Gabriel Franchère's 'Narrative of a Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America in the years 1811, 1812, 1813, and 1814' is a detailed account of his journey to t

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Excerpt from Narrative of a Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America in the Years 1811, 1812, 1813, and 1814, or the First American Settlement on the Pacific I