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  ———. Estevan José Martinez to Viceroy Manuel Antonio Flores, July 13, 1789.

  Gobierno 1492–1858. Archivo General de Indias. Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

  Meares, John. “An Answer to Mr. George Dixon, & c. by John Meares; in which the Remarks of Mr. Dixon are fully considered and refuted.” London, 1791.

  Morris, Gouverneur. Gouverneur Morris to George Washington, May 29, 1790. George Washington Papers, 1741–1799. General Correspondence, Series 4, 526–536. Library of Congress.

  Mozino, Joseph Marina. Relation de la ysla de Mazarredo … 1793. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

  Munos, Josef. Josef Munos to Captain General Higgins, August 3, 1788. Estado 7102. Archivo General de Simancas, Seville.

  New Age (journal). Washington, DC: Washington Supreme Council 33, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Southern Jurisdiction, USA. Library of Congress (microform).

  Nickerson, W. S. Some Lower Cape Cod Indians. Manuscript copy.

  Paine, Josiah. Edward Kenwrick: The Ancestor of the Kenricks or Kendricks of Barnstable County and Nova Scotia and His Descendants. Yarmouth, MA: Charles W. Swift, 1915.

  Papeles de Estado 20 N. 5642, Archivo General de Indias, Seville.

  Randall, Thomas. Thomas Randall to Alexander Hamilton, August 14, 1791. Alexander Hamilton Papers, General Correspondence, 1734–1804. Manuscript Division, Box 4. Library of Congress.

  Sanchez, Fray Francisco Miguel. Historio Compuesta de todo lo acaesido en la expediccon hecha al Puerto de Nuca ano de 1789. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

  Schuchert, Charles. “Biographical Memoir of Joseph Barrell, 1869–1919.” Paper presented to the National Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting, 1925.

  Townsend, Ebenezer. “Extract of the Diary of Ebenezer Townsend, Jr., Supercargo of Sealing Ship Neptune on Her Voyage to the South Pacific and Canton.” Hawaiian Historical Society Reports, no. 4.

  Treat, John B. John B. Treat to Samuel Breck, July 14, 1789. Samuel Breck Papers. Library Company of Philadelphia.

  Vanela, Don Pedro. Don Pedro Vanela to Conde Campo de Alange, December 29, 1791. Archivo General de Simancas, Seville, Spain.

  Washington, George. George Washington to Henry Lee, October 31, 1786. George Washington Papers, 1741–1799. Series 2, Letterbook 13, 205. Library of Congress.

  ———. George Washington to Joseph Barrell, June 8, 1788. George Washington

  Papers, 1741–1799. Series 2, Letterbook 15, 134–35. Library of Congress.

  MAPS AND SAILING DIRECTIONS

  De l’Isle, Joseph-Nicholas map of North America, 1752.

  Hayes, Derek. Historical Atlas of the Pacific Northwest: Maps of Exploration and Discovery. Seattle: Sasquatch Books, 2000.

  Horsburgh, James. The India Directory, or Directions for Sailing to and from the East Indies, China, Australia …. London: Wm. H. Allerton, 1852.

  Meares, John. A Chart of the Interior Part of North America Demonstrating the Very Great Probability of an Inland Navigation from Hudson’s Bay to the West Coast. In John Meares, Voyages Made in the Years 1788 and 1789 …. London: Logographic Press, 1790.

  Ortelis, Abraham. Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Antwerp: Giles Coppens de Deist, 1570.

  Ray, R. C. The Coast of British Columbia including Juan de Fuca Strait, Puget Sound, Vancouver and Queen Charlotte Islands. Hydrography Office of the U.S. Navy. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1891.

  Williams, S. Wells. The Chinese Commercial Guide, Sailing Instructions. Hong Kong: A. Shortrede, 1863.

  INDEX

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  Adams, John, 2, 4, 160, 201, 358–59, 361

  Adams, John Quincy, 208, 365–66

  Adams, Sam, 90–91

  Alava, José Manuel, 342–44

  Alexander VI, Pope, 2

  Amara, Marc, 348–50

  Ambrose Island, 49–50, 304

  Amelia, 303

  American Revolution, 2–3, 5–8, 16, 37, 160

  Anson, George, 26–29, 32–35, 51, 108, 162

  Apenas, 308–9

  Aranzazu, 46, 71–72, 122, 310, 339–40, 343

  Argonaut, 103, 114, 118–36, 340; Nootka Sound, 119–36, 138–39; Nootka Sound, seizure of ship, 125–36, 138–39, 141, 185–86, 193–97, 214; San Blas, 150–53, 225–26

  Asia, 27

  Astor, John Jacob, 364–66

  Atkins, Silas, 365–66

  Atoo, 203, 207–8, 245

  Avenger, 280–81, 306, 340, 366

  “Ballad of the Bold Northwestman,” 305

  Ballard, Bartholomew, 88

  Banks, Joseph, 79, 193

  Barber, Jonathan, 21, 81, 85–86, 106, 127, 140, 218

  Barkley, Charles, 115–16, 266

  Barrell, Joseph, 11–24, 13; building and crew of Columbia and Washington, 19–22; Columbia and Washington set sail, 22–24; Columbia’s homecoming, 202, 203–4; Constitution and, 90–91; death of, 365; Gray and, 138–39, 187, 203–10, 264–66, 283–84; Howell and, 357–58, 360; initial plans for Pacific expedition, 11, 13–18; Kendrick and, 16–18, 53–54, 90–91, 135–36, 184, 243–45, 264–66, 341–42; trade and, 16–17, 56–57, 187, 203–4, 207, 283–84; Washington (George) and, 159–60

  Barrell, Nathaniel, 90–91

  Barrell, Samuel, 365

  Bartholome de Fonte, Pedro, 41, 129–30

  Bell, Edward, 272, 273, 286

  Billings, Joseph, 44, 68

  Bill of Rights, 90–91

  Black Current, 222–23, 226, 299

  Blankett, John, 220–21

  Bligh, William, 30

  Bodega y Quadra, Juan Francisco de la, 152,230–31, 269–79, 287, 291, 300-303, 310, 314, 327, 342

  Boit, John, 245–46, 267, 285–86

  Boston, 11–23, 199–216

  Bostonesa Fragata, 52, 54–55, 71

  Boston Tea Party, 5, 6

  Bounty, 30, 32

  Bowell, William, 221

  Bowles, William, 20–21, 140, 218

  Boyd, James, 317–18, 321–22, 331

  Briggs, James, 19

  Britannia, 322, 330–31

  Brown, Samuel, 15, 207

  Brown, William, 216; Kendrick’s death and, 352–55; Nootka Sound, 272–73, 277-78, 286; Northwest Coast, 311–12, 315, 335–36, 344; Sandwich Islands, 293, 299, 318, 324–26, 332, 347–57; Vancou ver and, 277–78, 293, 299, 311–12, 315, 318, 324–26, 344

  Brutus, 7

  Bulfinch, Charles, 15, 207, 285, 365

  Bulfinch, Thomas, 13, 207

  Burling, Samuel, 360

  Butterworth, 216, 310–12, 315; Nootka Sound, 272–73, 277–78, 286; Sandwich Islands, 293, 299, 318, 324–26, 332

  Caamano, Jacinto, 310, 311, 314

  Cabot, John, 40–41

  Callicum, 93, 104–6, 131–34, 140–41, 148

  Campo, Nicolás del, 194

  Canton, 158, 182–84, 186–87, 191–92, 218–19

  Cape Horn, 15, 16–17, 25–34, 47, 240–41

  Cape of Good Hope, 14, 16–17, 17, 30, 68, 191, 216

  Cape Verde, 25–32, 204

  Captain Cook, 84–85

  Carlos III of Spain, 37–38, 103–4, 117–128, 195

  Carlos IV of Spain, 212, 214

  Carmichael, William, 308

  Carteret, Philip, 49

  Carver, Jonathan, 42

  Catherine II of Russia, 44, 68

  Chatham, 215; Northwest Coast, 270–73, 275, 309–12, 339, 344; Sandwich Is-

  lands, 253–63, 292–93, 321, 322, 329-31, 333

  “chop” permit, 182–83, 218

  Claquakinnah, 231–33, 301

  Clarendon, 6

  Clark, George Rogers, 39, 42, 290, 362, 363

  Clark, William, 23, 313, 362–63, 369

  Clayoquot Sound, 94–95, 137–41, 239–46, 272–7
5

  Coleman, James, 248, 260–61, 281, 297, 317–18, 325–26

  Colnett, James, 67, 79, 102, 237, 260; Macao, 225–26; Nootka Crisis (July 1789), 119–36; Northwest Coast, 142, 225, 344; San Blas, Mexico, 150–53, 225; Sandwich Islands, 299, 340

  Columbia Rediviva, 2–3, 19; Boston, setting sail (September 1787), 22–24; Boston, homecoming (August 1790), 199, 202–8; Cape Horn (March-April 1788), 25–34, 47; Clayoquot Sound (July 1789), 137–41; Clayoquot Sound (August-September 1791), 239–46; Clayoquot Sound (September 1792), 272–74; crew of, 20–22; Juan Fernándes Island (April-June 1788), 48–49, 50–54; Macao (January 1790), 180, 183–84, 187–88; Macao (December 1792-May 1793), 283–86; Mexican Baja coast (June-August 1788), 55–58; Nootka Sound (September 1788-May 1789), 75–94, 96–98; Nootka Sound (May-June 1789), 99–108, 112–16, 118; Nootka Sound (July 1789), 122-29, 131–32, 134–35, 137–38; Nootka Sound (October 1790), 206–11; Oregon coast (April-June 1792), 267–68; Sand wich Islands (October 1789), 170–71; sea letter, 18, 22–23, 39, 106; Strait of Juan de Fuca (August 1789), 141–44

  Columbia River, 266–67, 285–86, 362–66

  Columbus, Christopher, 206

  Comacho, José, 69, 151–52

  Conception, 71–72

  Constitution, U.S., 18, 90–91

  Cook, James, 13–14; death of, 164–69, 257; Nootka Sound and, 20, 56, 65, 80; Northwest Coast, 13–14, 44–45, 56, 65, 67, 78–79, 84–85, 87, 116, 121, 129–30, 145, 335; Sandwich Islands, 13–14, 31, 161–69; scurvy and, 58

  Coolidge, Robert Davis, 21, 140, 142, 145; California coast, 61–63; Cape Horn, 28, 33–34; death of, 365 ; Juan Fernandes Island, 48–49; Macao, 191, 218–19, 221, 263, 265–66; Nootka Sound, 99–102, 116, 130

  Cordis, John, 21, 28, 140, 205, 218, 353, 354

  Count d’Estaing, 7, 188

  Coyah, 147–49, 227–29, 232, 241–42, 340

  Crawford, James, 21, 82, 140, 218

  Crook, Sam, 4

  Crowell, Samuel, 242–43, 246–47, 263

  Cruft, John, 366

  Curtis, William, 216

  Daedalus, 215; Northwest Coast, 266, 271, 278; Sandwich Islands, 256–58, 262, 294, 297, 321, 322

  Dalrymple, Alexander, 79, 267

  Dane, Nathan, 18

  Davis, Isaac, 177, 332, 352

  De Croix, Teodoro, 54–55, 69

  Defoe, Daniel, 51

  Delano, Amasa, 219, 361

  Del Castillo, Gabriel, 101, 104, 120, 126

  Delores, 53

  Derby, John, 15, 207

  Diego de Gardoqui, 35–39, 43–44, 289–90

  Discovery, 215; Nootka Sound, 78–79, 84–85, 315–16; Northwest Coast, 275, 309–12, 334–36, 338–39; Sandwich Is lands, 162–67, 253–63, 291–99, 318–33

  Dixon, George, 79, 102, 145, 158–59, 166-67, 257–58

  Dohrman, Arnold Henry, 7

  Dorr, Ebenezer, 265–66, 366

  Douglas, William, 67; Japan, 219–25;

  Macao, 190–91, 218–19; Nootka Sound, 81–83, 89–90, 96–98, 103–14; Sand wich Islands, 167, 171, 172

  Drake, 196

  Drake, Francis, 41, 44–45, 55, 213

  Duffin, Robert, 195; Nootka Sound, 122-23, 126–29, 131, 136, 141, 276; San Blas, Mexico, 150–53

  Duncan, Charles, 114–16, 142, 289–90

  Dundas, Henry, 311

  Dundas Island, 311–12

  East India Company, 5, 31–32, 77, 102, 159, 184–86, 191–95, 216, 220, 267, 313

  Eleanora, 176–78

  Eliza, 360

  Eliza, Francisco de, 230–31

  Empress of China, 14

  Esperanza, 27

  Essex, 365

  Estevan, 27

  Etches, John, 196, 255

  Etches, Richard Cadman, 102–3, 127, 159, 192–96, 255

  Experiment, 84–85

  Fair American, 144, 326; Sandwich Islands, 176–78, 218, 246, 247, 259–60, 291, 327

  Fairy, 263, 265–66

  Falkland Islands, 25, 32, 54, 205, 240

  Fame, 214–15

  Family Compact, 194, 197, 214

  Fanny, 6, 20, 85, 190

  Favorita, 46

  Felice Adventurer, 76–77

  Ferreira, Lazaro da Silva, 191, 218

  Fidalgo, Salvador, 300–303, 309, 314, 344

  Fitzhebert, Alleyne, 212–13

  Flirt, 196

  Flores Maldonado, Manuel Antonio, 42, 44–46, 55, 69–71, 100, 109, 122, 152, 162

  Floridablanca, José Monino, 43, 43–45, 100, 152, 194–95, 197–98, 212–13, 271, 277, 289, 368

  Foster, Thomas, 140, 218

  Fox, Charles James, 196

  France, 3, 6, 197–98, 214, 278–79

  Franklin, Benjamin, 3, 6, 7

  Friendly Cove. See Nootka

  Fuca, Juan de, 41, 267

  Funter, Robert, 81, 82

  fur trade, 14, 56–57, 79, 86, 100, 113, 140, 145–46, 183–84, 186–87, 189, 207, 227, 242–43, 264–65, 272–73, 283–84, 306–7, 313, 364

  Gaetano, Juan, 161–62

  Galapagos Islands, 50, 57

  Galiano, Dionisio, 269–71

  Galvez, José de, 36

  General Mercer, 6

  Genet, Edmund Charles, 290

  George III of the United Kingdom, 12, 13, 195–96, 212, 268, 292, 335–36

  Gonzales, Don Blas, 51–55, 307–8

  Gooch, William, 294

  Gordon, Captain, 356, 357

  Gorgon, 215

  Grace, 191, 218–25, 263

  Gravier, Charles, 38

  Gray, Robert, 21; Barrell and, 138–39, 187, 203–10, 264–66, 283–84; Boston home coming (August 1790), 199, 202–8; California coast landings (June-August 1788), 59–65; Cape Horn (March-April 1788), 28, 31–33; Clayoquot Sound (July 1789), 137–41; Clayoquot Sound

  Gray, Robert (cont)

  (August-September 1791), 239–46; death of, 365; Juan Fernándes Island (April-June 1788), 47–50; Kendrick al legations and, 204–8, 264–66; Macao (January 1790), 180, 183–88; Macao (December 1792-May 1793), 283–86; Nootka Sound (September 1788-May 1789), 76–81, 85, 92–98; Nootka Sound (May-June 1789), 99–102, 104, 105, 112–17; Nootka Sound (October 1790), 206–11; Northwest Coast, 145, 310; (April-June 1792), 267–68

  Gray, Samuel, 21

  Green, Robert, 21, 28, 140, 218

  Greenwood, Miles, 21

  Grenville, William Wyndham, 195–96

  Guipscoa, 27

  Hamilton, Alexander, 201, 207, 358

  Hammond, John, 58, 76

  Hancock, 242–43, 246–47, 263

  Hancock, John, 203

  Hanna (Cleaskinah), 240, 302–3, 359

  Hanna, James, 79, 148

  Hannape, 89, 107, 233, 235

  Hanover Planter, 6

  Hansen, James, 152–53

  Harmon, 79

  Harriet, 14

  Haswell, Robert, 21, 140, 204–5, 284; California coast landings (June-August 1788), 61–65; Cape Horn (March-April 1788), 26–34; Clayoquot Sound (September 1788-May 1789), 77, 80, 81, 83, 85–88, 90, 94–97; Clayoquot Sound (May-July 1789), 104–8, 112-15, 139; Clayoquot Sound (October 1790), 206–7, 210–11; Clayoquot Sound (August-September 1791), 239–40, 242–45; death of, 365; Juan Fernándes Island (April-June 1788), 47, 59; Queen Charlotte Islands (September-October 1789), 144–45

  Hatch, Crowell, 15, 207

  Hawaiian Islands. See Sandwich Islands

  Hemmingway, Joshua, 21, 53, 81

  Hergest, Richard, 294

  Hermosa, 27

  Hewett, George, 326

  Hezeta, Bruno, 266

  Hong Kong Island, 287–91

  Hope, 209, 246–47, 260, 263, 265, 306–7, 366

  Hoskins, John, 205–7, 209–10, 239–46, 266, 283–85, 365

  Howe, Richard S., 21, 22, 171, 183–84; Nootka Sound, 82–83, 148; Nootka Sound (July 1789), 119–21, 123, 125, 205

  Howell, John, 287, 303, 321–25, 331, 350, 353–60, 366

  Hudson, Thomas, 114�
��16, 118, 120, 123, 130, 132–33

  Hudson’s Bay Company, 313, 364–65

  Humboldt Current, 48

  Imperial Eagle, 115–16

  Inamoo, 248, 259, 261, 297–99, 324–25, 332

  Ingraham, Joseph, 21, 140, 209, 260, 306–7, 357; Cape Horn (March-April 1788), 28, 30; Clayoquot Sound (August-September 1791), 242, 243, 246; death of, 365; Macao, 263, 264–66; Nootka Sound (September 1788-May 1789), 82–83, 148; Nootka Sound (May-June 1789), 107, 111–12; Nootka Sound (July 1789), 119–20, 121, 123, 125, 204–5, 275

  Iphigenia Nubiana, 67, 167, 186; Nootka Sound, 80–83, 96–98, 101–13; seizure of ship, 108–13, 123, 171, 172

  Jackall, 293, 311, 332, 335–36, 344, 350–56

  Japan, 219–25

  Jay, John, 38–39, 346–47, 358–59

  Jefferson, 209, 304, 307, 309, 317, 337–38, 339, 347

  Jefferson, Thomas, 42, 55, 200, 200–202, 287–90, 306, 307–8, 362–64

  Jenkins, Robert, 108

  Jenny, 273, 286, 338

  Johnstone, James, 256, 270

  Juanes, Nicholas, 52, 53

  Juan Fernándes Island, 47–54, 77, 109, 304, 307

  Kaahumanu, 291, 322, 329

  Kaeo (Kaeokulani), 172, 247, 258, 296–99, 320, 332–33, 347–53

  Kahekili, 172–73, 176–77, 246–48, 258, 260, 293, 295–99, 318, 320, 324–25, 328, 331–33, 347–50

  Kaiana, 82, 157, 161, 167, 170–78, 246–48, 256–58, 297, 322, 327, 330, 356

  Kalanikupule, 177–78, 297–98, 347–52, 354–56

  Kalaniopuu, 166, 171–72, 257

  Kameeiamoku, 176–78, 327–31

  Kamehameha, 171–76, 173, 247–48, 257-58, 291–98, 317–33, 348, 352, 356, 364

  Kaumaulii, 248, 259–62, 298–99

  Kean, John, 18

  Keao (Keaokulani), 248, 325

  Keaweaheulu, 173, 175, 322–23

  Keeaumoku, 291, 321, 327, 329–30

  Kendrick, Alfred, 23, 304, 359

  Kendrick, Benjamin, 23, 304, 359

  Kendrick, Edward, 4, 5

  Kendrick, Elizabeth, 4

  Kendrick, Huldah Pease, 5, 23, 136, 188-89, 209, 304, 307, 359–60

  Kendrick, John, 2–6; background of, 3–5; Barrell and, 16–18, 53–54, 90–91, 135–36, 184, 243–45, 264–66, 341–42; Boston, setting sail (September 1787), 22–24; California coast (June-August 1788), 55–58; Cape Horn (March-April 1788), 25–34, 47, 204, 206; Clayoquot Sound (July 1789), 137–41; Clayoquot Sound (August-September 1791), 239-46; Clayoquot Sound (July-September 1792), 272–74; death of, 352–54, 358-60; early sailing career, 5–8; family of, 6, 8, 23, 188–89, 209, 304, 359; Gray’s allegations against, 204–8, 264–66; Hong Kong Island (April-March 1793), 287–91; Japan (March-May 1791), 219-25, 226; Jefferson and, 55, 287–90, 306, 307–8; Juan Fernándes Island (April-June 1788), 50–54; legacy of, 361–69; Macao (January 1790), 179, 183–91, 198; Macao (January-June 1791), 217-19, 221; Macao (December 1791-January 1792), 263–66; Macao (September 1792-April 1793), 280, 283, 286–87; Nootka Sound (September 1788-May 1789), 75–94, 96–98; Nootka Sound (May-June 1789), 99–102, 104–14, 116, 118; Nootka Sound (July 1789), 122–29, 131–32, 134–35, 137–38; Nootka Sound (May-July 1791), 229–37; Nootka Sound (May-September 1793), 300-303; Nootka Sound (April-November 1794), 336–37; Northwest Coast (May-September 1793), 300–309; Northwest Coast (April-November 1794), 334, 336–37, 339–44; Queen Charlotte Is lands (September-October 1789), 144-49; Queen Charlotte Islands (May-July 1791), 226–37; Sandwich Islands, 315; Sandwich Islands (October-December 1789), 157–61, 167–78, 206; Sandwich Islands (September-October 1791), 246–49; Sandwich Islands (March-September 1792), 255–56, 259–60, 263–63; Sandwich Islands (January-March 1794), 317–33; Sandwich Islands (December 1794), 347–56; South China Sea typhoon (September 1792), 280–83; Strait of Juan de Fuca (August 1789), 141–44; Vancouver Island land pur chases, 232–38, 236

 

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