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?l)lll CONOREHS, 
 
 1st Sc.fsion. 
 
 Doc. No. 43. 
 
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 Ho. OF Rnrs. 
 
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 CHAKLES BLLnNCH, ET AL.— LANDS IN OREGON. 
 
 MEMORIAL 
 
 «r 
 
 CHARLES BULFLVCH, ET AL., 
 
 ?hnt their title to certain tnnilx in the Territory of Oregon may be con- 
 
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 Bi(((T5tC3«, ifte Commuiee on Foreign AHturs, - 
 
 To the honorable the Ktnat*. and House of Representatives of the United 
 StaUs of A meriia, in Congress assembled : 
 
 The inemoriat of CliarVes Bulficich, Sampson V. S. "Wilder, Snmue) B. Bar. 
 rell, Hetjry Hatch, William Vernon, Joseph Kendrick, and Alfred Ken- 
 dnck, 
 
 ResPECTILLY BEPRESUJtTS : 
 
 That, in the year 17ST, a voyage of enterprise and commerce was under- 
 taken by Joseph Barrell, Saninel Brown, Cliarles Biilfinch, John Derby, 
 (Jrowell Hatch, and John M. Pintard, who despatched two vessels from 
 IJostou to the north ^At*t coast of America — the one a ship called the Co- 
 iiinbia, commanded by John Kendrick, and the other a sloop called the 
 Washington, commanded by Robert Gray — being the first voyage under- 
 taken, by citizens of the Lulled States, to that portion of the continent. 
 
 The Coliimb'a-arrntd .-»! Nootka sound, on the northwest coast, the 16th 
 of September, l7»p. 0-: 'h* I'nilrtW'ng day, the sloop Washington arrived 
 it Clyoqnot, a harbos sfiuiberiy of .\ootka sound. Both vessels continued 
 >n the coast until Um 'M Jaly, ITb'.*, when they exchanged masters : Gray, 
 iking command of ib» Coiamhia, sailed for China, having previously re- 
 discovered the strait* o{ Juan fk Fiicn, and sailed sixty niiles into that sea, 
 trading with tli<- native on its islands and slions. Captain Kendrick, in 
 the sloop Washington, rortiiintied on ihe coast ; in the following winter at 
 Mawinna, in ^')olka swiind, h^built a fort which he called Fort Washing- 
 ton, hi the close of th«!' yeir )79<», he penetrated the straits of Juan (le 
 I'uca, and explored !ts wtiole f^xfenf. ['; thesumnierof 1791, he purchased 
 «it' the native c hiefs, for himseli and tiic ownors, several extensive tracts of 
 
 Sliur & Itive.-. jirmUrTk- 
 
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Doc. No. 43. 
 
 ^lalulj^iUialotl ntUhoro^isl liutwcfii tlic -Iklli nVl 'ilsl parallels of north hui. 
 tWc'^^ee^fraiWlsffiiThWirl^jia^fs •\vni?li'fft(()iiii)aiiy lliis inciiioriiil., 
 
 Ho left iIh! roast tin" !^'.)tli .Si'|'lciiiH(>r, 17i)l. for ('liiiia, wliere tlici vt.'s<<,i'i, 
 its papers, and a valuable caru'i' i>l lnr.s wiTc lo.st. (Sijl- Joscpli Dorr's afli. 
 davit.) 
 
 Tlic CohiiulMarctiuiiril to Ijosion in IT'.'U. 'I'lio n'turns of this voyage dis. 
 appointed the I'xpectations ol iis projectors : a consideralile loss was sustain-' 
 ed, so that a purl ol'i'.i' comi'any withdrew from the (nterj)riso. 
 
 On thi'-JTili .Sepli oiImt, IT'.K', this ship set snil on a second voyai^o ; and 
 on the r)lh .Inni'. I7'.)l, she ii^'-ain cnlereil the hay of ( 'lyoipiot. On the li'.lth 
 Aiiirust. rctnnnMir liom a northern cruis(?, he met in ('lyo(|not Captain Ken- 
 dricU, who, accordniij to (iray's jonrnal, wlnli^ coniin-r np the coast, liaiJ 
 honsiht ot tiie natives their landed estates, payiii,2f them iu muskets, iron 
 copper, i'.nd clothinir. 
 
 Jn the month ol'Stjiti mhrr, IT'.U, J'aptain firay relnmed to (."lyoquotfor 
 winter (piartois. whcif', in the villayiMil ( "leckscloeulsee, al)ont twelve niilos 
 from the sea, he hnilt a I'ort, callinfr ii Iv'ort Deliaiice, which lie mounted 
 witli lour cannon and supplied with other munitions oC war. placing it under 
 the command of a l\Ir. Ilaswcll. He likewise at this place hnilt a vessel of 
 tbrly tons, called the Adventurer, the keel ol which was laid on the od ot 
 ( )ctober. 
 
 In March, 171*-?, he Ict'l to explore the coast southward, and, on the 1 1th 
 May in the same year, he; entered the mouth of a larjre river; on the Uth, 
 sailed up the same li>nrteen miles, and anchored in a bay on the northerly 
 side of the river, whicli he called Cray's hay : the river was called the Co- 
 lumbia, after the name of his ship, and the two capes at its entrance he 
 named Hancock and Adams, (.'aptaiu Cln.y, witli the oflicuis and mariners 
 '' his vessel, landed on the banks of this river, raised the American flag, 
 
 :d took possession of llie coiiiiliy in tlie iinmc of tlic L'liilcd States. He 
 continued iu the river until the iilst, examining the country and trading 
 witli the natives. 
 
 p''roin theunlorcsccn delays and dilliculties attending so new and remote 
 jui enterprise, these voyages jjrovcd unprofitable to the projectors ; though 
 they subscqucLtly witnessed the enterprise of others, guided by their exam- 
 ple, and nvidling itself of their experience, crowned with complete success. 
 
 The memorialists, in behalf of themselves and others, heirs of the original 
 owners and heirs of John Kendrick, would now solicit the attention of Con- 1 
 gress to 'heir claims ;is discoverers of the great river Oregon, and purchasers 
 of extensive tracts of land on the northwest coast ; and pray that Congre.ss i 
 would confirm the Indian deeds of these purchasers, or otherwise consider 
 them, as the importance of the discoveries and other beneficial aid to the 
 country may dcstrve. 
 
 ^ • CHARI.KS m LFINCH, 
 
 HENRY HATCH, 
 ALFRED KENDRfCK, 
 WILMAM VERNON. 
 
 ,# 
 
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Doc. No. 43. 
 
 of iiorlli liiti.| 
 nicmoriiil.) 
 ■e tli(! vcaui 
 » Dorr's nfli. 
 
 ^ voyage ills. | 
 was sii.v(aiii. 
 
 ■nvn<:o : audi 
 (.)ii tho L'<)ih 
 'nplniii l\oii- 
 c coast, had I 
 iii.slc(;ts, iron 
 
 (Jlyoriiiol tor 
 twelve miles 
 lie mounted 
 ■ing it under I 
 It a ves!<(;l of 
 on the UcJ ot 
 
 on the 11th 
 on the I4th, 
 lie northerly 
 illed the Co- 
 entrance lie 
 iiiU mariners 
 iiericnn llag, 
 i3iBtcs. He 
 and tradinrr 
 
 and remote 
 irs ; though 
 
 tiieir cxam- 
 lete success. 
 
 the original 
 tion of Con- 
 \ purchasers 
 lat Congress 
 'ise consider 
 il aid to the 
 
 .FINCH, 
 
 DRICK, 
 {NON. 
 
 llisUirical remarks on ihc iHsmveri/ of the (h'cgon river, and the pur- 
 chase of linul on the northwest coast. 
 
 I 
 
 Al'Slracls from tlie Journals of Captain Itoherl dray and Cajitain Jo- 
 srjtii In'^ruiiain. — A voyage of ciiteriirise and coinmcrcc was undertaken 
 111 !7ST Ky certain citizens of nosloii, who despatched two vessels to the 
 iMirlhwcsl coast of America ; tlu; one a ship, called llie ('oliimbia, coni- 
 niaiidcd hy .loliii K'ciidrick, and the other a sloop called the Washington, 
 coniiiiaiid^d liy Jiohert (jray. The ('olmnbia arrived at Nootka souud, on 
 llie uorlhwest coast, the KitJi of September. 1788. 
 
 < til tho fdllowiiig day the sloop Washington arrived at Clyo(|iiot, a liarboi 
 siiiulierly of ^lltolka sound. I'oth vessels conlinned on the coast unli! the 
 :?(! .hily, 17S9, when they exchiuiged masters; (iiay taking command of 
 the Columbia, sailed for Cliiua, having nreviously rediscovered the straits 
 of .hian defnca, and sailed sixty mile* into thai sea, trading with the 
 natives on ils islands and shores. Captain Kendrick, in the sloop Wash- 
 ington, coutnuied on the coast. # 
 
 In the following winter, at Mawinna, in Nootka sound, he built a fort, 
 •.vhich he called l-'ort Washington. In the close of the year 17'.HI, he 
 penetrated the straits of .Tiuui de-l'iica, and explored its whole extent. 
 
 In llie summer of 1791 he purchased ol the native chiefs, tor himself 
 and th(' owners of the vessel, seviral extensive tracts of land situated on 
 the coast between the 17111 and 51st parallels of north latitude. 
 
 We left the coast on the 29th September, 1791, for (Jhiim, where, in 1793, 
 the ves.sel, its papers, and a valuable cargo of furs, were lost. 
 
 The Columbia returned to Hostou in 1790. The returns of this voyage 
 disappointed the expectations of its projectors. A considerable loss was 
 sustained ; so that a part of the company withdrew from the enterprise. 
 
 On the 27th September, 1790, this ship set sail on a second voyage ; and 
 on the 5tli of .Uine, 1791, she again entered the bay of Clyoijuot. On the 
 29lh August, returning from a northerly cruise, (iray met at that place 
 < 'aptain Kendrick, who, while coining up the coast, had bought of the na- 
 tives their landed estates, paying them in muskets, iron, cofiper, and cloth- 
 ing, etc. 
 
 in ihc mouth of September, 1791, Captain Cray returned to Clyoqnot 
 lor winter (piarlers, where, in the village of (Jlecksclocutsee, about twelve 
 miles from tile sea, and six miles southerly of the village Opetsitar, the resi- 
 d<;nt place of the sovereign chief, Wickaniiiish, he built a Ibrt calling it Fort 
 nehatice, which Ii<^ nioimted with lour pieces of camion, and siiiiidied with 
 oihiir munitions of war, placing it under the command of a Mr. Haswell. 
 He likewise at this place built a vessel of forty tons calbid the Adventurer; 
 the keel of which was laid on the ;?d of Octolx-r. In March, 1792, he left 
 this to explore the coast southward. 
 
 Proceeding along near the shore he re-entered, on the 7tli May, in lati- 
 tude 40 degrees 50 minutes north, a spacious bay discovered by liiin in his 
 former voyage, which he now cn\h IJulfinch harbor. 
 
 On the 1 ilh of the same monlh he entered the mouth of a large river; 
 oil the 1 Ith sailed up \.\\i\ same fourteen miles, and anchored in a bay on 
 the north(^rly side of the river, which lie called (irav's bay. The river 
 was called (Jolumbia, after the name of his ship, and the tvvo capes at its 
 entrance be named Hancock and Adams. Captain (iray, with the officers 
 iuid mariners of his vessel, landed on the banks of the river, raised the 
 
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Doc. No. 43. 
 
 American ilnp. ixnd took possession of tlio coiuilry in ilii; n;unc of tlic I niteJ 
 States. M' continiuil in tlie river iiiiiil ilic ;JI,st, cxainiuing tliu country 
 and trading with tlir natives. 
 
 Abstracts from (tnthoritivs vientioniil in t/iis (litriimenl.— Cn\)\n\i\ Ken. 
 (irick was killrd on tlu; .Saiuiwieli is-lands in 1 7'.I!J, l)y llic accidental dis- 
 charge of a cannon, lie Iiad passed two winters on tlie.se islands. (|narleriti^r 
 mostOi the lime at llie residence of the distin!,niished Captain Ithn \'onn;4, 
 hy whom Ihe di cds wen; often seen. 
 
 After KeiKh'ick's death all Ins papers, inchidiinr tlie deeds, tosrclher with 
 tlic vessel, wen; taken hy .1. Howell, the rlfirk. (o ("iiiiia. 
 
 Howell wrote hoin Canton, ISlay 11, 17'.*."). informing .1. Uurroll, I'^si) , of 
 JJoston, e(incerniii<; the deeds, iniendiiiir no donlit to retain lliein till he 
 could draw fnnn the owners the sum of lifty-tinn dollars, henitr, as lie said, 
 the amount of e.vpenses incurred therelbr. 
 
 The particulars of tlie pnrchfti.se were eoninninii'ated to certain land 
 nirenis in liondon, who in 17'.)(), at ilie very door oi I'arlianicnt, and throiiirh- 
 oi't that kiiiirdoni, advertised these Annuls for sale. The advertisements 
 were printed in four diiii'ient lan;iiia!ir<'s, setting forth the whole extent of 
 territory pnrchasi.d on the northwest coast as eoiiiprehendintr li)nr defrrces 
 of lalilnde, or two hiindred and lorly miles sipiare. On these advertise- 
 ments wei(! inipiTssinns ol hmh suks of the mei/lals prepared tor the In- 
 dians, and carried out in the e.xpedition. 
 
 Mr. Wardstroni, who wrote and piihlislied in London, .about tli(! time 
 of the ahovc notice, an excellent hook on '• True C'oloiii/.ation,' sp(;aks with 
 full conlii!"iir'' in this cxtt'nsi\e jnin/i(t.\e of Imnfs on Ihe nnrllnvcst. roast 
 1)1/ Ainirirmiy. lie likewise !,;ives in his work impressions of the medals. 
 
 IJuth Meares and \ aiieonver ht ini: at .\hicao wilii Kendriek at the saim 
 time, and in daily iiitricoiirye with him, mtist have heeii made ac(|nainted 
 "i all tlie circntnstaiiees of thi.'so iiicliaii coiiveyances. Yi^t neither ol' 
 ■ i.o.n cared to (picstioii the validity of the titles ; or to dispiile the ri<fht 
 of American eilizriis to l)ny lands, with the consent of fc<paiii, of thi^ Indians 
 (>n the northwesi coast, or to sell the same in tlu' I'ritish markets.* 
 
 It was prohaMy ((.'ared that a puhlie di.sciission mitrlit remind the Gov- 
 ernment of the I'liited Stales of her paramount ri^dii to extcMid jinisdiction 
 over the vi ly northern territory which l"in<rlaiid had just attempted 'o force 
 "Ironi Spain. 
 
 It is stated in the testimonies ol Ciray and In^rrahani to the Spanish and 
 Tjiiglish commissioners, while on liie northwest coast, that the Indian chief, 
 Maiininnah, in a deed executed to the king of Spain, expressly declared 
 he had .sold no lands to any person, excepting to Kendriek. This deed 
 and delaration made to Senor C-iuadra, an ollicf;r in the .service of Ins 
 Catholic Majesty, hilly allowed the purchases made hy the Ameiicuns in a 
 territory first discovered, and rightfully claimed hy Spain. 
 
 Maiininnah's deed to the king of Spain was witnes.sed hy Mr. Crowell 
 ""'' Captain Magee, of the shi|) Margaret. 
 
 Jray and Ingraham in their stuten)€nt to Quadra and Vniicouvert Inlify 
 
 t only of liie deed, but of the conversation had with Maijuinnah and 
 otlicr chiels. 
 
 • Vancouver, in his 2d vol., p. 345, .speaks of Keinlriclt's ptiixli.ise of lanil on tlie rioilliwesi 
 coast. 
 tSee Ingr.iliam's Journal in the Stale Deparlmenl 
 
Doc. No. 43. 
 
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 )f llie I iiiteJ 
 llic coumry 
 
 aptain Ken- 
 cidt'iilal Uis- 
 S i|iiaitrriii<r 
 Itliii Vdiiii),', 
 
 )<relli(jr with 
 
 r(!ll, l']s() , of 
 luMii till lie 
 I, as lio said, 
 
 'oitaiu land 
 lid lliroii<jli- 
 I'orlisuineiits 
 ilo extent of 
 l()iir degrees 
 se adveitise- 
 ibr the lii- 
 
 Ut tile lime 
 spealcs Willi 
 tliircyl. fonut 
 the medals, 
 at the saiiu^ 
 ! acijiiaiiitcd 
 •I iii'itlior of 
 to the iifrlit 
 till! Indians 
 
 >|R.* 
 
 id the Gov- 
 Jiiiisdiction 
 |)ted 'o loico 
 
 ■ipanish aii(J 
 ndian chief, 
 sly declared 
 This deed 
 rvice of his 
 leiicans in a 
 
 Mr. Crowell 
 
 iivert tpitify 
 uinnah uiid 
 
 the iioilhwe.si 
 
 AffulnvHs. 
 
 1, Fiheiiezer Dorr, of Itoxhiuy, in the ( 'oinmonwealtli of Mas.-acliiis(\it>, 
 na[ed seventy SIX years, on oalli depose and say, that on the ITlli Sfipiemher, 
 m the year IT'.MI, I left Mostoii as Mipercar<ro in the hrijr Hope, cominaiided 
 by (aptaiii Joseph inu'^rahain, .lohii ''mil heiii;,' lh(M;liief oliicer, and entered 
 <'lyo(inol harbor on the norihwest coast on the 'Z'od July, 17!'!, asa|)pears 
 by my jirivate Journal. In ti;e beifiiinini: of Sepleinher in tlu; yoar 17'.(1, 
 W(! left the coast for (Jhiiia, and arrived at Macao early in the year 1792. 
 The briir l.ady VVashington, coinmaiided by Ciptain John Keiidrick, was 
 l.iyin},^ in l.aik's May. near !\1acao. 
 
 i liad a personal and intimate aciinaintance with Cajitain IvendricK'. and 
 while 111 Ijarli's Hay was fre(|uently on board his vessel. In .some oi my 
 visits, 1 recollect to liavo seen and ins|)ecled and read .several deeds execu- 
 ted by Indians on the northwest coast lo ('aj)tain John lleiidnck. I be- 
 lieve that tlie names of Maipiiniinh and Wickaninish weifi aliixed to sonitj 
 ot the deeds, and there were otiier names and there were crosses. I recol- 
 lect that nuisKels and elothiiiir and copper and knives and chi.sels, and many 
 other articles, were named in the deeds as havin<r been paid as the consider- 
 ation of said deeds. 1 heard Keiidrick reiiiiirk that he had on board one 
 thousand j)rimc otter skins; he told me he had other furs of dillereiit iinal- 
 iiies, and also that he had some beaver. I had considerable conversation 
 villi him h'om lime tu lime, relative to tiie disposition of this jiroperty liir 
 the beneht of the owners, but I declined having any tliin^f to di> with it. In 
 my .second voyaixe, which was in the years 17'.ir)aiid 17'.M'), I was at Macao, 
 and It was the curiciit report at that time, that an l•;ll','■ii.^hlllall by the lumie 
 of Howell, after the accideiilal d 'atli of ( 'aptaiii Joliii Keiidrick at the Sand- 
 wich Islands, took po.sses.sion of the l.ady \\ aslniii^rion, her jiapcrs and car- 
 -■^o, and proceeded wiili them to .Macno. The vessel was afterward Ol'l^l. 
 away in the .Straits of Malacca, while under command of t^aid Howell, it is 
 not known what disposition was made of the car<fo. 
 
 1 recollect (.'aptain Kendrick"s s|)eakinij tome, of a certain deed of a tract 
 of land, being in a square, taken o( the Indians by Keiidrick for the owners 
 of the vessels Columbia and W'asliiiiirton, and I recollect Ins lelliiiir me what 
 a line tract it way, that a pile of stones was raised up, and trees marked near 
 the head of iiaviiralion of a river, aiidthat one side of said sniiaie extended 
 eiSflit days' journey from that point down the rivor, and that liie square was 
 bomided eifflit days" journey on each side, one side of wliicli was a river. 
 I cannot positively say. but believe I have seen this deed. It w generally 
 understood, when 1 was at Macao tiie .second voyage, that this and the other 
 deeds were in the possession of Howell. 
 
 EBEiNEZl'-R nOUR. 
 
 ss. 
 
 C0MMONWKAI.TH OK MAS.S.VCHbSKTT.S, ^ 
 
 Norfolk coittiti/, \ 
 
 Then personally appeared lihenezer Dorr, abovementioned, and made 
 oath to the truth of tlie foregoing statement, by him signed, according to the 
 best of his knowledge and bcliel^ before me. 
 
 JOHN J. CLARK, 
 Justice of tlie F'eace. 
 KoxiiuRY, November 16, 1839. 
 
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 Doc. No. 43. 
 
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 i, Joliii ('rnfi, of nosloii, in the (Jomnioiiwcalili of Mnssacliiisntts, npo.d 
 scvfiity-oiic yi!»rs, on oath dciiDNO atul say, lliat in Sriitcnilicr of IIk; year 
 IT'.tO, I sailed as cliicf ofliciT u\ llio liriir llopc, < unmiandcd liy ("aptiiiii .!(«. 
 so[ili lni.'rahain, on a Iradinif voya'/i- to iIm' norlliwcsl coast. wIrto .she iirri- 
 vi'd ni tlif: latter jiarl of Jinie, IT'.U. \\i' left the norlliucst enast in 
 Ortolicr or \oveinl)iT follow niir. (iir l!i" .Saiidwicli islands. 'I'licnee we 
 NuiU'd (or Macno, where we arrived soinetinio in January, 17'.('-J, to tlio liest 
 of my reoolleclion, and found Canlaiii .lulin Kdidriciv in the iiri<4 l.ady 
 WashiiiLTton, layiiiir in l,nrk"s I'.iiy, alMitit live lea^nies I'roni Marao. Alter 
 l)eiiii: alioiii a nioiilli and a hall in the h.iy, I went ahoard Keinlnek's ves- 
 sel, ilie l.ady W'a.'^hiiiirtoii, as eliirl oiUccr, where I conliniicfl alxnit snvrn 
 jnonllis. While on hoard the Lady AVashinifioii, 1 .'aw a niiniher of deeds, 
 e.xi'ciited liy Indians on the norilnvest roast, to (,'aplaiii .lohii Kendrick. 
 1 reuienilii^r the names of MM(|uiiiiiali and W lekaninish to some of tlie dee<ls, 
 and there weie sevend other nann's ; smd I ii'ciilhcl crosses or marks oppo. 
 site to the names. I recollect the names anil was personally actpiaiotcd 
 with several of the witnesses of tiie deeds, to wit : -John W illiams, chief 
 ollicer of the Lady Washinirlon ; John f'edman the seeoiid odicer :^)ohii 
 JSloddart, ('a|ilam's clerk : William IJosvell, the third ollicer ; 'I'homas l-'os- 
 ter, carpenter: John Karher, llu? hlacksmith : Jami's Crawford, minner; 
 "William Uowles, .sailmaker ; (said Howies afterward married my sister;) 
 Koh(!rt (Jrcen, cooper ; and Joliii Porter, carpenter's mate. I had tlic deeds 
 ill my own hand several times, 1 read the deeds, anil recollect tlie consid- 
 eration iiamed in the deeds consisted of muskets, cloth, and ariieles of trade. 
 
 J(»II.\ CJUII'T. 
 
 Witness ; 
 
 M. CUIKT. 
 
 .«. 
 
 < 'l'!." ONWEAI.Tll OF M A.x.S ACH CSKTT.s, 
 
 iS'iiJfol/c county, 
 
 Tlien personally appeared iJie ahovenarned John (Jrnft, and made oath 
 that tlie foregoinif statement by him signed is true, heforc me. 
 
 NOVE.MBKR 18. 1839. 
 
 Ci. S. HllLFlNCH, 
 Justice of the Peace. 
 
 iiosroN, (ktohnr 30, 1838. 
 
 Samuel Yendell, of the city of Hoston, in liie ComiTionwcalth of Mas- 
 sachusetts, as^ed sixty-niim years, does on oat'i, tes'ify and declare, that, ia 
 the years of our Lord, one thousand seven himdred and ninety one, and 
 one thon.saiid seven iumdred and ninety-two, I k-ji\h on hoard the ship('o- 
 liimhia, Captain Robert Ciray, in a voyj.^'o to tlie northwest coast. While 
 at Clyoipiot, on that coa'^^t. ill the village Wickaninisli, I heard it often said, 
 that the Indian chief Wickauiiiish had sold to C.iptain John Kendrick his 
 territory. 
 
 It was a current report that said Kendrick had paid said Wickaninisli, 
 in sr'iHs, elothiiiir, copper, (these are all the things I recollect,) for tlie land.=; 
 purcliased as aforesaid. 
 
 Also, F testify that, in May, 1792, 1 was wiili Captain Ilohcrt flray, 
 in the ship Columbia, at which time said ship ciiten d tin; Colutiihia river. 
 
 SAMUEL YENDELL. 
 
 Witness to signature : 
 
 CiiARLiis A, Yendell. 
 
 ■ iiw «ni ». y i n m i ^ ^ .H i 
 
isntts, npn(i 
 >l' tlu! year 
 'iiptiiiii .!(«■ 
 IT ^lir arri- 
 4 coast in 
 'lioiici! we 
 
 to llin l}('St 
 
 lirii( I/idy 
 'Hd. Alter 
 Irick's vfK- 
 lidiit spvcii 
 r of deeds, 
 
 Keudrick. 
 (' tlif! deeds, 
 larks oppo. 
 ar(|iininlcd 
 liims. cliiel 
 icer :^Ioliii 
 lomas l-'os- 
 I, jfiinnor; 
 my sisior ;) 
 (1 the deeds 
 iIk! coiisid- 
 es of trade. 
 JKIM'T. 
 
 nindc oath 
 
 n<:;m, 
 
 c Peace. 
 
 !(), 1838. 
 
 1 ol Mas- 
 re, that, in 
 
 y one, and 
 i;.' sliip Co- 
 st. Wlnlu 
 
 often said, 
 
 ndrick his 
 
 cl«aninish, 
 r the lands 
 
 icrt flray, 
 ibia river. 
 
 Doc. No. 43. 7 
 
 r0MM0N\Vi;AI Til Ol' MA.-iSA<.III SKTT.S, f 
 
 ISiiffulIc ainiily, \ '^' ■ 
 
 •Sworn to, hy tlie snid .Sniiiliel Veiideil, before me. 
 
 «. \\. .Si;\\ ALL, Jumicn of III': Peaca. 
 NovtcMiiKii I, 18HK 
 
 Morton, n,:l,)h,r 'M, 183H. 
 
 .lames Treinere, of the eily of I'osIom. m the ( 'omnionweahli of Massn- 
 chnsells, a^M'd sev(Milys<'veii year*-, does on o;ilh. lestify and declare, tliat m 
 (he year of our l.oni one tlioiisand t-eveii hunched and I'lu^lity-nine, 1 was 
 (HI hiiard the ship Jcllersuii. (.'ajiiaui lit. h' its, wiui h .'ailed fniiii I'oston, m 
 Novemher of that year, on a voyaic t'» the' iioithw e.'-t enasi df .\iiierica, and 
 that while in Nootka soiinJ, I saw there the sloop Washiiiirton, eonimand- 
 i\ hv lohii l\< ndrick, and that I went on hoard the said Washiii:,r|<in, and 
 recollect that, wlnlt^ I was on hoard, I saw on the deek ol sanl sloop, the In- 
 ■liifti ciiiel Mai|Uiiinah, and other duels, iiiakiii^r sale <if hnuN to the said 
 ('aplain John KiMidriek. I likewi.se saw .Maipiinnah ^o ii|i lo tlie inastliead, 
 ;\ud point to distant parts of the territory, n|)parently with the intention of 
 <;ivinfi pos.s(!s.sion, and he did tjive possession, The atbresaid sale; ol territo- 
 ry was made in the year 17U1, as near as I can recollect. The .Span- 
 
 iards had left Nootka sound, ahoiit two months hefore this 
 
 ..lie 
 
 the lort 
 
 wlueii the Spaiiiard.s had huilt, iiad liie ap|)earaiice ol' haviiii,' inouiitcd. 
 twenty guns, which a 71-gnn ship Lehjn^in^ to the .'Spaniards carried away. 
 
 .IAMi;s TKL.MKKI':, \m \ mark. 
 
 Wilnoss : 
 
 |{. U. TiiEMEtti: 
 
 (JOM.MONWKAI.TII oF M A.SS.\( IHSKT'l'S, ) 
 
 f^ -~^ 
 
 iSii(f'oUc county, 
 
 ss. 
 
 Sworn to, by tiie said James Trenierc. before me. 
 
 8, !•:. isEWALL, Jmtke of the Peace. 
 November 1. 183S. 
 
 Certificate of John Yuun^. E<>q. 
 
 TO WHOM IT MAY < ONCEBN. 
 
 r, the subscriber, in the year 1789, commenced a residence on tho 
 Sandwich island. Afterward, in Keaiakekn, on the island of Hawaii, I 
 became accjuainted with Captain .!nhn iC, ndrick, who commanded the 
 schooner VVashington, from IJoston, Massachusetts, he having passed sever- 
 al winters at the above island. I heard Captain Kimdrick oi'ten speak of 
 the purchases of lands which, he said, lie had made from Indian ciiiefs on 
 the northwest coast. 1 I'rcquently saw deeds in his possession, signed by 
 chiefs who, at that time, lived at and south of ISoolka sound, and witnessed 
 by men, belonging lo his vessel, of whom 1 bad some knowledge. Among 
 the chiefs who.^e marks were made to t.ic deeds, 1 disliiictly recollect the 
 names of Ma'j,uinnah and Wickaniuish, 
 
8 
 
 Doc. No. 43. 
 
 I lind nuicli mtiinatr nrqiiainlniiro willi Cnptain Kfiidri'-k, nnel believed 
 lutnlo he a man of strict vcracHs'. I liad no reason to doulit Ins liavinijnmdo 
 the almvc pnrchasos, and his haviiiff p.iid, as ho rcprt'senlcd, ii ronsidcra- 
 lioii at that linic, salisfuctdry to the chiefs who had ^jivni the deeds, 
 
 JOHN VUUN(i. 
 
 ToWMiiAi, Hawaii, June 20, 18Ur>, 
 
 .Signed in Ihe presence of — 
 
 IIkniiv a. 1*1 Kite r;, Uoston, MassarhiiseUs, ^ ,^, 
 
 11 M.I, J. Kkm-kv. 
 
 'Bfl 
 
 r •%. 
 
 Thr fnltotriiii^ are crliads fruni biters of J. Hmrcll, clerk, to Caplaih 
 Kindrivk, addreamjd, uft<r Kcndi icii'.-t diotli, to Josc/ih liurrcU, Ksq. 
 
 Canton, Mat/ 11, 17*.>5. — The doeds ol th<; lands pnrcliased on thn 
 northwest coast, are in my possession. I shall leave tlioin here, to he for- 
 warded hy the first vessel of tlie season for Hoston. Slionid yon have iiti 
 opportunity of acknowlcdumr; the receipt of tins letter, or wish to give iiie 
 any directions concernni}: llie snhjcet, yoii had \\o.l'-,r direct to me, to the 
 care of James M. Hosma, lixj., of the Dutch <Jom|mny, Canton or Macao. 
 
 Macao, Deevmbcr 2'.{, 17%. — Your deeds are reijistered here hy n notary 
 ptlblic. Triplicates nr« made. The ori<;inals are now transmitted, nnd 
 the nuihenticated copies shall follow hy suhseijiient conveyances. 1 shall 
 then draw on yon for tifiy-four dollars, being tlie amount of expenses in- 
 curred tlierefor. 
 
 Ihcemher 6, 1797, (on the same sheet.)— Mr. Davis, the bearer of this 
 lettrr, will inform you, tliat by llie miscarriage of a letter, the pnpers men- 
 *' 7 on the other side, were not brought here, und, tlierefore, cunnot be 
 i. ... led until the next opportunity. 
 
 Manilla, May 2S, 1798.— I have not been in Canton since I wrote you 
 last Jtinuary was a twelve nionlh ; but as I am in daily expectation of my 
 papers, and among them the deeds of the lands on the northwest coast, 
 you siiall certainly iiave them transmitted. 
 
 I'ORT l.NOF.I'ENnENCR, 
 
 Island of Kiii^'-Kong, March 1, 1793. 
 Sir : I liavc the honor of enclosing to you the copies of several deeds, by 
 •which tracts of land, therein dcscrib«!d, situated on islands on the north- 
 west coast of America, have been conveyed to me and my heirs for ever, 
 by the resident chiefs of those districts, who, 1 piesume, were the only just 
 proprietors thereof'. I Know not what measures are necessary to bo taken 
 to secure the priijwiy of these purchases to me, and the ffovf^nrmenl l/iere- 
 of to the United folates ; but it cannot be amiss to transmit them to yon,, 
 to remain in the office of the Department of State. My claim tu tiiese ter- 
 ritories has been allowed by the Spanish crown, for the purchases 1 made 
 at Nootka were expressly excepted in a deed of conveyance of the lands ad- 
 jacent to and surrounding Nootka sound, executed in September last to El 
 Senor Don Juan Francisco de la l{»)dega y Quadra, on behalf of his Catholic 
 Majesty, by Mmpiiiinuli, and the other chiefs of his tribe, to whom fhoso 
 lands belonged. 
 

 Doc. No. 43. 9 
 
 VVIu'ii 1 iniitio llieso piirchnscs, 1 did it imdrr nii irnprfsMon that it would 
 recoivi! tim sanction ol the I iiitcd .Slatts, and that, .should uii art n( tlu; 1,«). 
 jjislatiin? III! iiorcssary to sfcnri! tlioni to inr, I slionld lind no diliiciiliy in 
 olitaiiiinj: It. Tin! Iiiturti (•(Unini'ifial advaiila^^'cs which may arM- Iroiii 
 tin* Inr trade, hrsidrs many oIIht hranchcfs, wliicli an; daily o|i(!iiiMt,' lo iIkj 
 views ol tlios(' who visit III'.' iioilliwi'st American roast, may jM'iliaps ron- 
 dur (I si'ltlomi'iil lIuTi! worthy tin; alteiition of soin<! associated roinpmiy im- 
 der the |)roI('ctioii of ( Jovcriiini'iit. .Should this he the rase, the possession 
 of lands pii'vionsly and so fairly aeipiired, would iiiiich assist tli iiirryiiii,' 
 ihi; plan iiiti> elfect. Many trood purposes may he elleclcd hyihe Union 
 li..vini^ possessions on the coast, winch I shall not pH'Mitne, sir, to point out 
 to yon ; luid the heiK^lits which have accrued to iii(hvidiials hy similar pur- 
 chases to those | have iiiudc, in onr own .States, an; too well known, to 
 need a remark. 
 
 I liuvo the lionor lo ije, &,c., 
 
 lion. Thomas .Ii;ki kkson, 
 
 liivcretary of Stdte. 
 
 JOHN KHMMUCK. 
 
 TllK DI^SCKII'TIVK I'AK'l.S OK TIIK OKEDJ. 
 
 Deed to John Kcmlrlck, July 20, 1701. 
 
 A ccrtnin harbor in said Nootka snnnd, called Chii.stactuo.f, in which 
 the hri{(nntine l.ndy Washington lay at anchor on lhc2()lli July, IT'.tl, willi 
 (ill the land, rivers, creeks, hnrhor.s, islands, (!tc., witliin nine miles north, 
 east, west, and sonth of said liarhor, with all the produce of holh sea and 
 land appertaininjtf thereto : Only tiiosaid J. Kendrick docs grant and uliow 
 thesaid Maquiuiiah to Ijvejmfljish on the said territory us usual. The 
 abovenamcd territory known b^TTieTiidian name Cliastactoos, but ::ovv by 
 the name ol Safe Retreat Harbor. 
 
 MAUL'NNAH, 
 
 WAROLASMAN, 
 
 HANNOPKi:, 
 
 CLOPHANANISH, 
 
 TOOTOOCHKETTICliS, 
 
 CLACKOEENEK, 
 
 Witnesses, — John Williams, John Redman, Wni. Koweil, Jno. Stoddart, 
 Thos. Foster, John Barber, James Crawford Charles Pymm, FloreiicB 
 McCarty, Wm. Bowles, Jno. Maud, jr., Robert Green, Jno. Porter. 
 
 A true copy from the original deed. 
 
 Attest: J.HOWELL. 
 
 toecd to the same, August 5, 1791. 
 
 A certain harbor in said Ahasset, called by the natives Chenerhintan^ 
 
 in which the brig Lady Washington lay at anchor, \\\\i. .'>, 1791, which 
 
 is situated in latitude 49'^' TjO' north and longitude 127" 8' west on the 
 
 north side of the sound Ahasiet, being a territorial distance of eisrhtcen 
 
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 Doc. No. 43. 
 
 miles square, of which the Imrbor of Chcnerkintan is the centre, with all | 
 the lands, minerals, (fee, (as in former deed.) 
 
 Witnesses as before. 
 
 NORY-YOLK, his x mark. 
 
 APPL'LS, his X mark. 
 
 KISSUI.KS, his x mark. 
 
 \ HAW-WII-T-PAHSl'.M, his x mark. 
 
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 I,, s. 
 
 L. H.j 
 
 L..S.]] 
 
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 Signtd by Nory-Youk, for his son. 
 
 Deed to t he same, August r>, 1 ?'.♦!. 
 
 A certain harbor in New ("battel, called \<y the natives Ilool-seccss, but 
 now called Port Montgomery, in which the brig Lady Washington lay at 
 anchor, Angnst 2, 17'.»1, and is situated in latitude 49 " 4(3' north, and 
 longitude 127' 2' west, on the south side of the sound of Ahasset. now 
 called Massachusetts sound, being a territorial distance of eighteen miles 
 square, of which the harbor of Hoot-seeess, alias Port Montgomery, is the 
 centre ; with all the lauds. tVc. 
 
 'rAK.ASSO.N, liis x mark. [l. s. 
 
 ( WASCAMMMIS, his x mark. [l. s.^ 
 } SiL'ncd liy Tarasson, for his first son'. 
 UI:ATAN. her x mark. [l. s.] 
 
 ^ CLAKISHUPPA, his X mark. fi,. s.j 
 ( Signed by Tarasson, for his .second son. 
 Witnesses as above. 
 
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 Deed to John Kendrick, August 6, 1791. 
 
 The head of Nootka sound, called by the natives Tashees, being a 
 territorial distance on an east and west line from the mouth of the straits 
 which lead to Ahasset sound, now called Massachusetts sound, with the | 
 land nine miles round said Tashees, together with all mines, <kc. 
 
 CAARSHLiCOR.NOOK, his x mark. [l. s.ll 
 HANNOPEE. 
 Witnesses as above. 
 
 Deed to the same, August 11. 1791. 
 
 A territorial distance of eighteen miles north, eighteen miles southJ 
 eighteen miles cast, and eighteen miles west, of the village called by thcj 
 natives Opisitar, which village is to be the centre of the said territorial! 
 distance, with .ill the lands, iSic. ; Opisilar Ijeing in latitude 49° 10',| 
 longitude 120'- 2 . The above territory known by the name of Clyoquot. 
 
 WICKA.MMSH, his x mark. ' 
 
 TOUTISCOZETTLE, his x mark 
 YEASSLUAR, his x mark. 
 
 T00T(JUCI1EETT1CL'S, his x mark. 
 YEKGIJN, his x mark. 
 
 11YCREGU1.S. his x mark. 
 
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 lingtoii lay at 
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Doc. No. 43. 
 
 II 
 
 Kendrick's Tcrrilonj, situate in and about r^ootka sound, and Clyo- 
 
 i/uot, ^c. 
 
 The first, 18 miles S(Hinrn. Tlie liarhor of Chastactoos being the centre 
 
 .or "n,^''""'^', 1^ ""'«« ^'l"''^ffi' '^''if' harhor of Chencrkintan, latitude 
 49"^ ;)() being the ccMtre. 
 
 The third, IS i.iiles s.jiiarc. The harbor of Jlool-sce-css, latitude 49<= 
 4b being the centre. 
 
 Tholburth all the lands encompassed by a circle whose diameter is* 
 1» miles. 1 lie villagt; of 7«,r//w.v bijing tfie centre. 
 
 The fifth, 30 miles sqiinre. The villaire Opisilar beintr the centre 
 
 I he compnny'.s territory embraced all Quadra's island not sold to 
 Kendrick, or the king ol Spain, and likewis,; the possessions of Tdtootche 
 and other chiefs on the coast, extending as far .south as the 47th parallel 
 ot latitude, lhe.se lands, embracing about four degrees of latitude, are 
 bounded on the cast by the wh<.le extent of the westerly shores of the 
 uortjiern and soulhcrii arms of I)e Fuca straits. 
 
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