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EPISODE · Mar 13, 2026 · 9 MIN

Astoria Chapter 9

from The Washington Irving Library · host Washington Irving

In which the foundations of Astoria are laid at Point George amidst the vigour of spring, with hopes and labours devoted to establishing a trading post and cultivating the land, even as the arrival of local Indigenous visitors stirs both curiosity and consternation among the settlers. The captain's stern measures to maintain order aboard the Tonquin and his diligent, albeit somewhat irritable, devotion to duty reveal a complex character, caught between suspicion and loyalty in a fraught and uncertain enterprise.

In which the foundations of Astoria are laid at Point George amidst the vigour of spring, with hopes and labours devoted to establishing a trading post and cultivating the land, even as the arrival of local Indigenous visitors stirs both curiosity and consternation among the settlers. The captain's stern measures to maintain order aboard the Tonquin and his diligent, albeit somewhat irritable, devotion to duty reveal a complex character, caught between suspicion and loyalty in a fraught and uncertain enterprise.

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