ASTORIA;    
      OR, ANECDOTES OF AN ENTERPRISE 
 BEYOND THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS    
      By Washington Irving    

 

 
CONTENTS

 AUTHOR’S INTRODUCTION 

 CHAPTER I. -- Objects of American Enterprise.—Gold Hunting and Fur     Trading.—Their Effect on Colonization.—Early French Canadian     Settlers.—Ottawa and Huron Hunters.—An Indian Trading Camp.     Coureurs Des Bois, or Rangers of the Woods.—Their Roaming     Life.—Their Revels and Excesses.—Licensed Traders.     Missionaries.—Trading Posts.—Primitive French Canadian     Merchant.—His Establishment and Dependents.—British Canadian     Fur Merchant.—Origin of the Northwest Company.—Its     Constitution.—Its Internal Trade.—A Candidate for the     Company.—Privations in the Wilderness.—Northwest Clerks.     Northwest Partners.—Northwest Nabobs.—Feudal Notions in the     Forests.—The Lords of the Lakes.—Fort William.—Its     Parliamentary Hall and Banqueting Room.—Wassailing in the     Wilderness.
 CHAPTER II. -- Rise of the Mackinaw Company.—Attempt of the American     Government to Counteract Foreign Influence Over the Indian     Tribes.—John Jacob Astor.—His Birth-Place.—His Arrival in     the United States.—What First Turned His Attention to the     Fur Trade.—His Character, Enterprises, and Success.—His     Communications With the American Government.—Origin of the     American Fur Company
 CHAPTER III. -- Fur Trade in the Pacific—American Coasting Voyages—Russian     Enterprises.—Discovery of the Columbia River.—Carver’s     Project to Found a Settlement There.—Mackenzie’s     Expedition.—Lewis and Clarke’s Journey Across the Rocky     Mountains—Mr. Astor’s Grand Commercial Scheme.—His     Correspondence on the Subject With Mr. Jefferson.—His     Negotiations With the Northwest Company.—His Steps to Carry     His Scheme Into Effect.
 CHAPTER IV. -- Two Expeditions Set on Foot.—The Tonquin and Her Crew.—     Captain Thorn, His Character.—The Partners and Clerks—     Canadian Voyageurs, Their Habits, Employments, Dress,     Character, Songs—Expedition of a Canadian Boat and Its Crew     by Land and Water.—Arrival at New York.—Preparations for a     Sea Voyage.—Northwest Braggarts.—Underhand Precautions—     Letter of Instructions.
 CHAPTER V. -- Sailing of the Tonquin.—A Rigid Commander and a Reckless     Crew.—Landsmen on Shipboard.—Fresh-Water Sailors at Sea.—     Lubber Nests.—Ship Fare.—A Labrador Veteran—Literary     Clerks.-Curious Travellers.—Robinson Crusoe’s Island.—     Quarter-Deck Quarrels.—Falkland Islands.—A Wild-Goose     Chase.—Port Egmont.-Epitaph Hunting.—Old Mortality—     Penguin Shooting.—Sportsmen Left in the Lurch.—A Hard     Pull.—Further Altercations.—Arrival at Owyhee.
 CHAPTER VI. -- Owyhee.—Sandwich Islanders—Their Nautical Talents.—     Tamaahmaah.—His Navy.—His Negotiations.—Views of Mr.     Astor With Respect to the Sandwich Islands—Karakakooa.—     Royal Monopoly of Pork.-Description of the Islanders—     Gayeties on Shore.—Chronicler of the Island.—Place     Where Captain Cook was Killed.—John Young, a Nautical     Governor.—His Story.—Waititi—A Royal Residence.—A Royal     Visit—Grand Ceremonials.—Close Dealing—A Royal Pork     M                        
                        
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