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62 wide domain and yet his subordinates seem to have mingled genuine affection with unbounded respect for him. In dealing with the Indians he first of all convinced them of his power to enforce his will. When they became submissive, as they invariably did, he treated them with a mingling of paternal severity and kindness which won their hearts and made them the loyal servants of the Company. Doctor McLoughlin was an excellent man of business, and an admirable ruler over the wild country which had been assigned to him and the adventurous characters who inhabited it, but he was much more than a mere man of business. He was a far-sighted statesman, enlightened in conduct and liberal in his opinions. He devoloped [sic] the fur trade in the Oregon Country until it became the most profitable part of the Company's vast domains. At Vancouver, where he established his headquarters, he introduced farming and stock raising, planted an orchard and built a saw mill and a gristmill."—C. H. Chapman.

VANCOUVER IN 1827 Chief Interest of the Hudson's Bay Company in Oregon. The entire Northwest was rich in fur-bearing animals. "There were bear, panther, lynx, muskrat, beaver, marten, mink, otter, fox, wildcat, and numerous other animals whose pelts