2i8 The Home of tJic Wolverene and Beaver. 



So Astoria passed from the Americans to the 

 British, and its name was changed to Fort George. 

 I have, perhaps, entered rather at length into the 

 history of this settlement, but it seemed to me that 

 the record gives a clear insight into the dangers 

 and privations of the fur trade, and is moreover 

 too little known in Great Britain. 



Perhaps the reader has not forgotten the tin box 

 carried b\' Mr. Reed, and with one more anecdote 

 regarding that luckless piece of tin I bid adieu to 

 Astoria. 



A \"eiy determined Scotchman named McKenzie 

 was in charge of a canoe expedition, during the 

 course of which he arrived at the portion of the 

 Columbia on which was situated the village of 

 Wish-ram, where lived the savages who had robbed 

 and wounded Mr. Reed. It was well known to the 

 white men that both the "great medicine" box and 

 rifle belonging to that gentleman were detained in 

 the village as trophies, and, indignant at this, Mr. 

 McKenzie offered to cross the river and demand 

 the restoration of these articles if any one would 

 accompany him. Two volunteers at once presented 

 themselves, and, despite the remonstrances of their 

 companions, who knew what a hornet's nest they 

 were about to enter, the trio shoved off in a canoe, 

 and soon stepped ashore on the opposite bank. 



