Chapter 43
Active Operations at Astoria--Various Expeditions Fitted Out.--Robert Stuart and a Party Destined for New York-- Singular Conduct of John Day.--His Fate.--Piratical Pass and Hazardous Portage.-Rattlesnakes.--Their Abhorrence of Tobacco.--Arrival Among the Wallah-Wallahs.--Purchase of Horses--Departure of Stuart and His Band for the Mountains. THE arrival of the Beaver with a reinforcement and supplies, gave new life and vigor to affairs at Astoria. These were means for extending the operations of the establishment, and founding interior trading posts. Two parties were immediately set on foot to proceed severally under the command of Messrs. M'Kenzie and Clarke, and establish posts above the forks of the Columbia, at points where most rivalry and opposition were apprehended from the Northw
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