December 1825, Pacific Northwest
At the mouth of the [un-named] river there is a trading establishment on a woody island where ships come in the summer.
The people have large beards and are very wicked; they have hanged several of the natives to the rigging and have ever since been in much disrepute.
Douglas is in no doubt as to their identity..... as he showed me several small articles of Russian manufacture, among which were small copper Russian coins, metal combs etc, together with large malleable iron pots of very coarse workmanship, and very different from anything in the trade of the British Fur Company. [one can almost hear him saying "How very different from the home life of our own dear Queen".
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