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KLAMATH EXPLORING EXPEDITION 357

the mouth of the river and then sailed for San Francisco, where they arrived on the morning of the 4th of September. And at a meeting of the company, held on the evening of the same day, it was unanimously voted to charter a vessel to proceed at once to the Umpqua river and effect a settlement. And with this object in view, the brig Kate Heath was duly chartered, and on the 26th of September she sailed with about one hundred passengers on board, who were desirous of locat- ing on the river.

Most of the company who had previously sailed on the Wil- liam Roberts returned on this vessel, and thus the practical settlement of the Umpqua valley was effected.