Astor felt that he had been cheated in the transfer of Astoria, and charged McDougal with betraying his interests. See his letter to John Quincy Adams, January, 1823, in Lyman, _History of Oregon_, ii, pp. 298–301; also Irving, _Astoria_, chap. 29. Astor stated that McDougal sold the entire property for about $58,000, less the wages due the men; that beaver was sold for two dollars and otter for fifty cents a skin, both of which were at the time worth five or six dollars each in Canton, China. Altogether he considered the property worth nearly $200,000 above the sum received. Bancroft defends McDougal at length— _History of North-west Coast_, ii, pp. 221–230. Admitting that the property was sold at a loss, he contends McDougal was justified in thinking Astoria could not be maintained, and that it was better to get what he could for Astor, before fort and furs were captured by a British ship of war.—ED. Footnote 88: For a brief discussion of Franchère’s attitude toward the North West Company, see the preface to volume vi of our series.—ED. Footnote 89: Michel Laframboise came to Oregon on the “Tonquin.” When Astoria was transferred to the British, he entered the service of the North West Company, and throughout the remainder of his life was with them and the Hudson’s Bay Company. He obtained a small piece of property on French Prairie, but his restless disposition was unsuited to farming. In his later years he conducted exploring parties through the country between the Columbia and California, serving as Captain Wilkes’s guide in 1841.—ED. Footnote 90: A brief sketch of John McDonald is given in Franchère, note 104.—ED. Footnote 91: For an account of David Porter, see Franchère, note 105.—ED. Footnote 92: This is the island of Maui, north-west of Hawaii. There are two high volcanic islands, east Maui and west Maui, connected by a low isthmus.—ED. Footnote 93: Concerning James Keith and Alexander Stuart, see Franchère, notes 108, 102.—ED. Footnote 94: For a sketch of Pierre Dorion, see Bradbury’s _Travels_, note 7.—ED. Footnote 95: Ross is here enumerating all the Salishan tribes living on the Columbia between the Yakima and Spokane rivers, and on the lower Okanagan. For the first seven, see notes 42, 44, 45, 48, _ante_. The Inspellum were east of Okanagan. The Sinpohellechach were the San Poils at the mouth of San Poil River, forty-five miles west of Spokane River. They were closely related to the Spokane Indians. Samilkamigh is, of course, Similkameen, a tribe on the river of the same name.—ED. Footnote 96: The Conconully River is an affluent of the Okanagan, entering a short distance above its mouth.—ED. Footnote 97: