Identifier: bostonplacepeopl00howem (find matches)
Title: Boston, the place and the people
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Howe, M. A. De Wolfe (Mark Antony De Wolfe), 1864-1960
Subjects: Boston -- History. (from old catalog)
Publisher: New York, The Macmillan company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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the northwestcoast. While waiting for the Columbia^ the sloopscrew had an encounter with natives, who gave themgood reason to call their anchorage Murderers Harbor, Then the^ / ^=^-?^-^ vC^^^^ ^^^y^ scurvy on board.^ yy But the cargo of furs ^ was secured, and, in pursuance of the owners plan, was carried to Cantonfor sale. Stopping on the way at Hawaii, CaptainGray took on board the Columbia a young chief, Attoo,promising to send him back from Boston so soon asmight be. From China the ship loaded with teassailed for home by way of the Cape of Good Hope.In August of 1790 she dropped anchor in Bostonharbor, the first American vessel to circumnavigate theearth. There were salutes from the castle and thetown artillery, formal greetings by the collector ofthe port and Governor Hancock. Beside CaptainGray young Attoo marched up State Street, wearing a helmet of gay feathers, which glittered in the sun-light, and an exquisite cloak of the same yellow and
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= o r - s • > H . ^ c/5 - a ; > < J y • ji (2 - a ^ o „ THE HUB AND THE WHEEL 167 scarlet plumage. Never before had the ends of theearth and the happy town beside the sea beenbrought so near together. In spite of the fact that this unprecedented voyageof the Columbia was not a financial success, four of hersix owners proved their faith in the undertaking bysending her directly back to the northwest coast.This second voyage, on which she sailed September28, 1790, was destined to write the good ships nameon the map of the country. It was nearly two yearslater when, having taken Attoo back to Hawaii in thehumble capacity of cabin-boy, and having spent awinter on the coast, Captain Gray, cruising to thesouthward, saw what he took to be the mouth of amighty river. There were breakers to warn himagainst entering it. To this forbidding aspect ofthings we may owe the entry in Vancouvers journalat the same point: Not considering this openingworthy of attention, I continued our p

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