Captain Wilkes at Fort Nisqually

So Captain Charles Wilkes, of the United States Exploring Expedition, has arrived at Fort Nisqually, on Puget Sound. The year is 1841, and clerk Alexander Caulfield Anderson is in charge…
Read moreSo Captain Charles Wilkes, of the United States Exploring Expedition, has arrived at Fort Nisqually, on Puget Sound. The year is 1841, and clerk Alexander Caulfield Anderson is in charge…
Read moreThomas Lowe kept a series of journals of his time at Fort Vancouver, and they contain a great deal of information about the running of that Pacific Coast headquarters. In…
Read moreIn this post of the series on Thomas Lowe’s journey in the London Ship, Vancouver, he will reach the Sandwich Islands [Hawaii]. Or at least I hope he will. Let’s…
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