Mr.
Astor had no idea of the dangers to be met at the mouth of the Colombia, or he would have ordered the frame of a vessel of at least one hundred tons.

The frames shipped in New York were used in the construction of this one only, which was employed solely in the river trade.] On the 5th of June, the ship got out to sea, with a good wind.

We continued in the meantime to labor without intermission at the completion of the storehouse, and in the erection of a dwelling for ourselves, and a powder magazine.

These buildings were constructed of hewn logs, and, in the absence of boards, tightly covered and roofed with cedar bark.

The natives, of both sexes, visited us more frequently, and formed a pretty considerable camp near the establishment.
On the 15th, some natives from up the river, brought us two strange Indians, a man and a woman.