The west shore., February 22, 1890, Page 237, Image 13

WKST SHOUK.
I wl and only a few Indian lie ern.ittcd on the vc
n at one time. Hut Thorn waa headitrong and vehe
mently icuuted the idea of any danger from a lot of
tavagci that an officer of the American navy ihoifld
fear. The next day the Indian legan coming aWrd
an uiual, apparently eager to trade. Canoe after ca
noe arrived until the veiw 1 wa covered with lavage.
Suddenly a lignal waa given and the Indiana fell npon
the crew with ihort club they had carried concealed
under their ikin mantle and with knivca they had
just knight from their victim. The struggle wa
ihort, but bloody, Captain Thorn waa a brave and
jowerful man. Drawing a clacp knife fnm hi pocket
he it re wed the deck with dad and wounded men he
fure he waa finally felh-d by a blow on the head and
dicpaUhed with knivca and clul and thrown over
doard. McKay wa knocked down ami thrown into
the K-a In-fore he had a chance to do anything, and
the women in the canoe killed him. Mr. lcwi, the
ihip'a cl rk, wa itablcd in the back and fell wounded
down the companion way. It wa not long before
every man on deck wa dioicd of. Seven of the
crew were in the rigging when the attaek began, four
of whom luccmled in defending into the cabin, the
other Iring killed in the attempt. They procured
arm ami ammunition ami drove the lavage from the
vciwl, and finally dim-barged the deck gun into the
retreating canoe, doing great execution. That night,
having Mr. Icwii, who refined to go with them, the
lurvivor took a boat and endeavored to tucaj. Mr.
I -win, abandoning all ho, determined to blow up
the vcmcI and with it himulf and aa many of the
mage a nible. The next day the ihip lay quiet
ly at anchor and the Indiana came out In canoe to re
connoitre. Iswi came on deck and with friendly
ligna invited them on lard. At lat a few of the
lM one ventured over the rail, followed by other
until the deck and ide iwarmed with them. Sud
denly the vti- blew up and became a total wreck.
More than a hundred wire kilM and a many more
were maimed f.r life. The four men who attempted
to mcajnj were captured and tortured to death In the
mot horrible manner. New of thi dreadful mai
arre wa brought to A tori a a few month later by the
Indian Interpreter, the only wvlvor, who had ken
held a a priwmer.
While thi lad trageijy mm Iring mart!, affair
progree.I rapidly at Aitoria. The fort waa completed
and everything wa plao-d in rraline fur an t u ning
of tlx eie(ed Urge trade with the native of the
Columbia. On the fSrt pag I pun a view of thi
"t ai it apjared while In the jei.,n of tb
American!. On the fifteenth of July a t ut, manned
by nine white men, wa ofervd d ending the river,
an! when tky Ian 1I at the fort tky were fund to
be a party of employee of the j-owerful Northwest
Company, headed by Pavld Thomon, a partner in
that great organliattan. lie had Wen diipatckd front
Montreal the year kfore, for the purje of taking
oewdo of the mouth of the Columbia kfre the
Actor party ihould arrive. He had nr.em-rd much
hardihlp, diiapolntmcnt ami delay ; had l-ern de
wrtcd by nearly all hi party, ami now, with but a f w
faithful one, he arrived too late to accomplish hi
minion. The American were in jrnin. The
Northweit Company hell a warm plareln MclMgal'
heart, and a that gentleman wa in charge at Adorla,
ThompMin received a cordial welcome, and waakuntl
fully mpplied with provioion and necearir fr hi
return journey, notwithstanding the fait he wm but a
ipy Un hi font. When he t out uj-oii hi Mum,
eight day later, he wa rntrtuted with a Utter to Mr.
Aitor, giving the preiident of the company Information
of the iafe arrival of the TkihU, the founding of Ai
toria, and the alcmv of the vce un a trading
voyage to the north, for the dcitructlon of the ihlp and
tragic death of the crew were a yet unknown at the
fort. With Thompion went Pavld Stuart, at the id
of a party of nine men, with Instruction to rlahll)i
.a ot on the l'p r Columbia Thi h" arcomplUhrd
by founding Fort Okanogan, near the mouth of the
Okanogan river. In the fall r'tuart int half hi men
back to Aitoria, not hating lulhcient provUton to
iukUt them all through the winter. Th .nner
who, frame had ken brought out In the TWj ', waa
contru tiil during the tumtnrr, and wa laumhd on
the tn'olid of (Mokr, fecrlving the name of Wy
She wa the third craft comtrmtcd on the up-r c.a.t,
and thefirt built along the Columbia rlrer. While
tlee tep were king takrn by the party whlh
reached Aitoria by k a, the other one whl h attempted
the overland journey wa lum-ring terrible hardship
The land j-arty wai un l r the rommand of WiU.ii
I'riee Hunt, and waa eoo,j-d of MrKmU an I lhr
new partner, Harney Crook, Jrpb MdUr and lb;l
rrt MfUllan; John Pay, a noted Kentucky
hunter ; IVrre IMo, a Krern h half breed inUrprrtrf,
andrru-h trapr, voyagnira, rtr , to make a Mai
of ilxty jie. Tky reached r'ort Henry, on Snake
river, October , hi I. Small Ma hmrnU were, from
time tii time, imt out In the l ky ioounUii to trap,
who were to U For I M-nry la a ha" of i lUa and
a dej,i for fur.
Tle remainder of tU rty continued lh j urney
l-wri Snake ri.er and nxl wilh a con tin ivr
in of dia!er uom t Uppln wa dfwwned in
aifig a rapid, afI ' after UuAui red wed
to a pitiable ovl.ttt. They rre f.r.ally ffee, to
rrate UiU imall detahn.enta, on purty g 'in uiwbr
Vt, aether ud'f MfKnuU, and a thi e I utli