CHAPTER XIV. 



CONTENTS. 



RETURN FROM THE SURVEYS— NEW LAND EXPEDITION FITTED OUT-LEAVE-TAKING 



— DEPARTURE FROM NISQUALLY — ANXIETY RESPECTING THE PEACOCK — PRAISE- 

 WORTHY SPIRIT OF THE OFFICERS AND CREW— VASHON'S ISLAND-NEW DUNGENESS 



— THE PORPOISE JOINS THE VINCENNES — OPERATIONS OF THE PORPOISE — COM- 

 MENCEMENT BAY — PORT ORCHARD— PORT MADISON-CATHOLIC MISSION-METEOR— 

 PENN'S COVE— GOOD EFFECTS OF THE MISSIONARY EFFORTS — FORTIFICATIONS OF 

 THE INDIANS— MINERAL SPRING— PORT GARDNER-SACHET INDIANS-THEIR DRESS— 

 THEIR DISEASES— DECEPTION PASSAGE-PASSAGE INTO BELLINGHAM BAY — INDIAN 

 TRIBES— FRASER'S RIVER— PLANS OF FURTHER OPERATIONS — BOAT EXPEDITION 

 ACROSS THE STRAITS— NEWS OF THE LOSS OF THE PEACOCK-CHANGE OF PLANS- 

 MESSAGE SENT TO ASTORIA-VINCENNES AND PORPOISE SAIL FROM NEW DUNGE- 

 NESS— PORT SCARBOROUGH— CLASSET INDIANS— THEIR MODE OF TAKING WHALES- 

 DEPARTURE FROM THE STRAITS OF DE FUCA— DE FUCA'S PILLAR-PORPOISE PARTS 

 COMPANY-SOUNDINGS ON THE COAST — CAPE DISAPPOINTMENT — SHIP OROZIMBO— 

 MEETING WITH CAPTAIN HUDSON— SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR THE COLUMBIA RIVER 

 —DETAILS OF THE PEACOCKS DISASTER— WANT OF GOOD PILOTS-PERILOUS POSI- 

 TION OF THE PEACOCKS BOATS— ALL THE OFFICERS AND CREW SAFELY LANDED— 

 THEIR KIND RECEPTION BY THE OFFICERS OF THE HUDSON BAY COMPANY AND 

 THE MISSIONARIES— NEW DISPOSITION OF THE SQ.UADRON— PORPOISE ENTERS THE 

 COLUMBIA RIVER— VINCENNES SAILS FOR SAN FRANCISCO. 



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