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in their canoes, held up bits of copper and iron, and with 

 friendly signs sought to trade for more of the metals precious 

 to them. Believing that everything was well. Quadra sent 

 seven men ashore to trade with the Indians for wood and 

 water. No sooner had they landed than 300 Indians rushed 

 from ambush, killed the sailors, and tore the boat to pieces 

 for the metal fastenings. Quadra was furious and wished to 

 land 30 men to obtain revenge, but Heceta overruled him and 

 sailed away, naming the island "Isla de Dolores," Isle of 

 Sorrows. Later, in July, 1787, Captain Barclay, an English 

 explorer, had a similar experience with these same Indians, 

 in which he lost six men. He named the river of Hoh "De- 

 struction River" as a result of this encounter, but late 

 geographers have restored the Indian name "Hoh" to the 

 river, but retain the name "Destruction" for the island that 

 Quadra named "Isla de Dolores." 



On August 1. 1790, Alferez Quimper, having been sent to 

 explore the Strait of Juan de Fuca by the Spanish Captain 

 Elisa, discovered Neah Bay and Bahada Point, two miles 

 farther east. The former he named Bahia de Nunez Gaona. 

 At about the same time the Spanish Captain Don Francisco 

 Elisa discovered Port Angeles. He had been tossed about 

 for many weary days by storms and furious waves when sud- 

 denly he came upon a long, snake-like spit extending far out 

 into the strait, curving so as to protect a large bay on its 

 western side. In this bay he took refuge ; and in consequence 

 of the safe and perfect harbor thus formed, he named it Port 

 Angeles— "The Port of the Angels." In May, 1792, Lieut. 

 Salvador Fidalgo established a military post at Neah Bay, 

 with necessary buildings and fortifications, and remained 

 there until September. The bricks of the old fort — bricks 

 imported from Mexico on the "Princessa," can be found in the 

 earth banks there to-day. Here the Spaniards came in contact 

 with the British, under Vancouver. A conference was called, 

 and Quadra failed to agree with the latter. Then the two 

 commissioners agreed to send to their home governments for 

 further instructions, as a result of which the Spaniards were 

 compelled to abandon the country. 



While Vancouver was maneuvering with Quadra for the 

 possession of the North Pacific, our own Captain Gray was 



