COLUMBIA RIVER. 



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They were not dissatisfied with the territory, but they would not 

 settle themselves down in it, because there were no young women 

 to marry, except squaws or half-breeds. They informed me that they 

 were then engaged in building a vessel on the Oak Islands in the 

 Willamette; where I promised to visit them on my way up that 

 river. 



I found them in difficulty with Dr. M'Laughlin, who had refused 

 to furnish them with any more supplies, in consequence, as he stated, 

 of their having obtained those already given them under false 

 pretences. 



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