CHAPTER I.

First discovery of the river.--Natives friendly.--British ship.--Brig _Jennet_.--Snow _Sea Otter_.--The _Globe_.-- _Alert._--_Guatimozin._--_Atahualpa._--Lewis and Clarke.-- Vancouver.--Hamilton.--Derby.--_Pearl._--_Albatross._--First house built in 1810.--Astor's settlement.--The _Tonquin._-- Astor's Company betrayed to the Northwest Company. Page 13