It Was Resolved That Mr. Hunt Should Sail In
Her In Quest Of A Vessel, And Should Return, If Possible, By The
1st Of January, Bringing With Him A Supply Of Provisions.
Should
anything occur, however, to prevent his return, an arrangement
was to be proposed to Mr. M'Tavish, to transfer
Such of the men
as were so disposed, from the service of the American Fur Company
into that of the Northwest, the latter becoming responsible for
the wages due them, on receiving an equivalent in goods from the
store-house of the factory. As a means of facilitating the
despatch of business, Mr. M'Dougal proposed, that in case Mr.
Hunt should not return, the whole arrangement with Mr. M'Tavish
should be left solely to him. This was assented to; the
contingency being considered possible, but not probable.
It is proper to note, that, on the first announcement by Mr.
M'Dougal of his intention to break up the establishment, three of
the clerks, British subjects, had, with his consent, passed into
the service of the Northwest Company, and departed with Mr.
M'Tavish for his post in the interior.
Having arranged all these matters during a sojourn of six days at
Astoria, Mr. Hunt set sail in the Albatross on the 26th of
August, and arrived without accident at the Marquesas. He had not
been there long, when Porter arrived in the frigate Essex,
bringing in a number of stout London whalers as prizes, having
made a sweeping cruise in the Pacific.
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