...conversion of the Indians, was the holding of some of them in a state of slavery by persons of all classes in the Company's service, and by those who...it, and become settlers on the rivers Willamette and Cowlitye, but over whom the Company retain authority. The whole number of these wretched beings amounted...

...of the officer, in charge of the establishment, and others to be cruelly ill-used by their owners. The women themselves, who were living with the lower...were much in the condition of slaves, being purchased by their Indian proprietors or relations, and not unfrequently re-sold amongst each other by their...