vessel. His MSS. journal is referred to by Greenhow." * He spent the 

 summer on this coast, and is the first white man, whom Ave have an}- 

 account of as actual]}^ landing- on these islands. All previous voyat;-ers 

 and coasters, for fear of the natives, had contented themselves ^Yiih 

 standing- off and on near the shores, or anchoring at a distance, and 

 trading- from their vessels. 



9. " The Columbia, Captain Gray, made a second voyage from Boston 

 in 1790-91, and was occupied trading and exploring- on the east coast of 

 the Queen Charlotte Islands in August and September, ITQl. He win- 

 tered at Clayoquot, and built a small vessel, the Adventure, which, under 

 Gra3''s mate Haswell, sailed from Clayoquot, in the spring of 1792, for the 

 Queen Charlotte Islands, and (J-ray himself, later in the season, returned 

 there for trade." 



On August 22, 1191, Captain Etienne Marchand, in the French s^hip 

 Solide, which had visited Sitka Sound, made the entrance of Cloak Bay, 

 between IsTorth and Graham Islands. While the vessel stood off and on, 

 a boat party entered and explored the bay and adjacent Cox Strait. The 

 bay had been seen and named by Dixon, and had been traversed hj 

 Gray, who first identified North Island as an island. Douglas afterwards 

 anchored there, and has given a brief description of his observations ; 

 but the first chart, in detail, jDublished of -Awy of the Queen Charlotte 

 Island harbours, was that prepared by Marchand's party. 



The Solide subsequently visited the west coast of Graham Island for 

 some distance to the southward, and then departed for Berkeley Sound. 



10. " In 1*792, the Spanish corvette Aransasu, Lieutenant Jacinto 

 Caamano, sailed from San Bias, and explored the main coast between 50° 

 and 53° North Latitude, but it does not appear that he touched at the 

 Islands, as he was seeking a North East passage." 



11. " In 1*794, Yancouver, returning to Nootka, coasted along- the West 

 shore of Queen Charlotte Islands, which he had previously survej-ed 

 superficially in September, 1*793, but the voyage of 1*794 added nothing 

 to information previously obtained." 



" I can assure you of the correctness of the preceding- notes, as I have 

 verified them carefull}' . So 3'ou can set it down as certain that Perez 

 was the discoverer, and Ingraham probably the first to land. Later 

 voyages are few and mostly very modern ; these you are doubtless 

 familiar with." 



* "History of Oregon and California and other Territories on tlie North-West Co?st of North 

 America." By Robert Greeuhow. 2nd edition. Boston : 1845. 



