Why did he not give his a story in party . He did. He had essentially in what amounted to a blank check, like a blank check book. One of the things i write about is the irony. In the bottom of hells canyon in the winter starving. It brings to mind, you know, what money can do in certain circumstances or not do. Haunted have a blank check. This was, you know, another segment of this whole story. When he eventually got to a story he went off, the second supply ship finally arrived, a ship called the beaver three months after hunter arrived. Hundt went off on the beaver to etch rate up the coast of british you know, vancouver island. That ended up being its own fiasco. And he and the captain had the choice of returning to a story at in the winter when it was stormy are going to hawaii to fix is shipped. The captain convinced and to go to hawaii to fix the ship. And then he ended up in the South Pacific after that. He just wanders all over the place. And, you know, he finally shows up 15 m
Layed with 20 tons of goods and equipped with ors, sand and tow ropes the party left from winter camp on april 21, 1811 with sails set in a favorable wind. They hoped to reach the pacific in late summer or autumn. The second passage i am reading takes place as they are going up the river from their winter camp which was about 400 miles up river from st. Louis. And as i mentioned, they were to follow the lewis and clark trail that is going up the missouri, over the rockies and down the columbia. Thaws went up the missouri, the father they went the worse the stories got about the indians at the head water. The overland leader was a young new Jersey Business man named wilson price hunt who was known as a nice guy, serious minded, conscious, and liked to lead by c concensus but he had never been in the wilderness before. Astor knew that hunt would remain loyal to astor. But astor hired a lot of other scottish fur traders, french canadian voyagers. He was looking for the best and that happe
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Im over the moon to see some of you in our beautiful auditorium. Many of you, for the first time in a long time. So welcome back. Tonights program, the chinese question, gold rushes and global politics, it is part of our irene schwarts distinguished speaker series, the heart of our public programs. Enabled us to bring so many fine speakers to this stage. I would also like to thank for his great support. Joe pickett, thank you so much for all you do on behalf of this institution. I would also like to thank all of the Council Members joining us this evening. We have really appreciated your support and encouragement along this very difficult period. This program will last about an hour and it will include a question and answer session. You should have received a note card and pencil on your way in. If not, my colleagues will be up and down the aisle with cards and pencils for you to write your questions on that note cards. The cards will be collected later in the program. There will not b
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