hl hie h own p lit Fie sought im no alliances ale and ami 1 looked for tor no favor Iu lie 11 traded with I t f t time lh lilt Indiana the tn lIh und and lilt IIi KIIK 1 I 1 llah liah Occasionally a II he hll h tr HII t to tu Can Call Canado Callula ado ula and UI pun hated ed 1111 wits dew I the th I iI t company tile tar th Mat I II compel or ur the lI Buy li comi ny rt In r yearn year ear and nd III In but bad years an he hr h L eril for hi he II wax oar II i a S ma a n aI I r HI Ili wu waa a II I It i Moet Moat of at the th good gods hi h n for forit it 1541 he bt tun turI il i 1101 OUT LAND IANI AM AAI lAMi LANI r 1 Hy It y tutu Ihu tit lure ilon ot of tl lt i t rn n tin tun II be wa waa 11 the rl 11 in t uLU 1111 in lu ilu I he HIM Thi Th n i i r In h lit wraith lIh l to tu grow grua ru hl h Ii d 01 II d i Ihu uig 5 lief 1 puny im au le Kit Flu 1 I bought land hind Mont bloat i Hi It I Led inI Hint thui hi he It 11 bought was waa on ua far farbo bo and the develop d i P e M H t n I sad did didI I t t not Jut anent 11 to l b in risI u 10 m I oat in h mud I up m mI I b till little Uty t r i u tu lu 1 tOIl li h he p tad It u a bit 11 I r s N t tu tit Ill liln laud Iced in in uI Imm n i hi hr h pui e l all Ull a stair 01 ui fit lael 1 u I nI 4 up I the lilt 1 I I a The fh wl i l im ou n II in u II New Nf M York 1 d II a L wan era Iwo inn i l 1 tyng ui up III et t coats ill Iu cup 1 i 11 lain that th 1 A nit lIt nothing for fur I 1111 hall m i hum it uno Hut I i k kil lit pm un II buy bu Inn In i lu i ld i it 1 tru m in III h the Ih nr oral t d ii 11 t I r f I It h Ile i 01 m mi III I i mm Hi h Lou Loui im hid II i in i pull i ui br brI Ii h I f 1 in I Iane i n amt an lid i I in In b Ill i v 1 t 1 d dI i I sulus It II K III ni hU bus hi 0 Ii t I II I I I II hi lira II r I m r i II I i I I d dt 1 I II t I ril iii to i r i mid J oJ umi el i i i ii p iiI o I hillur ill till It II II m aI M l iii k IU J d I h hi Im Hull i uI 11 Till Th II I be benn t f fl nn II II l a l 1 lpt IV l W aas h 11 t ln In k n u II II I n It I t I 1 n mil 1 iii r f f i iI Id Iv I v d fl I I i l I It to l t i i ii flIt i It tf it at I I i I I d r It ii n i n III 1 q 01 II Ih I In II Anil i iI II r t I I I h I lil I I I t i V 1 VII i IIrI rr ut In u II n Ih I III lei I 1 M II V t ta I t a I I 1 It III 1 Ii n h i u k 4 jj i tui i Ul wI l i re tl Haar it md and n 1 tin tI oar Hail 11 1 To i I halo or of Ilu ling il rte t i flops II m iR g IJ It I i tu to iu tie h Ii i I t I II I II plum IH III It II h t It I I Of nf I C tIt I l I II ul HI II I hk I lOt f t the tho U h M tit i t U d I nn n t to g tin III i vuth If r mv luv I I big fixer aver on the time chore would open a highway to trade and settlement settle settlement ment The Mellen at the mouth of ot the Columbia river would be a depot from which a It fleet feet might trade Along the tha northwest t co t to 10 to the Huan po poll sessions In Alaska AIk and also atao with tho the rich market markets of oC China and the whole Pacific It mu must mut t bf bt that thus thin far the tho whole Columbia river country was waR open ollen territory If Jt the got thor there It would be 1 ln The northern limits of DC the time Louisiana that purchased d 1 were vague regime agu And what mad the situation acute wee was tho the fact that the Northwest company had pushed arro the tho th Canadian and es ae I hed m come me trading posts In a sec section C tion lIun It II culled called New Caledonia It was waa nearing the and approaching the tho Columbia valley ally Tim Tilly n nTo To Washington went Mr Jr Astor to get et from time the provident lr the thu sanction of oC the tho government for the mn plan he lad hail In mind lie He got JOt the tic tlc support of or Mr Ir and Inti the No Nu o doubt Mr Astor aw great greet t for far 1 In 1 t n the th e ant er Im r to O but far morn more than then profit proof h he sought nought the fettle the project would vl bring to him burn Tile The w war n I lot of work nark ork preparing properly Y fur for the expedition First M Man Mall all an Mr Ir Astor Ator organized tho the American Fur Kur l ur compan company That company Rot not Us Its It charter Just JURt years l r ago go Unable to get got In the Slalom Sh l the Ira to thought necessary he ho recruited a force among time the of oC the tile Northwest company For Tor hi his hili ants In tho the undertaking he also n drew mainly on tho the men of oC the time These men then he ho made madl purt tiers nel He Tic gave to them II 60 0 per cent of or orth the th time the other SO 60 per percent soda cent himself lC They were weN under no nil financial He Ile putt put up UI UIS S GOO In hU hi of or mOil men ho he ex ox exhibited exceptionally bad bael judgment The plan was wall to send nond t two o forces force one by b around the Ions Horn tho the other Canada and down clown tho time and then up Ill the MIl over tho It und and d down donn the Columbia ut lu n bla Time Tho land lamp force COlO was Wall to establish po loOt lofts ts along the route mule and ami moot meet et tho the other I at lit the mouth of oC the Columbia A fine tine limit ahll th the was P pal d for the sea u a trip She carried in her hold tho the frame framo of oC a schooner which watch was wan to be employed m in the Ia coast trade trude The wu wua by Jonathan Thorn a j lieu lieutenant lieutenant tenant In ha the navy on ot leao leavo lea of ot ab absence sence Nearly all of or the company n ny men amen Mr Actor had bad taken into i partnership artner wore were British h subjects and before the called two of them went ent to the British to the Ike United I nl ted and advised hIm of what Mr AMor Alcor tor was waa w doing Hardly bud the tho I left ft port pert lOrt thun than trouble troubie began l gan C apt pt Thorn was a 11 martinet and but with an abiding contempt for Dun Duncan tun Me Mc the i to whom Mr Ur AH As Astor tor gave ge his proxy to act ot In ht any dl mile lIa agreement waa aca a pepper p jip ry Thorn Thom and McDougal clash rd d at t once and amI there thero wa was wa a condition approaching mutiny ou oil the tha from clam kUit t Ui w TUB TONQUIN On Sept 6 S 1810 1010 the left New NewYork NewYork NewYork York TJi frigate t con convoyed voyed vu d her hr to to wa sec a there tWe being a Delilah warship which It HIM aea under understood stood t d to 0 Mop atop and 1111 search arch her herand und and take Uke off 0 nu such h subjects j n i were aboard The Th got lOt away aMI w but there we wa tur tar turmoil moil every day Many tany till the b captain threatened 1 to wit pat the part partner rt acre ner n the dk and all th the voyageurs o In lion hone I run The Th chip stopped clopped at the th Falk Falkland Pal It land Islands liland and und two of or the 1 had luul J a narrow narma escape from frum being in II t rested them ther the c captain capping array alay a ay without them Hut lut the ship bs b br be r reined aimed and anti th the RIM nine were wert able ble to get t ther her liei In a hoot boat On fit day the th lIln Cape tape Horn him and on Kb Feb b 12 tZ reached tM th Sandwich Ih I fart in i Home came a wore were r f fur ir r merle In tb the Columbia ilver river coun count n II t I mil muti the t h Ton tier Jour ni nr 11 y on tat March Manh tl n ill 1111 the th u 1 i Kid oft off ft the th mouth of f the Columbia I rime he h weather ather wa wee waa tt I o sad iho Ih lit litI I i m aI i hla high For Mi several lIral ral days day vain IT T it I win I in made td 10 to t and the tb channel I m n went uric lot heel In la the of r null mull all hads that the h Milt cent our it I t I h tin nod i a i my iy y Into th the river At Att 1 t flit rr inn h ll delay 1 and trouble tau thu th I 4 r t in I de d and Mid on April It 11 a site wa waa a on un a bay ba fur for forthe time the Ih o of the Ih hi hiI U Kim waa ti t I In Is I tin Ile IW ill til aI tin III lu I iM n A V f ill I Hi 1 po q t l 1 it tin th IIII in tin and 1111 I i were r ruts I 1 wit time thi MI dl tl I ua acs 11 i It l A t ji i 01 i jM I eta lr tie art Ui til In hr t b the ihs th li till t I t 11 I al tl 1 I Ii III l tI l 1 IlaU tte U o h lilt I i II up i I U Ii i d t with lIh tin ltd U I me Alter nil all II th tM cargo Ce destine d ct for or As Ali Ast AliI I t ii nr 1 1 Im I twin born b uk lak n out nut of II the thi hlll clip ht tip iby II rn In dr In to I I d mi u I th Ih tha a l 1 I 1 fin fl f pi p It i ui III Hi lt h mi s t lit hill t to In I e 11 wd lul t I KM 1111 Iuri bul IX Ii fr PO tali III Ii II HO Ml til III 1 lu luI but II I Ilea 41 II i 0 I Ii iii I l I I II K III ill I L M I ii I 1 I 1 huiK hili III C aI i I 1 ui III d I IUm i KI U ii III I bt a I him It II Ittin IIII II tin e V Ii il 1 HI in In I n i non i I lu i v K I I u uI up UI I lit l II III all Lu I It I hn Ii I i ells III gI o 1 Jo in nod 1 handle tn tl tie bulk of or III the teal seal al akin skins the h hunter uti ii In ItI Ik f I ma il had h i i ih r m i ill I Ii ti I it In Ii u II III tin Penh P i l h I Ia n A i t i n from mm iii In III diu 1 ii I Ih t I I u ih f u line Ic rt nl 1 4 t tl Ii c te i 1 i 14 up 1 i o tea river It U WM whar a I put party ff of Northwest compan man who hud e II es a IL trailing imSet t on nn the H 81 o okane ken kane river Into the north nf of the Columbia The Americans American had arrived none nono too won oon TUB TILL INSULT It Ft wits waa on June B r that tho mho left lert Astoria A few f w days later the th ship arrival at Vancouver island and amid an nn anchored cherish much against the advice of oC th the Indian Interpreter who told Captain Thorn the natives wore the tho meet treacherous of or Indians Hut But the lute Op obstinate and Intolerant of DC opposition tion Ifon would rould not hood the advice In th the a II great AI t fleet of or canoes put off oti from frets the shore horo and swarmed about the hip chip The Indiana had hal sea otter skins skin tn ut sell Th Indians were acre 10 headed by two Hons o n of l the th Indian chief and by an old named nam Capt Thorn expected n a deal und uit had hud the deck dek spread with 10 It It blankets blanket moth knives l beads ul i nod fishhook wk The Tho Indians hurl hud III J wear some weare t e ne with Russian and was wall especially shrewd He lie scoffed at ot tha the offers Captain Thorn made and exasperated the time choleric gen Jen h Uman uman to a high hl h dorm degree When Cap Cal Captain Captain tain Thorn made maele a bid tho the chief de demanded demanded twice w what hat the tho captain offered und and when any other Indian seemed about to soil his hili skins him and advised better bar bu bargaining training gaining Tho captain In disgust waved Noo away awa and sticking his In his hili pockets began pacing tho the deck follow oil him holding the skins before him but unable to get him to renew negotiations Then Theil changed hum method and started to re rc relIe revile vile lIe the tho captain The captain white u lilts with rage rag at seized tho limo |
