HAWAIIANS IN THE FUR TRADE TIMELINE

1811 - 24 Hawaiians brought to the Northwest Coast by the ship the Tonquin to work at Astoria

- 12 Hawaiians killed in massacre on the Tonquin

1812 - 5 Hawaiians brought to Astoria on the New Hazard

1813 - 12 Hawaiians brought on the Beaver to the Northwest Coast

1814 - 32 Hawaiians returned to Hawaii on the ship the Albatross

1816 - 18 Hawaiians ran off with Jacob for California

1817 - Ship the Columbia brought 60 Hawaiians to Fort George

1818 - 29 Hawaiians at Fort George

1820 - Three Hawaiians killed by Indians on McKenzie expedition

1831 - Five Hawaiians returned from Fort Vancouver to Hawaii

1834 - 12 Hawaiians desert at WallaWalla

1835 - John Work mentions the death of John Horapapa

1838 - Whitman secured Joseph Maki and his wife to help on the Northwest Coast

1839 - Sir James Douglas, chief factor at Ft. Vancouver, lists about 38 Hawaiians working for the Hudson's Bay Company

1840 - Agreement between Gov. Kekuanaoa and Mr. Pelly to take 60 men to Columbia River

1842 - 11 Hawaiians were working on the farm at Fort Langley

- Bolduc claims there are 500 Hawaiians on the Northwest Coast

1844 - "Kanaka William" comes to Northwest to teach the Gospel to Hawaiians there

- Between five and six hundred Polynesians on American Whaling ships, most are Hawaiians

1846 - Hawaiian and Indians are not counted on first census of Oregon Territory

1847 - Paul Kane, artist, paints a picture of Hawaiian, Old Cox, at Ft. Vancouver

1848 - Great mortality among Hawaiians and Indians at Ft. Vancouver from dysentery to measles

1850 - 8 Hawaiians were refused passage home after service expired

- 21 Hawaiians on Clark County Census

1853 - Wave of Hawaiian Baptisms at Ft. Vancouver due to death by illness

1860 - Hawaiians could not become citizens when Washington became a state

- Sixteen Hawaiians on the Clark County Census

1868 - "Kanaka Pete" murders in Victoria

1872 - Most Hawaiians had left San Juan Island and moved to Victoria, Saltspring and Portland Islands

1873 - Joseph Nuana ("Kanaka Joe") murders take place

1878 - In the Census for Jefferson County, Washington, there are fifteen Hawaiians listed

1886 - Hotel de Haro (Roche Harbor) built around a sturdy log bunkhouse built by Hudson's Bay Company for Hawaiian sheepherders on the Island