Oregon Historical Quarterly/Volume 21/Ewing Young and His Estate: A Chapter in the Economic and Community Development of Oregon

by Frederic George Young

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EWING YOUNG AND HIS ESTATE

A CHAPTER IN THE ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OF OREGON

By F. G. Young

EWING YOUNG, LEADER OF THE FIRST OREGON COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE

On the twenty-second of December, 1836, the American brig Loriot from Oahu, one of the Hawaiian Islands, approached Cape Disappointment at the mouth of the Columbia. The vessel bore William A. Slacum, commissioned by the President of the United States to "obtain information in relation to the settlements on the Oregon River." "The wind was high from the westward," he says, "and the bar presented a terrific appearance, breaking entirely across the channel from the north to the south shoals."^[1] But the passage was attempted, the bar safely crossed and Slacum was within the confines of the Oregon country. After a stay of just a month and a day the Loriot was again descending the Columbia on her return voyage with the intention of going via California. Outward bound the vessel had on board, in addition to the people who had come in on her, Ewing Young with ten other Oregonians under his leadership who were setting out as representatives for the recently organized Willamette Cattle Company to secure an

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adequate supply of cattle from California for the young and growing settlement on the Willamette. These were to be driven north across deep rivers and through some five hun- dred miles of mountain fastnesses infested with savages, whose attacks had almost annihilated several parties attempting this route. This cattle expedition was the first community enter- prise backed by all the elements occupying the Oregon region and if successfully carried out as it was meant for this Pacific Coast settlement unity in associated effort, the means for a rapidly rising standard of living and fully assured suc- cess for the American settlers there in their venture as a far- removed colony of civilized humanity. Furthermore, the or- ganization of the Willamette Cattle Company with the leader- ship entrusted to Ewing Young signalized the secure ascendancy of democratic relationships where up to this time benevolent autocracy had ruled. The initiation of this project is to be credited to William A. Slacum. The management of it in the trying ordeals involved in the execution of it fell upon Ewing Young, aided by his company of hardy and stout-hearted mountaineers.

THE OREGON SETTLEMENT IN THE WINTER OF 1836-7 2

To appreciate fully the significance of this dramatic turn in the course of Oregon development it will be necessary to get a more intimate view of the situation on the Oregon stage when Slacum at the request of President Andrew Jackson made his visit of inspection. The authorities at Washington had probably been moved to this step by the then recently published reports of Captain Bonneville and Hall J. Kelley. The latter particularly had sounded a note of alarm for the American interests in Oregon. Under the arrangement of joint occupation, the British interests represented by the Hud- son's Bay Company had gained decided advantage which they were pressing to a limit that amounted to the oppression and certain discomfiture of such American traders and settlers

2 Ibid, pp. 183-198, for the facts used and the quotations made in th interpre- tation of the situation on the Willamette in the winter of 1836-7.

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as were attempting to gain a foothold there. Under these circumstances the experiences of Mr. Slacum as the agent of the American government in spying out the situation are nat- urally interesting. He had no sooner entered the Columbia before he found that the Hudson's Bay Company had matters well in hand. Two of the Company's ships outward bound laden with valuable cargoes were met as he approached Fort George, the guard post at the sea entrance to this domain.

The authorities were keenly alert when apprised of the arrival of an American vessel without a cargo. In a few days he had duplicate invitations to visit the center of operations, Fort Vancouver, and soon was embarked thither in a boat of one of the partners, Mr. Douglass. On his arrival he "met a hospitable reception" from the chief factors, Dr. John Mc- Loughlin and Mr. Duncan Finlayson. It was made agree- able for him to use nearly half of the period of his stay in Oregon in visiting the farm of the post and the Indian lodges about it. He estimated the whole number of persons there congregated as from 750 to 800. The farm of 3,000 acres in cultivation was producing some 20,000 bushels of grain, 9,000 bushels of peas and 14,000 bushels of potatoes. Its live stock consisted of 1,000 head of cattle, 700 hogs, 200 sheep, 450 to 500 horses, and 40 yoke of working oxen.

When ready to make a survey of the American establish- ments up the Willamette he was furnished with canoe, oarsmen and all necessaries for the trip. He ascended the river to Champoeg and the settlements in its vicinity. To Champoeg Jason Lee had come to meet him as Dr. McLoughlin had ar- ranged. They visited all the settlers of the lower settlement, and the next day the mission house and upper settlement some eigh- teen miles from Champoeg. On French Prairie, stretching on from Champoeg to the mission station, he lists thirteen retired servants of the Hudson's Bay Company, quite a proportion of whom had established themselves four or five years before.

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They were, all told, cultivating some 550 acres and had raised over 7,000 bushels of wheat the preceding season and kept 154 horses and 400 hogs. These settlers, "although freemen in every sense of the word [were considered] still subject to the protection and authority, otherwise thraldom of the Hudson Bay Company it being only necessary for the authorities at Vancouver to say, 'if you disobey my orders, your supplies shall be cut off," Mr. Slacum goes on to say, "and the settler knows at once that his few comforts, nay, necessaries of life, are stopped, rendering him more miserable than the savage that lurks around his dwelling." At the mission station the four men had 150 acres enclosed and had during the preceding sea- son harvested some 600 bushels of grain, 200 bushels of peas and 320 of potatoes. These missionaries were as much be- holden to and dependent upon the graciousness of Dr. Mc- Loughlin as were the ex-servants. Scattered in different direc- tions in this general region were some 20 independent Ameri- cans, some half a dozen of whom had separated themselves from the Wyeth expeditions of 1832 and 1834, nine or ten had come up from California with Ewing Young in 1834. The farm establishments of these excepting Young's do not seem to have impressed Slacum if he saw them.

Although Slacum does not mention the wreckage of an establishment at what had been Fort William on Sauvie's Island at the mouth of the Willamette, the vestiges of Nath- aniel J. Wyeth's two efforts to get a foothold in Oregon, the forces operating in the Oregon country to produce such results, this inspector did detect. For he says "some steps must be taken by our Government to protect the settlers and the trader, not from the hostility of the Indians, but from a much more formidable enemy, that any American trading house establish- ing itself on the Wilhamet or the Columbia would have to en- counter, in the Hudson Bay Company." On the other hand he admits "Mr. Lee acknowledges the kindest assistance from Dr. McLoughlin, of Fort Vancouver, who gave him the use of horses, oxen, and milch cows and furnished him with all his

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supplies." But just across the river from the mission lived Ewing Young who said to Slacum, "A cloud hung over him so long, through Dr. McLoughlin's influence, that he was almost maddened by the harsh treatment he had received from that gentleman." It should be noted that this was two years and a half after Ewing Young had arrived from California and the false charge lodged against him that he was at the head of a party of horse thieves. The exemplary conduct of himself and his associates had not sufficed to secure that at- titude toward him on the part of the Hudson's Bay Company authorities, or of those under their influence, including the mis- sion people, but that he felt that he was an outcast. Young had some 81 horses and mules, about half as many as all the rest of the settlement, and only twenty-nine acres in cultiva- tion on which to use them. Evidently the order given by Dr. McLoughlin on Young's arrival in the country that the Can- adian farmers should not trade with him continued to be in force. The hostile boycott was still effective. It meant, and was intended to mean, eventual exclusion from Oregon. Young had become desperate. If he could not get into relations of mutual advantage and co-operation with his fellowmen and neighbors through exchange of his surplus of beaver skins, horses or wheat for the vital necessities of a civilized life he proposed to erect a distillery and offer a commodity for which white man and Indian would risk the danger of the displeasure of the Hudson's Bay Company and their own destruction as well. Accordingly a caldron had been secured from the dis- mantled establishment at Fort William, a building completed, the arch raised and the boiler set for use as a still. 3 Jason Lee with the missionaries now rightly became active in the organ- ization of a defense against this menace to the community. A temperance society was formed which sent a courteous plea to Young to desist and offered remuneration for the expenses already incurred. It was at this stage that Slacum appeared on the scene.

3 White, Ten Years in Oregon, p. 78.

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SLACUM'S MEDIATION REMOVES THE Two IMPEDIMENTS TO PROGRESS IN THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY

The situation was decidedly feudal so far as the Canadian settlers and the missionaries were concerned and them it did not chafe. Ewing Young would have none of it. No con- descension or patronage for him. He had been accustomed to association on a democratic basis. In a fair free-for-all allotment of roles he had regularly been accorded leadership. He naturally could not brook authority although exercised in as kindly and just a spirit as was Dr. McLoughlin's that had its source in a charter from the hand of the divine-right Stew- art as king of England.

Slacum found two related and yet somewhat distinct diffi- culties that called for adjustment if peace, progress and hap- piness were to dwell on the Willamette. One of these has been pointed out. Ewing Young provoked by the mistaken indictment continued against him had challenged autocracy with its presumptions that involved personal and social in- justice. The other factor in the situation calling for adjust- ment was a repressive economic policy enforced against all alike. The significance of the refusal of the Hudson's Bay Company to sell a head of cattle to any settler on the Wil- lamette can probably be best illustrated through reference to the niggardliness of nature to the aboriginal human species on the western continent. She failed to develop among its fauna any species of animals comparable to the wild horse, or the wild ox that could on domestication be made the burden bearer, the source of power for the cultivation of the soil and the source of nourishing milk for the young. (The bison or buffalo had spread over the northern half of the continent in very recent centuries.) It was mainly because of this disparity in the provisions for man on the two continents that had enabled the white man to distance in his progress in civiliza- tion the red man by half a millenium at the time of their meet- ing through the discovery of America by Columbus. 4

4 Payne, History of America, v. i, pp. 316-31.

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Suppose we take Dr. McLoughlin's own statement of the policy pursued in this matter: "Every settler had as much wheat on loan as he wanted to begin with, and I lent them each two cows, as in 1825 we had only twenty-seven head, big and small, old and young.

"If I sold they would of course be entitled to the increase, and I would not have the means to assist the new settlers, and the settlement would be retarded, as those purchasers who offered me two hundred dollars for a cow would put such a price on the increase as would put it out of the power of poor settlers to buy. This would prevent industrious men settling. For these reasons I would not sell but loaned, as I say, two cows to each settler, and in case the increase of set- tlers might be greater than we could afford to supply with cattle, I reserved the right to take any cattle I required (above his two cows) from any settler to assist new settlers.

"To the Methodist Mission, as it was a public institution, I lent seven oxen, one bull and eight cows with their calves." 5 In case the cattle died through some accident as poisoning, the persons holding them were not charged with their value.

Granting that this policy was fully justified in 1825, in 1837 it was still continued when the farm at Fort Vancouver had one thousand head of cattle and a proportional supply of other live stock. At the same time Slacum reports: "In the course of conversation with Mr. Lee, Young, and other settlers, I found that nothing was wanting to insure comfort, wealth, and every happiness to the people of this most beau- tiful country but the possession of neat cattle, all of those in the country being owned by the Hudson's Bay Company, who refuse to sell them under any circumstances whatever." 6 With this sore need of cattle by the Oregon settler, with cattle galore in California, with the presence of a natural and experienced leader pining for just such responsibility as that of the enter- prise of bringing a supply to Oregon, the combination that

5 Dr. John McLoughlin, Document among his private papers, printed in Transactions of the Oregon Pioneer Association, 1880, pp. 51-3.

6 Slacum's Report, op. cit. p. 196.

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made an epoch in Oregon history naturally flashed upon the mind of Slacum. A public meeting was called at "Camp Maud du Sable" [Champoeg] to consider the project. An organiza- tion was effected. Young was appointed "leader." Funds were provided. At this meeting too the "Canadians" were assured that their pre-emption rights to their farms would be respected and that "ere long some steps might be taken to open a trade and commerce with the country [Oregon]" 7 so that their wheat might be marketed at $1.50 instead of at 50 cents per bushel, payable in goods at 50 per cent advance of London price. This meeting registers the shifting of the missionaries from allegiance to the Hudson's Bay Company's authority to alliance with the independent American settlers. It brought into evidence too the magnanimity of Dr. McLoughlin and his associate chief factor at Fort Vancouver for they subscribed liberally to the venture. 8 Thus this meeting on the thirteenth of January, 1837, at Champoeg really made inevitable that of May 2, six years later. Here the spirit of independence and co- operation was born and steps taken to insure a more abundant and progressive life in the Oregon colony. So impressed were the missionaries with the changed conditions of life that issued from the undertaking here instituted that the natural expres- sion of their sentiment regarding it was : "Bless God for Brother Slacum's providential arrival among us." 9 This com- munity enterprise did secure not merely the sources of a bounti- ful supply of milk and steaks for the table and of draft oxen for the cultivation of the fields, but it meant active cooperation on a democratic basis where hitherto there had been patronage and bitter estrangement. And yet Slacum's achievement lay not so much in the fact that he had brought to the support of the venture Jason Lee and Dr. McLoughlin, the leaders of the Missionaries and the Hudson's Bay Company respectively, but rather in that all had been constrained to support the natural leader for the undertaking, one whom they but recently had treated as an outcast and who in retaliation had been threaten-

7 Ibid, pp. 196-7.

8 Documentary Record of Ewing Young and His Estate, appendix to this paper, II, Treasurer's Statement, p. 208.

9 W. H. Gray, History of Oregon, p. 155.

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ing the settlement and the region with a curse which, if per- sisted in, would have been worse than civil war. In place of division and imminent embroilment for the settlement Slacum had with discerning and diplomatic mediation during the few days around the middle of January, 1837, brought harmony and concert of effort in the direction of supplying the most vital needs of the settlement for advancement. The projected distillery of Ewing Young's across the Willamette from the mission was dismantled and he was in charge of the Oregon settlement's most important enterprise. Young, through Slacum's intervention, had exchanged the brand of an outcast and the contemplated role of a destroyer to that of commis- sioned leadership in the community's most vital means to progress. One would have supposed that between such right- minded and sagacious leaders as Lee, McLoughlin and Young such a situation as that from which the colony had just been rescued would have been forestalled in its incipient stages. But affairs were assuming an increasingly ugly and critical aspect until Slacum arrived and through a master stroke of service ensured sobriety, peace, prosperity and continued progress for this pioneer American occupation of the Pacific slope.

GETTING THE FIRST CATTLE FROM CALIFORNIA CALLED FOR DIPLOMACY AS WELL AS DARING AND SAGACITY

With the Oregon cattle party safely landed at Bodega, Cali- fornia, Slacum's role as benefactor of Oregon was ended. He had been sent to Oregon merely to inspect a situation from which a report had gone forth that trouble was brewing for American interests. He had intervened and initiated just the co-operative project that, carried out, opened the way to re- lease and peaceful expansion. The next phase in the realiza- tion of this definite prospect of independence and development for the American settlement in Oregon was that of securing possession of California cattle and getting them safely to Oregon. It was necessary first for Young to secure the re

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versal of the traditional policy that forbade such exportation. Young- won over Vallejo, the military authority, Governor Alvarado and the President of the Missions. These prevailed upon the council or "deputation" to change its vote after hav- ing once refused permission. 10 Only with Herculean effort did the Oregon party succeed in swimming their droves across the San Joaquin and other large rivers on their way home. Then there was ahead of them a stretch of some five hundred miles of mountain barriers, "Alps on Alps" that mingled their summits with the clouds. As several members of the party were survivors of massacres suffered by the Jedediah S. Smith and other expeditions in passing through this region they could not be restrained from acts of retaliation, and thus soon the fastnesses around them were full of lurking savages intent on cutting off those engaged in this desperate undertaking. 11 However, all arrived safely and in good spirits at the settle- ments about the middle of October with six hundred and thirty head, two hundred having been lost by the way. 12 The pur- chase price and cost of bringing them to Oregon brought the cost to the settler up to seven dollars and sixty-seven cents a head.

THE PLAY OF THE ECONOMIC FORCES IN THE MAKING OF EARLY OREGON is REVEALED IN THE YOUNG DOCUMENTS

No sooner was this achievement for community advancement consummated than another of only less degree of importance for the welfare of the settlers was projected by Young and rapidly pushed to realization. As their newly acquired herds would make available for them the riches of the "finest graz- ing country in the world/' 13 so a sawmill would make it pos- sible for them to command for their dwellings and other buildings lumber from the best forests. Such a mill was soon

10 Bancroft, History of California, v. IV, p. 86; History of Oregon, v. I, p. 144; Documentary Record, appendix, II Ewing Young's Petition to the Governor of California; Diary of Col. Philip L. Edwards, p. 20.

1 1 Edwards Diary, pp. 22-47.

12 Bancroft, History of Oregon, v. I, p. 149.

13 Slacum's op. cit., p. 202.

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in operation "on the Chehalem creek near its confluence with the Willamette." 14

For a wonder we are not at loss to know what Ewing Young as the natural, recognized but uncommissioned leader in con- structive enterprise in this early Oregon community did during the years 1838, '39 and '40, while his physical strength lasted. We have records also containing data for estimating the meas- ure and mode of influence upon the community that issued from the fact that his accumulations at his death intestate in Febru- ary, 1841, and without known heirs, became the common wealth of the Oregon community. This advantage of a unique degree of light on the doings of Ewing Young away back in the clos- ing years of the thirties of last century is due to the preserva- tion of his accounting records and those of the administrators of his estate that was required because the Territory pledged itself to reimburse any lawful heir or heirs should any appear. It might have, as it did have, occasion to consult these records to determine its liabilities on this score. 15 This prime source material for illuminating an epochal turn in the course of events in Oregon has been available for three quarters of a century in the archives of the territory and later the state of Oregon. As a body of financial statistics without arrangement it has not invited deliberate examination. Through the gracious courtesy of the former Secretary of State, Ben W. Olcott, and the present Secretary, Sam A. Kozer, and their aids, encourage- ment was given to persevere in making it available to the stu- dents of western history. These documents shall be allowed to tell their own story with only a running line of suggestion to show the thread of sequence.

It seems timely too in the interest of a real understanding of the forces operating in the making of Oregon that this material should be utilized. The emphasis in the telling of the story of the life and the affairs of early Oregon has always been strongly on the religious and the political movements. The saving of the souls of the natives of the Pacific Northwest

14 Courtney M. Walter, Transactions of th* Oregon Pioneer Association, 1880, p. 58.

1 5 Documentary Record of Ewing Young and his Estate, Appendix, I, p. 197.

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was an impelling motive that brought a goodly share of the leading spirits among the earliest settlers. The purpose to secure this desirable region to the United States so as to have a national domain four square and facing both oceans actuated spirits like Thomas Jefferson, Hall J. Kelley, Thomas H. Benton. But the projects instigated by these would all have been retarded, they would have languished and possibly have been defeated, had not provision been made to make life worth living in Oregon for the American settler. Ewing Young's leadership and activities prevented a partial relapse to the privations of barbarism in this isolated community and gave the impulse to an advancing standard of living in matters of food, shelter and power to utilize the natural resources.

The personality of Ewing Young expressed itself creatively in the field of economic progress rather than in religion and politics. But it should be noticed that the records show among his belongings a two-volume edition of Shakespeare that he had probably borne along with him through almost intermin- able wanderings as a trapper and trader, from his eastern Tennessee home along the Santa Fe Trail, on beaver hunting trips into the northern provinces of Mexico, back and forth between New Mexico and California, up and down and across the wide dimensions of California and then on that terrifying trip with nearly a hundred horses through the Rogue River Indian country to Oregon. 16 His mental calibre was such that he found his real refreshment and recreation in having his thought move along with that of this mental giant of the ages. In taking the measure of Ewing Young as he was advanced so quickly to leadership in the Oregon community it should be noted that it was without the aid of a subsidy of missionary funds and organization, and also without the backing of the well-knit, privileged and strongly capitalized old-world fur company. He relied only on democratic influence. He was the original exponent of democratic procedure and organization in Oregon expansion.

1 6 Ibid, VIII, p. 266, a8o.

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The body of documentary records pertaining to Ewing Young and his estate made accessible in this number of the Quarterly bring out not merely his work in Oregon develop-' ment but also indicate the play of economic motive in first bringing into existence an actual public mind of the com- munity so that it sought expression in political organization. In the interest of gaining a view of the early conditions true to reality it would seem advisable to review these hitherto overlooked economic forces. With the aid of the items of the accounts produced here it is easy to build up a mental picture of his home on the Chehalem as a center of distribution. First, there was the drove of nearly a hundred horses and mules brought by him in the fall of 1834. These of course moved slowly in exchange because of the general interdict of Dr. McLoughlin. Then in October of 1837 his corral held more than six hundred cattle, which with their increase were to become in due time the possessions of the settlers distributed in all directions. Then the very next year we see the first saw mill in all the valley arising there and soon through the years 1838, '39 and '40 a regular procession of loads of lumber is leaving that mill destined to the different homesteads. During these years the settlers were for the first time equipped to enlarge rapidly their cultivated fields and to provide ade- quate and fitting shelter for themselves and their animals. If we direct our attention more closely to the Ewing Young establishment the items of the accounts show a service of exchange. For the beaver, wheat and other productions of the settlers, articles of supplies were provided by his depot. More than that, in the almost money-less community the functioning of a clearing house is strongly in evidence in these records. In a word, because of his untiring activity Ewing Young's establishment during these years served for the community as virtually a market place, a store, a bank and a factory as well as the largest farm. W. H. Gray says he was "a stir

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ring, ambitious man"; 17 and Courtney M. Walker pays him the tribute of being "a very candid and scrupulously honest man; was thoroughgoing, brave and daring." 18 Is it any wonder then that with his activities he was functioning as a unifying and community making center for this outlying set- tlement ?

UNITY IN ECONOMIC INTERESTS AND ACTIVITIES IMPEL TO POLITICAL ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION

Fort Vancouver necessarily continued to be the chief pri- mary source of the wide range of the manufactured supplies indispensable for civilized existence. It had the only effective line of communication with the outside world. But for an adequate supply of such fundamental needs as those of meat and milk for the table, and sawed lumber for capacious living quarters the early Oregon settler was beholden to the untiring efforts of Ewing Young. With his death in February, 1841, this personal influence towards unifying this settlement and transforming the conditions of its existence came to a close and the waning of his strength through the preceding year is painfully evident in his accounting records. The responsibility of administering the estate then devolved upon the settlers. The impulse to organization thus given was effective. Meet- ings of the nature of folkmoots were held on three successive days from the hour of his funeral. At the third, a full meet- ing of the inhabitants of the Willamette valley, at the Ameri- can Mission house "Dr. Ira L. Babcock was appointed to fill the office of Supreme Judge with probate powers." 19 To him were added requisite administrative officials. Furthermore, a committee was chosen to frame a constitution and draft a code of laws. On April 15th Mr. Babcock as Judge of Probate appointed David Leslie "administrator of the affairs of the late Ewing Young, yeoman, deceased, intestate . . ." 20 These political developments are facts familiar to all students

17 Op. cit., p. 154-

18 Op. cit., p.

10 v^p. cit., p. 50.

19 J. Henry Brown, Political History of Oregon, v. I, p. 83.

20 Ibid, p. 85.

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of early Oregon history. However, the administration of his estate brought about three other meetings which the records here produced for the first time bring into general notice. In course of the disposal of the property comprising the estate three auctions were held by the administrator. The "minutes of sales" are evidence of a full attendance of the settlers. Then there were repeated participations of a considerable pro- portion of the community in collecting the cattle and horses for the sale days. Their association on these auction days and their general co-operation in holding them was a schooling in facility for unanimity in achieving their later political organ- ization. 21 In a word, the public mind and spirit for the deliber- ation at the Champoeg meeting on May 2, 1843, had been prepared for through the meeting six years before at the same place for the organization of the California cattle expedi- tion, and more recently by the auctions participated in on the farm of Ewing Young across and up the river. Joseph L. Meek, who successfully evoked response and decision at the political meeting, had previously trained for this as auctioneer at Chehalem. And George Le Breton was naturally suggested as secretary, for he had served as clerk at the auctions.

Bancroft holds that "From the presence of Ewing Young in Oregon sprang two important events in the settlement of the country: the coming of an authorized agent of the United States, and the disinthralment of the settlers from what they felt to be the oppressive bondage of the fur company. By his death Ewing Young gave the colony a further and still more important impulse. . . ." 22 (The reference is to the move- ment for complete political organization.) Using as the basis of my claims data referring to the vital every day interests of the settlers I have tried to show how he had even a more direct and far-reaching part in early Oregon development. It is now in place to turn to the background of his earlier preparatory experiences and career, so far as records available suffice to

21 Documentary Record, appendix, VIII, IX, X,

22 Bancroft, History of Oregon, v. I, p. 152,

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reveal these, and from these get additional support for the interpretation given, as well as a more real and satisfactory view of one of the founders of Oregon.

THE WORLD OF ADVENTURE AND OPPORTUNITY TO WHICH EWING YOUNG WAS LURED IN THE TWENTIES

By the early twenties of the 19th century enough of the home-building pioneers had in their westward movement crossed the Mississippi river to qualify Missouri for state- hood. Up to this time the hunters, trappers and fur traders, serving as scouts for the on-coming settler, had regularly fol- lowed the courses of the water ways in penetrating the wilder- ness. Now as the vanguard reached the great bend of the Missouri river conditions counselled a change to an overland advance. Several efforts to stem the swift currents beyond this point through the long distance to the mountains had proven arduous and virtually futile. Two salients were thus at the beginning of the twenties being projected westward across the prairies to the mountains and beyond.

The line of the Oregon trail pointed to the northwest and served as the highway for traffic with the Indian tribes in that quarter and with the mountain men as they exploited the fur wealth of the mountain wildernesses. The other line of advance across the prairies to the southwest was the Santa Fe trail serving for similar traffic with the tribes of the southwest, but also made a new short cut, and therefore preferred, line of communication with an isolated outpost of civilization in that region. Soon over the Oregon trail pressed the caravans of settlers who were to save the Pacific Northwest and Upper California to our jurisdiction. Along the Santa Fe trail moved those who Americanized the vast region of the southwest so that its cession to us by Mexico was inevitable and in accord- ance with the principle of self-determination.

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ward to its eastward course across the state, where now stands the metropolitan center, Kansas City. Then two outfitting stations marked its now widely extended site. They were known as Independence and Westport. The caravans setting out, whether destined for the northwest or southwest, held for a short stretch to a common course. Then those taking the Oregon trail branch penetrated a wilderness year by year to a more and more remote objective until early in the thirties Wyeth pressed on in a continuous journey to meet the tidal waves of the Pacific. The Oregon trail was thus fully opened and reached the Oregon shore of the Pacific. On the other hand the Santa Fe trail as its name indicates led to a long established community the inhabitants of which, however, were of a quite contrasted type of the white race to that of those who were opening this trade route to them.

The incoming traffic on the Oregon trail naturally was exclusively of furs secured in exchange for supplies for the mountain trappers and for Indian trading goods taken out. While the returning caravans on the Santa Fe trail also brought fur packs from the Colorado mountains and, from the streams in the then provinces of northern Mexico, specie extracted from the mines in the interior of Mexico, and mules secured from California soon became the more valuable imports. These cargoes were obtained mainly through funds from the sale of the dry goods of cotton and silk, and articles of hardware, taken out. With the isolated dwellers on the upper Rio Grande such staples were naturally in great demand. Along each route similar dangers of attack by fierce tribes were to be guarded against as they resented this invasion of their hunting grounds and more the highhanded ruthlessness of the unworthy of the white men.

Opportunities for profit and adventure were thus being opened in these two theatres for trade. A spirit having the audacity and resourcefulness of Ewing Young was naturally challenged by them. St. Louis papers would bring accounts

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of expeditions undertaken to him, hemmed in as he was in his native region of east Tennessee. An inevitable attack of wanderlust in the years of early manhood must snatch him away into these new and alluring fields of enterprise. Into which regional wilderness would he be swayed? Into that of the northwest or of the southwest?

In all of his later and known career he never showed any disposition to seek parleyings with the red man. He cannot lie charged with any exploitation of him or any unprovoked ruthlessness toward him. The Indian nature was too slow. He wanted contact with those worthy of his mettle. Nor did he hanker for the unique satisfactions of wilderness solitudes as such. He was not an explorer. His persistent bent was for leadership in carrying out projects, directly of use, at the head of companies of men of his own race, and then too he con- stitutionally had the strongest aversion to dominating mon- opolies such as the American Fur Company in evidence on the Oregon trail In view of these traits exhibited when he was within the range of recording agencies we should search for traces of him on the route of the Santa Fe trail as he is making his way westward to California and Oregon where he was to emerge into the clear light of history. And sure enough ! Mexi- can documents of the nature of reports by the Governor of New Mexico and others, to those higher in authority, on a (rapping expedition to the Gila in 1826 under Ceran St. Vrain contain the name of a "Joaquin Joon" as the leader of one of the four divisions of the party. 23 The basis for identifying this name as the one Ewing Young went by in that region w have in an affidavit made by Kit Carson and two other resi- dents of Taos in 1852. This affidavit says Ewing Young "was railed by Mexican residents of this territory Joachin John. . . ." In the parish record of the baptism of his son it is "Joaquin John." In the California documents Bancroft says he was often called "Joaquin Joven." 25

23 Thomas Maitland Marshall, "St. Vrain's Expedition to the Gila in 1826" m The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, v. XIX, p. 255.

24 Documentary Record, appendix, I, p. 200

25 Bancroft, History of California, v. Ill, p.

p. 174.

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MEXICAN DOCUMENTS AND THOSE OF THE PARISH OF TAOS,

NEW MEXICO, THROW LIGHT ON THE WESTWARD

MOVEMENT OF EWING YOUNG

In all probability, then, it was Ewing Young that one morn- ing in May, 1826, left Fort Osage, Missouri, in an expedition gotten up by Ceran St. Vrain. It was destined for the Rocky Mountains. It arrived at Santa Fe probably late in June. On the 29th of August, 1826, Antonio Narbona, governor of New Mexico, issued at Santa Fe a passport to this company to "pass to the state of Sonora for private trade." 26 Complaints were soon filed against them by Mexican beaver hunters and others that they were threatening the extinction "of a product so useful and so valuable;" that they were arrogant and "had talked in an insolent manner," and that they were "getting alarming quantities of peltries frequently without paying even an eighth of the customs to the treasury." 27 By 1830 Young is clearly identified as an independent leader of trapping and mule trading parties entering California. 28 In one of these expeditions he was a partner of David Waldo and David E. Jackson, formerly an associate of Sublette. 29 From this point on in his career the California documents keep him clearly in view. Only one definitely established and interesting fact is known about him in that interim between his connection with the St. Vrain expedition to the Gila and his final departure from New Mexico to California in September, 1831. This fact is certified to in the affidavit of Kit Carson and two residents of Taos already referred to. Young seems for a time to have identified himself with that community. For the affidavit says he "left this territory about the year thirty-two or there-abouts and that said Young had lived as man and wife with Maria Josefa Tafoya and that said Maria Josefa Tafoya had issue by said Young as acknowledged by him, that said issue was a boy and called Jose Joaquin. . . ." The same who appeared to claim, and who in 1855 received, the proceeds of the Ewing Young estate from the Territory of Oregon. 30

26 Marshall, op. cit., p. 253.

27 Quoted from Marshall, op. cit., 257-9-

28 Bancroft, History of California, v. II, p. 600; v. Ill, pp. 174-5.

29 Ibid, v. Ill, pp. 387-8; Documentary Record, appendix, I, p. 203.

30 Documentary Record, appendix, pp. 197-202.

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EWING YOUNG IN CALIFORNIA 31

By 1830 Ewing Young had secured recognition as one of the three or four leaders of trapping and trading expeditions westward out of Taos, New Mexico, down the Gila and across the Colorado into California. The annals of California of the early thirties exhibit him possessed of a passport signed by Henry Clay and vised by the Mexican minister at Wash- ington, March 30, 1828. This authorized the activities he was pursuing. In 1830 at the head of a group of a dozen trap- pers he passed north through the Tulares region, penetrating as far as San Jose. His band aided the mission authorities to recapture some runaway neophytes. He thus was in the good graces of the mission. But he had trouble with his own men. Three in the vicinity of San Jose deserted him and others when he was in the region east of Los Angeles quarreled among themselves with the result that one of their number was killed. In fact so insecure did he feel his hold on his party that instead of returning from the Colorado, where his trap- ping terminated in December, to southern California to ex- change his catch of fur for mules and thus obtain a larger margin of profit, he hastened directly home to Taos. Kit Carson was probably with Young in this 1830 expedition.

Young was not ready to start on his second expedition over this southeastern entrance to California before September, 1831. In the meantime he had become associated with David E. Jackson, formerly a partner of Sublette's and with David Waldo. Their plan of operations continued much the same as on Young's first expedition in 1830. They were to accumu- late a stock of beaver skins trapping the Gila and other streams on the way, trade for mules and horses in the region of Los Angeles and these were to be taken back for the Louisiana market. They were in demand too for the caravans plying between Santa Fe and St. Louis. Jackson with a detachment of nine hired men and a negro slave proceeded directly to

31 Bancroft, History of California, v. II, 600; v. Ill, pp. 174-5, 180, 317, 387-8, 393-4, 410, 630; v. IV, 85-7, 263-4.

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California to locate the mules and horses whose purchase was contemplated. Young with a party of thirty men was to do the trapping on the way and thus secure the wherewithal to pay for the droves selected. Young did not reach Los Angeles until April, 1832, and as his traps had been defective his beaver catch had not been satisfactory. Consequently a major portion of his force of thirty men were sent back with the horses and mules purchased. Young himself and those re- tained set out to retrieve his fortunes in the varied trapping and hunting trips, his course in which will be traced. It is to be noted first that a part even of the horses and mules the partners were able to obtain with their small beaver catch were lost on their way to New Mexico in fording the Colorado.

Young seems first with a small party to have tried otter hunting. He built two canoes at San Pedro near Los Angeles with the aid of a ship carpenter. With these and a yawl he cruised in the vicinity of Point Conception and the Channel Islands. By October of this year 1832 with a larger party he had started inland to trap on the Kings river in the direc- tion of the San Joaquin from Los Angeles. Thence he worked his way north through the California valleys until Klamath lake was reached. He noted as he proceeded a dense Indian population in the valleys. But on his return in the "following summer the country was strewn with the remains of the dead wherever a village had stood." Hundreds were lying dead in a single rancheria. One of the party later reported that from the headwaters of the Sacramento to the Kings river only five living Indians were seen. Abundant and revolting signs of this pestilence, supposed to have been the small pox, were still in evidence to the members of the Willamette Cattle Company when they passed through this region with their drove in 1837.

THROUGH HALL J. KELLEY EWING YOUNG GETS A VISION OF

THE OREGON SITUATION Returning to the vicinity of Los Angeles in the fall of 1833

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Young made a short trip to the Gila and Colorado. What he had netted through these last three trips the otter hunt, the long trip to Klamath lake and the short one to the southeast we do not know. At any rate Hall J. Kelley was to find him quite susceptible to the story of Oregon. Kelley had arrived at San Diego enroute for Oregon, having come across the Isthmus of Tehauntepec from Vera Cruz and up the west coast of Mexico. Young and Kelley met at Pueblo near San Diego. Kelley speaks of Young as "a native of Tennessee, a man remarkable for sagacity, enterprise, and courage." 32 After listening to Kelley 's preaching Oregon we can picture him taking account of his prospects in California and his compari- son of them with what Oregon seemed to promise, if Kelley's story was to be credited. He had tried out about all possible trapping and trading enterprises, having traversed the length and breadth of the almost continental domain of California. \Yithal he had but meagre returns. He must too have become conscious of the fact that his powers could be better applied than in the roving life of the trader and trapper. For him to remain as a settler in California as it then was would be the doom of a foreigner buried in a foreign land. Its traditions, language and polity could never be congenial to a nature so intensely imbued with Americanism as was his. There was no possibility of a following for the "stirring, ambitious" Amer- ican among the languid natives of Spanish antecedents. On the other hand the Oregon country with its Columbia and abounding resources open and ready for American occupation must have answered quite fully to the vision of the goal he had always had in view. From this weighing of pros and cons he soon changed from the "almost persuaded" of the first meeting with Kelley to altogether persuaded and, hastening north, sought out Kelley who had proceeded as far as Monte- rey. "The last of June he arrived," says Kelley, "at my en- campment on the prairie, five miles eastward of Monterey, and

32 Powell's Hall Jackson Kelley, p. 80.

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consented to go and settle in Oregon, with, however, this ex- press understanding that if I had deceived him, woe be to me.'

"33

AN IMPEDIMENT is INTERPOSED THAT NEARLY BRINGS TO

WRECK AND RUIN THE CAREER OF YOUNG AND THE

PROSPECTS OF THE AMERICAN SETTLEMENT

ON THE WILLAMETTE

On the 8th of July the party set out for Oregon. Young had fifty horses, each of his men one or more, Kelley had six with a mule. They bought more as they passed through the settlements, so that when leaving the last settlement Young had 77 horses and mules. Kelley and the other five men had twenty-one. Young was taking leave of California. He had during four years of almost continuous activity as trapper and trader consistently met all the requirements made by the authorities there of foreigners to carry on these operations within its borders. He had in fact gone out of his way to uphold the forces of law and order. He was in good stand- ing. When he returned three years later he was able to secure concessions in the way of permission to purchase and drive out a considerable drove of cattle, while a representative of the Hudson's Bay Company with a similar purpose failed. 34 But on his arrival in Oregon in the fall of 1834 he was to pass under a cloud that was not fully lifted until this return. It was an ordeal so severe that not only was his own career dangerously near to being wrecked, but Samson-like he would in his blindness have pulled down to ruin the Oregon com- munity with him. A band of marauders with their booty of stolen animals attached themselves to the party of Young and Kelley as it moved northward. These horse thieves had been operating in the vicinity of San Francisco Bay. A vessel, the Cadboro, was at this time leaving San Francisco for Fort Vancouver. Through this means the governor of California despatched a careless and cruel charge against Young as the

33 Ibid.

34 Bane

34 Bancroft, History of California, v. IV, p. 86.

34 Bancroft, History of California, v. IV, p. 86. / Calif 01 ' " T "'

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leader of a band of horse thieves on the way to Oregon. The details of the rest of this story are familiar in the annals of Oregon. Not one of the narrators, however, has let his thought linger a moment on the plight of the victim of this unintended calumny.

The charge made by Governor Figueroa of California in the letter to Dr. McLoughlin was by him accepted as evidence adequate for conviction and sentence. Thus it stood for over two years. He was to be frozen out. The tactics employed meant his eventual banishment from American soil by forces lodged in a foreign monopoly that was exploiting American resources. He himself duly accredited with passports had at the head of companies of Americans for eight years been freely conducting enterprises of trade and exploitation on foreign soil. Here on American soil he was to be denied the pursuit of the means of happiness. It was too at the natural goal of all of his adventures. He could go no farther. The Oregon country was the real ultima thule. He must renounce all his hopes. But he would not have been a valiant American if he had. He naturally felt that he represented Americanism in the middle thirties in Oregon. The missionaries did not as they knuckled to the Hudson's Bay Company authorities.

Suppose we enter into the intent and course of Ewing Young as in the autumn of 1834 he approaches the Willamette valley settlement with his band of some eighty horses and mules. He was bringing to the settlers an available horse power supply for the cultivation of their fields and the transportation of their produce. He establishes his farm across the river from the mission and French Prairie settlements. His animals should not trample their grain fields or consume their pasture. The mission, the Hudson's Bay Company and its retainers on French Prairie, had need of his goods or means for production and he had need of clothes, tools, and other goods which they could spare in exchange. Surely the mutual advantage would be

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realized and the Oregon settlement would wax strong. His actual necessities were supplied, but on terms that would have made his acceptance of them a confession of mendicancy on his part. He was essentially an outcast.

By using Kelley as a competent witness for it was evident that he had no proportionate share of the booty if the horses were stolen, along with Young's straightforward story, for he is credited with being a candid man it is strange that Lee and McLoughlin could not have reassured themselves about this assertive new-comer. But for two long years and more Young had occasion to remain embittered. He tended his bands of horses on the Chehalem hills with no prospect that he with his powers and resources could ever join in a co-operative up-building of Oregon. Should he desert, as Kelley had de- serted, his interests in Oregon and take passage back to the states defeated and discomfited?

He was conscious of being an American on American soil. From his association with Kelley, Young could no doubt give account of this faith that was in him. Furthermore, he had done nothing to forfeit his right to be accorded standing and recognition as an American. Through nearly a decade of severest testing his power to lead in progressive enterprise had been proven. He was conscious of his ability. Why should he succumb supinely? Was not here in Oregon his golden op- portunity for constructive enterprise which he had visioned?

THE DOMESDAY BOOK OF RECORD FOR EARLY OREGON

Well, how all was most happily changed at the suggestion of Slacum and the magnanimous responses of the missionaries and Hudson's Bay Company has been told. How his first leadership in community achievement with the cattle expedi- tion was followed by the saw mill enterprise the appended accounts fully show. The influence of his accumulations upon the community is exhibited in the accounts of the administra- tion of his farm and of the auction sales. Altogether these

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accounting records of Ewing Young and his estate are more than a domesday book for the Oregon of the later thirties and early forties. They show the people of early Oregon in action and dynamic.

They were in need of horse power and he brought it from the neighboring California region. They needed cattle to convert the unlimited pasturage of the valley into milk and meat and leather material for shoes and harnesses and he led in getting the first supply they could call their own. 35 They needed the use of their abundant water power to drive the saw for lumber for their houses and barns and he built and operated the first saw mill and supplied the valley settlement. 36 He was collecting" the machinery for a grist mill when his life was cut short. 37

He had the vision, the enterprise, the discernment and the purpose that make the representative pioneer. Such a pioneer was desperately needed in his day. The same type is probably still more desperately needed now, and he will ever be needed if progress, and yea, if safety, are to be insured. The needed innovations he initiated were quite as difficult as those we need now. In a large sense the livestock and dairy and the lumber industries and the power development of Oregon today are his memorials.

Sentiment there still was in 1844 to have a paling put around his grave at a cost of $60.00. 38 The desecrating use at the same time of the major portion of the proceeds of his estate by the Territorial Government for the erection of a territorial jail is to be condoned, for by that time the great majority of the settlers were recent comers so absorbed with their in- dividual problems of establishing themselves that they could little appreciate what Ewing Young had done towards build- ing up the morale of the Oregon community.

35 The larger later expedition for securing California live-stock in 1842-3, under Captain Joseph Gale, that started in the Star of Oregon, is described by Col. J. W. Nesmith, in The Transactions of the Oregon Pioneer Association, 1880, pp. 10-12.

36 See "Day Book," Documentary Record, appendix, III.

37 Walker, op. cit., p. 58; Documentary Record, appendix, IX, Financial Statements, p. 291.

38 Walker, op. cit.; Documentary Record, appendix, IV, p. 270.

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197

Legend has it that Miranda Bailey, then the sweetheart, later the wife of Sidney Smith, an employee of Ewing Young's, planted an acorn on his grave so that now a sturdy oak marks his resting place. Such a symbol of vigorous growth ever transforming the elements of natural wealth of Oregon into means ministering to a more abundant life here is a befitting token of Ewing Young. Would that it could become duly cele- brated as a historic attraction, so that in its shade there would well up in the hearts of multitudes a full stream of civic inspiration.

APPENDIX

Documentary Record of Ewing Young and His Estate.

I.

Papers refer to: (1) The young mother left behind by Ewing Young at Taos, New Mexico, in 1831. (2) The claim by his heir, Joaquin Young, of the proceeds of the estate and the collection of them by him from the Territory of Oregon in /#55. (3) The claim as creditor of David Waldo associated with Ewing Young while he had his headquarters at Taos in 1831-2.

To the Honorable, the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of

Oregon :

Your petitioner Joaquin Young a citizen of New Mexico but at present temporarily staying in California, represents that he is the legitimate and only son, as he is informed and believes, of Ewing Young who died without will, in Oregon, in the year 1843 [sic] ; that the said Ewing Young was pos- sessed of and owned, at the time of his death, a large amount of personal property and that the same was afterwards con- , verted into money and the said money appropriated by the

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Provisional Government, for public uses ; and your Petitioner further represents that the faith of the said Provisional Gov- ernment was pledged, at the time of said appropriation, for the payment of all monies received from said estate whenever the same should be lawfully claimed and said claim established by the heirs &c of said Ewing Young (See "laws of Oregon" p. 94)-

And your Petitioner further represents that the said Ewing Young, his father, was intermarried and lived with Maria Josepha Tafoya, the mother of your Petitioner, previous to the year 1832 at Taos in New Mexico and that your Petitioner was the fruit of such marriage, as he is informed and believes, and begs in support of the same to present to your Honorable Body as well an authentic certificate establishing the same copied from the Parish Register of the town where said mar- riage and birth took place, as the sworn affidavit of three of its most respectable inhabitants, one of whom, the distinguished "Kit Carson," it is presumed is not unknown by fame and generally conceded merit to most of the members composing your Honorable Body. Your Petitioner also respectfully refers in support of the same to the annexed certificate of Joseph Gale a highly respectable citizen of California, formerly of Oregon, and known to most of its old inhabitants. Your Petitioner would further respectfully represent that his mother, the wife of said Ewing Young deceased, now is and has been for many years in destitute circumstances and entirely dependent upon the daily labor of your Petitioner and the charity of her rela- tions for her maintenance.

Your Petitioner therefore prays that, prompted by a sense of right to a helpless female and her son and of justice to the dead, whose substance and fruits of labor have been appro- priated to the public uses of this Territory in its days of weak- ness, as well as by its plighted faith, this Honorable Body will without delay, pass an act making restitution to the legal repre- sentatives of the late Ewing Young whereby on proof of your Petitioners identity and heirship the money and reasonable interest thereon, heretofore received from said estate, may be paid over, through the proper authorities, to your petitioner

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or his duly authorized Attorney. And your Petitioner will ever pray &c.

JOAQUIN YOUNG. Dated this 1st day of Jan. A. D. 1855.

[Certification of Baptism of Joaquin Young]

Priest Don Antonio Jose Martinez, Priest at Taos in the Territory of New Mexico. I certify in the fullest form of law that in a record book of baptism of the parish bound in sheep skin which begins records in the month of January, 1833, and concludes in the month of June, 1837, said book consisting of 261 sheets on the sheet numbered 18, the front page, is recorded the following: parish "In this parish church of Taos on the 12th of April 1933 I, the priest Don Antonio Jose Martinez baptized solemnly, applied the holy oil and sacred baptism to a boy four days old and I gave him as name Jose Joaquin, the natural son of Maria Josefa Tafoya, a single lady inhabitant of the place of our Lady Guadalupe ; maternal grand parents Jose Antonio Tafoya and Maria Francisca Bernalt. God parents Richard Cambell and Maria Rosa Gripalba, who said that his natural father Joaquin John, a foreigner, dwelling in this place invited them.

And I informed the godparents of their obligation and spirit- ual parenthood. And in order that it might be known I signed "Antonio Jose Martinez."

Said record is the fifth and last on the front of said sheet. This agrees exactly with its original to which I refer. With this it was compared and made in duplication.

And in order that it may be known on the petition of Maria Josefa Tafoya, mother of said Jose Joaquin, I gave the above records certification in this place of our Lady Gaudalupe of the county of Taos, on the 27th June, A. D. 1852.

Signed Jose Antonio Martinez.

Certified by Justice of the Peace that priest has records of Baptism and burial

Taos, June 27th, 1852, Jose Ignacio Valdez, Taos depot.

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[Affidavit of three citizens of Taos supporting representations

of Joaquin Young] Territory of New Mexico County of Toas

Charles Beaubien Christopher

Carson and Manuel Lefebre after being duly sworn declare that they were well acquainted with Ewing Young who was called by Mexican residents of this territory Joachin John and who left this territory about the year thirty-two or therebouts and that the Said Young had lived as man and wife with Maria Josepha Tafoya that Said Maria Josepha Tafoya had issue by him, that said issue was a boy and called Jose Joaquin and left this territory for California with Thomas Boggs and Juan Cristoval Tafoya in the year eighteen hundred and forty nine Said Boy is about nineteen years of age and is supposed to be at present with his uncle Juan Cristoval in California at or near Sonoma.

Witness James H Quinn

Charles Beaubien (Seal)

C. Carson (Seal)

Manuel Lefebre (Seal)

Sworn and subscribed before me this 27th June A D 1852

Jose Ignacio Valdez

Justice of Peace.

[Certification by Joseph Gale in support of claim of Joaquin

Young]

San Jose March 1st., 1854.

This is to Certify that the undersigned was in Oregon when Mr. Ewing Young Died, and he knows that the Said E. Young Died in the possession of a large property and the Said under- signed believes that Ewing Young owed but little in com

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parison to the property he left at his death the Said under- signed knew of the connection of E. Young with Maria Josepha Tafoya, and I believe that Joaquin is a son of his from the fact that he Resembles Mr. Young very much.

With many wishes that he may Recover the property that justly belongs to him

I Subscribe My Name

Joseph Gale

[Endorsed : Ewing Young Copy of Judgment of Supreme

Court]

At a Supreme Court begun and held at the Court Room in the village of Corvallis in and for the Territory of Oregon, on the 3rd Day of December in the year One thousand eight hundred and fifty four, before Hons Geo H. Williams Chief Justice, and M P Deady Associate Justice, the following pro- ceeding were had in Joaquin Young

Plaintiff

vs.

Claim for money

Territory of Oregon

Defendant

This cause came on for hearing upon the allegations and proofs of the parties and was argued by Campbell of Counsel for plaintiff, and by Shiel of Counsel for defendant, and there- upon it is considered that the plaintiff have and recover against the Said defendant the Sum of Four thousand, nine hundred and ninety four and 64/100 dollars, judgment and his cost in this cause expended to be taxed.

I J. G. Wilson, Clerk of the Supreme Court of Oregon do hereby Certify that the above is a true copy of the record and cost in Said cause now recorded in my office.

202 F. G. YOUNG

Witness my hand and Seal of said court at Corvallis affixed this 8th day of December 1855.

J. G. Wilson

Fee. Bill Clerk of the Supreme

Costs in S. C. 1230 Court of Oregon

Costs on Depositions 32.50

Total 44.80 (Seal)

Corvallis 8 Dec. 1855 Sir:

Enclosed I hand you a certified copy of a Judgment of the Supreme Court of Oregon Territory in the case of Joachin Young against the Territory of Oregon together with a certi- fied copy of the statute under which said suit was instituted.

I have therefore to urge you as auditor of this Territory, pursuant to the terms of said act to draw a warrant in favor of the Plaintiff for the amount of said Judgment being the sum of $4,994.64, bill and 44.80 costs in order that same may be paid in pursuance of said act. I have the honor to be

Yours truly

A. Campell

Ay for Joachin Young To A. I. Neya, Esq Auditor O T.

[Endorsed :

"Petition of Daniel Waldo In

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Relation to the Estate of Ewing Young"] To the Honorable the Legislature of Oregon Territory now in session your petitioner the undersigned Daniel Waldo would represent unto your honorable body that himself and one Thomas Jeffreys are Lawfully appointed agents of one David Waldo who has sued for and obtained a Judgment against the Estate of one Ewing Young deceased late of Oregon Terri- tory to the amount of

Dollars and cents, in

the County Court of Clackamas County Oregon Territory And further that one A L. Lovejoy has been appointed administrator with authority to collect the demands due the said Estate but not with power to pay the demands or judgments against said Estate, and further that the said Territory of Oregon has used of the assets belonging to said estate a large amount, these we therefore to pray your honorable body to pass a [law] authorizing said administrator to pay said Judgment as well as to appropriate the amount of assets that have been used by the Territory as the faith of the Territory has been pledged to pay the sum to the heirs or creditors of said Estate. In duty bound will ever pray &c. Daniel Waldo.

Joseph Gale testify [sic.] that he saw Ewing Young in N. M. and also in Oregon and also Mr. Young informed him that he was in business with Mr. Waldo and Jackson also thinks he knows his hand writing.

E Burrough testify that he saw Mr. Young in N. M. also in Oregon and he further states that Mr. Young was con- serned in trade with Mr. Waldo and Mr. Jackson.

F. Hathaway testify under oath that Ewing Young told him that he had been in partnership with Jackson & Waldo at Taos N. M. their capital was about 20,000 dollars. Jackson ran off with some property.

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S. W. Meek testify under oath that he has known Young at Taos but cannot tell if he is the same Young who died in this territory, he has seen him at Taos in '33 or '4.

Robt Newell testify under oath that he has known E. Young in this Terr, but never knew him before he came here. E. Y. said to N. that he had a son at Taos N. M. and said he (N. Young) was in partnership Jackson &. . . at Taos.

[Suggestions to the Committee on Claims to which was referred the claims preferred by Waldo & Jackson against the estate of Ewing Young.]

Dec. 16, 1845 Mr B. Lee:

Dear Sir As I shall start for the Rickreall this morning, I take this method to discharge the obligation which I am under to the "Committee on Claims" to assist them in investi- gating the validity of the claims preferred by Waldo & Jack- son against the estate of N [sic.] Young deceased. For them to establish their right to said estate it will be necessary for them to prove the following facts: 1st, They must establish the identify of the said Young; 2ndly. That said Young, Waldo & Jackson were in partnership, which may be done by the testimony of clerks, or other persons who knew that the al- leged partners have actually carried on business in partnership ; 3rdly. The amount of the stock invested, and also Young's liability to the other partners. And furthermore, one partner cannot bring an action against another while the partnership accounts remain unliquidated ; yet it is otherwise when the cause of action arises out of a transaction entirely distinct from their general dealings.

I will also say to you that the depositions which Mr. Waldo has procured and now brings forward to support the validity of his claims against the estate of said N. Young deceased,

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are wholly inadmissible for they were taken without notify- ing the party (Oregon) against whom these claims are brought of the intention of the claimants to do the same, and conse- quently without affording an opportunity to Oregon to cross examine the witnesses. These are some of the rules of the law, all I think that will be necessary to your guidance in examin- ing the evidence and making up your opinions with respect to the justness and validity of Waldo & Jackson's claims against the estate of Young.

This is for the Committee only.

Respectfully yours,

M A Ford B. Lee

Ch. Com.

[Endorsed : Mr. Barton Lee]

[Endorsed: "Petition of Daniel Waldo & Thomas Jeffries on

Ewing Youngs Estate referd to com on Claims"] To the Honorable Legislator of Orregon territory

Having claimes against the Estate of Ewing Young de- ceased and the administrator of that estate haveing released of his Bondes by your Predissesors or others in office we think it the only legal corse that we pursue to lay the whole matter before your Honorable Body for adjustment the bookes and papers we have at hand when caled for by your body this 11 day of December 1845

By Thomas Jeffreys

Daniel Waldo Lawful agents of David Waldo

II.

Pertaining to the Willamette Cattle Company.

206 F. G. YOUNG

[Designation endorsed on back :

"Mr. Young's Petition to the Govr California"] To His Excellency Gov of the State of Up California.

Sir : Your Petitioner would beg leave to inform Your Ex- cellency that there is on the Wallamette River south of the Columbia a small settlement of Citizens of the United States. This community have from their origin laboured under many difficulties for want of horned Cattle of which they have none. But knowing that your Excellency is aware of the advantages they confer, your petitioner cannot think it necessary to ex- press in detail the reasons why Cattle are indispensable to the prosperity of an Agricultural People. Under these circum- stances a part of the Citizens of said Community on the 13 day of January A. D. 1837, formed themselves into a joint stock Company for the purpose of procuring Cattle from Upper California. The object of your petitioner as well as that of said company, are expressed in the following extract from their Articles of association viz "Whereas we the undersigned settlers upon the Wallamette River are fully convinced of the utility and necessity of having neat Cattle of our own in order successfully to carry on our farms and gain a comfortable live- lihood, and whereas we find it impossible to purchase them here as all Cattle in the country belong to the Hudson's Bay Company, and they refusing to sell them under any circum- stances, and as we believe that the possession of cattle will not only benefit us personally, but will materially benefit the whole settlement, we the undersigned do therefore agree &c. &c."

In pursuance of the object expressed in these articles, a party of Ten American Citizens and three Indian Boys of whom I was chosen Leader, took passage in the American Brig Loriot, Capt Bancroft, of which vessel Wm. A. Slacum Esq of the United [States] Navy was charterer.

In compliance with the wishes of said Association, your Petitioner would pray your Excellency's permission to pur- chase Cattle to the number of Five or six hundred head of the Citizens of California for the purposes expressed above.

EWING YOUNG AND His ESTATE 207

And relying on the friendly relations in which the Citizens of the United States have always stood to those of your Gov- ernment and on your personal generosity, he waits determina- tion I am your Excellency's Humbl & Obdnt Servt San Francisco 10th March 1837 (Signed) Ewing Young

[Ewing Young's Expenses in California as Leader of the Willamette Cattle Company, 1837] Bill of Expenditures from the Treasury of the Willam- ette Cattle Co Viz

For guid from Bodago to Capt Cooper's Mill 1.00

And Travelling Expenses from San Francisco to

Monterey and returning 8.00

$9.00

12 March 1843 Ewing Young

Bill of Expenditures in going to Santa Barbara and return- ing to San Francisco, for the purpose of bying [sic] horses and getting permission to drive out cattle viz

Cooking Utensils 2.50

Translating Petition for permission to drive out Cattle 3.00

1 Saddle 2.25

5 Ropes and 1 Sinch 2.75

Horse and Voccaro hire and taking care

of horses 12.00

Traveling Expenses 11.00

1 Rope .25

$33.75 24 May 1837 Ewing Young

208 F. G. YOUNG

[Treasurer's Statement] Received of

19 Jan. 1837 Receipts of amounts to be invested according to articles of association of the William [sic] Cattle Co

P. L. Edwards

$371 the amount paid by Ewing Young for horses at South for Company

24 May 1837 Ewing Young

Paid for one beef $4 1st June 1837

$810 $810 for Govt of California for Cattle

Mr. Guadalupe Vallejo 1st June 1837 Yerba Buena

[List of Subscribers to Funds and Contributions of Services] 39

[Cash and

Services] [Services]

Ewing Young $1119.274

P. L. Edwards 442.73

Jas A O'Neil 326.72J

C. Tibbetts 182.83

P. Depo [Depot] 210.25

E Equette [Amable Arquoit] 189.54

J Turner 176,27J

Geo Gay 165.00

L Carmichael 233. 12-|

Wm Bailey 121.624 12.00

J Edmunds 68.33J

Wm Peter 60.08J

Benj Williams 76.00

Saml Campbell 111.50

H Wood 130.00

CMaci[?] 61.00

Moore [?] 34.00

Mr Lee 624.00

39 The contribution of William A. Slacum to the funds of the Willamette Cattle Company is not mentioned in the Treasurer's statement. Wilkes United States Exploring Expedition, v. IV, p. 359, gives Slacum's share as twenty-three head, which in 1841 were counted as having increased to eighty-six. These were sold by Slacum's nephew to Dr. McLoughlin for $860.

EWING YOUNG AND His ESTATE 209

Willamette Settler 3.10

Dr Me Loughlin 558.00

Messrs Douglass and Finlayson 300.00 Williams & Jim 20.00

III.

"Day Book" kept by Ewing Young as record of his saw mill business mainly

[On inside of cover page, written crosswise the book is without regular cover are the following entries :]

Fercies [Louis Forcier], Bill of plank

14 Boards f Inch 10 feet Long 9 Inches wi(de) [The edge 42 Plank 1^ Inch thick 10 feet Long of the page is torn off] 22 Plank 1 Inch 12 feet Long 12 Inc wide

Atquet [Amable Arquoit] 14 Boards 12 feet Long 9 Inches

wide 400 feet of plank 1J Inches thick

[New page] Deer 1st 1838

Bill of Boards for W Johnson

8 feet of plank 12 feet Long 1J Inch thick

Felix Hathaways Bill of Lumber

4000 feet of J Inch 7 Inches wide 12 feet Long

2000 feet f thick 12 Inches w

1500 feet of Rough Edg

2000 Inch 1 foot Broad

13 Hundred feet of Floring 1J Inch thick

500 1J do Oak 12 Inches

200 feet of wide Inch & -J

[New page] January 1839

William Can [n] ing account

210 F. G. YOUNG

Brought forward from old Memorandum

Cr By fifty seven days work at $1 pr day $57.00

Including all time to the second day of December

Time worked from the second of December to the 26th January including the 26 40 Days $1 40.

By 1 days work 28 Jan 1.00 1

Total 98 days work $1.00 pr Day

28 Jan Balance Due Mr Canning $29 38 Contra

26 To Beaver $13

1 faling ax 2 20

To order to fort Vancouver

To Goods Brought from the Fort

$67.62

To paid wood [Henry Wood] 1 00 $1

[This was bottom line of page. Across where there was room on the next page is the following:]

$ C 98

68 62 68 62

29 38

[The main part of this page is taken up with material ap- propriate for a beginner's book in French. It starts with an English sentence: John gives you a pin. This is followed by the French translation : Jean donne vous une plume. The re- mainder of the page gives the grammar of the French articles]

[New page]

William Cannings Account Brought forward 9thFebra 1838 Amount 98 9800

Henry Wood Dr

EWING YOUNG AND His ESTATE 211

To $120 Dollars paid him for Six Months work $120

[New page]

[The book was antecedently used for the beginning of an exposition of the French language, as on the pages partly rilled with this content in a neat copper plate style of writing, the unoccupied margins are encroached upon by the accounting records.]

William Canning Dr

To order to the Fort 29 38

Amount Brought forward 6862

$98.00

[This following entry is exactly opposite the preceding Wood account.]

By Six Month [repeated as "Mont"]

& five days work at $20 pr Month $123 85

120

385

W Johnson Dr

To 840 feet of plank 1J Inch thick 150 pr Hundred $12 60

[The pages containing above accounts seem to have been designed as fly leaves or introductory pages. The next page is designated "Page 1"]

[On it is written :] "Memorandum or day Book" [Page 2] Jan 23rd 1839

Saw Mill Dr

212 F. G. YOUNG

To 1 Crank weying 183 Ib at 20c 42 00

2 Bands 27 Ib 5 40

$ C Expences paid Indians for Trip 3 Shirts 60 each 1 80

3 Hkfs 18 C each 54 1 Bushel of Pees 60 C 60

Paid for Bread 75 75

40 Ib pounds pork 10 cents 4 00

Opeos wages 10 days My own time 10 days

1 Dozen Large files $2 10 400 Nails 80 200 Spikes [no cost figures]

200 Spikes do By Smih [sic] 1

300 2 Inch Nails 50

10 pound Nails By Smith 1

2 files By Smith 80 2 do from Beers C 1 00 1 Bushel of pees for Car [ry] ing oats up Hill 60

[Written on margin : Carried forward to page. . . .] | Page 3 of "Day Book"] 15th Jan 1839

Babtiste Deguare Dr

To 1 Horse $35 [1?] $3500

21 Febra To 1 faling ax 200

6th March To paid Burress [William Burroughs] $10 00

Not paid. But asumed [sic]

4700

[Page 4 of "Day Book"] Febra 1st 1839

Babtisto Deguear Cr

By 42 Days work at Mill Including all time previous to this date marked at head of page

EWING YOUNG AND His ESTATE 213

By error in ad [d] ing 4 Days

Febra 22 By Eighteen days work all time Credited to

the 22 Febra $49 29

By Whole Time two Months & 12 Days 47 09

229[sic]

[Page 5 "Day Book"]

6th March John Stephens Dr

To order to fort $5 10 $5 10

1 parr pantaloons [No cost figures]

1 Shirt 60

To 10 Bushels & a peck of wheat $6 00 $615

1 Board 25 25

20 May To Cash paid Johnson 2 87

To Half of Six bushels of pees SOcts 2 40

To Sowing pees $6 3 00

27 June To order to the fort $20 $20 00

July To order John Quinine 20 00

To Baleys accounts [Dr W. J. Bailey] 1 70

[Page 6 "Day Book"] Febra 1st 1839

John Stephens Cr

Up to above Date 14J Days Work at $20 pr Month 14J By 36 days work

50[sic]

24 March 1839

Aug 3d By Babtiste Mullar [Moliere] 400

Wages up to the above date $20 pr Month

From the 25 of March 1839 wages twentifive dollars pr

Month

Time worked commencing the 25 March and continued to the 25 august 121 Days Including the present day 25 august 1839

214 F. G. YOUNG

[Written on margin : "Carried forward"]

[Page 7 "Day Book"] Febra

Solomon Smith Cr

By seven days work $1 00 $7 00

[The above item is crossed out] By 3 do Hailing 3 00

[Page 8 "Day Book"] Febr 8th 1839

Solomon Smith Dr

To 750 feet of weather Boarding at $11 per Thousand $8 25 To 40 feet of Boards 50 50

Brought from old Memorandum

To 22 Scantling 18 feet Long 396 $4 95

To 16 Rafters 176 feet 2 Boards 27 feet

2 do 36 Making 239 feet $3 00

To 22 Joist [ ?] 11 feet each making 242 feet

at $2 pr Hundred 484 $4 84

Jan To Six Hundred feet of weather Boards $1 $6 00

26 Dec To Lucees [Luciere] order 2000 feet of Inch 1-J

Plank $1.50 pr Hundred $3000

Febra 13th To 598 feet of floring 1J Inch thick $8 50

To 1 Staple & Ring for Yoke $1 50

$6754 [Written on margin : "Carried forward To Page 27"]

[Page 9 "Day Book"]

Febra 22nd 1839

Felix Hathaway Cr

By his part of Saw Mill $23700

By Settlement of prirea [ ?] [prairie ?] 225 54

EWING YOUNG AND His ESTATE 215

to accounts $ 26

[Page 10 "Day Book"] Febra 6th 1839

Felix Hathaway Dr

Qct 26 To 1943 feet of Scantling $24 29

April 6 To 4769 feet of weather Boards 52 58

at eleven dollars pr thousand

2104 Of Inch Boards at $13 27 35

1808 Of Inch & J at $13 50 2440

2377 f Inch at 12 Thousd 28 52

510 feet of oak at $20 M 1020

1000 feet of Rough Edg Boar 12 00

not Cash Beaver order

June 1 To To Cash paid R Mcary [Richard McCrary] $25 00 To oak Boards 2 2 00

Nov 14th To 1344 feet of floring l&i at 14 M 18 20

To Hailing 1 00

Settled in full 22 May 1840 Balance Due Hathaway $26.45

[Page 11 "Day Book]

William Burress Dr

To 134 feet of plank at 1 25 pr Hundred $1 68

To 1 plank 25C 25

6 To 687 feet of Boards 8.34

$1027

30 Apr To Debt paid Ben 9 00

To 252 feet of Maple 2pr 5 04

Hundred 1 pair of Shoes ' > 1 40

216 F. G. YOUNG

1 Ib. Tea 1 00 1 00

1 Lofe Sugar 1 10

May 21 To 809 feet of Inch &J plank 11 32

210 feet of f 12$ 2 50

4133

To $15 24 Cents 1524

June 1 1839 To 181 feet of Inch Boards at 13 Dollars 2 35

This Charge Carried to Next Page

[Page 12 "Day Book"]

6th March William Burress

By $10 for Babtisto Deguear

By 1 Month & 6 days at 22 Dollars pr Month

By two yards Scarlet

By 3i yards of Blue Stroud

By 2 Days work 1

Sow & pigs

May 56 57 [57 57?]

21 Settled In full up To this date

E Young Continued In Next page

[Page 13 "Day Book"]

Saw Mill account Brought forward [Probably the accounts beginning with Jan. 23rd]

To paid Kysir $1-00 for Bringing Chain from Mission 1 00 paid Hubbard for Turning Crank $5 $5 00

To Cannings Work $98 98 00

To his Board $32 50 32 50

To woods wages 5 Months $20 100 00

To his Board 43 00

To Brandewines wages $21 21 00

His Board 3 weeks & \ 700

EWING YOUNG AND His ESTATE

Babtisto wages 42 days 32 34

To his Board seven weeks 1400

Stephens 14 Days work $20 10 77

14 Days Board 4 50

[Page 14 "Day Book"]

To 30 Bundles of oats By Bileek [Beleque]

30 do of parue [?]

76 do from Smith 9J Bushels

To Smiths work 23 days $1 23 00

To work do 10 days $1 10 00

To Board 5 weeks 3 days 10 75

To paid Indian 3 yards of Calico for Diging [sic] Bank 30 90 To paid Sam 1 Blanket 2 $2 00

By error In Bt acount 4 00

[Page 15 "Day Book"]

[An account was entered and the same was again charged on

page 22 so it was omitted here] [The following account was crossed out] Henry Wood

To Difference In swap of Horses $10 / June, 12th 1839 10

Nov 2nd 1839 E Burress [Burroughs] Cr

By Cash 20 20

By pantaloons 2

Pig 2 50

$2450

[The above account is inserted near bottom of page. It seems to be duplicated at bottom of opposite page]

[Page 16 "Day Book"] June 1st 1839

Edward Burress Dr

To 181 feet of Inch plank at 13 dollars pr Thousd 2 35 21 To 288 feet of Scantling at 1,50 pr Hundred 4 32

218

F. G. YOUNG

1 3 Inch plank 23 feet

1 3 Inch plank 16 feet

To paid Jirva [Gervais]

To paid Lucie [Lucier]

Nov 3 [?] T(o) order To.Ft Vancouver

67

40

500

300

1500

32 74 [30 74] 2450

824

[Through inserting this "Kyser" credit Young became con- fused and makes account stand as follows :]

Kyser 400

Contra Cr [Part of Edward Burress account]

By Cash $2000

By Batist Mullar [Moliere] 2 50

By Swap in pantaloons 2 00

2450 [Page 17 "Day Book"]

Cock De Lauge [?] [De Lard?] Dr $ $

To 233 feet of weather Boards at 12 pr Thousand 3 00

[This is the entry on page 17. Page 18 is blank. Pages 19 and 20 are also unused] [Page 21 "Day Book"]

Contra Cr

By fifty Bushels of wheat at 60 Cents $30.00

20 Feb By 10 Bushels of potatoes 400

April By 30 bundles oats

By 10 Bushels of potatoes [No sums of value for

these two items]

[The following list of items is written perpendicularly to page lines]

150 feet Paru [Pariseau]

EWING YOUNG AND His ESTATE 219

150 do Arquet

150 Laderute [In adding, the 150s seem to have

150 furcie [Fucier] been multiplied, and the 200 over- 200 charlow[?] looked]

600

29th Aprile Delivered for the Church 1800 feet of Boards [No charge is made for the above item]

[Page 22 "Day Book"] 7th Febra

Parue Dr

To 1017 feet of plank 1 Inch $1 p Hundred 15 25

17th To 700 feet of Inch & i .1.25 875

21 1671 feet of Inch &J floring 25 6

22 To 407 of Inch &J $150 6 12 April 28 To 1676 feet of Inch & i of white fur 14 pr Hd 23 46 To 688 feet of weather Boarding 7 46

To 150 feet of weather Boarding for Church [no charge]

8th May To 840 feet of weather Boards 9 75

To 140 feet of 12 feet Long 1 60

[Page 23 "Day Book"]

[The pages 23 & 24 have cancelling cross marks scrawled over them]

Billeek Dr

To 1300 feet of Inch &i plank 1.50 $1950

To 1100 feet of 4 Inch 1980

580 feet of Inch

To 210 feet of Joist [?] $725

at $1.50 $3 15c $3 15

366 feet of weather Boards at $12 pr Thousand 4 38

To Hailing Lumber 400

To 160 feet Edg 225

16 feet Joist

$6033i

220 F. G. YOUNG

24

6Q56J 5980

[Page 24 "Day Book"]

Contra Cr

By 30 Bundles of oats 4 80

By 10 Bushels of Pees 60c $600

By Tibbets order 1000

2080 26 By order To fort Vancouver $39 Dollars 3900

5980

[Page 25 "Day Book"] Febra 23 1839

Aiken Lucie [Etienne Lucier] Dr

To two Thousand feet of Inch &J plank 1 50 $30 00 To 366 feet of weather boards at $12 pr Thousand 4 38J

Deem 5 to 250 feet of plank 3 25 March

8th To 210 feet of 4 Inch oak plank at 8 40

To 187 feet of oak 2\ Inches thick 7 48

To 375 feet of 3&J Inch pine at 12 00

To 164 feet of 3 Inch pine 470

To 1300 feet of Inch & J Floring at 13 M 1685

To Hawling 4 4 00

9126J

[Page 26 "Day Book"] Contra Cr

EWING YOUNG AND His ESTATE 221

By Order Solomon Smith 30 00

By 15 bushels of flour at 56Cents 840

By 20 bushels of wheat 60 12 00

By Thomas Me ay $53 53 58

10398 amount brought forward ( from preceding opposite

page) 91 26

To Inch plank 9 00

100 feet Inch 1 50

Hailing 2 Loads 1-00 1 00

10276

[Page 27 "Day Book"] Solomon Smith Dr

$

To Amount Brought forward [from page 8] 67 54

To 1 Role of Tobacco 1 46

$6900 Febra 25 Deduct one Staple & Ring 1 50

6750

Settled up all Cash acounts

To paid Dr white 50 00

To Order to Fort Vancouver 24 50

To five dollars 50 By order Ft 5 50

$14750

To Webs Order $2 2 00

To 1 Trap (No charge)

April 16 To 749 feet of Inch & J plank at $15 pr

thousand $12 98

To 468 feet of Inch & J at 14 M 6 55

222 F. G. YOUNG

To 140 feet of Inch Boards 1 82

17085

[Page 28 "Day Book"] [Beginning with page 25, excepting

page 27, pages are no longer numbered]

May 7th Solomon Smith Dr

128 feet of inch plank $1 66

124 do do 291

70 do do 91

To 2000 feet of weather Boards at $11 22

To two Hundred & 34 feet of 2 Inch plank 04 60

To 1017 feet of f at $12 13 30

To 251 feet of Inch $13 3 27

130 feet of Weather Boards 1 50 27

June 4 To 300 feet of Inch plank 4 80

To 2164 feet of Inch Boards at 13 dollars $28 26

8322[?]

[New page "Day Book"] 16 June 1839

John Turner Cr

By 9 days work Branding Cattle $1 dolar [sic] pr day $9 00 By 6 days Hailing Logs 1 6

16 June

Number of Cattle Branded 110 Calves this year 60 Females 50 Mails [A blank page "Day Book"]

[New page "Day Book"]

F Frederick Contr Cr

By 3 Gallon & Kegs of butter 12 lb each 720

1 do of 3 Gallon 480

EWING YOUNG AND His ESTATE 223

By ten dollars asumed for Mr Canning $10 00

$2200 26 May By 16 pounds Butter 3 20

2520

[New page "Day Book"] 17 March

Frederick Despor Dr

To Three Hundred & 66 feet of Weather Boards for $

Church $4 38 438

To 676 feet of Inch and \ plank at 1 50 $10 14

To Hailing 1 00 1 00

16th April To 1000 feet of weather boards $12 00

2752J

[New page "Day Book"]

April 4 Alonson [sic] Beers Dr

To 1000 feet of Inch Boards 12 50

To Hailing 00

[The "1 00" for hauling was written but very faintly. Has

appearance of having been erased]

[New page "Day Book"] June 20th

Alinson [sic] Beers Cr

By amount of his acount paid By Mission $12 50

[New page "Day Book"]

4th

April Doctor White Dr

1839

To 277 feet of Weather Boards $ Cts

224

F. G. YOUNG

To 1020 feet do 40 boards To 234 feet 2 Inch plank at $2 pr Hundred 320 feet of weather Boards

Weather Boards Total 1617 450 of Inch & J at 13 50 pr Thousand 225 of Inch & J at 16 Dollars thousand 175 of Inch Boards 13 thousd To 475 feet of Inch Boards at 12J M paid by Mission August 1839

468

1778 607 360

227 594

[New page "Day Book"]

April

8th Arquet

To 1152 feet of Inch Floring at $16 m 233 [with 180 written over these figures] Weather Boards

9th To Hailing 2 Loads 50

Acount paid August 1839

Dr

$1829

300 100

$2229

[New page "Day Book"]

Fersie Dr

To 20 Weather Boards 180 feet $2 00

April 16th

Batisto Molar Cr

By 38 Days work at 20 pr Month $20 00[ ?]

Including the 17th of April 30 may Babtisto Moro [Molar] Cr

By thirty three days work Including this 30 of may 1839 3 August By 36 days work up to this date Total Time

four Months & 3 days $82 10

[New page "Day Book"] Babtisto Moro Cts

To 3 Shirts 60 each

Dr

Cts

180

EWING YOUNG AND His ESTATE 225

3 yards of Blue Stroud at 90 2 62J

To 1 3J point Blanket 3 70

21 may To order paid Dick Me ary $6 00 6 00

27 To 2 three point Blankets

To 1 pair of Fine Cloth pantaloons 3 yards of Second Blue Cloth 1 Black Silk Hkf

1 Flag pocket do

5 Ib Soap

6 Skanes of Silk

2 Fine shirts Gingham 1 fine Hat

['Written perpendicularly opposite these items: "Carried forward"]

[New page "Day Book"]

Mr. Reva [Rivet] Dr

To Boards for Church $03 5 [Words "for Church" have line drawn through them] 26 Babtisto Mullar Dr

may To amount Brought forward [None stated] [Prob- ably refers to sum of Items charged to Babtisto Molar on preceding page]

To 1 Vest 200

5 Ib of Tobacco 1 50

To Bringind [sic] his articles 75

2 Gingham Shirts 1 30 2 60

1 fur Hat 4[?]

1 Dear Skin 40 Cents 40

To difference in swap of Blankets 1 00 1 00

To Beaver order paid Johnson $22 $22 00

1 Cotton Hkf 50

[New page "Day Book"] Aprile 25 1839

226

F. G. YOUNG

Joseph Jervey [Gervais] To 150 feet of weather Boards 80 do of maple 3 24 feet of 1 J Inch Deem 1838 To plank for Church

To fifty feet of weather [boards] acount Paid august 1839

Dr

$180 240

35 350

75

[New page "Day Book"] 21 May

Hudson Bay Co To order Bt Deguar

Dr $141 75

[New page "Day Book"]

1839

25 Dr

may Furcie

To 2000 feet of Boards & plank $30 00

Deem 1839 Paid

In Six sums [?] $5 each 3000

17 Laderute Dr

may To 250 feet of weather Boards at 12 pr Thousand $3 00 June 4th To Boards 4 40 4 40

740 480

By 2 Beaver Cr by 3J pees

[New page "Day Book"]

John Edmunds

To 3 Beaver Traps $2 20C each 15th august I sac Kyser

260

240

$240

Dr

$660 Cr

EWING YOUNG AND His ESTATE 227

By 12 Beaver Skins $2.20 [ ?] each $24 20 [sic]

[New page "Day Book"] June 1st

John Edmunds Cr

By 3 Beaver Skins 2.20 $6 60

15th aug

Isaac Kyser Dr

To 1 Cow & Calf 45 $45 00

[New page "Day Book"]

Babtisto Mullar acount brought forward Dr

To four Dollars paid John Stephens 4 00

paid Doct Baley 235

26 augst To order to fort $12 12

To amount paid Burres $2 50

To paid John Stephens 4 00

[New page "Day Book"]

28 August 1839'

Thomas Me ay $ Dr Cts

To 568 feet of Inch & plank at $15 pr Thousd 8 62 To 250 feet of weather Boarding at 11 pr Thousand 5 75

To Hawling 1 00

1 Sep David Leslie Dr To 804 feet of Inch Boards at $13 pr Thousd 9 45 274 of Inch & Half Damaged 3 00

Hawling $1-00 1 00

Thomas Me ay Dr

2 Oct To 1100 feet & 14 feet of 2 Inch plank at

$20 pr Thousand 22 28

To Hawling 4 Loads 50 2 00

14th Nov To 1873 feet of 2 Inch plank 20 M 37 46

to Hawling $3 3 00

[New page "Day Book"]

228 F. G. YOUNG

7 Sept 1839 Aiken Lucie Dr

To 400 feet of 2 Inch plank at $2 8 00

To Hawling 100

To 100 feet of Inch 1 00 Over looked

[New page "Day Book"] 28 October 1839

Mr Revay Dr $ Cts

To amount Brought forward 3 5

To 1268 feet of 1 J Inch plank at 16 pr Thousand 20 25

250 feet of Weather Boarding at 12 pr Thousand 3 00

160 feet of Inch at $12 1 77

Hawling 1.50 1 50

$29.57

Contra Cr

By order Fort Vancouver $20 00

[New page "Day Book"] 4 November 1839

Solomon Smith Dr

To Nine Hundred feet of

f Inch Boards 12 pr M 1080

| New page "Day Book"]

November 10th 1839

Isaac Kyser Dr

To Cash paid Burress $4 00

Edward Burress Dr

To order $15 fort Vancouver $15 00

[New page "Day Book"] Nov 24 1839

EWING YOUNG AND His ESTATE 229

Thomas Me ay Dr

To 1680 feet of Inch &i plank at $16 M [No sum charged] December 7

Solomon Smith Dr

To 200 feet of Inch & Boards at 1.40 pr Hund $2 80

7 Sabastian Kyser Dr

To 1 Cow and Calf $40 00

Solomon Smith Dr

To 600 feet weather boards at $12 per Thousd 7 20

[New page "Day Book"] 12th January 1840

Solomon Smith Dr

To 500 feet of Inch plank at $13 M 6 50

Sabastian Kyser Cr

By 53 bushels wheat at 60 cts 31 80

820

[New page "Day Book"]

John Stephens Dr

March Order to the fort $5 10

4L 1 pair pantaloons 3 90

1 Shirt 60

paid Johnson 2 87-J

May 1 Board 25

1. 20 May To order to Fort 20 00

June order paid John quina 20 00

To paid Baley 1 70

Nov To order paid squire [ ?] 20 00

Janu To 10 Dollars balance on Rifle $10 00 8th 1840

1. To order To the fort $25 00

109 42

230 F. G. YOUNG

[New page "Day Book"]

December 5th 1839

John Stephens Cr

March 25 By 5 1 days work Cts

at $20 pr Month $39 23

By Six Months &Six teen days at $25 pr Month Including all time worked Including the 5th December 141 00

Cr By $5 In an order of Gervey 5 00

By balance on order by Tibbets 2 50

By babtisto Mullar 4 00

Oct By Babtisto 4 00

Deem

4 By Wood 3 00

ft By 24 Days work $24 24

[New page "Day Book"]

Deem Henry Wood Dr

To paid John Stephens $3 00 12

13 To 1 Beav Skin ^ I 1 50

To paid C Tibbets 3 00

1. To order To the Fort $20 00

Sebastion Kyser Dr

To two Shirts 1 20

Joseph Gale Dr

To 1 Shirt 50

ft order for 1 pair Bots [sic] 4 50

8 yds Cotton i 2 00

1. John Turner

1 pair Boots 4 5Q

EWING YOUNG AND His ESTATE 231

[New page "Day Book"] January 1840

John Turner Dr To 1 3 point Blanket 2 90

^ Sebastion Kyser Dr

24 To 1 Pair Cord pantaloons 2 30 To two Shirts 60cts 1 20

$ John Turner Dr

25 To 4 Ib Tobacco 1 20

Sebastion Kyser Dr

Jt To Sib of Tobacco $2 40

[New page "Day Book"] 25 Ganu [sic] 1840

Jacob Green Dr

To 1 pair Boots 4 50 $4 50

1. 1 Dest Elk Skin 1 50 1 50

Contra Credit By 1 otter 2 00

David Leslie Dr

25

To 1200 feet of Floring at $15 M $18 00

1. To 500 feet of Cedar $1 50 [ ?] 7 50

To Hawling 3 Loads 50 pr 1 50

[Large dollar sign written across account] 28 Jacob Green Dr

To 1 three point &J point Blanket $3 90

21 Febra

John Turner Dr

to paid Henry Wood $27 40

232 F. G. YOUNG

[New page "Day Book"]

John Stephens Cr

By H Wood $10 00

22 Febra John Turner Dr

To amount paid Wood $27 40

March To amount paid George Gay 35 5

6 Joseph Gale Dr

To 1 Cow & Calf $40 $40 00

Fort Vancouver acount 10 70

5070 Cr by work 49 30

1.40

Solomon Smith Dr

10 To 356 feet of Inch plank 13 Dollars 4 78

[New page "Day Book"] 15th March

Jacob Green

$ Cts Dr

To 3 yards second Blue Cloth 2 30 6 90

2 Cotton Shirts 1 50

Blue vest 220

John Turner Dr

To amount paid George Gay $35 00

20 Aiken Lucie Dr

To 500 feet of Inch plank 6 50

To 3600 feet of Inch & J at $15 M 52 50

EWING YOUNG AND His ESTATE 233

To 2570 feet of weather Boarding at $12 M 31 00

Sebastion Kyser Dr

M To paid John Stephens $5 5 00

26

[New page "Day Book"]

John Stephens Dr

To order to fort $8 00

26 March Settled with John Stephens

Due him one Hundred forty seven dollars

$14700

By hors[e] 30 By order 8

38

10910

[New page "Day Book"] April 1st 1840

Opeo Dr

To Cash 3 3 00

Sebastion Kyser D

To paid Laderute 4 50

To 1 Saddle 3 3 00

Jacob Green Dr

To 1 pair pantaloons 2 40

1. 1 Hkf 40

Buttons 37$

thread & Silk 62$

John Turner > Dr

234

F. G. YOUNG

To 1 fine Cappo [sic] 1 pair pantaloons 5 Ib Tobacco George The Wihi to 1 Pair pantaloons Soap 4 Ib pounds

[New page "Day Book] John Turner To 4 pounds Soap

[no sum given] 230

[no sum given] Dr

[no sums given or charged]

Dr

40c

Apr

Opeo

1 pair pantaloons

Dr

240

George the Wihi To 1 pair stich [sic] Shoes

Jacob Green

to Difference in swap of Shirts 30 cts To 1 Blue Cloth vest

George Wihi 17 Febra

To 1 fine Shirt

[New page "Day Book] 17 Febra Opeo

To 1 fine Shirt June To 1 Course Shirt

[New page "Day Book] 22 may 1840

Felix Hathaway

on Settle

2 pair door Latches

Dr 200

Dr

30 [no sum charged]

Dr

[no sum charged]

Dr

[no sum charged] [no sum charged]

Cr

$2645 300

EWING YOUNG AND His ESTATE 235

Chain Staple & Ring 6 50

Nails $5 5 00

pees 2 00

4295 Deduct 5 50

3745

Felix Hatheway Dr

By branding Six Calves $1 each $6 00

[New page "Day Book] June 1840

Thomas J Hubbard Dr

486 feet of Inch plank $6 29

1 plank do 2 Inch 15 feet 30

[The "2 Inch" is an insertion a correction probably of

first item]

306 feet of Inch Boards [Only one charge for two items)

1376 Weather boards 16 72

1098 feet of Scantling 16 50

1225 of Inch & J floring 17 10 To Charge from old Book to Iron [ ?]

To 1 Large Stel Tub 3 00

June to 1 quarter Beef 5 00

1 Half do 10

to Parues order 26

To iron 10

Opeos wages 1 Month & J 15

1 2 Inch plank 50

12641

[New page "Day Book]

Mission By Mr. Leslie Dr

236 F. G. YOUNG

To 513 feet of Inch &J plank at 15 7 69

To 400 feet of Inch 5 30

To 144 feet of Scantling 2 78

8 2 Inch plank 144 2 88

4 3&| Inch plank 3 00

Hawling 2 00

$2255

[On inside margin is written : "Settled by credit on Mission Book"]

Thomas ] Hubbard Dr

to amount Drought forward $12641

By 4 Mill saw Files 42 Cts 1 64 [sic]

By Hailing his Lumber 6 00

134 90 [sic] Plank sold Bileek 2 14

136 04 [sic]

[New page "Day Book]

Long Taw [ ?] ]>

To 1500 feet Inch & ^ plank 1 50 22 50

To 500 of Inch 1.30 "750

To Hailing 6 Loads 50 3

$3300

[ New page "Day Book]

George Gay Dr

To 350 feet of Inch Boar[d ]s at 13 dls M 5 50

To 400 feet of weather Boards 4 go

16 July Thomas Mcay j^ r

to 339 lb of Beef at 6Cts 20 34

EWING YOUNG AND His ESTATE 237

August 12 Mission Dr

To 704 of Inch & half plank 10 56

to 111 feet of 2 Inch 222

Hailing 1 00

1378

[In margin is written: "Settled by credit on Mission book"] [There are indicated corrections of items in same hand. For instance the first item has written over it in this hand : "400 feet of Inch." Evidently the Mission record differed.]

[New page "Day Book] Sunday 16th August

S Smith Had worked 9 Days 30th august Including all time 19

Napua Wihe Dr

1 pair pantaloons Cort [ ?]

flanel Shirt [only one charge ] 3 00

S Smith 1 Shirt 87^

To paid Web $4 00

Mission Dr

to plank delivered for Mr Waller $18 80

1200 feet of Inch i 260

200 Inch do 30

Hailing 2 00 [Written across : "Settled on Mission Book"]

[New page "Day Book"] 30 august

Napua Dr Cts

30

J. II dl_/ ^ICI, J-

To J pound Tobacco [Dollar mark cancel]

238 F. G. YOUNG

Cowey Dr

To \ pound of Tobacco 30

To 1 3 point Blanket [No charge]

[Dollar mark cancel]

6th Sept 1840

S. Smith Cr

By 3 Days work this Includes all time to this date

Cowey Wihe Dr

to 13 point Blanket 4 75

[Dollar mark cancel]

[New page "Day Book]

Thomas J Hubbard Dr

To amount Brought forward $136 04

To Boarding Opeo two weeks & \ 1 50 3 75

[New page "Day Book]

Cr By 300 feet of Scantling $4 50

[New page "Day Book] 23 Sept

Solomon Smith j) r

By [sic] 40i Bushels wheat 60 By 13 Bushels of pees 70 By 1-J Bushels of potatoes to order on McKay for 33f bushels of wheat [No sums are charged or credited]

[New page "Day Book]

Sol Smith Bushels Q.

By balance Due 26

Joseph Whitcum [Whitcomb] Dr

EWING YOUNG AND His ESTATE 239

To delivering 2 Beeves to George Gay 1 each $2 00

Sidney Smith Dr

To 1. pair of Boots 325

P Armstrong Dr

to 1 Shirt 70

[Dollar mark cancel]

Mission Dr

By Alison Beers To 484 foot of Inch & Half plank $150 [ ?]

[No sum charged. Written across is word "Settled."]

[New page "Day Book]

Cts

Oct 484 feet of Inch & [half?] plank at $15 M $7 26

1840

[Evidently a repetition of preceding entry]

323 do Inch 13 M 424

Hawling $1 50

$1300

[This is complete account of which first item was placed at bottom of preceding page]

Cook Wihe Dr

To 1 Shirt 1 50

1 3J point Blanket 7 00

[Dollar mark cancel]

Cowey Dr

To 1 Half pound Tobacco

[Dollar mark cancel] 25

24 Oct. Winslow commenced for a years work

240

F. G. YOUNG

| New page "Day Book] Oct 22nd 1840 Winslow & Baker By [sic] 1 Beef

By order fort Vancouver By two Shirts 1. each Bu [sic] 1 Bushel flower [sic] By pound powder Bv five Gallons Molasses

$1

S Smith

By Mollar pd Hatheway 1 pair drawers 1 Flannel Shirt 1 do Fine Stripe 7 yds Callico 1 Black Silk Hkf

| New page "Day Book]

S Smith

4 Cotton do do 4 pipes

Dr

Dr

2500

5000

200

75

40

500

100

5 Nov P Armstrong By 1 pair Boots 2 flannel Shirts & U yds Duffle 1 pair pantaloons 1 Black Silk Hkf Soap

| Dollar mark cancel]

5 Nov Cowey To 1 Shirt 1 3 point Blanket

Wihe

[No charge]

Dr

450

320 300

100

Dr

[No charge for any of these three items]

EWING YOUNG AND His ESTATE 241

1 pair pantaloons [Dollar mark cancel]

Cook Wihe Dr

1 Shirt [No charge for either item]

1 pair shoes

[Dollar sign cancel]

[New page "Day Book]

% C Walker Cts Dr

To 10 Ib Tobacco 40 4 00

Felix Hatheway Dr

To 16 Ib Tobacco 40 6 40

Felix Hatheway

By Smith $1 00

5 Nov S Smith Cr

By order to the Fort 29 40

P Armstrong Dr

1 fine Shirt 1 00

1 Cotton Hkf 30 [Dollar sign cancel]

Nov 15th

C Walker Dr

10 Ib Tobacco 4 $4 00

1 3 point Blanket 3 00

1 young Cow 30 40

1 Beef 25 25 00

1 Coat 20 2000

18 Decem

242 F. G. YOUNG

S Smith Dr

1 3 point Blanket 3 00

1 Beef 12 12 00 pork 5 00

4J pounds lead [no charge]

2 white Shirts 1 50 20 To Cow & Calf $40 00 [This account has cross lines over it made by blue pencil]

[New page "Day Book]

Contra C M Wkr [Walker] Cr

By Dress Coat 20

By Jerveys Note $30

[This account stands exactly opposite the above Walker debit account.]

Winslow Anderson Dr

To 1 Cappo 4 4 00

1 Ib Tobacco 40 [Has written across it "transcribed"]

Cook Wihe Dr

By 1 White Shirt

1 pair skin pantaloons 3 00

1 Shirt

1 hair Cloth pant $600

[Dollar mark cancel]

[New page "Day Book"]

December 25

James Baker Dr

By 25 Bushels wheat Loaned until Harvest to Beef $5 00,

[Written across this account entry: transcribed to Smiths

book]

George Gay Dr

EWING YOUNG AND His ESTATE 243

4 Ib Tobacco 40 1 60

[Dollar mark cancel] Jan 1841

Winslow Dr

2 Ib Tobacco 4 80

[Written across this entry: "transcribed"] [The remainder of the "Day Book," about two-thirds of it, is blank with the exception of the following entries widely separated from the above and from each other.] Brought by F Hathaway against the Estate of E. Young Ballence due pr assess labour $75 20

By sundry Articles loaned 31 20

By 4 days apprsing 8 00

By order pr G Gay 20 00

13440

Smiths Book not Settled T J Hubbard Bill

1100 Hundred feet of Inch & J floring 1500 feet weather Boards 600 feet of Rough Edg Boards 1200 ft of Inch Boards

550 of Joist Running Measure 3 By 4 12 feet long 16 Rafters 3 By 4 12 feet Long

[The remaining records in the book are scattered fragment- ary memoranda.]

IV.

From book, bound in undressed leather, designated "Regeaster"

244 F. G. YOUNG

["E. Young's," printed with pen in large letters on outside of cover.]

[The book contains accounts that were kept by three differ- ent persons: First section is in Ewing Young's own hand- writing and contains mainly a record of the transactions relat- ing to his live stock interests. Second section was kept by Sidney Smith, virtually in charge of the ranch after Ewing Young's death, until it was leased to C. M. Walker and George Le Breton on the 1st of November, 1841. Third section is composed of entries made by Judge I. L. Babcock.] 29 June 1838

E Young Dr

To Company Cattle two Stears & Two Bulls head 4

1 November To two Bull Calves six months old 2

To one Calf made a present to Smiths oldest daughter December To two Bull Calves Bartered with Hubbard

for 2 Stears 1 Stag three years old 3

Memorandum of Cows Bought and sold of Company

Stock

Bartered for two cows of Solomon Smith 2

Laderute one do 1

Two tame Cows Reserved which was not put Into Com- pany Stock 2

Four of the above Sold to henry wood

the balance of private Stock 1 Cow 1

Bartered with Hubbard one stear for a Cow 1

E Young Cr By two Calves from Joseph McLoughlin 2

[Remainder of page half torn away]

March 24th 1838

Memorandum of Cattle In Possession of E Young Belonging to Himself and others Viz

E Young ninety Head

EWING YOUNG AND His ESTATE 245

Belonging To Himself two tame Cows not included 92

Belonging to William A Slacum Twenty Three Head 23

Belonging To P L Edwards forty Nine Head 49

Daniel Lee & Cyrus Shepard Twenty Head 20

This Number is over and above After Delivering all that

Has Been Sold By Young or Edwards The Sales Has been as follows of Cattle not yet Delivered

By E Young Sold To Solomon Smith Three Head 29th

June Paid *3

Deporty Mcay Three Head 30th Paid *3

W Johnson Two Head 29 June Paid *2

Broche [Brotchie?] 1

• [Crossed out on book.]

Sold By P L Edwards 29th June 1 Paid

To James Burney [Birnie] not yet delivered Three Head To Whitcum (October llth paid) one Do

(Sept 1st 1838 Paid) 4

[Dates were filled in with different ink.] June 29th paid S. Smith three Cows

PaidDeporty Me ay & Johnson

Paid for Burney one Cow. llth October 1838 Branded Sixty 5 Calvs

[New page]

2d August E Young Dr 18 39

To 1 Stear 1J year old kiled [sic] for Beef 1

25 August To 1 year old stear killed for Beef 1

To 1 Cow and Calf sold To Kyser

Sept 6th To 1 year & ^ old stear Sold To Long Taw 1

October To one 4 year old stag kiled [sic] for beef 1

November killed 1 Stear 1J years old 1

Sold one Cow & Calf J Gale December 20, Killed 1 Cow 1

1840 January 1 kiled 1 3 year old Stear 1840[So on Book]

246

F. G. YOUNG

1 Febra kiled 1 year old Stear 1 March 1st 1 3 year old stear 1 April 4 killed 1 2 year old Stear 1 20th 1 2 year old stear 1

2 May killed a two year old Stear 1 24 1 2 year old Stear 1 29 Swaped 1 Stear with Bolso [ ?] 1 June 15th kiled 1 Stear 1 June 25 1 Stear 1 August 10th killed 1 3 year old 1 august killed [sic] 27 killed 1

for Longtaw

2 September killed 2 year old Stear 16 kill 1 2 years old 21st kil 1 Stear for Winslow

[New page]

April 2d 1839 E Yound [sic] Cr

By Two Young Cows one year & a half old

1 from Hathaway & one from Wood 2

1 Cow from William A Slacums Number of Cattle sold To Dick

Me ary [sic] for building a house at the falls of the Wallamet

for Wm Slacum

E Young paid $30 and placed the cow and calf To his Credit 1 1 May 1839 By 1 Cow & Calf Bought of Kyzer

Sept 29th 1840

Sett[l]ed in full all accounts of Cattle With the Mission where in I sold Bartered or Bought Due the Mission fifteen Stears or Bulls & 2 tenhs [ ?] E Young

[New page]

June 18th 1838

Memorandum of Wages paid Hands for Work on Saw mill paid W Brandewine Thirty seven dollars $37 00

Paid Henry Wood forty two Dollars $42.00

EWING YOUNG AND His ESTATE 247

Paid Mr Cannon forty one dollars $41 00

august To 1 Hog 6 00

4700 Furnished one Mill Saw

The first Cost fourteen dollars $14 00

Boarded Wood Turner Brandewine during the Time they

worked on Mill Also Campbell & John while Hubbard was Concerned in the

Mill E Young

July 1st Paid John Turner for Sawing five dollars &50 $5.50 The Total amount of Board forty tree [sic] Dollars 50

cents $43 50

the above account Settled

[New page] Sept 5th 1838

Solomon Smith Cr

By Beaver forty three dollars $43 00

Cents 29 By Beaver and otter $20 50 20 50

Solomon Smith Dr

October 6th To Order at Fort Vancouver 24 50

To 1 Blanket $2 20 2 20

To Cash Paid Hathaway $12 00

[New page]

June 18th 1838

Brought from Memorandum Book March 1838 Felix Hathaway To E Young Dr

To four Hogs 5 each $20 00

To five Bushels of wheat

By Johnson 50 25 [sic] 02 50

To one order Paid John Edmunds on Ft Vancouver

248 F. G. YOUNG

Beaver prices twenty five dollars $25 00

one order do paid wood [Wood] six dollars $6 00 [Following item in different ink]

August 23 Settled ac[c]ount Cr By $15.35 15 35

Balance Due $38 15

Credit By Doctors Whites order To balance of the above acount 15th Sept 1838 July 15 Henry Wood Dr

To 1 3J point Blanket $3.50

To Braking eight young Horses In payment forr 2 Mairs

& a Coalt $40-00

Carried forward next page the above Bargen Recorted

[New page] Sept 2d 1838

Henry Wood Dr

To two Tame Cows $30 each $60 00

To two mairs and 1 Colt $20 each 40

Colt not counted

To Balance on old acount 20 20 00

$12000

the above acount is to be paid by Six Months work comencing at this date Sept 3 1838

| New page] July 1st 1838

Expences paid for Branding Cattle To Beaver payment

Paid John Turner 4

Do paid Cheno 2

Do Wood $2 2

Paid Wood two Mairs one Colt at forty dollars for

EWING YOUNG AND His ESTATE 249

Braking Horses To attend Cattle $40 00

Paid wood [sic] for working with Cattle ' 4 12

Paid Brandewine $2-00 2-00

[New page]

Nov the 16th 1840

Tommis McKay Dr

To two hundred and fifty feet 3J inch plank $7.50

To hauling one dollar 1.00

[This second section of the book is not separated by any blank space from preceding accounts. Ewing Young died about January 15, 1841. Sidney Smith, an employee, had charge of the farm accounts until it was leased.]

[The following accounts are all separated by double lines. The "To E. Y. estate" following "Dr" is in different ink and possibly different handwriting.] Feb. llth 1841

James Baker Dr to Mr. E Y estate

To Seven J Bushels Wheat received of Luceay [Lucier]

Feb

12. Mr Hathaway Dr to E. Y. estate

To Trying Square $1 50

To 1. practical Navigator 1 50

To 1. Beef Hide 2.00

To 47 Ib. Beef at 6c 2.82

Feb 12th William Johnson Dr E. Y. Est.

To 1. pockette Knife " .50

To 2 Ib Tobacco. 40c " .80

Feb the 12 Comey OWyhea Dr to E. Y. est To 1 Ib Tobacco 60c " .60

[Account has large Dollar sign written over it]

250 F. G. YOUNG

Feb the 12. Cook. OWyhea Dr to E. Y. est To 1 pr. Corse Boots 2.00

To 1 Monkey Jackette 2.50

To 1 Ib Tobacco 60c .60

[First item of account crossed out.]

[Dollar sign cancel]

Feb the 12. John Edmonds Dr to E. Y. est.

To 10. Ib Tobacco. 40c 4.00

[Dollar sign cancel]

Feb 12. Winslow Anderson Dr E. Y. est.

To J Bushel Wheat 60c " .30

Feb 12 William Johnson To E Young estate

To side of ribs and Shoulder of Beef 3.00

[New page]

Feb the 12th Coweye OWyhee E. Y. est. Dr $ cts

To 1 pr. Course Boots 2.00

[Dollar Sign cancel] 16 Feb S. Smith Dr to E. Y estate

To two & half Ib. Tobacco 40c 1.00

18 Do To two Ib Tobacco 40c " 80

[Dollar sign cancel]

18 Feb Mission Store. Cr.

By 1 Ib Tea 1.25 1.25

By 4 Ib Nails 20c " 80

[Dollar sign cancel]

22 Feb Cook OWyhee Dr to E. Y. est

To 1. fine Vest $5.00 5.00

[Dollar sign cancel]

EWING YOUNG AND His ESTATE 251

22 Feb. Winslow Anderson Cr.

By 1. fine Vest $5.00 5.00

1 1 Feb one Stear killed for the use of the farm E. Y. Estate to E. Y. Estate Dr

25 Feb E. Y. Estate to E. Y. Dr.

To one Beef Hide $2.00 2.00

27 Feb Winslow Anderson to E Y est Dr

To 1. pr. fine boots, Old 2.00

24 Feb

[paid by Note at sight] Geo. Gay to E. Y. Estate Dr. To 7\ Ib. fine powder [no amount given]

[Dollar sign cancel)

March Winslow Anderson Dr to E. Y. est. 1.2&3. To three days Lost to Look for wheet Coc. De. [ ?] Laws per Self

3d March E. Young Est. Dr. to E. Young Estate to One Beef Killed fo[r] the use of the farm

[New page]

4 of March Delivered to Wilkins & Square for Hathaway his

big Black Cow & calf fron [sic] E Youngs Band per Verble

order to S Smith

24 Feb Delivered To Geo. Gay the Mules that the Said Gay Sold to E. Young for which he Gay was to receive one hun- dred and twenty five Bushels of wheat the Said Gay not

252 F. G. YOUNG

having a note or any other article to Show for the Said mules and I not being otherwise to give an article to that effect delivered the Said mules to the Said Gay

S SmITH 40

4 March Winslow Anderson Dr to E. Y. Estate

Thursd. To 5 Ib Tobacco 40.c 2.00

4 March Paid Indian Sam for E Youngs one new white Shirt for bringing the Cleckerlatt [?] [Clecker tall Possibly?] Hors[e] Strayed

5 March. Delivered Mr. Newel, per order of Mr. Leslie one tame Cow to be charged to E. Y. Estate as pay-ment for two old horses that Said Young Perchased of the Said Newel.

5 March. Mr. Lieusee [Lucier] Cr. by five Bush of Oats to Sam per E. Y. Estate 3.00

[Dollar sign cancel]

March. Bill of Goods Reed, from Fort Vancouver for E Young Estate by Wm Johnson

1 Com. Capeau 18 s 6d ea 3.73^

2 pr. Com. Cloth pants 11s 2d ea 4.434 1. 3 point Blanket. 11s 6d 2.30

Amount Carried over $10.46$

[New page]

Amount Brot. forward $10.46f

1. Do 3| point. 13s. 6d 2.70

6. pipes, 6d " .10

12 Ib. Coco. 9d 1.80

1 Tin Kittle 5s. 9d 1.15

20 Ib. Sugar 8d 2.70

40 Sidney Smith when signing his name regularly wrote from right to left. As invariably he capitalized the first three letters of his name beginning at that end. His surname thus stood: "SmITH." He seemed to think that if the left hand end was entitled to two capitals the right hand end should have three.

EWING YOUNG AND His ESTATE 253

Neat [sic] Amount Reed 18.91

6 March Not being able to find the Hathaway cow and calf, exchanged for a wild Cow & calf out E Youngs band

6 March. Cook OWyhee Dr. to E. Y. Est

To 1 pr. pants. $3.00 3.00

[Dollar sign cancel]

13 March E. Young Estate Dr to E Young Est. To 1 White Cotton Shirt 1.25

[Dollar sign cancel]

13 March E Young Estate Dr to E Young Est. To 1 Beef hide per use of farm.

13 March George Gay to E Young Estate Dr. To 2J Ib Tobacco 40c 1.00

[Dollar sign cancel]

13th March

Delivered to Geo. Gay for Hathaway one Rone Colt Said colt was bought of Young at the Delivering of the Mission Cattle, per Order of Hathaway word of Mouth

S SmITH

13th March Delivered to John Cornan his three year Old Sor- rall Colt from the Band of E Young Said Colt was Sold by E Young to Geo. Gay and from Gay to Cornan.

20 March Geo. Abernathy Dr. to E Young est.

to 15 Ib Tobacco 40c 6.00

[Cancel : "Paid credited on Mission Book page 209"]

254 F. G. YOUNG

20 March Anderson Winslow 41 Dr to E Y est

5 Ib Tobacco 40c 2.00

20 March Geo. Davice Dr to E. Y. Est

To 2J Ib Tobacco 40c 1.00

[Dollar sign cancel]

22d March Wm Johnson Dr., to E. Y. Est

To one Stear with a big horn $25.00

23d March Killed one Stear for the use of the farm E. Y. Est Dr to E. Y. Estate

26 March Anderson Winslow Dr to E Y est

To 40 Ib Beef 6c 2.40

To 40 Ib Neck 5c 2.00

27th March Cowey OWyhee Dr to E. Y. Est

To 62 Ib Beef 7%c 4.65

[Dollar sign cancel]

27 March Anderson Winslow Dr. to E. Y. est. To one day to Sow wheat per Self

1st April Cowey OWyhee Dr. to E Y est To 1 Bed Spread 5.50cts $5.50

[Dollar sign cancel]

3d April John Turner, to E Yong est

paid To 6J Ib Tobacco 40c $2.60

Delivered to John Turner one Smoothing plane that E

Young borrowed of Turner 5th April S. Smith Dr. to E Young Estate

41 Winslow Anderson. The parts of this name seemed to be reversible when handled by Smith.

EWING YOUNG AND His ESTATE 255

To 1. Ib Tobacco 40c "40

[Dollar sign cancel]

6 April Anderson Winslow Dr to E Y est To 27. Ib Beef 6c 1.62

6th April Cook OWyhee Dr E. Y. est

To 1 fine Shirt 1.50

[Dollar sign cancel]

8th April Cowey OWyhee Dr to E. Y. Est

To 1 fine Shirt 1.50

[Dollar sign cancel]

8th April Anderson Winslow Dr to E. Y. est

To 1. fine Shirt 1.00

To 1. Do Damaged " 75

8th April Cook OWyhee Dr. to E. Y. Est

To 1. fine Shirt Damaged 1.00

[Dollar sign cancel]

8th April Anderson Winslow Dr to E. Y. est

To 1. Vest [No sum given]

10th April E Young Dr to E Young Est To 1. Cotton Shirt paid Indian

9.10.12.13J Anderson Winslow Dr to E Y estate To 3J Days lost going to Turners for his cows.

16th April

Geo. Gay Dr to E. Young Est

To 2\ Ib Tobacco 40c Delivered Mr Leslie 1 00

[Dollar sign cancel]

256 F. G. YOUNG

[New page]

19th April Plesant Armstrong Dr. to E. Y estate

To 5 Bever Traps 2.50 $12.50

To 16 Ib Lead lOc 1.60

To 1 Bear Skin 1.00

19 April Anderson Winslow Dr to E. Y. Est To 1 Ib Tobacco 40c " 40

19th April To three Tin pans and one chair Delivered to Anderson Winslow for J Turner that E Yong Borrowed of Said Turner

20th April. E Young to E Young estate Dr To 1 Beef for the use of farm

24 April Winslow & Baker Dr to E Y estate

To 12 Bushels wheat [no figures for wheat]

To 42 Ib Beef 6c 2.52

25 April Cowey OWyhee Dr to E Y estate

To 1. pr. Pants Old 1.50

[Dollar sign cancel] 25th April Cowey O Wyhee Dr to E Y estate

To 1 Coat $5.00 5.00

[Dollar sign cancel] 25th April E Young estate Dr to 5 Smith

To 1. Coat $5.00 $5.00

28th April Cook OWyhee Dr to E Y Est.

To 1 Ib Tobacco 60c " 60

[Dollar sign cancel]

EWING YOUNG AND His ESTATE 257

28th April Winslow Anderson Dr to E Y est To 1 day Lost to Sow Wheat per Self [Above entry cancelled]

1st May Mr Plassee Dr To E. Y. estate To 1 Bb of Salt for which he is to pay 4.40

[Above item or entry crossed out]

[New page]

1st May E Young estate Dr. to E. Y. estate

To 30. Bushels Wheat Sowed

" " To 6J " used received of Lieusee [Lucier] Paid

6 May E Young Estate Dr. to Mission Store

To 3 Ib Nails 20c " 60

To 1 Ib Tea $1.00c 1.00

To 1 Ib pepper 40c " 40

To 1 Sithe Blade [No cost price given]

[Dollar sign cancel]

8th May Cook OWyhee Dr. to E Young Estate

To 1 Cappo $6.00 6.00

8th May Coweye OWyhee Dr. to E Young estate

To 2 Ib Tobacco 60.c 1.20

[Dollar sign cancel]

llth May E Young Est. Dr. to E. Y. estate To 1 Shirt paid Indian To 1 Ib Tobacco

15th May E Youngs Estate Dr to E Young Estate To 1 Beef use of the farm

258 F. G. YOUNG

17th May H Web Dr to E. Young estate To 1 Beef Hide 2.00

17th May Cook OWyhee Dr to E Y estate To 60 Ib Beef 7Jc 4.50

[Dollar sign cancel]

20th May Winslow & Baker Dr. to E. Y. estate

To 50 Ib Beef 60c 3.00

21st May Cook OWyhee Dr to E Y Estate

To 2 Ib Tobacco 60c 1.20

[New page]

21st May E Young Estate Dr to E Y Estate

to one White Horse paid Indian by order of Mr Leslie Administrator for splitting two thousand rails & two thous- and pickets Said hors was purchased of Newel

S SmITH

24th May John Turner E. Y. Estate

Paid To 1 Ib Tobacco 40c " 40

26 May Joel Walker Dr. to E Y Estate

To 1. Beef-Hide $2.00 2.00

[Dollar sign cancel]

29 May John Turner Dr to E. Y. Estate

Paid To 1 pr Iron Sturips $1.00 1.00

26 May Baptiste Malez Dr to E. Y. Estate

To 1 Bb. $1.00 1.00

28 May Joseph Meek Dr to E Y Estate

To 2\ Ib Tobacco 40c 1.00

EWING YOUNG AND His ESTATE 259

[Dollar sign cancel]

28 May David Leslie Dr to E. Y. Estate

To 1 Lass $3.00 3.00

[Written across item : "Paid"]

28 May Robert Newel. Dr to E. Y. Estate

To 1 Lass 2.00 2.00

[Written across item : "Settled"]

29 May Anderson Winslow Dr to E Y Estate To 1 Day Lost in driving his Cattle

29 May S. Smith Dr. to E. Y. Estate

To 3 yearling heffers $40.00 40.00

[Dollar sign cancel]

29 May Cowey & Cook OWyhees Dr to E. Y. Estate

To 1 Bay Horse $30.00 30.00

[Dollar sign cancel]

[New page] May

[Day of month uncertain.] Coweye OWyhee Dr to E. Y. Estate

To 1. Vest. Old 1.50

29 May By order of Mr Leslie paid to John Turner 4 Ib Tobacco for which said Turner paid in lass [o] ing but made no charge against the Estate. [Dollar sign cancel]

29 May Mr Baker Dr to E Y Estate

To 1 Sucking Calf Bot of Mr. Leslie $8.00 8.00

260

F. G. YOUNG

1st June Anderson Winslow Dr to E. Y. est. To 4 Ib Tobacco 40c

1st June S. Smith to E Young Estate To 3 Ib Tobacco 40c [Dollar sign cancel]

3d June H. Web Dr to E Young Estate To 50 6c Beef Delivered to J. Gale

Mond.

7 June Cook OWyhee Dr to E. Y Estate To 1 Raisor Strop [Dollar Sign cancel]

7 June E. Young Estate Dr to E Young Estate To 1 Shoat killed for being always in mischief

10 June James ONeal Dr to E Young Estate

To I. Lass. 2.00 June 28 Mr Leslie Dr to E Y Estate

To 1. Lass Rope [written across: "Settled"]

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June 28 Mr. Shortess Dr to E Young estate To 1. Lass Rope 250

1.60

1.20

3.00

" 50

2.00 1.40

2.50

June 28 Robt. Shortess Cr by order on the Misheon 2.50 2.50 [Written across above two items : Dollar sign cancel]

28 June Louis Le Bontie Dr to E. Y. Estate To 284 Ib Beef 5c [Dollar sign cancel]

14.20

EWING YOUNG AND His ESTATE 261

28th June Battiece Molair Dr to E Young Estate To 100 Ib Beef 5c 5.00

To 1. Days work with Hors 2.00

28 June Battiece Molair Dr to E. Young estate

To 1 Beef Hide 2.00 2.00

28 June E Youngs Estate Dr t E Y Estate To 1 Beef use of the farm

2d July Anderson Winslow Dr. to E Y Estate To 1 Day lost Raising barn

26 May E Young Dr to E Young Estate To 1 Cow killed at the marking of the Cattle her leg being broke

9 July E Youngs Estate Dr to E Young Estate To 1. Beef use of farm

10 July Baker & Winslow Dr. to E Youngs Est.

To 125 Ib Beef 5c 6.25

5 July E. Young Estate Dr. to Mission Store

To 1 Ib Ginger [No figures given]

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13th July Anderson Winslow Dr to E Young Estate 11.00 To 1. Sow and Pigs $11.00

14th July Battiece Molair Cr.

By 3 days with Horse Marking Colts 6.00

22d July David Leslie Dr. to E Youngs Estate

To 3000 ft Inch \ plank Sixteen dollars & fifty cts per thousand 16.50 ["Settled" written across] 49.50

262 F. G. YOUNG

Do to howling 1J day with team

23d July Craig Dr to E Young Estate To 1 Lass Rope 2.00 [Dollar sign cancel]

24th July Robbert Newel Dr to E. Youngs Est To 3 Sows & 4 pigs $26.00 To 10 Ib butter 15c

["Settled" written across]

24th July Robbert Newel Dr to E Youngs Est To Dried Beef

[Dollar sign cancel]

August 5th Robbert Newel Dr to E/. Y. Estate To 1. Stear $20.00

[Dollar mark cancel]

August 5th Craig Dr to E Youngs Estate To pease of Hide 50c

[Dollar mark cancel] 12th

August H. Campbell Dr. to E Young Estate To chickens $1.50

6.00

2.00

26.00 1.50

1.00

20.00

" 50

1.50

August 28 Phelix Hathaway Dr to E Youngs Est

To 926 feet inch Lumber [No cost Figures given]

To 611 Do 1J inch Do To 100 Do Scantling [Dollar Mark cancel]

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28 August E Young Estate to S. Smith

To delivery Lumber to P Hathaway two dollar & fifty cts 2.50

[Dollar mark cancel]

EWING YOUNG AND His ESTATE 263

1st of August [Sept?] Anderson & S. Smith quit Work for the Estate of E Youngs Des

S Smith Dr to E Young Estate [No To two White com. Shirts at appraisal [ ?]

date] [Dollar mark cancel]

Sept 16th Winslow Anderson Dr to E Young Estate To 1 Washbole 1.00

To 1 Grindstone [No cost given]

Sept 23d Mr. Frost Dr to E. Young Estate To 1 Keg powder. 25 Ib .30c 7.50

Keg 25c " 25

To 45 Ib. Lead lOc 4.50

[In different ink: "Lead settled for"]

27th Sept. Winslow Anderson Dr to E Y. Est

To 3 Ib powder 30c .90

27th Sept S. Smith Dr. to E Y Estate

To 3 Ib powder 30c "90

To 74 Ib Lead lOc 75

[Dollar mark cancel]

27th Sept. Winslow Anderson Dr to E Y. Est To 6 3/4 Ib Lead lOc " 67

28th Sept S Smith Dr to E Young Estate

To 1 otter $2.00 2.00

To 1 Raisor Strop .25

[Dollar mark cancel]

Feb 12 John Edmonds Cr by one days work after Cattle 2.00

264 F. G. YOUNG

[Dollar mark cancel]

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Oct 16 & 18 John P Edmonds Cr

To Repairing Cart

3J days Do

[Dollar mark cancel]

Oct 25th Winslow Anderson Cr

To ?^ days work repairing Cart $1.50 each

5.00 8.00

11.25

25 Oct. S Smith Cr by 7J Days repairing Cart 1.50 each 11.25

[Dollar mark cancel] 2 Nov. Edmonds Dr to E Young Estate

To 60 Ib Beef 5c 3.00

2 Nov. J Baker Dr. to E Youngs Estate

To 60 Ib Beef 5c 5 Nov. John Edmonds Dr to E Youngs Est.

To Beef

[Dollar mark cancel]

5th Nov J Baker Dr to E Youngs estate To Beef

3.00 5.00

3.00

Sept. 28. Winslow Anderson Cr.

To 1 days work. 2.00

Nov The to. 1. Day work mendem Cart. 1.50

[The entries after August 1st entry that "Anderson & S. Smith quit Work for the Estate of E Youngs Des [Sic]" are in the same handwriting as those made prior to that entry] 42 The following entries are in quite different handwriting, and

separate from the preceding by a blank page. They constitute

third section of book and were kept by I. L. Babcock, probate

judge.

42 As the farm was not leased until Nov. ist, 1841, Sidney Smith evidently retained charge of the accounts until that date, although his engagement as em- ployee had expired some time before this.

EWING YOUNG AND His ESTATE

265

Sidney Smith and Winslow Anderson

To E. Young Estate Dr

To the crops on the estate in 1841 to be paid in wheat.

Amt. 350 bus. "Use of horse in delivering grain

210.00 6.00

216.00

[This entry has two and a half cross marks

scratched over it.J Cr

By 318 bus. wheat deld to H B C 190.80

" 20 do do do to Ebberts 12.00

" 20 do do do Newell 12.00 214.80

[In Diff. ink:]

8i " " " toHBCo 5.10

Sidney Smith To Estate of E Y. &c

To Amt of Your order given in favor of Estate on G Abernethy dated Nov. 28, 1841, for $43.89 which order was pro- tested 43.89 [The. above entry likewise has two ink marks scrawled across it]

Winslow Anderson

To E Youngs Estate Dr For 2 hides for which two ropes were to have been made 4.00

Cr

A demand of sixty dollars has been allowed to Anderson against the Estate for services rendered and other items of ac/ in the Rocky Mountains which was acknowledged by Mr Young 60.00

May 26 1841

Winslow Anderson to E Youngs estate [Bot at sale] 3 Yearling heifers @ $17. ea 51.00

1 two year old Steer 15.50

266 F. G. YOUNG

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Winslow Anderson to E Young Sstate Dr

3 bus salt and 1 Barrell fr do 3.75 375

To sundry articles bot at sale as pr bill Sept. / 41 33.27

do do " " " " [an erased

entry of figures]

James Baker

To E Youngs Estate Dr Bot at sale May 26. 1841

1 wild cow and calf $25.00

1 2 Year old heifer 17.00

Articles Bt at sale in Sept as p- bill 10.15 52.15

Wm Johnson

To E Youngs Estate Dr

3 Barrels of salt say 9 bushels

Bot at sale in May 26, 184 [1] 10.50

13 Files .45

Articles bot at sale in Sept as per bill 2.81 13.76

Jas Despot

To E Youngs Estate Dr Sundries bot at sale in Sept 1841 8.75

X Laderoute to E Young Estate Dr

Bal for sundries bot at sale in Sept./41 10.00

M. Plisse (M. Laferte)

To E Youngs Estate Dr

Sunds bot at sale in Sep. 1841 as pr bill 7.45

C. M. Walker to E Young Estate Dr 2 vols. Shakespeare Bot at sale 3.50

EWING YOUNG AND His ESTATE 267

Charles Cahete [?] (Charlo) Dr Articles bot at sale in Sept. 1841 170

J Horrigan (Alias Paddy Rowland) To E Youngs Estate Dr

One Frying pan bot at sale in Sept 1841 .60

Dubride to E Young's Estate Dr .30

La Chapel to E Young's Estate Dr

one Flat Iron bot at sale in Sept 1841 .50

Winslow Anderson to E Yo. Estate Dr To one house near the saw mill 14.00

Winslow and Baker

1840 To account transcribed from Mr. Youngs old book Oct 22 1 Beef 25.00

" Order on Vancouver for 50.00

" 2 Shirts 2.00

" flour 75

Powder 40

five Galls Molasses

5.00 83. 10 [sic]

Dec 1840 Winslow Anderson to account

brought from Mr Youngs old book Dr 1 cappo 4.00

1 Ib Tobacco .40 4.40

Jan 1841 2 " Do .80

Jas Baker Dr to account brot from Mr Youngs Old book To 25 bushels of wheat loaned till harvest 5.00

268

F. G. YOUNG

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[The word " Settled" is written across each of the following entries in this book] 1843 Oct 8th Felix Hathaway Cr By an order Against Laddy Route and Jervey returned $31, $31

[Notice spelling of Laderoute and Gervais] Oct 8 Felix Hathaway Dr

To order paid By G Abernethy

thirty Eight dollars and seventy five cts 38.75

Oct 8 Solomon Smith Cr

By order Returned by O Neal 5.00

Oregon Mission Dr

To E Youngs Estate

thirty one dollars on an order Returned from Laddy Route & Jervey ["Settled" written across] 31.00

Oct 15 John Edmonds Dr 1840

To paid order two dollars & ninety two cts Lafortee 2.92 Oct 1842 I have this day settled with Placee [?] Lafortee

and reed his notes for what is due on the Land contract

formerly made between himself and Mr Young. Oct 18th 1842

$10 Sold one Stud horse to Robert Shortess and Reed

an order on Mr. Abernethy amount of which was $10

Oct 8 Sold Mr Rogers three Beeves by the Hundred

amounting to 77 dollars $77.

Nov 4th 1842 James Oneal Dr

to an order in favor of Calvin Tibets twenty three

Dollars fifty cts 23 50

to be endorsed on Smiths contract

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Jany 25th 1843

James Oneal Dr to Est Young

To an order on Fort Vancouver given by Joseph Mc-

Loughlin twenty three Dollars and seventy nine cts 23 79

1842 I L Babcock Cr

EWING YOUNG AND His ESTATE 269

Dec 14 By cash paid to Fletcher & Cook for thirty Bushels of seed wheat delivd at the farm of E Young Price agreed on thirty Dollars $30.00

1843 Cr By five dollars paid to G LeBriton for

Feby 9th services at sale 5.00

March 15 Oregon Mission Dr To an order given by Dr White

To James O'Neal forty five Dollars $45.

I L Babcock Cr

1843 By horse services at different times 5.00

Apil 24

April 24 I L Babcock Dr

To and order reed from Mr Gray and endorsed on James Oneals note of forty two Dollars and fifty cts 42.50

May 14th 1843 Oregon Mission Cr

By order given to Solomon Smith for five Dollars

and Eighty cts 5.80

July Oregon Mission Dr

To order from H Clark about $74.

July To J L Parrishs note $101 and interest

George LeBreton Dr To order on Mr Abernethy for services rendered at sale &c 27.00

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July 27th 1843

Judmumnt [?] rendered in favour of L Carmichael prosecuted by James Oneal Esqu amounting to two hundred and five Dollars and forty cts 205.40

against the estate of E Young

Also found due S. Smith on contract seventy two Dollars and ninety one cts

James Oneal Dr

to notes and orders against sundry Individuals amount- ing without interest to six Hundred and twenty three Dollars and four cts 623 04

270 F. G. YOUNG

The above are put in his hands for collection and to be ap- plied as stated in the receipt or returned if not collected

I L Babcock 1844

Oct 8th To paid L H Judson four dollars & four ^ in an order on F Ermatinger 4 04

Rec about three hundred and fifty dollars for which a change of obligations has been rend [ ?] [or reed] [ ?] to accommodate the parties:

One note against D Leslie has been left with Mr. Abernethy to pay the expens of enclosing the grave of E Young and to pay probate expense

Price agreed on for the above $60 for expense of probate $15 [This item completes contents of "Reagester"]

V.

EWING YOUNG'S TRANSACTIONS WITH THE FORT VANCOUVER SALE

SHOP AND AS CONTINUED BY THOSE IN CHARGE OF HIS ESTATE Ewing Young Dr

To Fort Vancouver Sale Shop for the following, vitz

s d B d For'd per E. Lucier 1839 To

Novr 28 2 plain Blankets 3 pts Red Bar 11/8 1 3 4

6 Ib Ball 6d " 3 "

1 Stock Lock 12 in "79

10 Yds Com. blue flannel pr 1/9 " 17 6

1 Ib 6thd Ratline " " 8

4 Com. Stripd Cott Shirts 3/ "12 "

5 Yds Blue List Cloth 5/ 1 7 11 For'd per Joe Gale

Deer 5 4 Plain Blankets 3 pts BB 13/2 12 "

2 " " 3V 2 " 14/6 1 9 "

1 Com Cloth Capot 4 Ells " 19 6 4 " Stripd Cott; Shirts 3/ "12 "

2 Iron Spades No. 3 4/6 " 9 "

6 E. W. Cups & Saucers wh handles 1/6 " 9 " 6 " " Deep Plates 10d " 5 "

3 Yds Indigo blue Duffle 10/2 1 10 6 18^ Ib Cocoa 'g "13 11

EWING YOUNG AND His ESTATE 271

3 Yds Red Baize 2/9 " 8 3

ft Ib cold Thread 2/8 " 1 4

6 skeina Cold Silk Do Id " " 6

6 flat bastd files 14 in 1/9 " 10 6

2 prs Sea Boots 22/6 2 5 2

1 Quire Uncut pot paper " 11

1 pr Olive Cord Trousers 9 11

2 doz Bone Jacket Buttons 5d " " 10 6 Com Cott: Handkerchiefs 1/5 86

Deer 14 Paid your note 11 Deer '39 in favor Bte Deguire for

1840 at beaver prices 6 5 '

Jan 17 2 prs Sea Boots 22/6 2 5 "

2 " Drab Cord Trousers 9/11 19 10

Forwarded 27 7 8 [New page of statement]

Amt Brot Forward 27 7 8 Per H Wood

3 Ib Hyson Tea 3/9 " 11 3

2 " Congo " 2/3 "46 6 " Twist Tobacco 1/6 9 " 20 " Cavendish " 1/61 10 " 28 Yds fine printed Cotton 1/2 1 12 8 10 Ib 20d Sharp Nails 10 " 84 8 Yds Com Striped Cotton 1/11 15 4 Paid your Note 10 Jany 40 in favor

Jno Stephens for 25$ at

beaver prices 6 5 Paid your note 10 Jany 40 in favor Henry Wood for $20.

at beaver prices 5 " " Per J Gervais

Febr 26 2 prs Cord trousers 9/11 "' 19 10

3 Yds seed Blue Cloth 11/3 1 13 9 2 fine Cotton Shirts 4/5 " 8 10 2 Com: " " 3/ " 6 " 1 Tin Kettle No. 1 "59 1 " " No. 2 "52 1 " " No. 6 "26

1 Seed Blue Cloth Vest "99

2 Gns Lamp Oil 5/3 " 10 6 March 13 To Your Note in favor A

Blythe $1.50. date 11 Jany 7 6

April 3 6 prs drab Cord Trousers 9/11 2 19 6

6 fine Cotton Shirts 11/5 1 6 6

30 Ib Yellow Soap 81""

10 " Twist Tobacco 1/6 " 15 "

1 Seed Cloth Capot 4% Ells 223

s d s d

1 pr Seed Cloth Trousers " 19 6 4Pullecut(?) Cott: Hdkfs 1/8 " 6 8

2 Com " " 1/5 " 2 10 1 Seed Blue Cloth Vest "99 6 prs Long Worstd Hose 3/2 "19 '

Forwarded 60 14 4 [New page Statement]

Amt brot Forward 60 14 4

April 3 1 pr Shoes "83

4 Ib Hyson Tea 3/9 " 15 " 12 Yds fine Stripd Cotton 2/2 1 6 " 12 " 9 /8 Bleached " 9 " 9 "

1 pr Womans Shoes " 6 " 6 Tin Milk Turreens 2/10 " 17 "

2 Dressing Combs 11 " 1 10 1 Tin Kittle No. 1 "59

272

F. G. YOUNG

1 " " No. 3 . 1 " " No. 6 1 doz Gilt Coat Buttons 6 Skeins Blk Silk Thread % Blk " No. 25

1 plain Blanket 3& pte BB 42 Ibs Loaf Sugar

2 Quires ruled foolscap paper 8 Yds purple Merino

1 Cott: Shawl

1 Mill Saw 6 ft

6 flat bastd files 14 in

By Etienne Luciers Note 31 March

'40 for L15 at Beaver Prices Paid your Note 1 April '40 in

favor Ed: Burroughs for $5.

at beaver price May 4 Pr Henry Wood

1 pr fine Cassimere Trousers 6 Scalping Knives 6 Indian Awls

1 fine blue Cloth Jacket 10 Ib Gunpowder

6 Cakes Windsor Soap

2 Band Silk Hdkfs

Forwarded

[New page Statement] Amt brot Forward May 4 1 Com Cott Hdkf

Paid Your Note 26 April '40 for $41 in favor S Kyzer at beaver prices

11 Paid your note 26 March '40

in favor Jno : Stephens for $12. at beaver price 15 Paid your note 8 May '40 in

favor Jno : Stephens for $109.10, at Beaver price Amounting to 18 1 Gall Madeira Wine P Kizer Paid your note llth May in favor S Kyzar for $83.67 at Beaver price

Paid your note llth May in favor Jacob Green for $28 at Beaver price

Passage Money of 2 Men Barque Vancouver from Woahoo to Ft Vancouver

June 10 1 Cross Cut Saw 5 feet 6 " " " Files 4 Com: Cotton Shirts 4 " Handkfs

12V 2 Yds fine printed Cotton 2 Ibs Congo Tea 13% Ibs Loaf Sugar

2 drachms Strychnine wh. Phial

12 To Balance on Handkfs from Cash Bk Augst 27 The following forwarded p

E Burry [sic]

3 Cotton Com Shirt

2 " Fine "

3 Blkts 3 pts B.B.

12 Com Cotton Handkfs

4 Ibs Hyson Tea

2/11

1/9 " 3 1/11 1 11 5/9 " 5

i/9 1/9

3 6 4

5 9 1 16 9 " 10 6

15

1 5

1 9 3

8 " 4 "

doz 6 " " 3

1 16 "

1/3 12 6

6 " 3 "

4/6 " 9 "

78 2 3 15

78 2 3 15

1 5

10 5 "

27 5 1 "

20 18 4

7 ea5 10 "

1/2

2/ l 138 /

14 7

4 6

8 10

17 3

1 "

13 / 1 19 1/5 " 17 3/9 " 15

10

EWING YOUNG AND His ESTATE 273

s d B d 166 8 2 15 " " [New page and sheet of Statement]

Amount Brought forda [sic] L 166 8 2 15 " "

Augat 27 1 Keg Loaf Sugar Wght 80 Ibs & Keg 8 2 19 "

5 Ibs Plug Tobacco 1/6 " 7 6

5 " Twist 1/6 " 9 7

3 Yds 2d Claret Brown Cloth 8/6 1 5 6

6 Yds blue Strouds Com. 4/11 1 9 6 12 " Regatta Cotton I/ "12 "

1 Waterproof Hat 19 6 Paid your note this date in favor

E Burrice for 17.60 at Beaver price 48"

30 Harrow Teeth 29 Ibs 1/19" L La Bonte

Sept 23 2 plain Blankets 3% pts BB 14/6 1 9 "

12 Yds Com Striped Cotton 1/11 9 3 " By William McCarty's note for $14

at Beaver Price and amounting to 3 10 "

By Joseph Dicksons Note " " " 1 10 "

Oct 29 To 12 flat bastard files 14 in 1/911"

20 Ibs Soap 8 " 13 4

% " Cotton Wick Ib 3/3 "26

2 Com. Cotton Shirts 3/ " 6 " 2 fine " " 4/5 " 8 10

4 Ibs Twankey Tea 2/5 " 9 8 79 " Loaf Sugar 8 2 12 8 & " Ounce Thread No. 26 8/ " 2 "

6 Rowing Shirts 3/9 1 2 6

6 plain blankets 3 pts BB 13 /- 3 18 "

2 E Ware Washhand Basins 2/3 " 4 6

1 pair Boys Shoes "49 6 " Long Worsted Hose Men 3/2 " 19 "

2 Com cloth Trowsers 11 /- 1 2 " 6 " Cotton Handkfs 1/5 " 8 6

10 Ibs Coffee 8 " 6 8

2 Ivory Combs 1/5 ' 2 10

Carried for'd 197 4 6 20 " " [New page Statement]

1840 To Amount Brought for'd 197 4 6 20 " " Octr 29

1 Coffee Pot s " " 11

1 Eware jug 1 Qt Damd d " 1 4

6 balls Cotton Thread 316

1 Clasp Knife with Driver "22

6 Gunflints doz 3 " " 2

1 DK Valentia Vest "86

1% Yd Com blue Strouds 4/4 " 7 5 By Revd Jason Lee's note date 29 Sept '40 for $250 at Beaver

price amounting to " " " 62 10 By Revd Jason Lee's note 24 Sept '40 in favor Sidney Smith for

$29.40cts at Beaver price amounting to " " " 7 7 To For Armstrong

1 pair Sea Boots 126

2 Com wh flannel Shirts 8/3 " 16 6 1 Blk Silk Handkf 38 in 55 1 pair com cloth Trowsers d " 11 " 6 Ibs Soap 8d " 4 "

1% Yd Blue Duffle 7/3 " 10 11

For S Smith

1 pair Seamens drawers " 4 11

1 Com wh flannel Shirt "83

4 pipes " " 4

4 Cotton Handkfs 1/5 " 5 8

274

F. G. YOUNG

7 Yds Com printed Cotton 1 Blk Silk Handkf 38 in

1 Com Cotton Shirt 31 12 Yds Trace Chain 1 pair Sea boots 1 fruit dish

1 Stand Lamp

2 Galls Lamp Oil

Carried for'd [New page Statement] Amount brought for'd Oct 31 1 Tray Japd Mid d [ ?] 1840 d

1 Gall Port Wine

1 Small Tin Tureen 6 B M Tea Spoons

2 boxes Muscatel Raisins

8 Ibs Currants

1 Dble Rein bridle

1 Tin funnel

Paid your note 29 Inst in favor

James Baker for $50 at Beaver price To advances at Woahoo (Paid Engages) Novr 30 Paid your note 25 Inst in favor

Caleb Wilkins for $6 at beaver price Paid your note in favor G Ebberts

for $37 at beaver price Irons for three Swinglle trees " 2 prs traces 15Ms Ibs

3 Bridle Bits

To " " Cowie To transfer Cr Napoua By Balance 1st June 1840

Add Error on Coffee Pot

11 6

"5

d " 3

8d "

"12

"2

" 1

5/3 " 10

205 16

89 17

205

16 " 89 17 "

"

11 8

16 "

"

6 3

doz 1 /5 4/1 '

" 9 8 2

9 "

6 "

"

18 "

"

" 6

12

10

5

12 6

1

10 "

9

5 "

I/- '

15 6

5

6 4

4

9 7

1 14 2

7.

2 10

248

5 3 91 11 2

Less Credits

91 11

Less by the following credits in the Indian

Shop Book May 18 By 4 Sm Beaver

156 16 11

Augst 27 Octr 31

1 Large 1 Pup 1 Large 17 Large 1 Large

5/6

11 /-

1 2 " 11 " 2 " 11 9 7 5

6 11 144

Carried Forward

(Additional entries on this sheet in pencil are blurred They include a note of Dr Babcock 65"

and make a total of 155 14 11

[New Sheet and new page]

Dr Estate of E Young (deceased) in account with The Hudsons Bay Co Cr

d a

To Amount of Account last rendered 155

Deduct Amount overcharged this 1

19 ' 17 11

d s

14 H 10,, 5

By 429% bushels wheat received from Revd Mr Leslie

Add Interest on this Amount from June

154,, 3/ 64,,

4,, 6 8,, 6

16,,

EWING YOUNG AND His ESTATE

275

1841 to 31 May 1842 @ 5 p cent

To Amount due Cowie vizt

wages fm 14 Feby 1840, date of Engagement

at Woahoo to 30 June 184110% mo <g> 50 / p mo 41 5 00

Less the following Vt Amount of Sundry Supplies p Amts

handed in by Mr Leslie, $79, 26% 19 16 5

Advances at Woahoo 1840 paid by Mr.

Young 2 16 3

do do 5,, 6,, 4

4,, 9 ,,10 94 5 10

27 ,,19,,

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Carried forward Brought Forward To Amount due Napoua Vz

Wages as Cowie Adv. at Woahoo 1840 paid by Mr Young

atVanr 1840 Do Amt of Sundry Supplies as

p Acct handed in by Mr Leslie $54%

Less Amount of Mr Blanchets Note

E E

Vancouver

15 April 1842

13,, 6,,

107 11 10 107- 11- 10

2-16-3 4- 9-7

13-11-3

41,, 5

,,17,, 1

127 ,,19,, 9 8 10

119,, 9,, 9

Dr

1842 June

[New page and new sheet] Estate of E Young (deceased)

In account with the Hudsons Bay Company

DR

To Amount of Account rendered

To Interest on above balance for one year, 5 p cent By Amount put to credit of Estate

by Catholic Mission of Wallamette Augt 12 By Transfer Dr Sundries for orders

in favor of Individuals, transferred

to credit of Estate vizt J Holman p his Note favor of Ja ONeil

or bearer p 10% dolls beaver R Newell do J Turner dated

27 May 1841 p 5 dolls beaver Jason Lee do p G Abernethys Note

dated 9 Augt 1842, p $108,36 Beaver Jason Lee p his order dated 8 Augt

1842 P $ 19% beaver Louis Ossin p his note dated 10

Inst favor of D Leslie P $4.70 Robert Newell p Amount due by him to

the Estate p Mr Leslie's Au $34.50 David Leslie p his order By Orders for wheat from Sundries Vizt

Jo A Rivet 86 2/3 bus

T Fletcher & Ja ONeli 153 1/3 bus

J McLoughlin 71

E Lucier 26

Hubbard & BelHque 31 5/12

Carried Forward

127 6

19 9

CR

8 10

I

2

12

6

1

R

27

1

10

4

17

6

1

3

6

8

12

8

21

M

8

13

00

fO

10

13

3

18

4

14

3

134 7 9 130 8 9

276 F. G. YOUNG

DR OR

1842 Brought Forward 134 1 9 130 8 9

Aug 12 By 13% bu wheat deld Laframboise p Barnabe 3/ 2 " "

By 13 do do p Bellique 3/ 1 19 '

134 7 9 134 7 9 E E

Fort Vancouver 12 August 1842

p H B Co

Dugald Martavtah

VI.

An Ewing Young note

We or either of us promise to pay Solomon H Smith as follows. In the year 1841 one Hun [dred] bushels of wheat and twentifive dollars and als[o] in the year 1842 the sum [of] 100 bushels of wheat and twentifive dollars In the Year 1843 the same amount of wheat and twentifive dollars which is to be paid to the Said Solomon Smith for an Im- provement he sold to E You[ng] at the place Caled the Yellow Banks

Wallammet, July 1840 Ewing Young

Endorsed as follows:

Rec twenty five Dollars on the within 9th of October 1841

S. H. Smith

Reed on the within forty Dollars fr S H Smith by D Leslie Administrator fr E Youngs Est

Jas A ONeil

I Heirby Certify that Sh Smith informed me by letter that he reed thirty three bushels of wheat from plassee [Michel Laferty] whitch I think is to be Credited on this note

Jas A ONeil

August 15th 1842

This is to certify that I have reed an order on Joseph Mc- Loughlin for seventy three Dollars twenty nine cents of I L Babcock Adr of E young estat as a credit on this obligation if said order is accepted at Fort Vancouver this 26th of January 1843

Jas A ONeil

EWING YOUNG AND His ESTATE 277

1841

VII.

Appraisal and Inventory of Property The Estate of Mr Ewing Young Deed Dr in A/ct

with Robt Moore 1841 Feby 12th & 13th to 2 days appraising property at

$2 00 per diem $4.00

March 15 to 1 day measuring and apraising plank at

$2.00 2.00

" to copying appraisement and Inventory of

property $2.00 2.00

$8.00

Mr E Young Debt W Johnson for Going to forte George and bring up Goods for him 10 Dollars

for Making of shirts and Washing 5 Do

five Days employed in the praisment of his property 10 Dollars for his womans board eleven Weeks 14 Dol

To auctionering property amounting to $1333i/3 at 1J

per cent $20 00

$59.00 May 27th 1840 [sic]

[The last item in the above is in a different handwriting. The date and summing up is in this different hand. As the first sale or auction was on May 26, 1841, the year given was an error]

(A document nearly of the same date) $30.

On or before the first day of October next we promise to pay David Leslie as administrator for the estate of Ewing Young deceased, thirty dollars in merchantable wheat at Champoic at sixty cents per Bushel or in Bills receivable at

278

F. G. YOUNG

the office of Fort Vancouver for value received witness our hands & Seals this 25th May 1841.

W Bailey Seal Attest

W Johnson Seal C. M. Walker [The above is the handwriting of C. M. Walker)

VIII.

First Auction

Account of Auction Sale of Property belonging to the Estate of Ewing Young by direction of David Leslie Esq Ad- ministrator May 26 1841 Viz

1 Tame Brindld Cow & Suckg Calf

1 Heifer ' without calf

1 Speckled " & Calf

1 Tame Black " 1 " Speckled & dun Calf 1 " Spotted Brindld Cow & no Calf 1 Brindled Steer First choice yearling Heifer Chd3 next in choice " " a $17. each Pair of yearling Steers 1 white Heifer yearling 1 Light Brindld Heifer yearling 1 Red & White Heifer " 1 Cream 1 Black Bull

S Smith S Smith S Smith J ONeil Squires La Roque S Smith MacCarty J Kernan G Winslow T. J. Hubbard S Smith S Smith T. J. Hubbard T. J. Hubbard S Smith

45.00 32.00 17.50 25.00 38.00 28.00 28.50 13.40 17.00 51.00 17.50 12.00 12.00 15.50 17.50 11.50

EWING YOUNG AND His ESTATE 279

1 Cow & Calf at Quantiles house L Fourcia 30.00 [Forcier] 1 yoke Oxen & yoke J ONeil 63.00 5 first choice yearling Heifer a $13 S Smith 65.00 2 Cows & calves take as come 2 a $24. S Smith 48.00

Chdl Cow

James Baker 25.00

4 " "

" " " $23 J ONeil 92.00

2 two year old Steers " " $15 Wm Bailey 30.00

Chdl

$15.5U (j. Winslow 15.50

1 "

" " " Baptiste De Guerre 14.00

Chdl " " "

Heifer" " James Baker 17.00

^ U (t t(

" " " $16 Joseph Gale 32.00

I [sic]"' "

" " " 15.50 Joseph Gale 31.00

10 "

" " " $15 S Smith 150.00

Amnt carried over 994.00

[New page]

Amount brot

up $994.00

1 Cow without Calf first choice S Smith 23.00

i

" 2nd John Howard 23.00

1 "

" 3rd "FA Reavy [Rivet] 22.00

2

" 4th " S Smith 44.00

Chd3 Bushels of

Salt & 1 Barrel G Winslow 3.75

3

" " L Fourcia 3.75

3

" " J Howard 3.75

3 " "

" " Paddy [Rowland] 3.50

9

3 " a $3 McCarty 9.00

3

1 " Squires 3.75

3

" " Turner 3.75

Chd9

3 " a $3.50 Johnson 10.50

36 "

" 12 " a $3.50 G Le Breton 42.00

3

1 " J Gale 3.75

3

"1 T J Hubbard 3.75

3

1 " S Smith 3.50

3 " "

1 " Baptiste De Guerre 3.75

280 F. G. YOUNG

3 " " " 1 " Wm Craig 3.75

3 " " 1 " S Smith 3.50

1 File T J Hubbard 30cts 1 File J Connor 33 cts .63

1 " Wm Craig 31 " 1 " J Connor 31 " .62

1 " T J Hubbard 32 " 1 " J Connor 33 .65

1 " TJ Hubbard 35 1 " T J Hubbard 40 75

1 " Newel 50 1 " Wm Craig 42 .92

1 Cross Cut Saw (Large) J Baptiste Perault 14.00

1 Dbl Barrel Fowls piece & Equipmt Joseph Reavet 52.00

1 Cross Cut Saw (small) Francis Reavet 9.50

1 Pair Match Planes La Roque 6.00

1 " Planes La Roque 3.25

2 Planes $1 J Howard 2 Planes J Connor $2.88 3.88 2 plane Smith 25cts 1 Plane L Fourcia 40c .65

(Auction Sales of May 26, 1842)

Chd 13 Files Wm Johnson 3J cts ea .45

1 Double Bridle Charles Paid 6.00

2 volumes Shakespaeare # C Walker 3.50 1 Spanish Bridle George Gay 4.50 1 Saddle John Turner .50 1 Spanish Saddle & riging Barnaby 8.00

Amount Total $1339. 15 J

[In different ink there is the following indorsement: "Such items as are not marked chd in this bill are all settled"]

[The "chd" opposite some the items is made with the same ink as this indorsement.] [Accounts of Expenditures in connection with the sale of

May 26, 1841] Dr Estate of Ewing Young to John Turner

To 3 days work self & Horse $6.00

EWING YOUNG AND His ESTATE 281

Reed Payment of David Leslie Administrator

his Willammet May 27 1841 John X Turner

mark Attest G Le Briton

Dr Estate of Ewing Young to Geo Gay

To 4 days work self & Horse $8.00

Willammet

May 27 1841 Received Payment of David Leslie Admr

George Gay

Dr Estate of Ewing Young to John Kornan

To 3 days work self & horse $6.00

Willammet

May 27 1841 Received Payment of David Leslie Admr

John Kornan

Dr Estate of Ewing Young to Joseph Gale

To 1 days work $1.00

Willammet

May 27 1841 Reed Payment of David Leslie Administrator

Joseph Gale

Dr Estate of Ewing Young George Ebbert

To 3 days work self & Horse $6.00

Willammet

May 27 1841 Reed Payment of David Leslie Adminisr

George Ebbert

282

F. G. YOUNG

[Another sheet] Dr Estate of Ewing Young- to Wm Craig

To 4 days work Self & Horse

Willammet May 27 1841

Reed Payment of David Leslie Admstr

Wm. Craig

Dr Estate of Ewing Young to Joseph Meek To 3 days work Self & Horse

27 00

$8.00

$6.00

Willammet May 27 1841 Reed Payment of David Leslie Adminstr J L Meek

Dr Estate of Ewing Young to Joel Walker

To 4 days work Self & Horse $8.00

Willammet May 27 Reed Payment of David Leslie Adm [Not signed, but "Paid" in different ink written across entry]

Dr Estate of Ewing Young to Baptiste Moliere

To 3 days work Self & Horse

$7.00

Willammet May 27 1841 Reed Payment of David Leslia Admst (Not signed]

Dr Estate of Ewing Young to Antoine Revet

To 3 days work Self & Horse $6.00

Reed Payment of David Leslie Admnt

EWING YOUNG AND His ESTATE 283

Willammet May 27 1841 [Not signed]

IX.

Second Auction

[Records of a sale on the Estate of Ewing Young, mainly of household goods and tools and represented in indorsement on one of the record sheets as having taken place "in Sept

Minits of E youngs Sail cts

Joseph Despaw Dr to two hogs $8.50

to sundreys 22

["Charged"] $8.72 cts

[Each one of the accounts has written over perpendicularly as "Charged" "Charged in Book" or "Settled" "Reed pay- ment"] &c.

[The double comma used in separating dollars and cents betray accustomed use of English money.]

Marshall Dr to one hog 4,,00

to one Shirt " ,,70

[Settled] $4, 70cts

Mr Laddaroot Dr to one tabel 5,,75

do to one wash boll 1,,75

to Steel yards 10, 20 to one pound tea 1,,20

to J doz knivs & falks 3, 25

do do do 1,,30

to one hone ,,,15

284

F, G. YOUNG

to one hone

to one hammer

to one stand of Castings

to one bead sted

[Bal. Charged in Book]

George Gay Dr to one horse to one ox yoak to five Chisels to one hand Saw to seven Books to one tea ketel

[Settled]

[New page]

Minuts of E youngs Sail [Rivet]

Riva Dr to Sive to five files to one froe [?]

to sundiarey to one augur to one kettle to one hamer

[Settled]

Jas Baker to one funnel to one Augur to two pilowes to one trunk

2,,20

,,,80

12,,00

7,00

$4S,,60

$45,,00 2,,50 1,,50 2,,25 1,,00 1,,25

$53,,50

$2.00 cts

1,,00

1,,00

,80

U6

70

16

$6,,82cts

$, ,,45 cts

90

2,,00

,,40

EWING YOUNG AND His ESTATE

285

to one hog to one barrel to one iron pot

[Charged on Book]

Winslowe Anderson Dr

To tea pot

to one candel mould

to one trunk

to one blanket

to two hankerchiefes

to one shirt

to two

to two pillowe slips

to two pillowes

to four barrels

to ^ doz plats

to whippletree irons

to two iron wedges

to six sickels

to one bead sted

to one ketel

to one hog & strichnine

[Charged in Book]

Wm Johnson Dr one pitcher

to one chalk line

to ball moles

to one hammer &gimlet

to one Dimejohn

3,,00

,,40

3 00

$10,,15cts

0, ,,6cts

,,25

,,50

4,,25

75

40

20 1,75 2 25 2 10 2,,80 3,,50 3, ; 70 2 25

40 7,,00

$33 ; ,27

$0,,50 ,,,25 ,,,11 1,,05 ,,,90

[Charged in Book]

$2,81 cts

286 F. G. YOUNG

Jas ONeil Dr one sasspan $,,075cts

to one tea pot 20

to one draw shave 1, 00

to sand paper ,,20

to two lamp ,,20

to rings - 70

to two axes 1, 25

to one Cupbord 12, 50

to two f ether beds 15. 50

to one tabel 4,75

$37,,05cts [Reed pament]

Peter Bileek Dr two brushes $1. 50cts

to one brush ,,40

$l,,90cts

[New page : Minets of Ewing Youngs Sail]

E Lucier two hogs $10,,00cts

do one keg [Settled] .40

Sidney Smith Dr one hog 7,,25

do one yoak of oxen 70,,00

do do 55,.,00

to two & half yds Cloth 6,.25

to one blanket 2,,70

to one pice of Cloth j? 25

to one a* ,,35

to one log Chain 4,,00

[Settled] $145,,80cts

Mr. Plesse Dr one hog 4 QQ

to one pitcher ? 49

EWING YOUNG AND His ESTATE 287

to doz pans ,,,60

to one sive , ,,60

to two pair drawers , ,,80

to one kettle , f ,45

to one box glass , ,,60

$7,,45cts [Charged in Book]

David Leslie Dr to one paper tacks ,,25cts

to three Raisors 1,,95

to one pair of trousers 3,,00

to books ,,,50

to one Saus pan \2\

to one water bucket 6

to one keg 6

to sundiareys 6

[Charged in his a/c] 5,,98J

Jeremiah Horrigan Dr to one dish ,,35cts

to one f ring pan 25

(Charged) 60

John Turner Dr to one log chain $2,,90cts

to one kettle 2,,30

to one fether bead 7,,00

to one bead sted 2,,25

to one Saw 1,,00

to tabel legs ,,50

(Settled) $15,,95cts

Sharlo Dr to three Sheets $1,,00

To one bread trough ,,70

288 F. G. YOUNG

1,70

Dubride Dr ,,30

Shappell Dr to one flat iron ,,50

X.

Farm and Live Stock of the Estate Leased Articles of an agreement made and entered into this first day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty one, between David Leslie (as administrator for the estate of Ewing Young deceased) on the first part; and C. M. Walker and George La Britton of the second part, Witnesseth; That the said David Leslie on his part, doith by these

presents Let unto the second party, the farm and premises, the Horned Cattle & Horses belonging to the estate of the de- ceased Ewing Youngs for the term of One year from the date above written ; on the following conditions, viz 1st The said Leslie, furnishes upon the farm, the necessary agricultural tools, with sufficient teams of Horses or mules for the ploughing or carting ; for the consideration of one third the net products of said farm.

2d He, delivers into the safe Keeping of the 2d party all the horned Cattle and Horses, for the three fourth part of their increase, paying to the second party for their trouble in the care of Said stock, One fourth their yearly increase ; 3rdly He also agrees to furnish all the tame Horses belonging to the estate at this time for the guarding of Cattle and Horses and also to give one third of all the wild Horses that may be broken in

4thly He also agrees to allow the 2nd party the privilege of killing twelve head of beef on condition of returning an equal quantity of our share of the increase say one half Bull and half Heifer Calves.

Sthly He also agrees to allow to the 2nd party one half of the increase of all Cows that are tamed by them.

EWING YOUNG AND His ESTATE 289

6thly He also allows the 2nd parties the use of as much land as they may wish to make use of for the purposeof gardening free of rent

The 2nd party also agree to cultivate as much of the land as may be in their power and for the consideration of two thirds of the net proceeds.

2nd The 2nd party also agree to take care of the Cattle and Horses guarding them and Karraling them and branding the the increase of the Estate with their brand & their proportion with their own brands in or about the Month of September.

David Leslie C. M. Walker George Le Breton Witness

James A. ONeil

XL

Third Auction Account Sale

Property belonging to Estate Ewing Young

at Public Auction June 13 1843 Terms Sale Money to be paid one year from Sept 1843 with

Interest at 6 pr ct. Note with an endorser 1st choice 2 wild Horses Sneckel a$12J 24.50

2nd " 1 " " J Kelsey $10 10.00

1 " " CJoquar[?] $6| 6.50

1 " " WmMcCarty $6J 6.25

1 " " Wm Dougherty $15 15.00

1 Partly Tame " J B DeGuerre $15 15.00

1 Wild Horse Ring $5J 5.50

1 " Horse B DuCharm $10J 10.50

1 Tame Stud Horse John Howard $35 J $35.50 1 small Band Wild Mares & Colts about

20 head C W Walker $46 46.00

1 small Band Wild Mares & Colts Messrs

290

F. G. YOUNG

Buxton Griffin & other $90

1 small Band Wild Mares & Colts about

8 or 10 head Charles McRay $32J

1 Large Band Wild Mares & Colts about 50 head

J Howard McCarty & others 1 very old Tame work Horse John Saunders 1 " " " " " J Baker 1 " " 1 " "

1 " " Cartwheels

2 " ." Ploughs

1 Wild Horse i a st

1 a a

1 Tame work Horse 1 "

I (t (( ((

M Placide J Turner J Turner J Turner a$6 J Turner Eustace Raymean Johnson Sidney Smith George Gay John Howard

90.00 32.50

216.00 18.50 11.00 16.00 30.00 10.50 12.00 13.50 13.00 21.00 30.00 4050 3150

Amount Carried over $753.25 [New page]

Amount brot up $753.25 All the wild Horses belonging to the Estate not otherwise dis- posed off & not present at sale with the brand G Gay Cook & Fletcher & others 86 00 1 Yellow pied Tame Cow Joel Turnham 39 00 1 White Tame Cow C Walker 40 00 1 Yellow pied Tame Cow Horns Tips sawed off

R Williams 3400

1 2 & Calf J Turner 44 50

30 small Iron Harrow Teeth Cook & Fletcher 4 50 Claim to Farm & all Improvement's not otherwise

disposed off S Smith 205 00 One Half of the Wheat now growing upon Farm

J B DaGuerre 33 00

Lot of Harness Hames &c 50cts to Johnson 50

EWING YOUNG AND His ESTATE

291

1 Iron Chain C Walker $5.00

1 Iron bar L H Judson $1.

2 Mill stones & Gear to C Walker $14.00 1 Plough Iron J Holman $7.

1 Hide McKay 1.35

1 Hatchet Cook &Fletcher 50cts

500

100

1400

700

1.35

50

$1268.60

272 Head Wild Cattle at $9. pr Head sold at Private Sale to Mess T J Hubbard J ONeal & W H Gray 2448.00

Whole amnt Sales $3716.60

Expense of Sale Collecting Cattle & Horse's & Branding & Vending &c &c

Paid J Meek Auctioneer for his Services $5.00

" W Doughty Thompson & Black for collecting Horses J day $1.50 ea 4.50

" J Turner 7J days collecting & Branding Cattle &

Horses at $3 22.50

" J Turner Services at last Sale not heretofore paid 10.00 " Cook & Fletcher each 7 days work & Horse hire $29.

For Flour & Bread $2.55 31.50

Paid W Johnson for Cooking 1 day &c $2 $2.00

" J. B DeGuerre 8 days with Horses & Cattle &c 7.00

" George Gay 7-J day's work himself & boy & Horses

at $5 3 extra Horses 1 day at $1 40.50

" C W LeBreton for 12 day's Services a $2 Horse

hire Collecting & Karaling Horses & Cattle 2 days 27.00 " T J Hubbard for 2 days hunting Cattle & horse $4 4.00 " Smith for \ day hunting Horses (after he gave up

all claim) 1.50

Amount paid by Smith for collecting Cattle & Horses [Not filled in]

XII. A Bibliographical Record

292 F. G. YOUNG

Estate of Ewing Young Dr

To J. E. Long- To Making full record of entire estate

And Attesting the Same 2.25

" Filing 90 Papers belonging to estate 6j 5.62J

$7.874

Received this first day of October 1845, of J. E. Long. All the papers and documents in his possession relative to the un- finished business of the Estates of Joel Turnham and Ewing Young deceased.

W. H. Willson

Judge of Probate XIII.

Financial Statements

[Arranged in the order in which the bills were incurred. As most of them are receipted they reveal the administrative affairs of the Ewing Young estate during the period covered by them.]

Mr Ewin Young

To W J Bailey Dr 1838 Nov 7th Suph Quinine

for Kanacca $-50ct

Do for slave boy -" 50

llth Cathartic for 1 girl - 10

Dec 13th Astringent Mixt Do ~ 25

Visit & Medicine for slave boy 1- 25

1839 July 26th Three Anthelmintic [?] powders for

Mr Young " 60

Aug 13th Emetic 10

Sulph Quinine -- 25

EWING YOUNG AND His ESTATE 293

Sept 2d do do 75

5th Visit & Medicine ! 20

19th Visit & Medicine for Ind Woman 1,, 50

Nov 7th Stomachic pdr for Mr Y "40

Decb 29th Epsom Salts 20

1840

April 13th Visit Medicine &c for Peggy 2- 00

May 2d Do Do Do 1- 90

" Rhubarb for Mr Y 25

" 28th Powdered Rhubarb 50

Sulph Quinine & Cathartic 50

Stomach Mixture $1,, 00

Aug 19th Balsam Capaiva 1,, 00 13.75

Sulph Quinine Do 1,, 00 10

24th Emetic for Kanacca 10 23.75

" Sulph Quinine Do 1,, 00

Sept 2d Balsam Capaiva 1,, 00

" Injection 30

[Endorsed on back : "Doct Bailey Account"

"Mr Young"]

(The items following the summing up with the $13.75 total are crossed out. The "10" added to 13.75 seems to be an arbitrary charge in lieu of these items eliminated.)

Mr Ewing Young Dr in a/c with William Canning

1839 to ox ring and staple $2,,13|

"August 1839 Ewing Young Dr

To Louis Fercier for one hog $12.00cts to be paid in sawed lumber at his mill."

[Endorsed : "Acknowledged. D. Leslie Adm

"Paid per Order on G Abernethy]

294 F. G. YOUNG

March 25 to three Bui flour at $1.00 3,,

July 10 to 1 Bui Do " 1 00 1,,00

August 15 to H Do Do " 1 00 1 50

$763J

Reed Payment William Canning Mr. E Young

1840 To C M Walker

Novr 26th For Servises up to 17. Deer on your Busi- ness to Fort Vancouver for Supplies for Horse Trade at $1. pr. diem $23.00

Pd Portage at Falls & Indian assistance. 1.20

$2430

Wallamette March 1st 1841 Ewing Young Dr

To Ettienne Lucier August 1840 2 To 1 Large Beaver to be paid in Salt, price

agreed as five Bushel October 1840 To making two cloth Dresses

" Bteaver Price $4.00

March 2, 1841 To 5, Bushels Oats 3 shillings pr. Bushel

Beaver price $3.00

the oats delivered to Smith who works on

the Estate

There are Nine thousand and four hundred feet of Lum- ber measured pad and piled up for me, which Mr. Young promised to draw to the Bank of the River without further cost

Witness his

S. H. Smith Ettiene X Lucier

mark

EWING YOUNG AND His ESTATE 295

L s d

1841 also a Small Beaver price 056

March 23 to hauling Load wheat to mill 5 00

May 8 to 10 Bui wheat at 5 shillings Stirling 2 10 00

to Delivering at mill 5 shilling Do 5 00

Mr Ewing Young Dr in a/c with Joel Walker 1840

Sept to 18 days services of Myself at $1.00 18,,00

to 10 days Do of son John

withmymuls at $1.00 10"00

Do to 9 days at 75 cts 6,,,75

to 2 pishamovs [?] & Beaverskin at $1,00 3,,00

1841 May to 4 days assisting to Collect Cattle

for sale $2.00 8,,00

45,75 Cr By Beefhides $2.00 2 00

43 75 Reed pay Henry Wood pr Joel Walker

Ewing Young to Joseph Gervais Dr

To 1 Mill Chain (del S Smith) $14.50

Willamet Settlement Sept 1840

Mr Young had in his hands at his death Sixteen and one half Bushels of Salt belonging to me Joseph Gervais

Wallamette Oct 1/40 Messrs Smith & Anderson Please deliver to

Geo H. Ebberts twenty bushels white wheat and place to my acct

296

F. G. YOUNG

David Leslie

Also Permit him to take the small stones and oblige

Yours &c

David Leslie

Endorsed on back: I do hereby certify that the within order was drawn on Smith and Anderson for wheat due from them to the Estate of E. Young and was paid by Sidney Smith and applied to the benefit of Sd Estate

Willamette July 2 45 David Leslie

November the 25 1840

Ewing Young Dr to George W Ebbert on shop book

to making six hooks and repairing chains $4 50

to one cittle [ ?] bail 37

Dec the 19 1840 tow fourges [ ?] 2 50

three sets of saddle rings 1 50

one cittle bail 25

$9 12J

Reed payment of David Leslie Ams Willamet May 27 1841 George W Ebberts

Estate of Ewing Young

To C. M. Walker 1841 For

May Services 6 days @ $2 pr diem Octr " 3 " " 2$ " Do

Do Charges for recovery of Horse lost by S Smith

By 2 Bbl Salt - $ 8-

add pr agreement 1.70

Dr

$12.00 6.00

$24.00 9.70

$14.30

EWING YOUNG AND His ESTATE 297

Willammet May 27 1841

Due Two Dollars on demand from the Estate of E Young

$2.-- David Leslie Adm

[Endorsed on the back : "The within was to C Coniah"]

Chalam June 16th 1841

Reed of David Leslie AD. of E Young Estate forty Nine dol- lars in full of all Demands

Pleasant Armstrong

Mr Ewing Young

To Martha Young Dr

To Making a dress for Peggy $1.00

Making Shirt for Mr Young 50

To one days washing 50

$2,,00 Wallamutte July 24th /41

Reed pay Henry Wood pr Martha Young Endorsed : "Paid the within pr order on G Abernethy"

Dr Estate of Ewing Young to George Le Breton

To 3 days services at the public Sale of Cattle a $2 $6.00

" Recording the appointment of D Leslie as Administrator of said Estate 1.00

" Writing Notifications 1.00

$8.00

Reed of D. Leslie $8.00 in full of all demands for services ren- dered the Estate of E Young Decsed

Geo Le Breton Willammete August 16 1841

298 F. G. YOUNG

Mr Leslie Sir

Please pay Joel Walker Sixty dollars, & charge the Same to my Account

Chahalum July 16th 1841

Winslow Anderson

Mr Walker has made arrangements with Anderson to take wheat notes or a Note for the above ammount which is to be Indorsed on the note that Roe holds against Anderson & Whit comb

S SmITH

Reed of David Leslie pay in full for one Gallon of powder loaned to E Young

Willamette August 24 1841 John Kernan

$2.00

Reed of David Leslie Administrator on the Estate of E Young $5.33 in full for my claim for a canoe on Sd Estate

his

Edward X Boaveds [ ?] Willamitte Sept 4 1841 mark

Reed of Sidney Smith $12,00

to be accounted for on Settlement David Leslie

Willamette Sept 14, 1841

Wallamette Oct 1/41 Messrs Smith & Anderson

Please deliver to Robert Newell twenty bushels white wheat and place to my Acct

David Leslie Endorsed :

I do hereby certify the within order was drawn on Smith and Anderson for wheat du to the Estate E Young and paid by Mr. Smith and Applied to the benefit of Sd Estate Willamette July 2 -45

EWING YOUNG AND His ESTATE 299

Willamette Oct 8 1841

Reed of David Leslie Adm on the estate of E Yong .Deced Seven dollars & thirty cents in full on settlement of Book accounts S. H. Smith

Reed of D. Leslie twenty five dollars in full for the money installment due from the Estate of E Young on the farm con- tract

Willamette Oct 9 1841

S. H. Smith

Champoeick 20th Oct 1841

Mr Leslie Sir Please pay the Bearer five Dollars and eighty cents and this shall be your discharge from me

S. H. Smith Endorsed : Received the within amount in full

W J Bailey Nov 28, 1841

Nov 28 1841

Reed of David Leslie A. D. of E Young Estate Twenty five Dollars in full all Demands up to this Date

S Smith

This day Reed of David Leslie Administrator

on the Estate of E. Young deed $100.00 one hundred & ten

dollars in full for eleven month labor of Opeo

Willamette March 9 1842 Felix Hathaway

The Estate of Ewing Young 1842

To Jas A ONeil Dr for Services six Dollars

Reed pament Jas A O'Neil

300 F. G. YOUNG

Dr Babcock

Sir pleas pay Calvin Tibetts twenty three Dollars and fifty cents at the Mission Store and the sam I will credit on the twenty five Dollars on E Youngs Estat that I hold and oblige your humbel Servant Jas A ONeil

Nov 4th 1842 Endorsed : accepted Nov 4th 1842

I hereby certify that I was present when Sidney Smith called on Judge Babcock to close his Unsettled Accts with the Estate of E. Young it was then agreed that the within enclosed Orders should be placed to the Credit of Sidney Smith, it was ascer- tained that he Sd Smith was owing the Estate twenty three and a half bushels of wheat on account, which would leave a bal- lance of Sixteen an a half bushels which was due Mr Smith at ninety cents per bushel

Mr Smiths Book Account was also allowed by Judge Bab- cock as correct David Leslie Willamette July 2 1845 Addressed : To Judge Nesmith Willamitte Falls

1840 D Leslie in a/c with Estate of Ewing Young

Dr Cr

Jan 25 To Lumber and hauling 27.00

1841

May 28 " one Cabres (Lasso) 3.00

June 28 " one do 1.40

July 22 " Lumber and hauling 55.50

By paid Hathaways note for 14.00

Lumber 3.75

do 3

" One Lasso 3.00

" 22 days use of horse 22.00

" Paid at Vancouver 85.60

I '" EWING YOUNG AND His ESTATE 301

" in exchange of orders with O'Neil 3.20 By 13 bus. wheat deld by Billique

on a/c of estate 7.80

To Articles bot at sale in Sept

1841 as per bill 5.98

By 12 bus. flour deld to Mr Young

by Mr. Canning in 1839 @

$1,00 12.00

Paid expenses in settling accts

at Vancouver 13.00

To amt received of J. L. Whitcomb

on a/c of Sunds bot at sale 67.00 " Balance of a/c due from J. L.

Whitcomb 3.50

To the Estate $163.38 $164.35

Balance Dr 97

Amounts paid out by D Leslie for the Estate of Ewing Young deceased.

Paid to T J Hubbard amt due from Estate $28 78

1 Wm Canning as pr recpt 7 63J

Aug. 16 1841 Paid to Geo Le Breton (for service)

amt due him as pr receipt 8 00

July 1840 Paid to Martha Young as pr recpt 2 00

Sept 1840 Paid to Joel Walker do 43 75

March 1842 Paid to F. Hathaway do in full 11000

Oct 1841 Paid to S. H. Smith Do Do 730

May 27 1841 Paid to J. L. Meek for services Do 6 00

May 27 1841 Paid to Wm Craig Do Do 8 00

Paid to Baptiste Molaire services as pr rect 7 00 Aug 1841 Paid to John Kernan for powder as per rect 2 00 Sept 1841 Paid to Jos Gervais as pr a/c 14 00

Sept 1841 Paid to Sidney Smith for damage done by

Cattle 1200

302 F. G. YOUNG

Paid to Wm Bailey for medicines and

services 23 75

Sept 1841 Paid to Ed Borrows as pr receipt 5 33

Paid to E. Lucia as pr a/c 28 20

Aug 1839 Paid to L Fourcir Do 12 00

Paid to Joel Walker W Andersons order 60 00

May 27 1841 Paid to John Turner for services 6 00

Paid to Geo Gay Do 8 00

Paid to John Kernan Do 6 00

Paid to Jos Gale Do 1 00

Paid to Geo Ebberts Do 6 00

Paid to Jas O'Neil Do 6 00

Nov 1840 Paid to C M Walker as per a/c 24 20

Aug 27/41 Paid to G W Ebbert as pr a/c 9 \2\

May 27 1840 Paid to W Johnson services &c 59 00

Paid to Robt Moore as pr a/c 8 00

Paid D Leslies Note on demand to

C. Conia 2 00

Paid to F Hathaway as pr a/c 39 20

Amt card forward 460 27

[New page]

Amt Brot forward 460 27

Oct 1841 Paid to S. H. Smith as pr recpt 25 00

June 1841 Paid to P. Armstrong Do 4900

Aug. 1842 Paid for trip to Vancouver 13 00

Due to the Oregon Mission Amt chgd

by D Leslie for services 82 00

Paid H B Go's Bills in full as pr a/c

rendered by them 195 16 10 $783.26 783 26 May 27 1841 Paid Rivet for services as pr bill 6 00

(Endorsed : a/c of payment made from the Estate of Ewing Young Dcd

By

EWING YOUNG AND His ESTATE 303

D. Leslie Ad

(A statement of account with Fort Vancouver) Ewing Young Dr

To Fort Vancouver Sale Shop for the fol- lowing vitz 1839 Nov 28 pr E Lucier & Joe Gale, H Wood. J Gervais

L s d

Cr 91 11 2

to Novr 30 1840 Dr 248 8 1

L s d 156 16 11 11 19

144 17 11

Estate of Ewing Yound Deed

To L. H. Judson Dr.

To one days attendance at sale and travelling fees $4.50

To assisting in taking minutes of testimony in case of

of Jose Rownaldo Young .50

$5.00 Cr by on small iron bar purchased at the day of sale 1.00

Ballance due L H Judson 4.00

Received payment

L. H. Judson

[No date but purchase of "iron bar" reveals date as that of June 13, 1843.]

Reed of James Oneal forty four Dollars in an order on the Mission given by Dr White to apply on a note given in favour of E Youngs Est I L Babcock

Willamette Feby [July?] 22 1843

also an order given by Mr Gray of forty two Dollars and fifty cts ILB

304 F. G. YOUNG

15 June 1843

I L Babcock Sir

You will please pay S Smith one dollar and fifty cts for my Services after mishd Colts

P F Thompson

Received of S. Smith four dollars and fifty cts for Services in Branding E Young Cattle & Horses.

Wallamette Sept 4th 1843 J B Deguire

XIV

Miscellaneous Accounts [A salt account with the Ewing Estate]

Dr Babcock you have here The Bill of Sale of the Salt Be- longing to the Estate, E Young. I have delivered on Mr Leslies order, one hundred and eight six Bush, of Salt by measure and with this fifty two empty Blls. and fifty cts on the price of two large Bll. 186. Bush,, 52. Blls. empt 50 cts on 2 large Blls. -Since Mr Leslie left last fall.

At my own Instance I. have sold

To Cook & Fletcher 2 Bll at $3.50 pr Bll. $7.00

Mr Leslie 6. Large Blls $4.50 pr Bll 27.00

li Bush & 1 emty Bll 2,25

(This is an Book account) Total $29,25 Reed note of, D Leslie [This receipt in different

writing from a/c] I have taken in payment for care & delivery

2. Empty Blls. & 1. nine Gall Keg $3,00

3. Bush Salt & 1. Beaver 5.00 3 Blls Salt at $4.00 per Bll. 12,00

$,20,00

P/S. Mr. Trask has given credit to the Estate on Mr. Aber nethys Book, for part of Bll Salt with Bll

$3.00

EWING YOUNG AND His ESTATE 305

[on the back :] Yours A. F. Waller

P. S. I hope you & yours are well. As usual here please write and inform me what to do if anything with The a/c I have made with Cook & Fletcher & Br Leslie

Yours A F W

Peace be with, you

[Endorsed : Reed pay of D Leslie on the within acct] [Separately endorsed : Dr. I. L. Babcock Passenger on Board the Diamond

Chinook

[Any accumulating claim against the Estate]

Fort George, 30th June, 1842 Mr Leslie Dear Sir

When I was at Vancouver Mr Joseph McLoughlin in- formed me that he had received only Five wild cattle from you on my account and that would be all he should receive it is now five years since the late Mr. Young received on my account a Tame Cow and Calf from Capt Cooper of which Mr McLoughlin has shown you his certificate which I think is proof enough for my claim/several persons have told me that my share ought to be thirteen head.

I wish very much to have the tame Cow delivered to Mr McLoughlin, also a committee appointed on my account and I will abide by there [sic] decision by doing so you will oblige

Yours Ot St

W. Brotchie.

P. S. There are several people in the Wallamet that knows my tame Cow.

[Endorsed on back: "Capt Brotchie Y J letter respeterting cattle.]

Fality Plains July th3. 1843

Mr I L Babcock will you have the goodness to pa Mr Meek

306

F. G. YOUNG

$1.50 It being for survises that I Rendered At Mr Youngs sail Henry Black

Endorsed: "I certify that H Black rendered services to E Youngs Estate to the Amt of One dolls fifty cts

G W Le Breton Clk

[Statement unsigned, but evidently by Sidney Smith]

October 15 1843

20 To 8 days branding cattle 3 24

June To 3 at 2 6

To 1 day after colts 2.50

To 1 Green Hide 2 00

To paid Placeed 5 00

To 3 calves 27.00

To 1 colt 6.00

To 3 days driving cattle 3.00

To paid C Roe 3 3.00

To paid Kanaka 5.00

To 1 day in favor of Thompson 1.50

To 1 order on Deguerre 4.50

20

To Balance on Contract

$89.50 14.85

104.35

[Final settlement of Sidney Smith's claims against the estate] October 15th 1843 Dr

Estate of E Young to Sidney Smith To Book act as allowed by Judge Babcock Balence clam on wheat act Roes Receipt Duguers do Thompson do Leslies Bill of Goods

$8800 1485 300 450 150 770

EWING YOUNG AND His ESTATE 307

$119.53

I doe solemnly swear that the above act is substancealy correct and Remaines unpaid

So help me God

S SmITH

Sworn and subscribed to before me this llday of July A. D 1845

J. W. Nesmith Judge of probate

Received of J W Nesmith one hundred and nineteen dollars and 55/100 in full of all demands against the Estate of Ewing Young

July llth A. D. 1845 S. SmITH

[Claim of Lawrence Carmichael]

This is to certify that Lawrence Carmichael appeared before me and declared upon oath that Ewing Young deceased late of Wallamett O. T. and himself never had any settlement of their business.

And said Lawrence Carmichael further declares that his de- mands on the estate of Ewing Young (deceased) are as fol- lows viz. The one half of 120 bushels white wheat 48 bus. red ditto. 60 bus. Peas. 2 acres corn (the number of bushels not recollected) 1J acres Potatoes (the number of bushels not recollected) 4 acres Oats in the straw, said to be 10 acres Barley, the number of bushels not recollected. Together with one half of the Farm, and all improvements.

Given under my hand this 27 day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three.

Lawrence Carmichael

I hereby certify that the aforesaid Lawrence Carmichael tes- tified to the truth of the contents of the above and did in my presence also affix his name to the same.

Mds A. Doenen

U. S. Ship Dale Commander

308

F. G. YOUNG

Monterey March 27th 1843

Know, all men by these presents, that I Lawrence Carmichael now of Monterey Upper California, do by these writtings [sic] give to William Bailey now of the Wallammett Settlement, full power to Ask, demand, and recover in my name, and for my use, from the Heirs, Assigns, Administrators, or Executors of the Estate of the late Ewing Young, who died in the said Wal- lammett Settlement, All and every part of one half of the Farm (commonly called Youngs place,) together with all improve- ments, grain etc., etc., that was on the aforesaid Farm in the month of January, 1837. And furthermore, I give said William Baily full power to act in these premises, in my name, and my behalf, in every way, and manner he may see proper. And in my name, to give receipts and sign off in full for all money or property he may recover for me, from said Estate.

In witness to hereof I hereby set my hand and Seal this 21st day of Augt one thousand eight Hundred and forty one.

Witnesses Lawrence Carmichael.

Thomas Larkin (Seal)

W. T. Faxon

This is to Certify that I appoint James O'Neil on account of W. J. Bailey being in the U. S. States

Witness Lawrence Carmichael

John Rainsford George Kinlock

Monterey March 27th 1843

Judement [sic] rendered in favor of Carmichael for the above claim $205.40 two hundred and five Dollars and forty cts. J. L. Babcock.

XV

Records of A L Love joy's Administration of the Ewing Young

Estate

Executive Committee : O Russell and P G Stewart notify J E Long of his appointment on 25th day of December, 1844.

[His "Bond as Administrator of E Youngs Estate]

EWING YOUNG AND His ESTATE 309

Know all men by these presents that we A. L. Lovejoy John McLoughlin Frs Ermatinger Esquirs all of Oregon City and County of Clackamas in Oregon are held and stand firmly bound unto the people of Oregon in the penal sum of eight thousand dollars which payment well and truly to be made and performed we and each of us do bend [sic] ourselves our heirs executors administrators and assigns jointly severally and firmly by these presents as witness our hands and seals this 26 day of Dec. A. D. 1844

The condition of the above obligation is such that if the above bounden Lovejoy well and honestly discharges the duties appertaining to his appointment as administrator to collect the estate of Ewing Young late of Oregon deceased and shall make or cause to be made a perfect inventory of all such goods chattels debts and credits of the said deceased as shall come to his possession or knowledge And the same in due time return to the Treasurer of Oregon and shall in general perform such other duties as shall be required of him by law then the above obligation be void otherwise to remain in full force and virtut

John McLoughlin A. L. Lovejoy Frs Ermatinger Attest

J. E. Long

Lovejoy took oath of office as administrator on December 28th, 1844

[Report of Lovejoy as Administrator unsigned Identified

through handwriting]

The whole amt deposited in the Admr hands for collection $3734.26

Receipts to the amt Notes in the hands of Admr $1412.54

310 F. G. YOUNG

$3906.74 appropriated to the Admr own use 50.00

$3956.74 Said Estat indebted to Geo. Abernathy 93.00

$3863.74

The original deducted 3734.26

Overruns $129.48

["Communication from A. L. Lovejoy Administrator Ewing. Youngs Estate, refered to B. Lee

H. Straight J. N. Garrison

Committee

Laid upon the table 6th Deer"] [The above is the endorsement on the back of the following

document] To the Hon

The Legislative Committee of the Territory of Oregon

The administrator on the Estate of Ewing Young late of Yamhill, deceased : appointed under an act of your body in A. D. 1844 entitled an Act "to build and erect a public Jail and close up said estate as soon as the circumstances would admit would respectfully represent

That there has been collected on the said Estate some nearly $2.500 which has been paid into the Treasury as directed under said act

The administrator would most respectfully ask to be dis- charged from further duties and services under said act And suggest to your Hon. Body the propriety of appointing a com- mittee to settle with him and report to the House the doings and transaction of the said administrator and to take into consideration the propriety of handing over the residue of

EWING YOUNG AND His ESTATE 311

said estat uncollected to the Treasurer and rel [relieve?] the Government from further extra expense on same Estate

A. L. Lovejoy Admr

[Report of Committee appointed at the suggestion of Lovejoy]

Your Committee to whom was referred the Communication of the Administrator of the Estate of Ewing Young Deceased Have had the same under consideration and beg leave to report

That said Administrator Received for Collection the sum of Three thousand seven Hundred and thirty four dollars twenty six cents in liabilities on persons in Oregon Territory

That said administrator was required by law to pay the monies by him collected on said liabilities into the Territorial Treasury and take the treasurers receipt for the same

And it appears to the satisfaction of your committee that said administrator has paid to the Treasurer the sum of ftvo Thousand four hundred and ninety four dollars twenty cents, leaving in the hands of Said administrator the sum of One thousand four hundred and sixty two dollars fifty four cents, fifty dollars of which your committee finds has been appro- priated by said administrator to his own use

Said administrator informs your Committee that said Estate is indebted to Geo Abernethy the sum of ninety three dollars all which will appear by reference to the report of said admin- istrator herewith submitted with this report and your Committee further report that some sutable [sic] per- son be appointed to take charge of said Estate, and procede to collect and pay over to the treasurer, and that said administer [sic] so appointed shall be instructed to proceede as spedially as practabl and that said administrator be allowed the sum of cents pr Dollar for collecting the same

and your Committee beg to be discharged [No signatures to the report]

312 F. G. YOUNG

XVI.

Jail Built With Proceeds of Ewing Young Estate Site

Offered

Oregon City 20th Dec 1844 To Mess A L Lovejoy

M Gilmore Esqres R Newell

Gentlemen

I beg to Acknowledge the Receipt

of yours of this Date and I have great pleasure in Acceeding to your Request and give all that point laying between fourth and fifth Cross street between Water Street and the River for the purpose you Request reserving all Rights to former and to Rtevert to me when not used as a Goal I am

Gentlemen your Obedient humble Servant

Jno McLoughlin

P. S. in the mean [time] will you please select a suitable place [plan], for a place more suitted hereafter for a Goal so I may make it over to you JML

[Receipts given by Contractor constructing jail out of pro- ceeds of estate of Ewing Young]

Received this day of O Russell & P G Stewart Executive Com- mittee of Oreon an order on the Treasurer of Oregon for two hundred & Ninety one dollars 66 2/3 cts payable at the store of John McLoughlin in Oregon City it being the full amount of the first instalment as per contract for services rendered in con- structing a publick jail

In acknowledgement whereof I have hereunto set my signa- ture in Oregon City this eighth day of March A. D.

1845 P W Dawson Contractor

EWING YOUNG AND His ESTATE 313

Received this day of O Russell and P G Stewart Executive Committee of Oregon an order upon the Treasurer of Oregon for two hundred & ninety one dollars 66 2/3 cts. payable at the stores of John Couch & George Abernathy in Oregon City; it being the full amount of the second instalment as per con- tract for servises rendered in constructing a publick Jail Witness my hand this 17th day of April A. D. 1845

At Oregon City P. W. Dawson Contractor

Oregon City 28th April 184 [5]

Received of O Russell and P G Stewart Executive Committee of Oregon and on the Treasurer of Oregon two hundred ninety one dollars 66 2/3 cts to be paid at the store of John Mc- Loughlin in Oregon City it being the third instalment due from constructing the Oregon Jail

P. W. Dawson

[Endorsed : P W Dawsons Receipt for money had on the Jail Contract Apl 28th 1845]

Received this 29 July 1845 from Geo. Abernethy Governor of Oregon an order for One hundred & fifty Dollrs on the Treas- urer of Oregon payable out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated being in full of all demands for services rendered in constructing and weatherboarding a public Jail as per contract

P W Dawson Contractor Witness my hand 29 July 1845 at Oregon City

XVI.

A petition praying that the estate of Ewing Young should not be used as the people of Oregon would become too deeply involved thereby.

A Petition

To the hon. Legislative Committee of Oregon Gentlemen :

314

F. G. YOUNG

Your Petitioners believe that have reason to fear that this Gov.t will become too much involved by using the Estate of Ewing Young deed. It has already been involved to some extent in the use of the principle of said Estate.

We are unaware at what moment a demand may be made upon this Gov.t for said Estate. If at an early day (as is very likely) we are certain, that in our present condition we shall be entirely unable to meet such demand. We have no doubt but that these demands when paid must be discharged in specie a sufficient quantity of which is not in the country. A sacrifise of our property must ensue. We therefore petition your hon- orable body to repeal that Act allowing this Gov.t to make use of this Estate. And as in duty bound your Petitioners will ever pray

June 27th 1845 Petitioners Names

Philip Foster

Saml McSween

Wm C Remick

R McCrary

Wm P. Dougherty

Nathan Smith

Wm Holmes

George P. Beale

USB Johnson

A. L. McKay

John P. Brooks

Jno F. Couch

Wm C. Dement

Lon Climon

Patrick Cormor

Campbell Stewart

George Heman

Noyes Smith

Theo Magruder

Petitioners Names

A. L. Lovejoy Collector Benjamin Nichols

B. F. Nichols

R Mcmahan Nathan P Mack David Arthur W H Vaughan Henry Evans M. R. Alderman Wm Arthur Joseph M. Wyatt Hugh Burns M. K. Pen-in James B. Stephens Robt Moore P Armstrong J W Nesmith Your Petitioners believe that have reason to fear that this Gov.t will become too much involved by using the Estate of Ewing Young decd. to some extent in the use of the principle of said Estate.

We are unaware at what moment a demand may be made upon this Gov.t for said Estate. If at an early day (as is very likely) we are certain, that in our present condition we shall be entirely unable to meet such demand. We have no doubt but that these demands when paid must be discharged in specie sufficient quantity of which is not in the country. A sacrifise of our property must ensue. We therefore petition your hon- orable body to repeal that Act allowing this Gov.t to make use of this Estate. And as in duty bound your Petitioners will ever It has already been involved а pray

June 27th 1845 Petitioners Names Petitioners Names Philip Foster Saml McSween A. L. Lovejoy Collector Benjamin Nichols B. F. Nichols Wm C Remick Crary Wm P. Dougherty R R Mcmahan Nathan P Mack Nathan Smith David Arthur Wm Holmes W H Vaughan Henry Evans M. R. Alderman George P. Beale USB Johnson А. L. McKay John P. Brooks Jno F. Couch Wm C. Dement Wm Arthur Joseph M. Wyatt Hugh Burns М. К. Рerrin James B. Stephens Robt Moore Lon Climon Patrick Cormor Campbell Stewart George Heman Noyes Smith Theo Magruder P Armstrong JW Nesmith A R Stoughton Louis Springer

Endorsed :

Petition relating to Ewing Youngs Esatate Referd to com. of 5

1. Slacum's Report on Oregon, 1836-7, reprinted in the Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society, v. XIII, p. 182.