[Transcriber's Note: Because this is a personal narrative,
inconsistencies in spelling, hyphenation, capitalization, and
italicization have been preserved in cases where it is not clearly an
error from the original printing.]




[Illustration: ASTORIA, AS IT WAS IN 1813.]




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


BY GABRIEL FRANCHERE

TRANSLATED AND EDITED BY J.V. HUNTINGTON



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