to another futile attempt by sea in 1832 was the father of several expeditions, notably that of Wyeth, and was the immediate cause of the settlement of many prominent pioneers; it was he, this fanatic, who stimu- lated senators to speak for Oregon on the floor of cono-ress, and even shaped the presidential policy. I am not prepared to give Mr Kelley all he claims but I am prepared to give him his due. With regard to the missionary brothers Lee, who arrived m the country before him, he maintains that they too received their first knowledge of Oregon through him ana that he was the first person to advocate the christianizing of the natives. That he did impress upon the new commonwealtli some portion of his ideas, that he did influence its destinies, there is no question, though we have on means of weighing that influence with any degree of exactness. Regarding settlement his writings contain some practical suggestions; indeed, without clear discrimination between design and neces- sity and read by the light of subseqnent events, some of them might be pronounced prophetic. 12 For a sketch

» < This novel expedition was not, however, the original or spontaneous motion of Mr Nathaniel J. Wyeth, nor was it entirely owing to the publica- Sons of Lewis and Clarke, o/ Mackenzie. . .They were ronsed to it by the writings of Mr Hall J. Kelley.' WyetKs Oregon, 3

"lake, for example, what he says about the designs duties, and proba- bilities of settlement in his unrealized scheme, entitled, A General Circula , to all Persons of Good Character who wish to migrate to the Oregon lerntonj tb^gsle Account of the Character aval Advantages of the C™*J™* Bight and the Means and Operations by wuchtizs to \^ l £>~^fZZ ,arv directions for becoming an Emigrant. Hall J. Kelley, GenenU Agent. BylXofthi American Society for Enconraging the Settlement of the <)regon Territory. Instituted in Boston, A. D. 1829. It is a plan of 'Oregon sett e- ment to be commenced in the spring of 1832, on the delightful and fertile bLnks of the Columbia River.' Among the first results of inquiry is a 'clear conviction that the time is near athand, and advancing in the ordinary course of Providence, when the Oregon country shall be occupied by an en- lightened people, skilled in the various improvements of * c } ence ^^.~ iJoole thus enlightened and skilled, and enjoying the advantages of a climate, LTaAd market? as good in their kind as the earth affords; and other uatura means, which mostly contribute to the ^comf orts and E™^*J£* energized and blessed by the mild and vital principles of the American republic, and the sacred ordinances of the Christam reU ;r™J*£j£°5 perous and happy. ' The settlement, carrying on a trade with the island, or fhe Pacific and with the people about the shores of that ocean commensurate with its wants, must advance in prosperity and power unexamp « ™ «• history of nations. From the plentitude of its own resources, it will soon M