CHAPTER LIII.
Departure of Mr. Hunt in the Beaver--Precautions at the
Factory.-Detachment to the Wollamut.--Gloomy Apprehensions.--
Arrival of M'Kenzie.--Affairs at the Shahaptan.--News of
War.--Dismay of M'Dougal.-Determination to Abandon Astoria.--
Departure of M'Kenzie for the Interior.--Adventure at the
Rapids.--Visit to the Ruffians of Wish-ram.--A Perilous
Situation.--Meeting With M'Tavish and His Party.--Arrival at
the Shahaptan.--Plundered Caches.-Determination of the
Wintering Partners Not to Leave the Country.--Arrival of
Clarke Among the Nez Perces.--The Affair of the Silver
Goblet.--Hanging of An Indian.--Arrival of the Wintering
Partners at Astoria.
AFTER the departure of the different detachments, or brigades, as they
are called by the fur traders, the Beaver prepared for her voyage along
the coast, and her visit to the Russian establishment, at New Archangel,
where she was to carry supplies. It had been determined in the council
of partners at Astoria, that Mr. Hunt should embark in this vessel,
for the purpose of acquainting himself with the coasting trade, and of
making arrangements with the commander of the Russian post, and that he
should be re-landed in October, at Astoria, by the Beaver, on her way to
the Sandwich Islands and Canton.
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