The Remarkable History of the Hudson's Bay Company Including that of the French Traders of North-Western Canada and of the North-West, XY, and Astor Fur Companies

CHAPTER XL.

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FROM OREGON TO VANCOUVER ISLAND.

Fort Vancouver on American soil--Chief Factor Douglas chooses a new site--Young McLoughlin killed--Liquor selling prohibited--Dealing with the Songhies--A Jesuit father--Fort Victoria--Finlayson's skill--Chinook jargon--The brothers Ermatinger--A fur-trading Junius--"Fifty-four, forty, or fight"--Oregon Treaty--Hudson's Bay Company indemnified--The waggon road--A colony established--First governor--Gold fever--British Columbia--Fort Simpson--Hudson's Bay Company in the interior--The forts--A group of worthies--Service to Britain--The coast becomes Canadian 408